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Lucid Dreaming, Shamanism and the Paleolithic
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 step further and suggest that our ancient ancestors were quite capable of incubating visionary states within their dreams.
Click here to read: The Prehistory of Lucid Dreaming.
Topics: lucid dreaming |
February 29th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Great article! I stumbled it. Hopefully that’ll bring some new visitors your way.
I love how you’ve set up your site with a blog for annoucements and less formal writing, and then a section for full-fledged articles.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Thanks, Ben, for your web 2.0 magic. More articles will be coming soon.