The turning point

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 21, 2007  |  2 Comments

Darkness is now turning towards the light. I”m spending the weekend in seclusion, with high hopes to get out the first draft of my thesis on lucid dreaming before the new year.

Feral Kevin wrote a great post about what the solstice means for him. This really resonates with me:

Solstice dreams

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 17, 2007  |  2 Comments

With the approaching solstice, the dreaming is stronger, if for no other reason than the nights are long. In pre-electric times, and traditional societies today, this is nature’s ways of saying go ahead and sleep in.
Meanwhile, hundreds of folks in Brittany will converge on the major megalithic sites for a time-honored solstice celebration. [...]

IONS opens its doors

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 11, 2007  |  1 Comment

I just learned that the Institute of Noetic Sciences has opened its virtual library of consciousness studies to the public until December 24th.
Included in this promotion are video interviews from Deepak Chopra and other luminaries, as well as access to dozens of articles and audio broadcasts on subjects ranging from spirituality, the paranormal, the [...]

Science says sleep good

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 28, 2007  |  2 Comments

Check out the English translation of this mainstream piece on sleep and dream research just out of Korea. This article about the benefits of sleep is more holistic than the usual reductionist perspective that comes out of New York. Which is to say, the Korean piece succeeded in mentioning dreaming at all. [...]

Dream Interpretation and its Discontents

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 25, 2007  |  2 Comments

I just uploaded a new essay titled the Trouble with Dream Studies, which is meant to contextualize my perspective about dream research and its place – or misplace – within Western science. The essay also introduces a series of further thoughts about the mysteries of dreaming which explore how our beliefs can construct – [...]

Dreams, art and spirituality: a blog shout-out

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 16, 2007  |  1 Comment

I just discovered Tristy Taylor’s blog about dreams, art and spirituality. Taylor is an Interfaith minister who writes eloquently about dreamwork as a soulful path.
I especially like her discussion about the role of psychological projection in everyday life as well as dreams: