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Book Review: Dark Intrusions by Louis Proud

By Ryan Hurd

Dark Intrusions by Louis Proud is a much needed investigation into the paranormal aspects of sleep paralysis visions. Proud digs deep and views SP within the philosophical and literary traditions of spiritualism, mediumship, ghost hauntings and … [Read more...] about Book Review: Dark Intrusions by Louis Proud

Filed Under: Dreamy Book Reviews Tagged With: Charles Tart, Dark Intrusions, discarnate entities, ghost rape, Louis Proud, sleep paralysis, transpersonal psychology, Wesley Strieber

Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light

By Ryan Hurd

The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams.  Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: bible dreams, Christian dream interpretation, christian dreams, christian lucid dreams, george gillespie, James Hall, John Sanford, Kenneth Kelzer, Louis Savary, Morton Kelsey, Patricia Berne, saint augustine dreams, Scott Sparrow, transpersonal psychology

Lucid Dreaming: a Hybrid of REM and Waking Cognition

By Ryan Hurd

A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming: a Hybrid of REM and Waking Cognition

Filed Under: New Dream Studies Tagged With: 40hz entrainment, Allan Hobson, altered states, brain entrainment, cognitive neurophilosophy, EEG, gamma range, Harry Hunt, Lucid Dreaming, lucid dreaming tools, Michael Winkelman, transpersonal psychology, Ursula Voss

New lucid dreaming blogs

By Ryan Hurd

A couple quick blog recommendations today: The first is a new blog about dreams and consciousness: Oneirology +. The focus is on lucid dreaming and science of sleep. They post articles, images, and original blogs that explore the interconnection … [Read more...] about New lucid dreaming blogs

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: Lucid Dreaming, transpersonal psychology

Book Review: Lucid Dreaming by Robert Waggoner

By Ryan Hurd

My recent poll showed that you want more book reviews about dreams and consciousness - lovely! With so much information in the world, it is helpful to have a guide. With that in mind, I highly recommend Robert Waggoner's new book: Lucid Dreaming: … [Read more...] about Book Review: Lucid Dreaming by Robert Waggoner

Filed Under: Dreamy Book Reviews Tagged With: indigenous science, lucid dream book review, Lucid Dreaming, pan-psychism, Robert Waggoner, transpersonal psychology

Humanists and Transpersonalists make out in the alleyway of the Academy

By Ryan Hurd

I was lucky enough to attend a historic meeting San Francisco last weekend at CIIS, where the Association for Humanistic Pychology and the Association for Transpersonal Psychology formally held hands and promised to play nice in the sandbox again. … [Read more...] about Humanists and Transpersonalists make out in the alleyway of the Academy

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health Tagged With: transpersonal psychology

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