> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hawthreiter.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Time-Walking, or, How to go Into the Liminal - URL: https://www.hawthreiter.com/time-walking-or-how-to-go-into-the/ - Published: 2026-07-22T18:03:02.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-20T14:15:24.000Z - Description: Plus: New Moon Circles are Opening Back Up Again! - Author: Hawth - Tags: #Migrated-1787155092750, #Import 2026-08-19 11:58, Astral Travel, Time walking, Dark Moon Journey, How To As a kid, I loved trying to see my three-dimensional body from another vantage point in the room. I’d watch myself go through life, practicing moving from an internal awareness to an external awareness. No, I didn’t realize exactly what I was doing (having an out-of-body experience), nor why (hello, trauma!), but I knew I could do it, and it felt so safe and secure. While it would occasionally happen spontaneously, most of the time, I got to the point where I could control when, where, and how it happened. I still don’t know exactly how to reference what I do; I’ve teetered between using the terminology around **astral travel** or **astral projection**, **soul journeying**, and **shamanism**, but my favorite that I return to again and again is “**time-walking**.” [Subscribe](#/portal/signup) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6b/e9/6be97bd5-1882-4dae-a7d5-afd6a9bc5e77/content/images/2026/08/780d03a0-d36e-46d4-97e0-274c6aa70200_1080x1350-1.png) ## 🌟The Fourth Dimension A mentor recently talked about his frameworks around the physical and energetic bodies, and it opened up new avenues of thought. In his worldview, the **fourth dimension** is timeless (or contains all time, maybe?). It is the “I AM” of ourselves, the I AM that exists outside of time (or maybe inside all permutations of time), and in all possibilities. Immediate recognition flooded my body and goosebumps erupted on my skin—all 3D notices from my body-brain that what I was hearing was resonating on a deep level. No, I don’t fully understand how it works. But I DO understand that it is through accessing the fourth dimension that I able to travel. At least, I think it’s the fourth dimension? Who knows at this point. For my purposes, I’m using that as my [**metaphor-map**](https://www.hawthreiter.com/mapping-the-relational-how-metaphor/) for this concept. Using the fourth dimension as the **metaphorical holding space** for time/less/ness allows me a spatial map to think about how I travel. It often feels like I travel up and outside my body into the liminality of the astral realm. At that point, I can travel forward or backward in time. Sometimes, I go directly to a specific situation in my past that I can feel resonating through me. When I travel back, I’m able to talk to Little Me and provide support. Sometimes, I travel back just weeks or even days. I can feel a Future Me standing behind me right now as I type this out—at some point in the future, I will come back to this setting. Why? Now-me doesn’t know. Future-me does. Usually, when I call on Future Me, it’s to help provide guidance for where I need to go. Future Me in grandpa-like form showed up five years ago when I knew it was time to leave the desert for the east coast. “From Appalachia you came, and to Appalachia you will return,” he told me. Also: He speaks to me using roses. I was pretty pissed about that. Roses are so freaking common. You’re telling me that I chose to use a flower that is literally everywhere in America? I could accept any old thing as a sign if it’s that commonplace. It took me till a few months ago to understand how seeing a rose through the course of my day and seeing a rose FOR A REASON feels different. And it does. And now I understand why we chose roses: For efficiency! (That is totally on brand for me.) (Also on brand for me: Deliberately pissing myself off to make a point.) I believe that everything on the physical plane is also reflected on or is a part of the energetic or astral plane(s) and vice versa. Keep in mind that space and time in the fourth dimension don’t work in the same linear fashion that we are used to in the third dimension. Even though the same things may be seen in the fourth dimension, the world can be represented much differently on the astral levels. These dimensions can be disorienting. I highly recommend keeping grounding stones nearby if you attempt this. It can be difficult to express, define, and accurately capture the information we receive on the astral plane or in the other dimensions, as our human language was developed for and within this 3D physical world. This is why metaphor and symbolism become so important in this practice: We can only refer to our experiences through metaphor. This, again, is why I teach the principles of [**Embodied Intuition**](https://www.hawthreiter.com/tag/embodied-intuition/)—the practice will ground you in understanding your energy on a 3D level, making it much easier for you to understand and move within the