During the new moon every month, at a predetermined time, a worldwide group of occultists astrally meet at Moonbase Temple located under the surface at the centre of the visible part of the moon. Here each participant performs individual rituals in the astral temple, while working with the agreed-upon word of power and sigil. After the ceremony, each participant records his or her experiences, and these are distributed among the group for comparison. According to Margaret Ingalls, who uses the pseudonym of Soror Nema and coordinates these ceremonies, there is a reflecting pool at the centre of the temple with the Earth centred in it sending all positive energy from the rites back to the planet. When asked if she could see others in the temple when present, she said she could not distinguish individuals but often could feel their presence.

Ingalls's description of astral travel is typical within occultism and can be traced back to the techniques and experiences recorded by individuals in such nineteenth-century groups as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Theosophical Society. During these astral travel episodes, the individual imaginatively leaves her or his physical body and travels to places in this world or another dimension. The travellers claim that their inner selves travel into an imaginative environment generally accessible only to themselves. Here they encounter various entities, objects and structures with which they can interact.