By Christoph Gassmann © 2013 As I am writing about my experiences of light in lucid dreams, the winter sun is shining brightly over the horizon and is illuminating every corner of my room. The last day of this year will soon come to an end. The theme of light is of utmost importance for my…
“I have given over to you ten keys, and with them you can enter gates that are otherwise closed.” Joseph Gikatalia (1248 – 1325) in Gates of Light. The Tree of Life (TOL) has become one of the most well-known magical glyphs in the Western world. (1) Mystics have used the Tree as both…
Photo by Ryan Brohm via Iowa State Daily Lucid dreamer, Mary Ziemer, serves as Director of the charity HELP Counselling Centre in London. She has an MA in Psychology and Religion and an Advanced diploma in Transpersonal Psychotherapy from the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, London, where she is the Manager and Research…
By Sirley Marques Bonham, Ph.D. © 2013 Seeing lights in my lucid dreams or out-of-body experiences is a very common phenomenon for me. However, before I go on, let me clarify to the reader that, personally, I have never perceived any significant differences between lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences. I see these differences mainly as…
By Nigel Hamilton, PhD © 2013 The experience of vivid colours in lucid dreams can make a lasting impression upon the dreamer, often serving as a reminder of the significance of the dream itself. Whilst the form or container that the colour appears in has a meaning, be it an object, a person‘s skin colour…
Natalie Doucet Clear White Light of Awakening [For sometime my dream goal had been to find a dream guide that would instruct me in lucid dreaming. This is the first dream where I encountered him. Before the dream I had heard of Tibetan Dream Yoga, but did not know anything about it. As it…
Photo by Ryan Brohm via Iowa State Daily U.K. artist, presenter and lucid dreamer, Caroline McCready speaks with interviewer Robert Waggoner about exploring conceptual boundaries through lucid dreaming How did you become interested in lucid dreaming? I used to have spontaneous lucid dreams as a child, and most often I would…
By Lucy Gillis © 2013 A brief selection of lucid dreams from my dream journals in which dream figures and I do not perceive the same things in the same way. In the first dream, children, a friend, and I can see ‘Sasquatch-like‘ beings emerging from another reality, whereas adults can not; in the second,…
Hayden Ebert Comparing Colors I was away with a group of people who were all interested in lucid dreaming and the out of body state. We discussed the subject before bed and I felt highly motivated to have a lucid dream. I found myself in a room in the building we were staying…
By Line Salvesen © 2013 1 Get over a fear you have by experiencing and facing whatever it is that scares you. 2 Fly – enjoy the feelings of freedom and thrill it brings. 3 Transform into an animal. 4 Walk into a hallway with doors, and see what’s behind the doors. 5 Find a…
By Mary Ziemer © 2013 Trinity: I was looking for an answer. It’s the question that drives us, Neo. It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did. Neo: What is the Matrix? Trinity: The answer is out there, Neo, and it’s looking for you, and it will find…
By Bill Murphy Science Correspondent © 2013 There are researchers exploring the question that two way communications from within dreams are possible. In my interview with Daniel Oldis, one of the pioneers in this niche of lucid dream research, he shared that he has been working for many years to establish a communication protocol to…