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Dream Control or Dream Actualization?
No full textI was dreaming again my nightmare in which I was swimming far out from shore and loosing strength. I was going to drown when I remembered Strephon’s words, ‘Just go with it and see where the dream takes you.’ I then let go to the waves and they carried me to shore where I walked up the beach to the amazement of my friends.”--Dream of a student of Strephon Kaplan Williams’s Dream Actualization approach as described in his JUNGIAN-SENOI DREAMWORK MANUAL
Lucid Dreams and Viewpoints in Imagery: Two Studies
No full textThere is much evidence that the same people tend to report both lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences (OBEs: Irwin & Blackmore, in press), but there is no general accepted explanation for this association. One way of exploring this further is to see whether the same cognitive skills are associated with the two experiences. Previous studies have shown the vividness of imagery and control of imagery are not associated with lucid dreaming (Blackmore, 1982: Hearne, 1978). While recent studies show some association between having OBEs and certain visuospatial skills (Cook & Irwin, 1983)
Single-Mindedness and Self-Reflectiveness: Laboratory Studies
No full textRechtschaffen (1978) has suggested that dreams are categorically single-minded and isolated. The phenomenon of lucid dreaming, however, suggests that his conclusion is overstated. Furthermore, the empirical status of Rechtschaffen’s claim is uncertain. The data on which his claim is based are personal and impressionistic. We view single-mindedness and lucidity as related along a continuum of self-reflectiveness, as suggested by Rossi (1972) and as operationalized in a scale of self-reflectiveness we derived from his work. In order to examine his assertion we conducted two laboratory experimental studies to examine the distribution of self-reflectiveness and single-mindedness in the dream reports of high and low frequency dream recallers awakened from stages REM, 2 and 4 Self-reflectiveness of dream reports was quantified using the 9-step scale presented below
“Dreams, Illusions, Bubbles, Shadows”: Awareness of ‘Unreality’ While Dreaming Among Chinese College Students
No full textThe recent literature on lucid dreaming (e.g., Purcell et al. 1985) includes some discussion of how to categorize “quasi lucid” states of consciousness, in which dreamers are aware of dreaming but do not control the content of their dreams. Without venturing into the theoretical questions involved, we offer some Chinese data which fall into this category and which suggest a plausible interpretation of such states of consciousness. These data may prove useful to researchers for two reasons. First, nonWestern data of this sort are difficult to locate in the ethnographic literature (cf. Walters & Dentan, 1985), a situation which among other things exacerbates the difficulty of disentangling biological determinants of dreaming tram cultural ones. Second, the process which we propose to interpret the sort of “quasi lucidity” in these Chinese dreams may be more generally prevalent. The accounts are from a corpus (n=67) of dream narratives collected from Chinese college students in Beijing in April and May, 1985
Dreaming: Lucid and Non
No full textComments on LaBerge, S. (1985). Lucid dreaming. Los Angeles. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc
Photographic and Cinematographic Applications in Lucid Dream Control
No full textThrough the application of photographic and cinematographic principles the lucid dreamer can be the director of various visual phenomena, thereby synthesizing creative dreaming and photography within the dream. A photographer needs to utilize certain techniques to either replicate a given scene or to create an altered scene. I found that these techniques could be simulated to achieve certain visual effects in the dream. They were accessible to dream control due to the perceptual nature of lucidity and the visual elements represented in the dream. The lucid dreamer may use a “dream camera” as a prop to facilitate the usage of the through-the-lens viewing techniques. However, it may be easier to use only the essential factor, such as a filter. Alternately one may visualize the process without using specific aids. Although the resulting visual phenomena can occur independently in dreams the usage of these photographic applications may increase their frequency and quality
“The Mystique of Dreams: A Search for Utopia Through Senoi Dream Theory” by G. William Domhoff
No full textThis book begins with an analysis of “Senoi dream theory,”a therapeutic praxis introduced to Americans by Kilton Stewart, allegedly on the basis of his ethnographic work with indigenous hill peoples of Malaysia. (The theory is that a nonhierarchical supportive community in which people freely discuss their dreams can teach dreamers to confront and overcome their own destructive feelings in lucid dreams, resulting in complete sanity and the abolition of social strife.) Domhoff’s discussion moves on to consider the place of dreams in American life and science
Near-Death and Dream Lucidity: Comments on John Wren-Lewis’s Account
No full textJohn Wren-Lewis’s near-death experience (NDE) and the aftereffects he describes are remarkable. Notably, his NDE did not follow the typical pattern; it contained none of the typical imagery associated with NDEs, such as encountering light beings, deceased relatives, supernatural landscapes, out-of-body states. However, the aftereffects he reports, spiritual and psychic, are more in keeping with many deep NDEs
The Representation of Death in My Dreams
No full textIn my waking life, I am very involved in my career as a Computer Scientist. I also have been doing research in lucid dreaming for the past 5 years at the Stanford University Sleep Laboratory, with Steve LaBerge. I’ve had lucid dreams long before I knew the name for them, and I continue to have them often. The first one that I remember occurred when I was 7 years old. It is described, along with other lucid dreams of mine, in the November 1985 issue of New Age magazine. Here I will briefly, discuss one aspect of my experiences, namely, death in dreams
How Valid is Auditory Biofeedback as a Lucidity Induction Technique
No full textIn reference to the Price and Cohen (1983) article “Auditory Biofeedback As A Lucidity Induction Technique” which was in the Vol 2, No 14Lucidity Letter as the lucid dream subject referred to in the article, I found no mention of the relevant past personal history, or an assessment of interview and written subjective comments. The significant personal findings are probably relevant for an accurate preliminary evaluation of the experimental results