NOWIAM,
I agree with you that out of body experience (or lucid wakening, or dream body travelling, or whatever you call it) is a very important, very real and very mind boggling experience. Finding yourself in that state will inevitably change your view of reality of course. Me, I rely a lot on the books of Carlos Castaneda to guide me in how to control and develop my skills in this (and to control my fears in the daring steps into the unknown, in the pursuit of the undescribable).
I don't, however, agree with your opinion about the many threads out of the attendee's ability to change or "control". One of the clues about many of the "uncontrollable" issues lies also in the realm of the Dream Body - consionsess, focused thinking and groups of souls coming together has over and over again to provide real change!
This is what makes the Project Avalon so powerful, all these concerned, engaged and loving people coming together in this network is a new force that really soon will prove its powers.
Your thread here is very interesting and reveals something beyond curiosity that is good; might it be your own experiences in OBE? Tell us more please.
Best regards from Sweden.