I realized today that this month is the 9 year anniversary of the Dream Studies Portal. That blows me away. What started out as a blog meant to keep me writing after leaving grad school is now announcing the results of my own original dream … [Read more...]
Facing the tornado that’s been chasing me all my life
Our memory of dreaming is absolutely terrible. Perhaps it’s by design, but most likely it's just an artifact of the terribleness of human memory in general. However, if you keep a dream journal for longer than a few months, and especially for … [Read more...]
What happens when we let go of control in our lucid dreams?
One of the biggest misconceptions about lucid dreaming is that trying to induce lucidity—rather than letting it come spontaneously—will only produce low-quality lucid dreams. Not soulful encounters, and certainly not big dreams. I find this so … [Read more...]
Growing Down into Soulful Lucid Dreaming
Most lucid dreamers I talk to are looking for ways to become more lucid, as well as have longer lucid dreams that are powerful and memorable. In this quest, we often forget about the power of our emotions. What a missed opportunity—dreaming is built … [Read more...]
When lucid dreaming isn’t as easy as it used to be
Lucid dreaming is a learnable skill, but it doesn't follow the arc of most practices. In fact, just when you feel like you've got it under control, the dream has its own revolution. It takes a while for dreamers to reach this stage of lucid … [Read more...]
Lucid Dreaming and the Well of Souls
Happy Halloween! Historically, Halloween is the Anglicized celebration of the Celtic new year, known as Samhain. Early November is traditionally the final harvest in Europe, and also marks the calender as a “cross-quarter day,” in this case in … [Read more...]