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Dream Light: Categories of Visual Experience during Lucid Dreaming
No full textI have put into sixteen categories visual experiences associated with my lucid dreaming. The basic difference between lucid dreaming and ordinary dreaming is that in lucid dreaming I know I am dreaming, and in ordinary dreaming I do not. Lucid dreaming often has the visual characteristics of ordinary dreaming. On the other hand, lucid dreaming may lead to some experiences of light similar to what is reported in mystical or supposed mystical accounts (Gillespie. 1986). Therefore, the categories actually apply to a continuum from ordinary dreaming through lucid dreaming to phenomena associated with mystical experience
The Dream-Art Scientist: A Sethian View of Dream Lucidity
No full textThe experiential reports of lucid dreamers are often a clue to the underlying psychological, scientific or metaphysical biases that each dreamer incorporates into his nightly reveries. Such opinion can be the result of long-term philosophical commitment or new belief experiments. The phenomenon of the client who conveniently dreams Jungian dreams for the benefit of her Jungian therapy is an example of the latter case
Distinguishing Between Phenomenon and Interpretation: When Does Lucid Dreaming Become Transpersonal Experience?
No full textDiscussions of the transpersonal implications of lucid dreaming are already a firmly established part of the lucid dreaming literature. Patricia Garfield suggests that, "lucid dreams are microcosms of the mystic experience." (1979, p. 213)Stephen LaBerge describes certain types of lucid dreams as "instances of transcendental experiences, experiences in which you go beyond your current level of consciousness." (1985, pp. 242-243)Scott Sparrow concludes that the experience of light and energy in a lucid dream is what is "universally recognized in the literature on meditation and contemplative prayer as actual communion between the individual and the Divine."(1976, p. 51)A number of articles in Lucidity Letter(e.g. in Vol. 4, No. 2) have dealt with the close association between lucid dreaming and what are called out-of-body-experiences (OBEs). A religious "near-death experience" (NDE) has been seen to duplicate lucid dream phenomena (Gillespie, 1985). For those interested in what is called transpersonal psychology, such discussions can be exciting.Lucid dreaming appears to be a doorway to experiences that transcend normal awareness. But for those who are wary about mystical speculation, it may seem already too late to rescue the reputation of lucid dream research. We cannot avoid the fact that religious feelings and supposed mystical experiences are occasionally part of lucid dreaming experience, but we can avoid looking at such phenomena uncritically. We can separate the basic description of a lucid dream from its transpersonal interpretation
Lucid Dreaming Exercises and Questionnaire
No full textA shorter version of the following questionnaire was published in the April 1987 issue of OMNI magazine. In order to gather a broader range of information on dream lucidity, we are reprinting with permission of OMNI Publications Internation Limited, this longer version that questionnaire in Lucidity Letter. We would particularly like to bring your attention to the healing and problem solving sections as unfortunately these were largely deleted from the OMNI article and represent what we consider to be two of the most interesting areas of lucid dream experience. To aid the progress of science--and to direct your own nightly dreamtime show--please attempt exercises one, two, and three, as outlined below. We suggest that you do the tasks as often as possible over a two week period before filling out the accompanying questionnaire. Some people may need to practice the technique for weeks before getting results, while others may succeed on the first night. Please fill out the questionnaire whether you manage to have a lucid dream or not
Concerns with Lucidity Essay: Clinical and Transpersonal Concerns with Lucid Dreaming Voiced
No full textBecause the phenomenon of dream lucidity has become a field of inquiry for both scientists, clinicians, philosophers, and dreamers, I would like to highlight a few concerns which have been mounting in my mind with regards to wide spread access to lucid dreaming. We so often experience the lucid dreamas pleasant and so seldom hear about "bad" experiences therefore it is easy for those interested in dream lucidity to gloss over potential problems. During this my sabbatical year from the University of Northern Iowa, I have had the opportunity to talk to many people both in the United States and abroad about lucidity. Although there is much excitement about its potential those which voice concern for its abuse are also being heard. This excitement is normal and often accompanies the "discovery" (in this case re-discovery) of any new state of consciousness. However, it is incumbent on the leaders of this emerging field to also voice concerns. My concerns with this field are twofold, including clinical or personal experiential applications of working with parts of the self in the dream as well as issues regarding the transpersonal nature of the experience
The Creative Process: Paintings Inspired from the Lucid Dream
No full textCreative endeavors often arise from seemingly ordinary everyday experiences. In may own life, my artwork received a considerable boost through an initial encounter with a lucid dream which I transformed into an occasion for self-expression. This type of self-expression, which I have explored more fully in the past few years, highlighted the following examples
Flying Dreams and Lucidity: An Empirical Study of Their Relationship
No full textA common observation in the lucidity literature is an association between lucid dreams and flying dreams.In Van Eeden\u27s paper in which he introduced the term "lucid dream", he wrote, "Flying or floating in all forms of dreams...is generally an indication that lucid dreams are coming" (p. 449; Van Eeden, 1913). Patricia Garfield also noticed that flying dreams tended to occur in close proximity to lucid dreams and suggested that one can make use of this relationship to cultivate lucidity:"Induce dreams of flying and you are on your way to lucid dreams" (p. 133; Garfield, 1974). Celia Green reported that all her lucid dreamers refer to flying dreams, several of them describing that the flying prompted lucidity, while one intentionally used the occurrence of lucidity to initiate flight (Green, 1968). Other lucid dream accounts seem to have a high rate of flying (Sparrow, 1976; LaBerge, 1985)
Psychological Content of "Consciousness" During Sleep in a TM Subject
No full textGackenbach (in press) recently concluded a review of the research examining differences in content between lucid and nonlucid dreams. It covered two types of data, self-evaluations of the content by the dreamer, as well as content evaluations by independent judges. Both approaches were largely descriptive of the manifest level of content, although the self-evaluations involve some part of the latent content through the subjects need to describe their own experiences
A Proposal: Can Lucid Dreaming Effect Immunocompetence?
No full textIn developing a clinical model of mind-body relationships we are at an immediate disadvantage. Having evolved a cognitive understanding of mind and body as a dichotomous phenomenon, we bypass the variable of experience that the mind and body are a unity. In recent years psychological, neurological and immunological (collectively known as psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)), boundaries have been dissolving. Consequently, it seems prudent to dissolve the mind-body dichotomy in order to orient our current models and views of health and well-being towards models and views more congruent with experience