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MY WORK WITH PHIL was progressing quite well and each session held many surprises. I had never worked with a subject who regressed in the manner that Phil did. My best work had always been with som- nambulists, the type of subject who can totally transform themself into the past-life personality and remember nothing upon awaken- ing. Their conscious minds are completely suppressed, they are totally immersed in the past personality and time period and nothing else, especially the life they are currently living, exists for them. My work with Phil had been unusual because he was able to disassociate his conscious mind to a remarkable degree and answer questions objectively in the manner ofasomnambulist But the trance state was not absolute and he could still relate to his present life and draw upon his conscious experiences for comparative information and analo- gies. He remembered a great deal of what was going on during the session whereas a somnambulist remembers virtually nothing. This type of hypnotic trance where information comes through a vehicle (body) as though directed from another entity or group of entities has become known as channelling. I had heard of it but this was my first personal experience with it. Tasked Phil what he felt when this was occurring. "Do you feel like you are being pushed aside and merely watching with no control over what is being said?" WATA WL ane ed aftan nandasinn tha avantinn nnd tenn tn "No," he answered after pondering the question and trying to think how to explain. "That wouldn't be accurate. What I feel like when this is happening is not that I'm being pushed aside, but that I'm being expanded. My awareness is being expanded, and yet 88 CHAPTERO THE BREAKTHROUGH TO THE THEE SPIRES