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Howdy everyone. This has probably been mentioned many times before, but what are some good techniques/rituals/spells/etc... for contacting/getting to the astral plane? (I'm looking to specifically contact certain spirits/creatures there)

I've gotten to it several times before, but I want to learn of other techniques that are almost always guaranteed to work (the way I do/have done it doesn't work most of the time and takes a rather long time). If you have any ideas that might help, please let me know. Thanks. :)