Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments
Check out this new blog on Dream Yoga and Lucidity by Dannon Flynn. While still in its infancy, this blog is already publishing great original content about Tibetan Dream Yoga and lucid dreaming – and there’s a lot of relaxing music on the site as well.
Dream Yoga is an ancient lucid dreaming [...]
Tags:Buddhism, lucid dreams, Transcendence
Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming
Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 25, 2008 | No Comments
Hey ya’ll, just a reminder that the Annual Conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams is fast approaching: July 8-12, 2008.
The conference is, as always, open to the public. Click on the shiny dreamy logo for more information.
Tags:dream conferences, dreams
Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research
Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 24, 2008 | 5 Comments
I’ve been re-reading the Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby. A highly recommended narrative about an anthropologist’s journey into the realm of ayahuasca cultures in Amazonia. It blew me away and the second reading is just as good.
Narby is an ethnobotanist, and he makes the key observation that, while Western scientists have freely picked [...]
Tags:anthropology, ayahuasca, Cosmic Serpent, datura, Jeremy Narby, lucid dreams, shamanism, snakes!
Filed Under: Dreamy Book Reviews
Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments
Here’s a new article about Reconnecting with Nature. This is a quick beginner’s guide to nature observation that I try to practice several times a week close to home. This practice is the dayworld side of my dreamwork.
The guide is a synthesis of different practices developed by psychologist Eugene Gendlin, naturalist Jon [...]
Tags:Eco-Dreaming, wilderness
Filed Under: Eco-Dreaming
Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 14, 2008 | 31 Comments
Mugwort has been known for ages as a reliable dream enhancing plant. I have also had good results with this mild herb that is a close relative of wormwood and has a long history of medicinal use.
Tags:dream herbs, dream supplements, mugwort, mugwort dreams, remember dreams
Filed Under: Dream Herbs & Supplements
Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 13, 2008 | 6 Comments
Noted dream researcher Robert Van de Castle is collecting dream reports about angels from the public. Angels and other figures composed of light have been making their appearance in Western dreams for several thousand years, yet their dream mythology has scarcely been explored except from a strictly theistic perspective. Van de Castle hopes [...]
Tags:angels, Dream & Sleep Research
Filed Under: New Dream Studies
