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 gasped – it was signed by my grandmother, who died … [Read more...] about Dickens’ Christmas Ghosts and Lucid Encounters
Dreamy Book Reviews
Moving Deeper into Dreams, Sacred Sites and the Archaeology of Consciousness
If you're interested in the intersection of dream research and sacred landscapes, then you'll be happy to hear there's a new wide-ranging collection on the topic. The book is titled Transpersonal Ecosophy: Reflections on Sacred Site Dream … [Read more...] about Moving Deeper into Dreams, Sacred Sites and the Archaeology of Consciousness
Nexus of Nightmares: Fuseli, Sleep Paralysis, and Horror’s Master Image
A guest post by author Matt Cardin. When I first started experiencing sleep paralysis attacks accompanied by visionary assaults from a shadowy demonic presence in the early 1990s, I was already a long-time fan and student of supernatural horror. I … [Read more...] about Nexus of Nightmares: Fuseli, Sleep Paralysis, and Horror’s Master Image
6 new dream books for 2012
It's hard to keep on top of all the excellent dream and consciousness studies books coming out. I routinely -- for better or worse -- read five or six books at a time. I keep them in separate rooms of the house, so I always have something to read … [Read more...] about 6 new dream books for 2012
Book Review: Communing with the Gods by Charles Laughlin
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
Book review: Lucid dreaming: accessing your inner virtual realities
I just finished reading Paul and Charla Devereux’s updated classic Lucid dreaming. Originally published in 1998, this new edition by DailyGrail Press has additional content for a new generation of readers. In two words: highly recommended. At first … [Read more...] about Book review: Lucid dreaming: accessing your inner virtual realities