in the riding the dragon ceremony, you are taken on a spiritual journey by a dragon. but this is all astral, not physical. astral dragons can do harm to your astral self, unless you summoned them. i've never summoned one, but they can do harm to you, the same way a spirit or demon can. in the astral though, your physical self will be fine. astral dragons aid to your spell work, and will help you with knowledge, bus also your spirit. the riding the dragon ceremony is pretty intense, some people don't get past it. so in terms of physical harm, you're in nor danger, it's mostly astral and mental if you upset them, or you can't handle your past.
astral dragons are just like the dragons you read about, they can be European, Ling, Wyvern, Lindworm, so on. some breath fire, some breath ice, some have a wicket bite, some fly, some can't, it comes down to the breed. point is, if they attack you, it'll be a different outcome depending on the dragon. if you've summoned them, they can do more damage, they could attack your physical self. i've heard a couple stories about dragnos attacking people, scratches, some bite and bruises, also heard about a couple small house fires [depending on what dragon you summon it'll change the temperature in the room, so i sort of believe it]
normally, dragons are there to guide us, if you have no fear of them, and are respectful, you can learn a lot. also, they speak in riddles and symbols, so get use to that. learn about runes along with dragons, and a couple riddles won't hurt. i've been dealing with them for years, and have only been attacked once. what happened was i was told when i first started to work on my chakra's, eventually i got lazy and stopped working on them and everything went back to how it was when i first started out. so i went to ask the dragons for help, and a fire dragon stabbed me in my chakra points. wasn't fun, didn't project for a while after that. my point is, they can be helpful, but if you upset them look out.
That is not true! I know from PERSONAL experience that astral dragons CAN hurt you, physically. I strongly suggest not even bothering with them, but if you want to, just be VERY careful.
um, i didn't say that, i said unless you SUMMON the dragon your physical self is fine. i'm speaking if he was in the ASTRAL and a dragon came up to him. if he was in the PHYSICAL and he came across an ASTRAL dragon, then yes he can be in danger. i know of plenty instances where people have been hurt and places even burn down as a result of a summoning gone wrong. but he was asking about astral dragons, so i answered as though he was in the astral.
Astral experiences do not have a massive influence on your physical body and your literal health.
The only connection between the astral body to the physical body is the metaphorical silver cords which basically connects the physical body to the astral form of body. It is the "line" between our body to the soul.
However, all the damage you can get in the physical body during astral travelling is only emotional and psychological. If something negative happens, you get back to your physical body without any physical damage. But there might be and emotional and a little psychological damage which is not permanent.
There is nothing to worry about. Enjoy your astral experiences and do it calmly.
I personally have never messed with astral dragons, but I deal with other astral beings on a regular basis, and there is one thing to make sure you do before ANY encounter with an astral being. You need to make sure that you not only know everything you can get your hands on about them, but you need to know how to gain respect in their eyes through showing respect (And knowing what to say to make them happy help too). Oh, and to be on the safe side, find a good spiritual defense to protect you in worst case scenarios. I personally like working a spiritual protection before projecting, then raising a golden breath shield around my astral body after projecting.
You can simply think of your body and come back to it in order to finish the astral travelling and the experience with the astral being.
The astral is an energetic exsitance. Energy can be easily rejected and sent away by stop thinking about the entities and thinking about your physical body, simple as it can be.
