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What happens when we let go of control in our lucid dreams?

By Ryan Hurd

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...] about What happens when we let go of control in our lucid dreams?

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: advanced lucid dreaming, initiation dreams, Lucid Dreaming, lucid ignition, lucid soul

Learning to Dance with Lucid Dreamwork

By Ryan Hurd

Lucid dreamwork, as I practice it today, is not only about exploring dream images and symbols but also the choices we make in our dreams. Our choices are often hidden in waking life, but in lucid dreams the decision point behind what happens to us … [Read more...] about Learning to Dance with Lucid Dreamwork

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Working with Dreams Tagged With: healing, initiation dreams, Lucid Dreaming, lucid nightmare, Robert Bly

The Initiation into Ancestral Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

We don’t have to forget the last hundred epochs to appreciate the ancient aspects of lucid dreaming, but as Westerners we may need to let go of some destructive myths in order to participate at deeper levels of imagination like those still cultivated … [Read more...] about The Initiation into Ancestral Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Ancestral Dreams, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: ancestral dreaming, deep ancestry, initiation dreams, Lucid Dreaming, snake dreams

Lucid Nightmares – Fear, Initiation, and Beyond

By Ryan Hurd

Fear as Projection Sometimes there really is nothing to fear but fear itself. Fear plays a huge role in lucid dreams because fear can manifest exactly what we don't want to see. In lucid dreams this well-known phenomenon is called the expectancy … [Read more...] about Lucid Nightmares – Fear, Initiation, and Beyond

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Nightmares & Dream Terrors Tagged With: initiation dreams, lucid nightmares, prodromal dreams, PTSD dreams

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