Here's the first practical part of this page: You've read the theory, you know what it's like, now you want to see the Planes for yourself. Well, there are two ways of doing it; you can go through a lot of hard work and mental effort to get yourself temporarily on to the Planes, or you can die and be permanantely stuck there. The choice is yours, but I recommend the first option. So, how do you do it?
Well, there's no set way, in fact, there are about as many different methods as there are practicioners. But, this is my favored method, along with an explanation of the various stages.
Now, I said earlier that you use magic all the time. And this is a major part of magic. So, it follows you must do it occasionally. And you do, tho you've never realised it before. The fact is, every time you go to sleep, you enter the Astral Planes. Also, the experiences people have when they die and are brought back, Near-Death Experiences, when they look down on their bodies, enter the tunnel with a light at the end of it, etc., that's also due to entering the Astral Planes. The trick is to do it consciously, when you want to, knowing that you're doing it.
Also, I said earlier that you can't enter the Astral Planes, and here I am, about to tell you how to do just that. Well, only your MIND can enter the Astral Plane, your body stays behind.
So, the methods:
You will now, hopefully, be outside your body and in the Astral Planes. As I've previously stated, there are many of these, and each one is endless. Also, magic here is a lot easier; if, for instance, you want to see someone's aura, on the Planes, you will do that automatically. Want to make someone think a specific thought? You can do that here too. In fact, to do ANY magic on the Planes is just a matter of concentration in most cases, and happens automatically in some. Moving around can be by walking, flying, or even Astral Teleporting. There are other people, living, dreaming, and even dead, present on the planes, along with the aforementioned 'Fantasy' creatures. You can travel to any place, and even to any time, past or future, within about 500 years, tho this is more difficult. For more on what you can do and how to do it, go HERE.