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Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 20, 2010 | Comments Off

A Beginner’s Guide to Dream Studies
If you’re new to this site, here is a list of my most popular content and core essays from the last few years. You can also check out the categories list on the right side bar to find a specific topic, as well as the archives.

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How Dreams of Bereavement Reach Out to Us

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 5, 2009 | 11 Comments

In my last article about dreams of the dead, I gave short shrift to dreams of bereavement, which is a subset of dreams where we are visited by the deceased. Often, all visitation dreams are interpreted to be grief dreams, despite the wide range of characteristics shown in these bizarre experiences. So, now let’s take [...]

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Visitation dreams: When the Veil between Worlds is Thin

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 29, 2009 | 28 Comments

With Halloween on its way, it’s high time to take a look at visitation dreams, or dreams we have of the departed.

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Sleep Paralysis and Spirits

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 25, 2008 | 22 Comments

Are spirits real, or are they just irrational stories meant to explain things that science now explains better? This is the way the question of spirits is framed by many. According to many recent polls, belief in ghosts in the West hovers around 60%, and one British poll found that more people believe in [...]