Posted by Alumni from Wired
November 5, 2025
Sarah, who is in her early thirties and didn't want her real name used due to privacy concerns, says the tapes'which she had been listening to on and off for months'took her on a roller-coaster journey of out-of-body experiences. 'I was in and out of time and space,' she says. It felt like a bad trip, she says, despite the fact she was sober. She recalls a subsequent three-week period of disorienting instability that veered from feelings of intense spiritual connection to fears that she may never again relate with others. Looking back, she is relieved she was not left 'in a kind of a spiritual psychosis,' but she sees the events as part of an ultimately positive 'awakening' process. Sarah is not the only one to report baffling and petrifying experiences thanks to the Gateway Process, which has been around for over 50 years and has exploded in popularity since the pandemic. But, like many others, she also credits it with helping her calm her mind and make transformative life changes.... learn more