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Anthropology of Consciousness

Archaeodreaming: lucid dreaming as a tool for exploring sacred sites

By Ryan Hurd

In the late 1990s, I trained as a field archaeologist. For the better part of a decade, I was part of a merry crew that roamed the forests and mountains of the US, surveying for archaeological sites and excavating them. My work took me from the … [Read more...] about Archaeodreaming: lucid dreaming as a tool for exploring sacred sites

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: Anthropology of Consciousness, Lucid Dreaming, Ometepe Island, petroglyphs, sacred sites

Sleep Deprivation and Western Civilization

By Ryan Hurd

Check out this amusing and poignant narrative about sleep deprivation and the American Dream as it is practiced in the deep South. The author concludes with a list of facts about sleep deprivation and dreams from the National Sleep Research … [Read more...] about Sleep Deprivation and Western Civilization

Filed Under: Sleep Research Tagged With: Anthropology of Consciousness, sleep

Consciousness, Spirit, and Amtrak

By Ryan Hurd

I"m getting on a train this evening, heading towards Yale Divinity for the 2008 conference for the Society of the Anthropology of Consciousness. Got my woolens and my soft brown shoes so I can blend in with the ivy scene. Who am I kidding tho? … [Read more...] about Consciousness, Spirit, and Amtrak

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health Tagged With: Anthropology of Consciousness

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