“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Consciousness simply changes its form. The physical body is maintained, yet certain chemical changes occur in it also. Initially when projection is first accomplished, there is a strong charge of adrenaline. There is high activity of the thyroid gland. There is a charge of sexual hormones, which are utilized also for projection.

The eyes muscles are not used, the normal muscular activity that usually occurs in sleep vanishes. The physical body is in a deep trance state. The trance may be masked also by sleep, if the projection occurs from a dream state. According to the intensity of the projection and according to the systems visited, the physical body becomes more or less rigid when consciousness returns to it.

This is simply a reaction to returning consciousness. There is a subtle difference in the way sugar molecules are utilized. Momentarily the physical body uses less sugar. However the sugar is important in fueling the consciousness on its journey. It aids in connecting the consciousness to the body, and without it under some conditions consciousness could be cut off from return. In other words, there is indeed a connection that is and must be partially physical, between the body and the traveling consciousness, and it is based upon a certain sugar molecule in a form not normally seen.

To return then under such circumstances requires an entry from this second form back into the first, and then into the physical body. You may take your break.

They are also exceedingly safe. The body itself is well stocked, so to speak, and it is possible to maintain projections for a longer period than usual in night projections. I am speaking now only of dream-based projections.