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Ahhh, this is very familiar territory for me - an obsession, actually ... and yes, the hypnogogic state (that 30 second window between being awake and asleep) is the doorway to astral travel ---
I've experienced everything you have all related here and have found that the only way I can get astral from this state is to completely relax when the panic sets in -- which is a damn hard thing to do. (nothing puts more fear into you then a succubus looming over you when you're in a state of paralysis) If you can keep yourself from fighting to wake up and just relax - all your demons will wither away and (usually)you'll go astral....
That thrumming (buzzing or humming) sound you hear (which is sometimes accompanied with a sense of your body vibrating) is a sign that you're almost there - you're right on the verge of going astral. It usually accumulates into a popping sound - and when that happens - bing, you're astral baby.
(this vibration feeling can sometimes be almost as unsettling as the night terrors themselves -- but just go with it --
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Relaxing is the key --
If your hooked - half in and half out - you're holding on - just let go (again, easier said then done)-
You might try getting to know your fine body (your astral being) a little better through meditation (as Crowley suggests)-- or instead of focusing on your sigil, focus on your astral form while falling asleep ... get to know your other self.
Lots o' love. And Lots o'luck.
(oh by the way - if you're interested - you may want to check out the works of Robert Munroe - astral travel is his specialty)
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) tenants. I woke several times in SP to see spirits nearby, the classic "side of the bed" or "hovering above me" alien abductee setting. Once I was alone, and experimented a bit on opening myself to vision in that state, and had strikingly potent results. Like, seeing another place clearly through a hole in reality kind of potent.