Streaks of lightning  flashed  across  the  night  sky as an
          angry cloudbank gathered  over  the city. The streets of the
          city were deserted,  and  the  tall buildings that where its
          heart and soul  were  dark,  unoccupied,  forlorn.  Into the
          surrealistic landscape there came a stranger in a land where
          strangers often met.  He  looked  up  at the sky and waited.
          After a long  moment  a light appeared somewhere deep within
          the cloudbank, and  grew  steadily  brighter until a strange
          cigar-shaped object suddenly  burst into view. It sat there,
          hovering silently, emitting  blinding  rays of intense white
          light. Suddenly the  mysterious  craft disappeared back into
          the clouds. Minutes  passed.  Then  the  clouds  parted  and
          revealed a dark,  eliptoid-shaped  object  with a row of red
          lights across its center. The flashes of lightning behind it
          added an eerie  effect.  It, too, hovered silently for a few
          moments before rising up into the darkness.

          I forced myself  awake and wrote down as many details of the
          dream as I  could  remember. It was 1 a.m. in the morning of
          May 14, 1983,  and  I  had  just  succeeded  in  opening  my
          consciousness to alien contact. From secret bases in Nevada,
          Peurto Rico and  South America, alien minds are reaching out
          to us. And  one sure way of making a safe contact is through
          the world of illusion which is our dreams.

          To the people  of  the  ancient world dreams were signs sent
          from the gods;  foretelling future events, and were a source
          of fascination for  both  scholar  and philosopher alike. In
          the 1st Century,  A.D., the philosopher Josephus wrote: "Let
          me  produce  the   state   of   sleep   as  a  most  evident
          demonstration of the  truth  of  what  I say, wherein souls,
          when the body does not distract them, have the sweetest rest
          depending on themselves,  and  conversing with God, by their
          alliance with Him; they then go and foretell many futurities
          beforehand."

          In  the  early   1900's  dreams  were  explored  on  a  more
          scientific level by  Dr.  Sigmund  Freud in terms of therapy
          for  patients  who   had   emotional   disturbances.  Whilst
          accepting that in the ancient world, dreams were believed to
          be prophecies of  things  to  come,  both good and bad omens
          sent from the  gods, he developed the theory that all dreams
          were reflections of  repressed  sexual desire. Maybe so, but
          there is another  side to these nocturnal visions. One which
          has the wherewithal  to  move  all  our  lives  down  a very
          different path.  Dreams  are  as  old as man himself. Always
          fascinating, sometimes frightening, they reflect the unknown
          dimensions of the  subconscious  and  can  put us in contact
          with forces greater  than ourselves. Occultists believe that
          dreams are the  links of connection between the physical and
          the astral worlds.  Spirits occasionally communicate with us
          through dreams to  pass on secret knowledge. For example, to
          give  power  to  your  desires  imagine  tiny,  gold-colored
          translucent spheres in  the  air around you, as you hold the
          desire firmly in  your  mind.  In  dreams  the  mind becomes
          passive and receptive  to  external influence. Little wonder
          then that other,  more  advanced, intelligences would choose
          dream manipulation as  a means of communication. However, to
          the details of how to open your mind to alien contact.

          An hour before  bedtime,  sit  down  with a book about alien
          abductions and/or UFOs.  Try  to  absorb  the essence of the
          encounters - the  kind of clothes the aliens wore, what they
          did to the abductees, how they communicated, what their main
          concerns were, how  their  spacecraft operated. It's helpful
          to sensitize your  mind  in  this way, although not entirely
          essential, since time,  distance and space are disintegrated
          within  seconds  in   the   dream  state.  Still,  a  little
          preparation can make things easier for you.

          Just before you  go  to  sleep,  concentrate  on  a field of
          golden light, imagining the inside of your head to be filled
          with its radiant  energy. The inner light you are now seeing
          is the golden  aura  of  psychic  power within you. Hold the
          golden light firmly  in your mind as you doze off. The image
          of this light  must  be  absolutely clear and vivid in every
          way. Concentrate on the aliens you are trying to reach. Your
          sensitized mind will  take  care of the rest. Keep a pad and
          pencil next to  the  bed,  and write down as much as you can
          remember as soon  as  you  wake  up. This is very important,
          because all of  the details of your contact with alien minds
          will vanish in a few minutes after you arise.

          A word of  apology:  success is not always on the first try.
          Persist until a  result  comes. You should never miss a day.
          Patience is necessary.  If you are really sincere, and put a
          great deal of  time and effort into making it work, you will
          have a very unique psychic experience.