Archive for January, 2008

Peer-Reviewed Dream Studies Coming Right Up

Posted by on January 30, 2008  |  3 Comments

This is just a heads-up about a new feature of this blog. I just signed up with Bloggers for Peer Reviewed Research Reporting. What this means is that when I blog about some peer-reviewed research article, I’ll have a flashy icon embedded in the post. The real benefit of this system [...]

Guardians at the Door

Posted by on January 24, 2008  |  2 Comments

Anthropologist C. Riley Aug has announced her new web page about “exploring the role of thresholds in negotiating identity through archaeology, folklore and literature.” I presented her fascinating research a few months ago in my post about lucid dream reality checks. Now you don’t have to take my word for [...]

Lucid Dreaming Lunacy

Posted by on January 19, 2008  |  2 Comments

From the recent press release by the Global Lucid Dreaming Experiment:
What effect does the moon have on our dreams? A team of researchers at the College of Metaphysics are seeking to find the answer in the next two months as the positioning of the earth, moon, and the sun move through a sequence rarely [...]

Lucid Dreaming, Shamanism and the Paleolithic

Posted by on January 17, 2008  |  4 Comments

I just uploaded a new essay about the deep history of lucid dreaming and its potential role in Paleolithic rock art.
There’s always a danger of projecting our ideas about dreams into the past, especially the deep past, but as archaeologist David Lewis-Williams has reminded, humans cannot refrain from dreaming. I take this a [...]

Nature Awareness as a Field Technique for Anthropologists

Posted by on January 15, 2008  |  4 Comments

Great news! My proposal has been accepted by the Anthropology of Consciousness for this year’s annual SAC meeting at Yale Divinity School. The conference is March 19-23, 2008 for anybody in the area who is interested in this year’s research focus on shamanism, spiritual crises, spirit possession, and the interface [...]

Babies and Nightmares: New Research Findings

Posted by on January 12, 2008  |  No Comments

Canadian dream researchers have confirmed a link between babies” personalities and their nightmare frequency later in childhood, as reported in the January 1, 2008 issue of the journal Sleep. In general, anxious babies are more likely to continue having bad dreams and nightmares as they reach preschool age.
This study backs up Ernest Hartmann‘s [...]

 

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