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Letter from the Editor
No full textI want to begin this letter by thanking two gentlemen who made the production of this issue much easier, Nick Turner and David Oshel. Nick served as guest editor for the issue while David has taken over the management of the mailing lists of the Lucidity Association. Thank-you both for making my life much easier these last six months. I would like to continue to work with guest editors on future issues of Lucidity Letter. If you have an interest in lucid dreaming and editing, no typing or desk top publishing skills needed, please write to me at the University of Northern Iowa. Now that my sabbatical year is over I will be returning to UNI so please address all correspondence to me at the Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0505
Letter from Scott Sparrow
No full textI agree that it\u27s time we tackled the question of the advisability of promoting widespread lucid dream induction. It\u27s somewhat surprising that a more heated debate hasn\u27t sprung up before now. But now that lucid dreaming has been established as a legitimate focus of research inquiry, and has been found to be available to a large percentage of the populace, it\u27s certainly time to ask, "What is the appropriate context in which to encourage lucid dream induction?"In regards to this question, I\u27m going to share some ideas without going back to arrange them. I know if I try to do that, I\u27ll never find the time to finish a letter to you. So please forgive the disjointed nature of this response
Hypnotherapy: A Natural Method of Learning Lucid Dreaming
No full textI am a hypnotherapist who works with lucid dreams. I would like to function as a connection, a sort of bridge, between these two groups of scientists, the hypnotherapists, and the lucid dream researchers. Hopefully, I can influence your perception of hypnotherapy, so you can understand how dream lucidity can be learned by this means
Induction of Ecstatic Lucid Dreams
No full textIn recent years there has been a growing interest in lucid dreams of a "transcendent" or "mystical" nature, with corresponding efforts to develop language for their description (LaBerge, 1985; Tart, 1984). Without attempting to solve the terminology problem, as my main focus is on experience, I would like describe some of my lucid dreams, which I will simply refer to as "ecstatic" -in the sense of joyous intensification of consciousness, their main feature -and discuss elements which I have found relevant to their induction
"The New Biology: Discovering the Wisdom in Nature" by Robert Augros and George Stanciu. Boston: Shambhala, 1985
No full text"Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way", Edited by Susan Walker. New York: Paulist Press, 1987
No full textInterview with "The Sun and the Shadow" author, Ken Kelzer
No full textKen Kelzer is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Novato, California. He is the author of the recently released autobiographical book The Sun and the Shadow: My Experiment with Lucid Dreamingpublished by A.R.E. Press and available from Lucidity Association
Communal Lucid Dreaming: An Introductory Technique
No full textEven though I find all lucid dreams to be exhilarating, there is a special class of dreams that I prize more than others. These are the communal lucid dreams that I share with friends while we are all in the lucid dream state together. I want to provide other lucid dreamers with the techniques that we use to fashion these group experiences. They are very simple and l\u27m sure that many people will want to experiment with them. Some individuals will discover that they have a special knack for using this approach, some will find it unproductive, and some will find a variation more effective for organizing the group dreaming experience. These procedures usually work best in the early morning hours after most of your normal sleep requirements have been filled earlier in the night. The afternoon hours work well only if there have been arrangements made with the other participants. The couple or the group, must be in a receptive state of mind at the same time that everyone wants to attempt the experiment
Dreams of Lucid Dreams
No full textI would like to make a few comments on a type of dream that I don\u27t remember reading about in the Lucidity Letter. It seems that dreams are usually divided into three categories: NONLUCID, PRELUCID and LUCID.I have, however, experienced a number of dreams that don\u27t seem to fit into any of these categories. These dreams I have classified as "dreams of lucid dreams".In these dreams, I dream that I am having a lucid dream.I will quote from my notes to help explain