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Breaking the Silence about Sleep Paralysis

By Sheila Pryce Brooks

Since the 1970s autoethnographies have been used by researchers to explore and reflect upon different aspects of a personal experience. As more people are today aware of the sleep paralysis phenomena, I write in autoethnographic style, feeling no … [Read more...] about Breaking the Silence about Sleep Paralysis

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: hypnagogia, incubus, sleep paralysis

Sleep Paralysis 2nd Edition now in Print

By Ryan Hurd

It's been ten years since Sleep Paralysis was published.  A lot has changed in a decade so I'm happy to announce the Updated and Revised 2nd edition of Sleep Paralysis: A guide to hypnagogic visions and visitors of the night.  Sleep paralysis, at its … [Read more...] about Sleep Paralysis 2nd Edition now in Print

Filed Under: Dreams & Media, sleep paralysis, Visitation Dreams Tagged With: held down can't move, hypnagogia, Lucid Dreaming, out of body experience, sleep paralysis, sleep paralysis book, supernatural assault

Mapping the Intruder and the Incubus from Sleep Paralysis visions

By Ryan Hurd

The creatures of sleep paralysis: creepy, sometimes horrifying, and yet, predictable.  Even given the horrific variety of shapes that the entities take, they do behave in some reliable ways. Mapping their characteristics is an important step for … [Read more...] about Mapping the Intruder and the Incubus from Sleep Paralysis visions

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The terrifying variety of sleep paralysis creatures seen around the world

By Ryan Hurd

As the days grow shorter here in the Northern hemisphere, and pumpkin spice is forever wafting through the air, we are once again allowed to speak of the ghosts, monsters and demons that haunt our collective imagination. When the veil is gets … [Read more...] about The terrifying variety of sleep paralysis creatures seen around the world

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: entities, hat man, hypnagogia, Kanashibari, real ghost stories, sleep paralysis

The veil is thin: When spirits show up in sleep paralysis visions

By Ryan Hurd

The veil gets thinner as we approach Halloween and Day of the Dead. This time of year, harvest feasts and remembrance festivals are common around the world, as they have been for thousands of years. The end of October is a cross-quarter day--the … [Read more...] about The veil is thin: When spirits show up in sleep paralysis visions

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: David Hufford, kanishabari, Lucid Dreaming, sleep paralysis

The Secret History of Sleep Paralysis

By Ryan Hurd

It was accidental. I was in my local theological library, rooting around in the dusty stacks for images of talisman and magical objects from the Middle Ages. The history of talisman is amazing and would make for one sweet coffee table book. … [Read more...] about The Secret History of Sleep Paralysis

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