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Inception: Dream Researchers Expose Project Somnacin

By Ryan Hurd

I've been following the movie Inception, due out in theaters this summer. The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, involves a pseudo-government dream research team who can access people's dreams, and perhaps construct their reality too a la the Matrix. … [Read more...] about Inception: Dream Researchers Expose Project Somnacin

Filed Under: Dreamy Movies Tagged With: dream machine, Inception, Jayne Gackenbach, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lucid Dreaming, mutual dreams, pasivdevice, Project Somnacin, William Domhoff

Exploring the Void in Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Since I was a child, I have had conscious dream experiences that take place in immense, spacious realms devoid of light or objects.  Sometimes these spaces are truly voids and my own dream body does not exist.  Other times, these spaces become filled … [Read more...] about Exploring the Void in Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: dream meditation, dream phenomenology, entoptic imagery, Fariba Bogzaran, geometric hallucinations, Harry Hunt, Husserl, Lucid Dreaming

How to Prevent False Awakenings

By Ryan Hurd

False awakenings are dreams that seem like waking life... until you get out of bed and fall down a bottomless chasm. True story. False awakenings can be frustrating, terrifying, and may even begin to impact your daily life, especially when they occur … [Read more...] about How to Prevent False Awakenings

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors Tagged With: dreambody, false awakening, Lucid Dreaming, Nightmares & Dream Terrors

9 Ways to Wake Up From Sleep Paralysis

By Ryan Hurd

Sleep paralysis is the terrifying feeling of being held down after just waking up or going to sleep. You can't move or scream, and sometimes this paralysis is accompanied with the certainty that someone --or something -- is in the room. Quite … [Read more...] about 9 Ways to Wake Up From Sleep Paralysis

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: dream paralysis, sleep paralysis, stop sleep paralysis

What are the Effects of 5-HTP on Dreams?

By Ryan Hurd

5-HTP has increasingly gained notoriety as a dream supplement in the last few years. Its primary use is as an appetite suppressant and for "natural" depression treatment. I haven't personally tried this amino acid—even though it's readily available … [Read more...] about What are the Effects of 5-HTP on Dreams?

Filed Under: Dream Herbs & Supplements Tagged With: 5-HTP, dream supplements, Lucid Dreaming, Thomas Yuscak

New Ebook: A Dreamer’s Guide to Sleep Paralysis

By Ryan Hurd

I'm excited to offer my first ebook: Sleep Paralysis: A Dreamer's Guide. This 100+ page manual leads readers through the fear of sleep paralysis nightmares, and teaches how to safely explore the extraordinary dream realms of lucid dreaming, … [Read more...] about New Ebook: A Dreamer’s Guide to Sleep Paralysis

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: ghost rape, lucid nightmares, sleep paralysis cure, sleep paralysis treatment, spectral sex, spiritual sleep paralysis

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