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Renewing the Practice of Dream Divination

Posted by Katrina Dreamer on May 7, 2012 | 2 Comments

Dreams and divination exist in the same realm. There are elements of synchronicity, surprise, and mystery to both. They go together like apples and cinnamon.
And in many cultures dreams are the divination tools.

Filed Under: Dream Interpretation

Video Chat about Lucid Immersion with Anne Hill of DreamTalk Radio

Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 19, 2012 | 8 Comments

Anne Hill from DreamTalk Radio just posted our talk about lucid dreaming on the youtubes. It’s a lively 20 minute discussion about my new book project Lucid Immersion Blueprint. Anne is a veteran in the dream studies community and an author herself of the book What to do when dreams go bad: a practical guide [...]

Filed Under: Dreams & Media, Lucid Dreaming

The Surfer Technique for Inducing Lucid Dreams

Posted by Maria Isabel Pita on April 15, 2012 | 6 Comments

One night in a dream, a tall and attractive man appeared outside my house wearing a naval officer’s uniform. I distinctly remember his blue jacket and white cap. He was a stranger, and yet I felt I could trust him. I let him in and he stayed to talk to me for a long time. [...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming

Dream Researchers Gather, Dance Funky Chicken

Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 9, 2012 | 2 Comments

The 2012 conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams is June 22-26, 2012 in Berkeley, CA. If you are ready to connect with a dynamic dream research community, here’s your chance. Keynotes this year includes cognitive scientist Tracey Kahan, psychologist Patricia Garfield, and Fred Alan Wolf, aka Dr. Quantum. Oh, and there’s [...]

Filed Under: Hearsay, Lucid Dreaming

The Ecstasy of Lucy Liu: Erotic Encounters in Hypnagogia

Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 14, 2012 | 29 Comments

In 1999, actress Lucy Liu had sex with a heavenly figure. Or so she claimed in an interview with US Weekly. She’s not shy about what happened, either. She was laying down on the couch for a nap, and felt an unknown presence on top of her. What followed was a pleasurable spell of lovemaking. [...]

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research, Visitation Dreams

10 Habits and Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

Posted by Ryan Hurd on February 29, 2012 | 8 Comments

I’ll just go ahead and say it: not everyone is cut out to be a lucid dreamer. I’m not meaning to be a downer, but it’s true. While there is so much hype about how achieving self-awareness in your dreams is a learnable skill—and it surely is—some people simply will be more successful than others.
The [...]