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The Healing Power of Lucid Dreams

By Ryan Hurd

Can lucid dreaming quicken physical healing? Can you use your dreams to scan for illness in the body? And what are the best ways to apply the skill of self-awareness in dreams for facing your fears and revitalizing your spirit? These are the … [Read more...] about The Healing Power of Lucid Dreams

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: healing dreams, health warning dreams, Lucid Dreaming, Robert Waggoner, shamanism

The Rise of Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Recent polls conducted by dream researchers indicate that more people are having lucid dreams than ever before. The increase may be "between 10 and 40 per cent since the 1980s," reports Mark Blagrove, a psychologist and dream researcher at the … [Read more...] about The Rise of Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: Carlos Casteneda, Kilton Stewart, Lucid Dreaming, Orang Asli, shamanism

Avatar: A Dreamer’s Review

By Ryan Hurd

Avatar is the movie James Cameron has been dreaming about for over 20 years.  It took that long for the technology to catch up with his vision.  Worth it?  Yeah, worth it.  I usually only see movies in the theater if something is guaranteed to blow … [Read more...] about Avatar: A Dreamer’s Review

Filed Under: Dreamy Movies Tagged With: Avatar, Avatar movie review, David Price, dream shamanism, Human Terrain System, Lucid Dreaming, Papua New Guinea, shamanism

Lucid Dreaming and Narby’s Cosmic Serpent

By Ryan Hurd

I've been re-reading the Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby. A highly recommended narrative about an anthropologist's journey into the realm of ayahuasca cultures in Amazonia. It blew me away and the second reading is just as good. Narby is an … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming and Narby’s Cosmic Serpent

Filed Under: Dreamy Book Reviews Tagged With: anthropology, ayahuasca, Cosmic Serpent, datura, Jeremy Narby, lucid dreams, shamanism, snakes!

Anthropology of Consciousness Review: Part II

By Ryan Hurd

Two great presentations to cover tonight from two experts in shamanism. Author Hillary Webb gave a spell-binding talk about her participatory research into Andean cosmology. When she asked a respected Andean shaman about the worldview of … [Read more...] about Anthropology of Consciousness Review: Part II

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: Senoi, shamanism

Lucid Dreaming: Conquest and Wilderness

By Ryan Hurd

My proposed lecture has been officially accepted for this year's annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams, located in Montreal from July 9-12, 2008. The symposium is titled Ecopsychology, Cross Cultural Big Dreams, … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming: Conquest and Wilderness

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: ecopsychology, lucid dreams, shamanism

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