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Lucid Dreaming: Personal Observations
No full textTo dream lucidly is to be consciously aware that one is dreaming while one is still asleep and actively dreaming. For myself, as a lucid dreamer, I experience a world having familiar characteristics yet one that is, at the same time, profoundly unlike what I know while awake. Gradually, I have learned something of the nature of my dreamer’s universe, and what follows below are observations based upon 91 nights of lucid dreaming, covering a 52—week period
Physiological Characteristics of Three Types of Lucid Dream
No full textIn a previous report we proposed a classification of modes of lucid dream (LD) initiation into three distinct types. This preliminary analysis suggested that lucid dreams occurred either a) within two minutes of the onset of periods (Onset or0—LDs); b) after an awakening briefly interrupting a REM period (wake initiated or W—LDs); or c) in association with elevated REM activity (Phasic—P—LDs). Here we report further characteristics of these three types of REM lucid dreams
Lucid Dreams and the Arousal Continuum
No full textEight lucid dreamers slept one to four nights in the sleep lab where they were awakened by REM sleep following spontaneous or cued signals (3 sets of horizontal EMs). The cue buzzer sounded after 15 min. of REM in the presence of either high or low REM activity
A ‘Scene-Change Phenomenon’ in Externalized Imagery
No full textReported here is another apparent constructional characteristic of the visual—imagery process. It is becoming established that dream imagery has to operate within certain limitations. The new effect shows that, at least in some cases, pictures immediately before and after a drastic scene—change in waking imagery are pictorially similar in shapes and colours, yet totally different in setting. The effect was originally discovered by the author in ‘hypnotic’ dreams, but it later transpired that these subjects simply had very good imagery and that the effects could be produced without the notion of ‘hypnosis.’ Since it seems likely that the same imaging apparatus is employed in waking imagery and dreams, the effect may also be universally observable in lucid dreams. A study is to be made in this area, but colleagues are requested to seek similar information from lucid dream subjects while they are still naive. Using the unique ability within the lucid dream to manipulate the course of events, and carefully observe what transpires, many such valuable insights into the dream process are bound to be revealed
Review of "Dreams and How to Guide Them" by Hervey de Saint-Denys.
No full textWe are fortunate finally to have an English translation of the major portion of Hervey de Saint—Denys’ extraordinary account, originally published in French in 1867, of more than twenty years of experimentation with his own lucid dreams
A Survey of Lucid Dreams, OBE’s and Related Experiences
No full textIndividuals (n = 593), randomly selected from the Bristol Electoral Register, were sent a questionnaire on dreams, hallucinations, body image distortions, psychic experiences, mystical experiences, imagery and OBEs. An explanatory letter and stamped return envelope were also enclosed. Those who did not reply were sent a reminder after three weeks and another questionnaire after six weeks. Further questions were asked of those who had OBE’sexperiences. Usable questionnaires returned by 321 (55%) people. There were 145 males and 163 females, aged between 18 and 87 (mean 44.6). Chi—squared analyses were utilized and the following were among the findings
Natural Induction of Lucid Dreams
No full textFor about three years now, I have been interested by out-of-body experiences, because these experiences happen to me once in a while (appx. 1/month). Feeling very frustrated not to be able to trigger this phenomena, I read all the available literature in French and English on the subject, looking for some sort of techniques. One of these books was Oliver Fox’s “Astral Projection,” in which the author explained how he made use of lucid dreams to produce out—of—body experiences. Knowing a little about lucid dreams, I decided to try this technique. But the problem now was to induce lucid dreams. I tried various techniques mentioned in a couple of books I had, but I wasn’t too satisfied with them
Lucid Dreaming and Mysticism: A Personal Observation
No full textAs I read the literature on lucid dreams, I see the occasional temptation to refer to un-usual lucid dream phenomena as mystical experiences, or to imply that it is. These phenomena include the “enlightenment” of knowing one is dreaming, the recognition that what one sees is part of oneself, the feeling of energy or currents through the body, the seeing of light, the feeling of levitation or that one is out of the body, the hearing of “divine” music, and many others. It is true that many lucid dream phenomena may be found in a wide variety of mystical literature, and the connection between dreaming and mystical experience is worthy of study. But a cautious language is called for
Cognitive Abilities of Dream Figures in Lucid Dreams
No full textFollowing an earlier study by the author that examined which cognitive abilities the dreamer (dream ego) disposes of during lucid dreams, it was investigated which abilities other dream figures possess