2007 | dream studies portal

Anthropology of Conscience

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

The American Anthropological Association just drafted a statement against the US military’s Human Terrain System project. The HTS hires anthropologists to consult with military ground units to better understand the foreign cultures where they are stationed. So they can dispose of them more efficiently.
While I am being slightly tongue-in-cheek, I agree with the [...]

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health

Media Watch: Dreams article in Parade Magazine

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 7, 2007 | 2 Comments

I was pleasantly surprised to see a new article about the value of dreaming in the Oct 28, 2007 edition of Parade Magazine. In this piece, author Robert Moss discusses the role of dreams in creativity, problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and possibly human evolution.
Moss writes:

Filed Under: Psychic Dreams

Free nightmare hotline still active

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments

Halloween in the USA: basically it’s a nationwide sugar rush and an good excuse to dress up in a sexy costume. But don’t forget the origins of the holiday – that’s some scary stuff. Turn on the tube tonight and you”re likely to see more than your fair share of slasher flicks too. [...]

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors

Laying the groundwork for conversation

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 24, 2007 | 4 Comments

My comrade-in-consciousness Kevin Kovelant wrote a post recently about how easily discussions about said consciousness can suffer from miscommunication. This is relevant here as we argue about the terms “lucidity” and “consciousness” in regards to dreams, but are often talking about different things altogether, such as awareness of one’s external environment, awareness that one [...]

Tags:consciousness, epistemology

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health

Nightmares and Sleep Paralysis

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 22, 2007 | 33 Comments

Gyrus from Dreamflesh made this connection between false awakenings and sleep paralysis: in both of these altered states, we feel like we are “awake” and aware of our surroundings. In a false awakening, this certainty of “awakeness” turns out to be a lucid dream about where we are actually sleeping. In sleep paralysis, [...]

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors, Visitation Dreams

False awakenings

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 20, 2007 | 18 Comments

Kris from Reality Shifter has posted a thought provoking article about false awakenings and lucid dreams.
She describes the false awakening as occurring:

Tags:lucid dreams

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming