This is weird. No, in fact, it's really weird. A week or so ago my wife, Dana, had to go to the dentist, and so she was up earlier than normal, as she had to make a 40-mile drive to Dallas for her appointment at 8AM.
While Dana was showering, I was still in bed, and - for a few moments, at least - lapsed into a semi-awake/semi-asleep state of what I would call definitive hypnagogic proportions.
Very oddly, I have strange memories of my mouth jabbering and babbling on (in typically odd, ridiculous, chattering, channeling-style) about Edgar Cayce being something like "the exalted one," and the most important psychic messenger of our times.
Now, before people get all excited and start shouting that I am on the way to becoming a Contactee-style Channeler, there's something else to be aware of.
Prior to and after the experience, I was working on the Bibliography for my book, The Pyramids and the Pentagon, which is due for publication in June 2012.
And not only does that book contain a great deal of data on Cayce, but the day before the experience I spent an hour or so checking out the references on Cayce that I needed to include in the Bibliography.
So, in other words, there was indeed a very good and absolutely undeniable reason for Cayce to have been on my mind.
But, I have to say the whole experience was a very odd one. And, I have to admit, I got the distinct feeling - in my semi-awake, hypnagogic state - that the data on Cayce was being "downloaded" to me.
Even though - very frustratingly - I can only remember the absolute barest fragments of what I was saying (if indeed there was an audible aspect to this at all, or it was all mind-based).
But, I do recall it was absolutely reeling out of my mouth at high speed.
I think - given that Cayce was a big focus of my attention yesterday in relation to the Bibliography issue mentioned above - it probably was some sort of odd hypnagogic experience.
But, given its very unusual nature, even I have to wonder...
And, no, this is not an early April Fool joke, or some book-promoting trip. This, for what it's worth, is how it happened. And I would be willing to swear to that.
Channeling? A hypnagogic experience? A strange combination of the two? Who knows? I'll keep you posted should more surface...
The photo above was taken by me in 2004 and shows Edgar Cayce's Virginia Beach-based Association for Research and Enlightenment.
Interesting...never done that before, huh? Kinda makes you wish you had a digital recorder going on your night stand doesn't it? You would just have to remember that everything that isn't an EVP is you. Hee...
ReplyDeleteWow! a very odd experience. I've also felt that weird "download mode" during those twilight states between sleep and wakefulness. It's like the conscious aspect of oneself diminishes its grip and allows a freer flow of information. But information... from where?
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should keep a little recorder next to your bed ;)
I've actually thought about placing my digi-recorder by the bed. It can't hurt to try...
ReplyDeleteAgreed....not many of us, unless truly gifted and well practiced in Lucid Dreaming, can remember the mutterings of our slumber...
ReplyDeleteI say the recorder is a must do!