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The Lucid Talisman: Restoring an Ancient Cognitive Tool for Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

So, I have entered into a new phase of my dreamwork. In a seemingly bizarre move, I have shifted beyond ebooks and gone backwards: creating an artful object that has its roots in centuries past. It's called the Lucid Talisman, and it's basically a … [Read more...] about The Lucid Talisman: Restoring an Ancient Cognitive Tool for Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: dream coin, Lucid Dreaming, lucid dreaming induction, lucid talisman

Tried Galantamine for Lucid Dreams? Participate in our New Study

By Ryan Hurd

If you have used galantamine as a catalyst for lucid dreaming, we would appreciate it if you would participate in our online survey. We are interested in exploring the subjective differences between lucid dreams that follow the ingestion of … [Read more...] about Tried Galantamine for Lucid Dreams? Participate in our New Study

Filed Under: New Dream Studies Tagged With: Galantamine, galantamine research, Lucid Dreaming, Scott Sparrow

How to Encourage Sleep Paralysis as a Gateway to Extraordinary Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Say what, you want to know how to induce sleep paralysis? Most people I meet are looking for ways to eradicate sleep paralysis (SP) from their lives, but some lucky and courageous dreamers have discovered that sleep paralysis also makes for a … [Read more...] about How to Encourage Sleep Paralysis as a Gateway to Extraordinary Dreaming

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, sleep paralysis Tagged With: hypnagogia, Lucid Dreaming, sleep paralysis, WILD

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

Lucid Dreamers Know They Have Bigger Brains and More Self Reflection. And They Know that You Know.

By Ryan Hurd

In a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich suggested that people who can frequently have lucid dreams—that is, dreaming … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreamers Know They Have Bigger Brains and More Self Reflection. And They Know that You Know.

Filed Under: New Dream Studies Tagged With: Lucid Dreaming, Max Planck, metacognition, neuroscience of lucid dreaming

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

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