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Archives for 2008

Anthropology of Consciousness Review: Part II

By Ryan Hurd

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 … [Read more...] about Anthropology of Consciousness Review: Part II

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: Senoi, shamanism

Anthropology of Consciousness Conference Review: Part I

By Ryan Hurd

I"m back from chilly New Haven, CT with a head full of ideas. The annual Anthropology of Consciousness conference was a blast, providing fascinating ethnographic reports, experiential research and some intriguing new perspectives of the role of … [Read more...] about Anthropology of Consciousness Conference Review: Part I

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health Tagged With: Ruth Tuolson, spirit loss, vampires

Consciousness, Spirit, and Amtrak

By Ryan Hurd

I"m getting on a train this evening, heading towards Yale Divinity for the 2008 conference for the Society of the Anthropology of Consciousness. Got my woolens and my soft brown shoes so I can blend in with the ivy scene. Who am I kidding tho? … [Read more...] about Consciousness, Spirit, and Amtrak

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health Tagged With: Anthropology of Consciousness

Psychogeography and Dreams

By Ryan Hurd

One of the most original dream-related sites on the web, urbandreamscape.com, has begun a blog detailing their dream incubation experiments: the Oneironauticum. Jennifer Dumpert and associates discuss their participation in on-going group dreaming … [Read more...] about Psychogeography and Dreams

Filed Under: Eco-Dreaming Tagged With: Dream & Sleep Research, psychogeography

Are Boring Dreams our Western Heritage?

By Ryan Hurd

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 more...] about Are Boring Dreams our Western Heritage?

Filed Under: Dream Interpretation Tagged With: Dream Interpretation

Geometric Imagery in Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

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 … [Read more...] about Geometric Imagery in Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: entoptic imagery, lucid dreams

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