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Ecstasy and Descent in Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Lucid dreaming is a practice that can take us into the realm of soul and spirit. But while we may hope for ecstatic experiences in our dreams, sometimes a different sort of scene arrives: one that tests our resolve, and leads us into dark places and … [Read more...] about Ecstasy and Descent in Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Visionary Dreams Tagged With: Bill Plotkin, James Hillman, Lucid Dreaming, lucid nightmares, neurognosis, Scott Sparrow

Is lucid dreaming spiritually corrupt?

By Ryan Hurd

This is the third article in a series covering arguments against lucid dreaming. The fear that lucid dreaming is somehow unholy or spiritually corrupt is voiced in conservative religious circles as well as new age spiritual communities. In all of … [Read more...] about Is lucid dreaming spiritually corrupt?

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: Lucid Dreaming, lucid nightmares, neurognosis, spiritual dreams

New Ebook: A Dreamer’s Guide to Sleep Paralysis

By Ryan Hurd

I'm excited to offer my first ebook: Sleep Paralysis: A Dreamer's Guide. This 100+ page manual leads readers through the fear of sleep paralysis nightmares, and teaches how to safely explore the extraordinary dream realms of lucid dreaming, … [Read more...] about New Ebook: A Dreamer’s Guide to Sleep Paralysis

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: ghost rape, lucid nightmares, sleep paralysis cure, sleep paralysis treatment, spectral sex, spiritual sleep paralysis

Sleep Paralysis, Fear, and Spirituality

By Ryan Hurd

The following is an excerpt from my soon-to-be published ebook,  Sleep Paralysis: A Dreamer's Guide.  This section illustrates how sleep paralysis is a complex set of experiences that includes body paralysis, waking hallucinations, and the fear that … [Read more...] about Sleep Paralysis, Fear, and Spirituality

Filed Under: sleep paralysis Tagged With: faith, lucid nightmares, nightmare, sleep ghost, sleep paralysis, sleep paralysis treatment, spiritual sleep paralysis, spirituality

Lucid Nightmares – Submit Your Dream

By Ryan Hurd

I'm preparing for my upcoming lecture on lucid nightmares, coming up in three weeks in Chicago at the annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams. So if you want to be part of my data pool for this rendition of the … [Read more...] about Lucid Nightmares – Submit Your Dream

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors Tagged With: Lucid Dreaming, lucid nightmares, scary lucid dream

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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