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Nexus of Nightmares: Fuseli, Sleep Paralysis, and Horror’s Master Image

Posted by Matt Cardin on October 31, 2012 | 4 Comments

A guest post by author Matt Cardin. When I first started experiencing sleep paralysis attacks accompanied by visionary assaults from a shadowy demonic presence in the early 1990s, I was already a long-time fan and student of supernatural horror. I had grown up enthralled by horror stories, novels, and movies, as well as by nonfiction [...]

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6 new dream books for 2012

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 30, 2012 | 12 Comments

It’s hard to keep on top of all the excellent dream and consciousness studies books coming out. I routinely — for better or worse — read five or six books at a time. I keep them in separate rooms of the house, so I always have something to read when I sit down. It’s kind [...]

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Book Review: Communing with the Gods by Charles Laughlin

Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 25, 2012 | 4 Comments

Whenever I have had a spare moment for the past three months, I’ve been sneaking peaks at Charles Laughlin’s new book Communing with the gods: Consciousness, culture and the dreaming brain. It’s a tome, over 500 pages long, and because of its girth I have approached the volume each time with some hesitancy… and a [...]

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 | 4 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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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.