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Book Review: Communing with the Gods by Charles Laughlin

By Ryan Hurd

Whenever I have had a spare moment for the past three months, I've been sneaking peaks at Charles Laughlin's new book Communing with the gods: Consciousness, culture and the dreaming brain. It's a tome, over 500 pages long, and because of its girth I … [Read more...] about Book Review: Communing with the Gods by Charles Laughlin

Filed Under: Dreamy Book Reviews, Theories of Dreaming

The Ecstasy of Lucy Liu: Erotic Encounters in Hypnagogia

By Ryan Hurd

 In 1999, actress Lucy Liu had sex with a heavenly figure. Or so she claimed in an interview with US Weekly. She's not shy about what happened, either. She was laying down on the couch for a nap, and felt an unknown presence on top of her. What … [Read more...] about The Ecstasy of Lucy Liu: Erotic Encounters in Hypnagogia

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research, Visitation Dreams Tagged With: ghost sex, Lucy Liu, succubus, supernatural assault

10 Habits and Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

By Ryan Hurd

I'll just go ahead and say it: not everyone is cut out to be a lucid dreamer. I'm not meaning to be a downer, but it's true. While there is so much hype about how achieving self-awareness in your dreams is a learnable skill—and it surely is—some … [Read more...] about 10 Habits and Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, New Dream Studies Tagged With: best lucid dream techniques, how to lucid dream, Lucid Dreaming, lucid dreaming training

Join the 99%: Sleep In and Take a Revolutionary Nap

By Ryan Hurd

As the parent of a newborn baby (ain't he cute?), my sleep these days is pretty much toast. Seven weeks in, I’ve accepted that I’m not going to sleep for a period of more than two hours at a time for the foreseeable future. But I’m not sleep … [Read more...] about Join the 99%: Sleep In and Take a Revolutionary Nap

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Sleep Research Tagged With: insomnia, napping, parenting, sleep deprivation, sleep fragmentation

5 Aspects of Ancient Dream Technology That Boost Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Dream incubation is the art of inviting a dream into your life for problem solving or healing. The term comes from the Latin incubare, which means to lie down upon, or as we say today: just sleep on it. How does this relate to lucid dreaming? … [Read more...] about 5 Aspects of Ancient Dream Technology That Boost Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: aesclepius, dream incubation, Lucid Dreaming, lucid induction

The Doppelgänger: facing the otherworldly mirror

By Ryan Hurd

At night, the veil is thin. The spirits are marching. Cold air blankets their arrival. Through the mists, a figure emerges. He is a stranger, cloaked in dark spun wool, his face obscured. He stands next to your bed and you strain for … [Read more...] about The Doppelgänger: facing the otherworldly mirror

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors, Theories of Dreaming Tagged With: autoscopy, doppelganger, out of body experience, spirit double, spirit flight

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