An excerpt by Ed Kellogg from Consciousness Beyond the Body: Evidence and Reflections [Author‘s note: This excerpt includes the introductory and concluding sections only, about 15% of the chapter. To check out the chapter in its entirety, which includes reports of the author‘s OBEs, you can download the chapter at https://independent.academia.edu/EdKellogg. Excerpt from ‘Chapter 3:…
Photo by Ryan Brohm via Iowa State Daily Lucid dreamer, professor and researcher, Ted Esser, has a deep interest in lucid dreaming and spiritual awakenings for personal transformation. He directs the Spiritual Emergence Network, teaches at both Sofia and JFK Universities, and studied lucid dreaming for his PhD dissertation. Welcome, Ted Esser! Can you…
Cain Pence is a Minneapolis, Minnesota based writer. Mr. Pence is a graduate of Georgetown University and has travelled extensively throughout all 50 states. Mr. Pence’s poems have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines. He wrote this short poem to ponder the great unknowns of the dream world. He can be reached at [email protected]
Marla Charbonneau Ecstatic Connection With a Dearly Missed Friend I‘m dreaming that I‘m at a house party. There are several people there and we are all visiting and having a good time. Suddenly I look up and see my friend Jon, who has been deceased for over two years, come down a short flight of…
By Bill Murphy, LDE Science Correspondent © 2016 While researching the topic of lucid dreams of the deceased, I reviewed the work of those who have studied various categories of dreams looking for relevant data. The challenge of providing examples of communication with deceased loved ones while in a lucid dream was confounding in some regards while acknowledging…
By Karim © 2016 I had this lucid dream on the last day of Ramadan. This is a religious fasting month in Arabia that is followed by 3 days of Eid festival. This is a kin to Easter for Arab muslims. It is a time of family gathering together and lots of gifts to be…
By Albert Lauer © 2016 Before my mother eventually died, she came to say goodbye in a lucid dream. I was still in bed although I had woken up early in the morning at the first light. I usually prefer not to completely wake up immediately, so I remained focused at the inner side of…
In the weeks after my father passed, I found myself sitting with him at a TWA departure gate in some nondescript, silvery gray airport. My father didn‘t say anything, and little happened in the dream. After a second dream of waiting with him at the TWA gate, the symbolism suddenly hit me. The TWA gate…
By Patrick Paulin © 2016 It was similar to the feeling of waking up from a midday nap only I was not lying down. I was sitting upright on a couch and my eyes were wide open. My surroundings slowly began to come into focus. While I sat quietly, a tall gentleman was moving about…
By by Ed Kellogg © 2016 In late December of 2010 a friend of mine, Ginny H., passed away peacefully at her home at the age of ninety. She led an active lifestyle to within a few weeks of the end, when her health failed and she opted to have hospice care at her home.…
Photo by Ryan Brohm via Iowa State Daily Lucid dreamer, dream-work coach, and writer, Patrick Paulin, has a deep interest in lucid dreaming for personal transformation and growth. Along with this interview, he submitted an article about an interesting encounter with a deceased dream figure. Welcome, Patrick! When we talked after the New York City…
By Brian Aherne © 2016 Asking questions (usually out loud) in lucid dreams about ‘Life, the universe & everything’, or even just where exactly you left your lost house keys (D’oh!), is a sure-fire way to access the subconscious mind and to pull information from it! Incredibly interesting, confusing or just plain weird; the answers…