Graham Nicholls is an English author, as well as a lecturer and advisory board member for The Rhine Research Center (US). He is a leading practitioner and researcher into out-of-body experiences.
Graham first came to public attention as an installation artist exploring psychology and consciousness through specially designed technological environments, the largest of which was exhibited at London’s Science Museum in 2004. These installations also led to immersive technology designed to induce OBEs, and later his Infra-liminal sound recordings, which help bring about the vibrational state (a key stage of the OBE) in the majority of those who use them.
In 2011 he published, Avenues of the Human Spirit, a moving account of his personal journey, and exploration of the nature of consciousness. His second book, Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience, offers a totally new way to learn and approach the subject of OBEs, and the extended mind. He is also a co-author of Consciousness Beyond the Body, a scientifically focused exploration of the theories and evidence for OBEs, published in February 2016.
Since the late 1990s Graham Nicholls has lectured widely at events around the world, from Finland to Australia. Events including the Gateways of the Mind (UK), Cosmic Consciosuness Conference (AUS) and the International Remote Viewing Association Conference (US), as well as at venues including: Cambridge University (UK), The Institute of Noetic Sciences (US), The Society for Psychical Research (UK), The Rhine Research Center (US), Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes (UK), and the Science Museum (UK).
Graham Nicholls has taken part in double-blind controlled scientific research into various psi (psychic) abilities over the last decade at institutions including: The Institute of Noetic Sciences, and The Rhine Research Center, as well as with Cambridge biologist Dr Rupert Sheldrake. All experiments gained positive results. Graham Nicholls has gained much attention for his rational approach to his abilities and his areas of expertise as a whole, and has appeared in most of the major press as a result. He has been interviewed by The Times, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Daily Express, The Epoch Times, and the BBC, as well as many overseas and independent media including: Lilou Mace, AfterlifeTV, Skeptiko, and Mysterious Universe. He is also featured in several books by other authors.
Graham Nicholls is currently researching the impact of nutrition and diet on OBEs, in light of new evidence. He is also completing work on a new special edition of his classic book, Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience.
Some research polls suggest that as many as one person in every four can expect to find themselves outside their physical body, and wandering the world like a ghost at some point in their life, without the inconvenience of dying in order to do so. The experience is sometimes thrilling, sometimes frightening, frequently fascinating, and almost always unexpected. For the vast majority, it is also unrepeatable. And therein lies a major problem with what might be considered a potentially important phenomenon. Scientific investigators dislike unrepeatable evidence, which, by definition, does not lend itself to careful examination or laboratory experiment. As a result, the evidence itself is often ignored or dismissed as anecdotal. In the process, something of huge value may well be lost. Enter Graham Nicholls. When Graham first discovered the out-of-body-experience (OOBE or OBE) as a boy, he was not content to treat it as a bolt from the blue, likely never to be repeated in his lifetime. Instead, he studied, observed, and practised until he could leave his body at will. This gave him, over the course of literally hundreds of OBEs, an opportunity to examine the phenomenon at depths unavailable to those who experience it only once, spontaneously. In the process, he discovered there was more to the experience than met the eye. While, for many, an OBE involves no more than stepping out of the body and travelling the world in ghostly form, an OBE can also open doorways onto what appear to be different levels of reality, some of which are seemingly equivalent to the astral planes of esoteric tradition. It can also lead to changes in perception that produce a new and different understanding of the universe and can even generate the realization of unity reported by mystics down the ages. Interestingly, several of Graham’s experiences were confirmed by the results of my own (unpublished) experiments in this area. Graham’s work eventually led to his first book, Avenues of the Human Spirit, which describes some of his experiences and presents his philosophical speculations about them. His current book goes further and in an even more exciting direction, for in it, he describes the techniques that can potentially enable you to take control of your own OBEs and, with diligent practice, develop the ability to leave your body at will. There are a great many other books on OBEs and astral projection (as you will soon learn, the two are not exactly the same). A trawl of the Internet will quickly deliver scores of techniques that promise to place these fascinating experiences in your own hands. None of them—and I reluctantly place my own work in this category—can hold a candle to the book you have in your hands now. For here you have the fruits of vast personal experience, combining with penetrating intelligence, diligent observation, and a surprisingly sceptical scientific approach, to produce a work of immense value to both the psychical investigator and esoteric practitioner alike. The key to this work lies in the final section, which describes, clearly and concisely, a multitude of methods you can use to generate an OBE. Some involve simple visualisations, like the great majority of other books on the subject, but Graham Nicholls was not content to stop there. His approaches can just as easily involve breath work, sonics, yoga, energy manipulation, even sensory deprivation techniques like Ganzfeld and the so-called “witch’s cradle.” His three-dimensional elaboration of the Hindu tattvas is one of the most interesting developments in the use of astral doorways since the days of the original Golden Dawn. You may, if you wish, read the present book as no more than a fascinating account of one man’s unusual adventures, but you will gain much more from it if you are prepared to embark on some adventures of your own. I urge you to experiment with Nicholls’ methods for yourself, searching out those that work best for you. Your results may well be both life-changing and, much more importantly, life-enhancing. J. H. (Herbie) Brennan Co. Carlow, Ireland, March 2011
Quotes about me: “One of the world’s leading experts on astral projection” – BBC
“Graham Nicholls has probably had more verified evidential out-of-body experiences than anyone” – David Watkinson, Allreality.com
“Graham Nicholls is the person who convinced me that my brain-located model of consciousness was restricted in that there is evidence that consciousness can perceive information outside of the confines of the brain-sensorium. Graham presents powerful evidence that we are more than just a brain-embedded entity.” – Anthony Peake, Author of The Out-of-Body Experience, and others.
Quotes about Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience “There are a great many other methods for having out-of-body experiences and astral projection. A trawl of the Internet will quickly deliver scores of techniques that promise to place these fascinating experiences in your own hands. None of them — and I reluctantly place my own work in this category — can hold a candle to the book you have in your hands now.” – J. H. Brennan, New York Times Bestselling Author “Nicholls [second book Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience] stands out as one of the best books on the subject” – Tom Campbell, NASA physicist, and author. “A fascinating review of out-of-body experiences in a detailed, easy to read style. Nicholls’ valuable contribution [provides] excellent and practical direction to help explore this phenomenon.” – Dr. Jeffery Long, New York Times bestselling author of Evidence for the Afterlife
