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Big Dreams & Archetypal Visions

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 14, 2008 | 6 Comments

Big Dreams are usually discussed in the popular media as dreams we remember for the rest of our lives. These could include emotionally intense dreams, powerful dream journeys, and visitation dreams.
However, the “dreams we remember for the rest of our life” are not the Big Dreams that contemporary dream researchers have demarked, but rather [...]

Filed Under: Eco-Dreaming

Consciousness, Mediumship, and Psychic Detectives

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 11, 2008 | No Comments

I”ve been spending a lot of time recently listening to the podcast interviews from Skeptiko. Run by Alex Tsakiris, this site is a breath of fresh air for anomalous psychology and psi research.
Neither a believer nor a materialist skeptic himself, Tsakiris walks a fine line as he interviews his guests about their research. [...]

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health

Can Science Learn from Religion about Dreams?

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 7, 2008 | No Comments

Dream scholar Kelly Bulkeley was recently interviewed by the Boston Globe on the subject of dream studies and its implications for science and religion studies.
Bulkeley is an unique scholar who is trained in religion studies but often integrates modern neuroscientific findings and anthropological evidence to anchor his findings. Bulkeley’s interviewer is Jonah Lehrer, the author [...]

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research

A Shift in Consciousness & the Transfer of King Energy

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 5, 2008 | 7 Comments

Fiscal conservatives in the US aren’t happy, but around the world there is a sense of hope, promise, and a fresh start for American leadership. As Oprah was quoted as saying to CNN News in Chicago, IL last night:
“We”ve just experienced a profound shift in our consciousness.”

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health

Halloween Dreams and the Celtic Otherworld

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 31, 2008 | 3 Comments

Through Halloween, the castrated remnants of the Celtic influence on Western culture play out through communal rituals: of giving gifts to strangers, protecting the house with carved gourds that resemble spirits, and dressing in costumes to disguise ourselves after nightfall as a wandering ghost.
But we are also culturally predisposed to dream darkly, or at least [...]

Filed Under: Visitation Dreams

Hallucinogens in the Stone Age

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 27, 2008 | 4 Comments

I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to discuss the recent discovery of “prehistoric drug paraphernalia” found in a Caribbean island archaeological site dated to @ 400 BC. Bone tubes and ceramic bowls were found in a human occupation site, suggesting the use of a sniffed substance, most likely cohoba, a hallucinogen made from [...]