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...]
The Rise of Lucid Dreaming
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...]
Avatar: A Dreamer’s Review
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...]
Lucid Dreaming and Narby’s Cosmic Serpent
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...]
Anthropology of Consciousness Review: Part II
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...]
Lucid Dreaming: Conquest and Wilderness
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...]