Thanks to u/Graphenium for the winning suggestion.
Great topic, and happy speculating!
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I'll add the reason hypnagogia is such a special state is its liminality. You can draw “power” from anything where two opposites cross. Hences the major significance of equinoxes, sun rise/set etc.. Hypnagogia is our way to achieve it on the micro scale.
Very interesting insight, I’ve never heard it described quite like that but it certainly fits. Do you follow a single practice or a personal amalgam?
Most legit systems will be similar in a way. So I follow a system that consists of having a truly silent mind as the main step, a day practice and a night practice. Any legit system you follow that isn't stringing you along will have a similar format. So Kasina or Bon Dzogchen are excellent places to start as they are complete systems that won't limit you and won't dangle enlightenment infront of you.
One thing you'll always notice is that these Masters always tell you to ignore siddhis or experiences during meditation. It's a dead end path to follow them, those guys make enlightment an unreachable goal. Complete systems such as Dzogchen won't do that, there are others but I won't mention them here. Once you dive into your experiences you'll find there are only a handful of places that describe what you experiences if you scour the net hard enough.
I only provide 1 system, if someone really wants to know they'll eventually find out if they search hard enough. No point in mentioning the other systems either since they're all similar. There is the problem of using many systems and never making any progress because while it all feels like new info it's essentially the same thing and practice tends to suffer from it. Finally there is intent, the thing that allows us to affect this reality.