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Cyber-Dreaming ??? A Quick History

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 19, 2008 | No Comments

Just uploaded a short history of dreamwork on the Internet. Dream researchers and enthusiasts have been sharing dreams through the Internet since its inception. In fact, dreamers ” who really are the true communicators of this age in my humble opinion ” were some of the first groups that participated in pre-Internet [...]

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Guide to Dream Sharing on the Internet

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 17, 2008 | No Comments

Two announcements today:
First, I just uploaded my guide to Online Dream Sharing to the original articles section. These are my top picks for places on the web to safely share and exchange dreams with other dreamers. All are peer-to-peer dream sharing sites, but many are run by dream researchers and professionals. The guide [...]

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Christianity and Dreams: From Visions to Temptations

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 26, 2008 | No Comments

In many parts of the English-speaking world, Christianity is known for not valuing dreams. The fear is diffuse, the stuff of legends, vaguely suggesting that paying attention to dreams is somehow pagan or consorting with the devil. In the past, however, Christianity considered dreams to be a viable way to receive visions from [...]

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Are Boring Dreams our Western Heritage?

Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments

Since I”m in the business of pointing out good dream research, today I thought I would point out the opposite. Unfortunately, a recent fluff piece from The Daily Advertiser in Arizona is pretty typical of mainstream journalism. It’s an entertaining read, but devoid of actual journalistic research.
The title of this article “Stuff that [...]

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Dream Interpretation and its Discontents

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments

I just uploaded a new essay titled the Trouble with Dream Studies, which is meant to contextualize my perspective about dream research and its place – or misplace – within Western science. The essay also introduces a series of further thoughts about the mysteries of dreaming which explore how our beliefs can construct – [...]

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Electric Dreams closes its doors

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 1, 2007 | No Comments

I”m sad to report that the oldest site for dream studies on the web has published its last issue. Electric Dreams has been providing cutting-edge dream theory and information for fourteen years. Yeah, that’s long before “google” became a verb. Indeed, the associated networking site Dream Gate paved the way for [...]

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