This morning I had a false awakening coming back from a projection. In the false awakening there was a spectacular thunder and lightning storm outside and I thought, "What perfect weather for a projection." I temporarily thought I was awake, searching for my journal to write down the projection experience, but then woke up in my bed. There's no storm outside.

The episode reminded me of a few fainting spells I had as a kid. For whatever reason I was extremely disposed to fainting as a kid. And a lot of the time it happened, I didn't pass into unconsciousness, but I was aware. From childhood I have two distinct memories of passing out and finding myself in very long hallways with windows on both sides, with thunderstorms brewing outside.

Somewhere along the way -- I think in Bruce Goldberg's Astral Voyages -- I seem to remember reading that there's a symbolic connection between thunderstorms and the astral. Has anyone heard this or actually experienced the association?