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There may be a clue to this in the descriptions of astral projection in comics and psychic studies RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 26/05/2010 11:59:42 PM
If you could do it, there would quite literally be two different versions of you in existence at the same time. The "ethereal" you and the real you. That just boggles the mind with all the completely bizarre things that could happen as a result.


Nothing bizarre at all around it; we already know of at least one instance where a soul is disconnected from the body - the mindtrap.

It seems to me that the situation will be similar to what psychics call "entering the astral plane". In most popular conceptions or descriptions of psychic projection you project your consciousness from your body, so that you can see your body sleeping, but you yourself can travel around as a psychic entity through the real world unable to touch or move things.

The difficulty may be in returning to your body without suffering a debilitating physical shock or getting lost or trapped in the World of Dreams by a nightmare, which would destroy you while your flesh lived on without a mind or a soul to direct it.

This may be why Moghedien was terrified when they confronted two male channelers in T'A'R fighting with the One Power while in the flesh - the damage would be both spiritual and physical at the same time, making a Dreamer encountering a person's body in T'A'R
doubly threatened especially if the other person had Dreamwalking training. If Rahvin successfully turned Rand into a pig (I forget which animal it was) in T'A'R while Rand was there in the flesh, where does the illusion end? Rand not only felt himself trapped in a nightmare, but he was also physically changing - he subjected his reality to a stronger and more skilled opponents' and was almost defeated rather quickly.

This did bring up another idea though. What if you did this in reverse? What if a dreamer entered TAR in the flesh while tired, and then went to sleep while he was in TAR itself? I mean if you are there in the flesh you would presumably carry all your fleshy problems including tiredness so you could go to sleep. But since you were already in the world of dreams, where would you go? Would you go nowhere? Or in this case, would you appear in the same TAR in ethereal form and be able to mess around with your sleeping body (which was also in TAR).


