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Lucid Dreaming and Non-Duality

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 14, 2011 | No Comments

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, check out the annual Science and Nonduality Conference in San Rafael, CA on October 19-23.
This is a special year, as several founding lucid dream researchers—including Stephen LaBerge—are kicking off the event with a one day pre-conference workshop “Lucid dreaming, Consciousness and Non-duality.” This workshop is really a once-in-a-lifetime [...]

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Book review: Lucid dreaming: accessing your inner virtual realities

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

I just finished reading Paul and Charla Devereux’s updated classic Lucid dreaming. Originally published in 1998, this new edition by DailyGrail Press has additional content for a new generation of readers.
In two words: highly recommended.

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Bearing down on Active Dreaming by Robert Moss: A Review

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 8, 2011 | 2 Comments

If you haven’t read a book by Robert Moss yet, you’re in for a treat. His latest title, Active Dreaming: journeying beyond self-limitation to a life of wild freedom, is a welcome distillation of his approach to dreamwork. At once useful, playful and threaded with captivating storytelling, Active Dreaming is a guide for rediscovering your [...]

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Did Lucid Dreaming Contribute to the Tucson Shooting?

Posted by Ryan Hurd on January 13, 2011 | 25 Comments

Jared Loughner is the man alledgedly responsible for the Tucson shooting last Sunday, which resulted in the death of six people and the injury of fourteen others. Since the shooting, and Loughner’s arrest, several details about his life have come out in the press. His favorite books include Marx’s Communist Manifesto and Hitler’s Mein Kampf. [...]

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Book Review: Dark Intrusions by Louis Proud

Posted by Ryan Hurd on July 23, 2010 | 8 Comments

Dark Intrusions by Louis Proud is a much needed investigation into the paranormal aspects of sleep paralysis visions. Proud digs deep and views SP within the philosophical and literary traditions of spiritualism, mediumship, ghost hauntings and channeling. Hands down, it’s pretty much the spookiest book I’ve read this year.

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Inception: A Lucid Dreamer’s Review

Posted by Ryan Hurd on July 19, 2010 | 13 Comments

Inception came out over the weekend and I was not disappointed. The movie felt like a dizzy sci-fi lucid dream and I stumbled out of the theater afterward like I has just crawled out of a hall of mirrors. Don’t worry, there’s no big spoilers in this review.