astral or 4D planes. ## 🌟How to Time-Walk I can give you three ways: 1\. [Book a session with me](https://www.hawthreiter.com/work-with-hawth/), and I’ll guide you through it, 2\. [Join us monthly on the new moon](https://hawthreiter.com/bookareading/p/into-the-liminal-monthly-dark-moon-circles?ref=hawthreiter.com), or 3\. Keep reading! Traveling on the astral plane will take practice. You may find it incredibly easy to slip into the fourth dimension, like I initially did, due to past experiences. For folks who have a tendency to stumble, slip or slide unintentionally into the astral world, keep your grounding stones nearby. Your goal will be to gain more control over when, where and how you enter the astral planes. Others may find it incredibly difficult. You may not be able to journey by yourself and will need to rely on trusted guides to take you on journeys. This is a great way to begin your practice! Some folks don’t “see” or remember their travels. All they understand is darkness. When this happens, it’s likely because the messages you needed to hear were not for your conscious mind-brain to understand. And that’s okay. Keep practicing. ### *Astral Travel Pointers* When our consciousness enters the fourth dimension, it seems to me that most of it leaves our physical bodies and goes flying about in the energetic world. To become proficient, you must first learn how to consciously and deliberately leave your body. This usually doesn’t happen easily without being in an altered state of consciousness, which is why trance, ecstatic dancing, breathwork, or substances may be used. As you get used to traveling, you’ll begin to notice what it feels like in your physical body when your fourth dimensional self begins to move outside your body. Pay attention to those physical sensations, so you can work on replicating them in the future. For instance, I’ve learned that if I lay down on my bed, with a nice cool temperature, my blue apatite stone on my chest and a pillow over my eyes, I can easily transfer into the astral world. I’ve learned that my consciousness moves dimensions as my legs release their muscles, particularly my quadriceps. As my quads relax and release, the rest of my 4D self releases as well. Your specific physical triggers may be something else! Pay attention to what seems to work (and not work) for you. Each time you practice, even if you don’t feel like you traveled anywhere, you are learning. Some folks find it easiest to astral travel by themselves when they are in a warm or hot bath. If you give this a try, please keep a grounding stone nearby (and electronics far away!). ### *Preparing for Travel* You may want to have helpful correspondences nearby. For instance, light a stick of frankincense, burn some mugwort, or draw a hot bath. You may find it helpful to call on the elements or your spirit guides for help or support. Before you do any sort of astral travel, you need to ground and center. I like to anchor myself in all three realms: Upper, Middle, and Lower. I visualize sending roots into the earth, branches into the sky, and my breath around my 3D body. With my breath around my body, I include defense protection intent, so I remain safe. I’ll chant something along the lines of “blocking all energies; remaining porous for love and source” (credit to Dr. Michael Lennox, also known as the Red Robe Astrologer, for that language). After you’ve anchored and protected yourself, you may begin your journey. ### *Traveling* My favorite way of journeying involves going inward first, to my sacred inner space. This is a space inside you where you go to be safe. You may already have a detailed inner sanctuary, or you may never have visited. Even if you’ve never consciously traveled to your inner sanctum, it exists. If you haven’t accessed yours yet, I highly recommend following the Embodied Intuition process for a few months prior to time-walking. This is YOUR space, where you are safe and protected. Mine usually looks like a large home built out of stones, with heavy wooden doors and a spiral staircase. One client’s is a cave high in a cliff. Another’s is a meadow. Yours will be unique to you. From your inner space, prepare yourself for the journey ahead. Are you desiring to speak to Past You or Future You? Are you looking to meet a spirit guide? Seeking a message? Simply going for a walk? Whatever it is, hold that in your heart in your inner space. Next, visualize a front door in your inner sanctum; pay attention to whatever type of door appears—this symbolism usually brings a message about how safe you feel, what boundaries you have in place, etc. Open the door and enter the astral plane. I’ve included a few sample journeys below. You may want to record yourself reading these to provide a guided meditation while your eyes are closed, or it may simply be enough to read ahead of time and get the gist of what to visualize. Sometimes, when I’m narrating for others in real time, they go “off-script.” I highly encourage this! You are the ultimate one who knows