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Lucid Dreaming, Shamanism and the Paleolithic

By Ryan Hurd

I just uploaded a new essay about the deep history of lucid dreaming and its potential role in Paleolithic rock art.

There’s always a danger of projecting our ideas about dreams into the past, especially the deep past, but as archaeologist David Lewis-Williams has reminded, humans cannot refrain from dreaming. I take this a step further and suggest that our ancient ancestors were quite capable of incubating visionary states within their dreams.

Click here to read: The Prehistory of Lucid Dreaming.

Filed Under: Eco-Dreaming Tagged With: cognitive archaeology, lucid dreams, rock art, shamanism

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  1. Ben says

    February 29, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    Great article! I stumbled it. Hopefully that’ll bring some new visitors your way. 🙂

    I love how you’ve set up your site with a blog for annoucements and less formal writing, and then a section for full-fledged articles.

  2. Dungan says

    March 4, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Thanks, Ben, for your web 2.0 magic. More articles will be coming soon.

  3. Erin says

    November 3, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    Apela (Colorado) has told us that the petroglyphs of Olowalu on Maui were actually dreamed into the rocks. This is what the elders say.

    • Ryan Hurd says

      November 9, 2009 at 11:57 pm

      word.

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