I'd like to think that your spirit form can't interact with your body in any way. The main problem with TAR is that you derive neither rest nor sustenance from it - thus a Dreamer has to make themselves ready to access T'A'R and then take themselves out of that state into a normal sleep cycle to get rest. Egwene, for example, was frequently very tired upon waking after spending hours waiting for Nynaeve or Elayne because she wasn't getting real sleep. Even if your body was in T'A'R, the stress seems to be resulting from the astral projection needed to Dreamwalk. You could very well imagine yourself back into your body after being in T'A'R and find yourself doubly exhausted because your body and mind didn't get actual rest. Food doesn't sustain you in T'A'R either, because it isn't real and you could starve to death while Dreaming yourself in front of a huge feast.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
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Help me out with a TAR problem - 26/05/2010 08:10:07 PM 1449 Views
Re: Help me out with a TAR problem - 26/05/2010 08:28:34 PM 884 Views
No I don't mean that - 26/05/2010 08:37:27 PM 902 Views
Re: No I don't mean that - 26/05/2010 08:39:42 PM 769 Views
Re: No I don't mean that - 26/05/2010 08:52:22 PM 679 Views
I'm inclined to think the a'dam stops Dream Walking - 26/05/2010 09:26:20 PM 629 Views
Re: I'm inclined to think the a'dam stops Dream Walking - 26/05/2010 09:49:24 PM 610 Views
And it seems the woman wearing the bracelet has strange dreams too - 26/05/2010 10:54:26 PM 707 Views
Re: I'm inclined to think the a'dam stops Dream Walking - 27/05/2010 06:46:42 PM 608 Views
I think it would be the latter - 27/05/2010 07:11:17 PM 714 Views
I have a few mundane my reasons as to why Moghedien probably wouldn't and couldn't do that. - 26/05/2010 11:39:14 PM 632 Views
I disagree - 27/05/2010 03:21:05 PM 629 Views
Re: I disagree - 27/05/2010 07:08:41 PM 680 Views
If she could enter TAR she could drag an AS in with her, compell them and make them take it off - 27/05/2010 07:14:26 PM 722 Views
Re: If she could enter TAR she could drag an AS in with her, compell them and make them take it off - 27/05/2010 09:21:11 PM 820 Views
I think we are saying pretty much the same thing here - 27/05/2010 09:24:37 PM 652 Views
We are close to the same idea, but different in where we think her ability will stop. - 27/05/2010 09:37:28 PM 650 Views
*nods* *NM* - 27/05/2010 11:29:10 PM 289 Views
But channelling is not a requirement to enter TAR - 27/05/2010 08:31:21 AM 597 Views
The a'dam affects things in Channelers other than the ability itself - 27/05/2010 01:58:34 PM 780 Views
I don't agree. - 27/05/2010 03:02:08 PM 655 Views
you are misreading me I think - 27/05/2010 03:11:50 PM 799 Views
Re: you are misreading me I think - 27/05/2010 06:30:29 PM 698 Views
Re: you are misreading me I think - 27/05/2010 06:42:36 PM 709 Views
That's the point. - 27/05/2010 06:57:35 PM 681 Views
Re: That's the point. - 27/05/2010 07:10:25 PM 644 Views
Re: That's the point. - 27/05/2010 07:16:49 PM 641 Views
We may never know! - 27/05/2010 09:21:48 PM 681 Views
I would be very surprised if it came up in the books - 27/05/2010 09:25:29 PM 639 Views
Interesting idea. - 26/05/2010 09:38:04 PM 603 Views
Fascinating Idea #4 on this thread. Thanks, Sid! *NM* - 26/05/2010 10:31:48 PM 308 Views
Channeler heal thyself - 26/05/2010 11:40:25 PM 725 Views
There may be a clue to this in the descriptions of astral projection in comics and psychic studies - 26/05/2010 11:59:42 PM 665 Views
Re: Help me out with a TAR problem - 26/05/2010 08:35:49 PM 644 Views
Doesn't work - 26/05/2010 08:37:40 PM 856 Views
we've seen this fail - 26/05/2010 08:38:06 PM 606 Views
I don't mean that - 26/05/2010 08:39:32 PM 598 Views
I'd say you either die or just wake up if you tried that - 26/05/2010 08:40:31 PM 603 Views
As far as I know... - 26/05/2010 08:38:36 PM 636 Views
This could work - 26/05/2010 08:43:21 PM 820 Views
Thanks - 26/05/2010 08:51:17 PM 646 Views
Re: Thanks - 26/05/2010 09:12:10 PM 606 Views
So I think this disproves it - 26/05/2010 08:49:55 PM 892 Views
Is that really true? - 26/05/2010 08:53:45 PM 674 Views
Sid, I made some edits, but really nothing's certain. Look again, pls. *NM* - 26/05/2010 08:55:30 PM 317 Views
I would generally agree with your edits - 26/05/2010 08:57:32 PM 637 Views
yes and no - 26/05/2010 09:31:53 PM 556 Views
Re: yes and no - 26/05/2010 09:55:46 PM 589 Views
well Moghedien somehow managed to create a whole Body for Birgitte - 26/05/2010 10:36:45 PM 643 Views
Could Rahvin turn Rand into a fishman if he was just there in Spirit? - 26/05/2010 10:19:05 PM 609 Views
And I agree with your response - 26/05/2010 09:49:00 PM 610 Views
You have to enter TAR in the Flesh to leave it in the Flesh. - 26/05/2010 10:06:02 PM 700 Views
Re: You have to enter TAR in the Flesh to leave it in the Flesh. - 26/05/2010 10:57:06 PM 600 Views
The short answer to Birgitte - 27/05/2010 02:37:13 AM 603 Views
I think this is possible. - 26/05/2010 11:28:51 PM 656 Views
Dream gateway! - 27/05/2010 12:05:31 AM 599 Views
I think the problem is that you can only channel Spirit through your T'A'R form - 27/05/2010 03:05:13 PM 579 Views
if you dream yourself into T'A'R then you're just a creation of your own mind - 27/05/2010 12:02:38 AM 556 Views
aren't we all? *NM* - 27/05/2010 12:04:08 AM 266 Views
if that was true you couldn't die in T'A'R - 27/05/2010 12:08:10 AM 572 Views
Why not? - 27/05/2010 03:41:10 PM 712 Views
if it's just a creation of your mind? - 27/05/2010 04:03:29 PM 648 Views
is it possible to Travel in T'A'R when dreaming? - 27/05/2010 12:06:57 AM 597 Views
I don't think anybody has said this before... - 27/05/2010 04:01:28 AM 685 Views
Your real body can only channel Spirit. - 27/05/2010 05:25:08 AM 688 Views
Yes, but you need real One Power to affect the real world. - 27/05/2010 06:46:21 AM 668 Views
The only real situation we have to compare... - 27/05/2010 06:59:51 AM 580 Views
That's a weird situation. - 27/05/2010 07:09:21 AM 638 Views
Well, yes. The Birgitte situation can't be compared directly to Sidious' - 27/05/2010 08:01:38 AM 645 Views
Re: The only real situation we have to compare... - 27/05/2010 07:11:45 PM 680 Views
If something that didn't exist before existed after... - 27/05/2010 08:58:55 PM 623 Views
Re: If something that didn't exist before existed after... - 28/05/2010 02:09:01 PM 697 Views
Actually I don't think so.. - 28/05/2010 02:31:27 PM 588 Views
your dream self couldn't exit TAR... - 27/05/2010 06:39:26 AM 642 Views
TAR constructs cannot leave it. - 27/05/2010 04:57:12 PM 799 Views
Re: Help me out with a TAR problem - 27/05/2010 06:58:18 PM 589 Views
shucks everyone already thought of this... *NM* - 27/05/2010 07:08:50 PM 277 Views
problem solved... sort of? - 28/05/2010 02:48:13 AM 715 Views
I agree with those saying that if you don't physically enter TAR... - 29/05/2010 09:32:40 PM 646 Views

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