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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

Lucid Dreaming: Conquest and Wilderness

By Ryan Hurd

My proposed lecture has been officially accepted for this year's annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams, located in Montreal from July 9-12, 2008. The symposium is titled Ecopsychology, Cross Cultural Big Dreams, … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming: Conquest and Wilderness

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: ecopsychology, lucid dreams, shamanism

Dream Research and Lucid Dreaming Links

By Ryan Hurd

The blogroll was getting a little long in the tooth so I moved all of my links over to this dream resources page. My analytics are telling me that few people are clicking away from the blogroll anyways, which confirms the opinions of many experts … [Read more...] about Dream Research and Lucid Dreaming Links

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research Tagged With: lucid dreams

New Feature on Dream Studies: Book Reviews

By Ryan Hurd

I just published my first book review on Dream Studies, hopefully the first of many more to come. This expands one of my primary goals on this site, to provide readers with access to excellent consciousness studies and dream studies material that … [Read more...] about New Feature on Dream Studies: Book Reviews

Filed Under: Dreamy Book Reviews Tagged With: cognitive archaeology, rock art, shamanism

Kierkegaard for 2008

By Ryan Hurd

I try not to be political on this blog, but I am an American currently subjected to absurd campaign overdrive for the upcoming presidential election. I"m convinced: a vote for Kiekegaard is a vote for a sustainable metaphysical framework. Now … [Read more...] about Kierkegaard for 2008

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health

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