Various approaches to gathering and assessing evidence exist, from EVP to psychic development, from out-of-body experiences to induced after-death communication.

Can a hypothetical nonphysical reality be proven, or even accessed, through ordinary physical means? Do our five senses provide us with sufficient tools for exploring possible realities beyond our familiar everyday physical domain? The methods and techniques described below have been used by many individuals across time and cultures to uncover their own evidence and ascertain their own truth. The validity of such truths is enhanced through corroboration by many experiencers reporting similar findings.

Note: Crossing Chasms makes no recommendations of particular techniques and assumes no responsibility for attempts to utilize them. While the techniques listed are generally regarded as benign, the information provided herein is made available only for the educational enrichment of readers.

Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) / Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC): Capture of anomalous audio/visual content and/or communications via electronic equipment

Out-of-Body Experiences/Astral Projection: Shifting one's visual perception (and sometimes additional senses) to points of view outside their physical body

Meditation: Achieving higher and/or more focused states of consciousness (sometimes described as vibrations) through contemplation techniques, often using visual, auditory, and olfactory references

Psychomanteum/Scrying: Receiving visual imagery by gazing at some kind of reflective surface such as water or a mirror; a psychomanteum is a small darkened room or chamber set up with a mirror, designed to facilitate communication with the deceased (historical example: the Oracle at Delphi)

Intuitive/Psychic Development: Increasing awareness/receptivity through various practices designed to enhance intuition and psychic abilities, which may manifest as an ability to perceive auras, achieving clairvoyance or other mediumistic abilities, and the like

Induced After-Death Communication: Technique based on eye movement therapy, found to be capable of yielding verifiable information about deceased individuals

Synchronistic/Paranormal Phenomena: Interpreting/experiencing physical activities or incidents that defy mundane explanations; examples are highly improbable coincidences, photographs containing unexplained artifacts/images, or capturing other phenomenal evidence