yourself. Trust YOU more than me. ### *Example Travels* Below are two options to try. The first is designed around going to the full moon for a message. Many people find it’s easier to travel when the Moon is full and lending her energies. #### *Going to the Full Moon Exercise* > Prepare for travel through grounding, centering, and anchoring. Enter your inner sanctum. When you’re ready, open the front door and step outside. > > Notice how it is night out, and there is a large full moon hanging low in the sky. Spend some time in your own inner meadow, just soaking up the moon’s energies. Call on any particular spirit guides you’d like to have present. > > When you are ready, look down and see that there is a path of sparkling starry crystals in front of you. Take a step onto the starry path and see how it takes you a little closer to the Moon. Continue walking along this path, paying attention to anything along the way. Are there crystal flowers? Is the path a bridge? Are you floating? Let yourself follow the starry path to the Moon. > > As you approach the Moon, Selene herself appears, the personification of the Moon’s energies. She smiles and beckons you closer so she may give you a message. > > Pause for a moment to just soak up your time with her. After awhile, bid her farewell and head back down the starry path to your meadow. > > Once you are back at your meadow, take a moment to give gratitude and thanks to her and to your guides. When you are ready, head back up the stairs. > > With each step upward, you come a little more back into the corporeal world. At the top of the steps, open your eyes, move your shoulders, wiggle your hands and fingers, feet and toes. > > Take a deep breath and spend some time journaling about your experience. #### *Going to Past-You Exercise* Once you’ve learned how to travel in general, you can try full-on time-walking. > Prepare for travel through grounding, centering, and anchoring. Enter your inner sanctum. Focus on the period of time you want to travel. There may be a specific instance or memory, or you may simply want to see any version of Past You. Whatever you are seeking, hold it firmly in your mind. > > When you are ready, open the door from your inner sanctum. Notice that it opens into the Past. > > Where does Now You find themselves? Is Past You present? What else is present? What is surrounding you? > > How old is Past You? Are there multiple versions of Past You? Future You? > > What does Past You need right now? Can you stay by their side as they feel their emotions? Can you hold or hug Past You? > > Sometimes, what is needed most is simply to let Past You know that Now You is here. Now You loves them. No one else may have been there then, but now, Now You is ready and willing to provide that support. See what Past You tells you. > > When you first try this, Past You may not even notice Now You. It may appear as thought Now You is watching what happened as if it was on television or a computer screen. That’s okay. Use your energetic senses to see if you can find Past You’s energy. The more you practice this, the more you’ll start to learn what Past You feels like. > > When you are ready, bid farewell to Past You. Reassure Past You that Now You is always here whenever they need you. > > Open the door back into your Inner Sanctum. Spend some time there, if needed, to decompress. When you’re ready, come back to consciousness. Remember to retract your anchors from the grounding and centering, and perform any energetic cleansing that may be needed (and it probably WILL be needed, not gonna lie!). > > Spend time journaling, whether written, art, electronic or voice. Recording your experiences is crucial; anywhere from 30 minutes to a day or more later, your memory of most of the experience may fade. When you journal, you keep track of the progress you make. ## Want to try with a group? I’m re-opening monthly online new-moon rituals. We’ll begin with a formal Embodied Intuition practice, followed by a time-walking journey. Each month’s theme will vary, based on astrological weather, current events, and whatever my spirit guides ask of me. Attendance remains donation-based — not expected, but appreciated — through 2026. After we travel, we open the mic for everyone to have a chance to share, if they’d like. Participants may have questions, and the entire group is encouraged to provide their thoughts and insight. Rituals usually last about 30 minutes, with another 30-60 minutes after for processing, depending on how many people show. Each month’s link will be sent out on the day of the ritual. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6b/e9/6be97bd5-1882-4dae-a7d5-afd6a9bc5e77/content/images/2026/08/46ec7538-c43c-44d5-9ed4-966a15993b38_1080x1350.png) [Sign up today](https://hawthreiter.com/bookareading/p/into-the-liminal-monthly-dark-moon-circles?ref=hawthreiter.com)! — Hawth Reiter is a trans husband, dad, writer, animist, philosopher, and threshold guide. 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