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More Sex Differences in Lucid Dreaming Frequency
No full textI noted the discussion of sex differences in the Letter
Lucidity Language: A Personnel Observation
No full textI appreciate having Lucidity Letter for sharing information on the study of lucid dreaming. I would like to comment on some of the language used in professional discussion of the subject
Early Results With Hearne’s Dream Machine
No full textYou may be interested to know that Newcastle University Department of Psychology has recently purchased one of Keith Hearne’s dream machine’s (it is not available to the general public yet). So far I have used it for approximately three weeks on myself and two other subjects, but have found it extremely disappointing so far
Ten Tests For State-Assessment
No full textOften in dreams ‘something’ (it may be some inconsistency or an intuition) causes the dreamer to ponder momentarily whether he or she is in fact dreaming. A correct analysis of the situation at that ‘pre—lucid’ point can initiate the incredibly exciting and interesting experience of conscious controllable dreaming (lucid dreaming), but often the great insight is missed because things look all right generally, and critical thought is not to the fore. However, despite the superficial correctness of the imagery there are certain detectable peculiarities in the dream world and if the person has a ready—made set of tests to perform at such moments, the dreaming state can be recognized more frequently
Lucid Dream Research at the Sleep and Dream Laboratory, University of Virginia, Medical Center
No full textA combined study of lucid dream induction techniques and efforts to give ocular (eye movement) signals from the lucid dream state is now under way at the Sleep and Dream Laboratory of the University of Virginia Medical Center. Joe Dane, a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Georgia State University, is comparing the effects of LaBerge’s MILD technique (LaBerge, 1980) with those of posthypnotic suggestion (PHS) for willfully inducing lucid dreams in 10 “frequent” lucid dreamers (i.e., who spontaneously experience one of more lucid dreams per month)
Is Dream Lucidity Work Another Reich’s Orgone Box?
No full textMy reaction to the content of the first Lucidity Letter is mixed
Near-Death, Out-of-Body and Lucid Experiences: Additional Comments and Data
No full textI was quite interested to read the material regarding the relationship between near-death experiences (NDE), out-of-body experiences (OBE) and lucid dreamers (LD). Here, I would just like to add a comment or two
Relevance of Dream Lucidity to Dream Theory Via Content Analysis
No full textFor various reasons dream lucidity has not seemed especially relevant to dream theory--partly because little or no content analysis of these dreams has been attempted, and partly owing to what I think are two red herrings: First, so much discussion has gone into whether those dreams are part of REM physiology (they do seem to be)-with so little attention given to what they arere content--that what has been missed is that they can be taken as showing a rare but often spontaneous and unsought transformation that is the opposite of what Rechtschaffen calls the “single mindedness” or ordinary dreaming and so establishes an underlying cognitive dimension on which all dreams seem to vary. And this dimension, whatever else it is, involves a progressive cognitive—abstract transformation of ordinary dreaming. The rarity and existence of those dreams are of about equal importance theoretically
