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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.

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Inception and Mutual Lucid Dreaming

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 10, 2010 | 12 Comments

I’m usually not so wrapped up in the release of summer blockbuster movies, but I have to admit I’m enthused for Inception, Chris Nolan’s latest film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. And I want to share my joy for being interviewed by Empire Magazine on the topic of how endangered we really are by dream-hacking super spies.

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Inception: Dream Researchers Expose Project Somnacin

Posted by Ryan Hurd on May 17, 2010 | 8 Comments

I’ve been following the movie Inception, due out in theaters this summer. The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, involves a pseudo-government dream research team who can access people’s dreams, and perhaps construct their reality too a la the Matrix. About two weeks ago, a video showed up on youtube, showing a rough 6 minute cut of [...]

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Avatar: A Dreamer’s Review

Posted by Ryan Hurd on February 4, 2010 | 7 Comments

Avatar is the movie James Cameron has been dreaming about for over 20 years. It took that long for the technology to catch up with his vision. Worth it? Yeah, worth it. I usually only see movies in the theater if something is guaranteed to blow up. Avatar met this requirement, and if you wear [...]