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« Previous Entries Next Entries » Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Two New Lucid Dreaming Resources
Just want to point out two new lucid dreaming articles, both dealing with the history of conscious dreaming.
The first is an article about the History of lucid dreaming from Ancient India to the Enlightment, and the second is a list of historic definitions of lucid dreaming that I dug up when writing my (still unpublished) [...]
Anthropology of Consciousness Review: Part II
Two great presentations to cover tonight from two experts in shamanism.
Author Hillary Webb gave a spell-binding talk about her participatory research into Andean cosmology. When she asked a respected Andean shaman about the worldview of complementary dualism that is at the heart of his culture, he replied, “It’s best to download it from the [...]
Geometric Imagery in Lucid Dreaming
I figured my first peer-reviewed dream research post should nod to the one of the unrecognized classics in the field of lucid dreaming phenomenology.
This is correlated with, but not necessarily caused by, the fact that my current academic journals are boxed away somewhere in the barn behind a ten foot wall of hay.
So, one of [...]
Lucid Dreaming: Conquest and Wilderness
My proposed lecture has been officially accepted for this year’s annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams, located in Montreal from July 9-12, 2008.
The symposium is titled Ecopsychology, Cross Cultural Big Dreams, and Shamanic Lucid Dreams, also with Mark Schroll, Jorge Conesa-Sevilla, Curt Hoffman, with discussants Stanley Krippner and Judy Gardiner.
My [...]
Lucidipedia Looking for Bloggers
Just discovered a new lucid dreaming wiki called Lucidipedia. They provide some great resources for lucid dreaming beginners, as well as an opportunity for more experienced dreamers to edit articles and become a part of the conversation. They also are looking for beginner lucid dreamers to blog for them while they take Lucidipedia’s training. If [...]
Saturday, January 19th, 2008Lucid Dreaming Lunacy
From the recent press release by the Global Lucid Dreaming Experiment:
What effect does the moon have on our dreams? A team of researchers at the College of Metaphysics are seeking to find the answer in the next two months as the positioning of the earth, moon, and the sun move through a sequence rarely [...]
Lucid Dreaming, Shamanism and the Paleolithic
I just uploaded a new essay about the deep history of lucid dreaming and its potential role in Paleolithic rock art.
There’s always a danger of projecting our ideas about dreams into the past, especially the deep past, but as archaeologist David Lewis-Williams has reminded, humans cannot refrain from dreaming. I take this a step [...]
The turning point
Darkness is now turning towards the light. I’m spending the weekend in seclusion, with high hopes to get out the first draft of my thesis on lucid dreaming before the new year.
Feral Kevin wrote a great post about what the solstice means for him. This really resonates with me:
“This time of year, the winter [...]
False awakenings
Kris from Reality Shifter has posted a thought provoking article about false awakenings and lucid dreams.
She describes the false awakening as occurring:
when you’re dreaming and believe you’ve woken up when in actuality you are still dreaming and only dreamed of waking up. You “wake up” and begin to go about your daily routine — visit [...]
Reality Check for Lucid Dreaming
This is cool and it really works. Moving across thresholds is crucial to our experience and construction of reality.
From Youtube filmmaker Adam St John:
This video is a supplement for training yourself to do reality checks whenever you walk through doorways. The goal is to habitually perform reality checks whenever you walk through doors or enter [...]