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Tombstones beyond time: A precognitive encounter in the pines
By Ryan Hurd
One winter morning in rural Alabama, our crew was surveying a pinewoods for a proposed highway. The weather was frosty and I was wearing my usual archaeologist's uniform of several clashing flannel shirts layered with camouflage pants. We walked in transects, about 30 meters (100ft) apart, testing … [Read More...] about Tombstones beyond time: A precognitive encounter in the pines
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Dickens’ Christmas Ghosts and Lucid Encounters
By Ryan Hurd
This morning, Christmas Eve day, I noticed a holiday card on the coffee table. It was slightly crumpled and curled around the bottom as if it has been discarded for a while. I opened the card and … [Read More...] about Dickens’ Christmas Ghosts and Lucid Encounters
Healing our Cognitive Domestication with Lucid Living
By Ryan Hurd
Are you interested in lucid dreaming but frustrated about not having them often, or at all? I've got good news and bad news. Let's start with the bad news: as the continuity hypothesis of dreaming … [Read More...] about Healing our Cognitive Domestication with Lucid Living
Abduction encounters, sleep paralysis and the extraordinary
By Ryan Hurd
As I was recently cited in D.W. Pasulka’s book Encounters: Experiences with nonhuman intelligences for my work with sleep paralysis, it’s time for me to clarify my current position on the overlap between altered states of consciousness and UAP/abduction encounters. Pasulka’s book is brilliant (although best read after her first work on the topic, American Cosmic) and as a […]
The Blessing of the Groundhog
By Ryan Hurd
This is a story about a magical, shapeshifting Goddess currently embodying an overgrown squirrel, and how you can harness her celestial powers for your dreamlife. Today, February 2, is Groundhog Day. I live in Pennsylvania, and Groundhog Day is big deal here. This morning, all eyes were on the little town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where an […]
From the Journals: Thoughts about Dream Interpretation
By Ryan Hurd
Recently I have been inspired by the work of writer Matt Cardin—who you should be reading if you’re interested in creativity, horror and the divine. Matt also has lifted up the importance of personal journals in tracking the evolution of a writer’s life, as a snapshot of how our creative minds evolve over time, and […]