This is just a heads-up about a new feature of this blog. I just signed up with Bloggers for Peer Reviewed Research Reporting. What this means is that when I blog about some peer-reviewed research article, I'll have a flashy icon embedded in the … [Read more...]
Dream Interpretation and its Discontents
I just uploaded a new essay titled the Trouble with Dream Studies, which is meant to contextualize my perspective about dream research and its place - or misplace - within Western science. The essay also introduces a series of further thoughts about … [Read more...]
The Trouble with Dream Studies
This essay introduces a series of articles about the difficulties facing dream studies as a field of knowledge. These difficulties emerge at every level of participation with dreaming, from third-person gathering of dream reports to first-person … [Read more...]
Laying the groundwork for conversation
My comrade-in-consciousness Kevin Kovelant wrote a post recently about how easily discussions about said consciousness can suffer from miscommunication. This is relevant here as we argue about the terms "lucidity" and "consciousness" in regards to … [Read more...]