By Bill Murphy, LDE Science Correspondent © 2014 In a paper published February 10, 2014 in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, brain function of a healthy volunteer experiencing the sensation of being out of her body was analyzed. The 24 year old graduate student reported she had developed the ability for astral projection as…
By Dr. Clare Johnson © 2017 For me and many others, our first lucid dream lesson seemed a simple one — don‘t get too excited or the lucid dream may collapse. Within seconds of feeling far too much emotion while lucid, I could sense the coming collapse of the lucid dream. After a few more…
By Ed Kellogg, Ph.D. © 2015 Throughout recorded history, people have recounted experiences of encountering non-human beings, or even of finding themselves abducted by them. For most of this time people identified such beings as supernatural, for example, in Celtic countries specifically as the Sidhe (fairies), and more generically as spirits, demons, or gods. In…
By Arthur Gillard © 2015 Anamnesis is a science fiction web series about lucid dreaming based on an original short film of the same name. It has been getting a great deal of positive attention in the lucid dreaming community based on its accurate and realistic portrayal of lucid dreaming, as well as its compelling…
By Bill Murphy, LDE Science Correspondent © 2015 Emotional and physical health is intertwined which provides an opportunity for improving a person‘s wellbeing by using techniques such as mindfulness, which is the awareness of the present moment. Focusing on the present instead of the future or the past is not a new method for managing…
In 1985 after ten years of lucid dreaming, I had a mini-epiphany after an unexpected conversation in a lucid dream. In the dream, I approached an elderly dream figure in a three-piece suit and lucidly asked him, “Excuse me, what do you represent?” Nothing prepared me for what happened next. Instead of the dream figure…
By Maria Isabel Pita © 2017 For approximately three years, lucid dreamer and artist, Sean Dabbs, and I have been experimenting with meeting in the dream space, and have had some remarkable experiences. On this particular night, we had not officially planned on trying to lucid dream together, but we always keep each other in…
By Dr. Clare Johnson © 2017 Maybe you only have occasional lucid dreams, or perhaps you’re already a frequent lucid dreamer. But have you ever wondered how you can become even more lucid? Are you intrigued about the possibility of “lucid dreaming while awake?” This is what we do when we engage in “Lucid Dreamplay”—we…
by Daniel Allen Kelley © 2018 It was a hot August afternoon. The year was 1998. Having just arrived home from a brutal 13-hour workday of hanging sheetrock, I was looking forward to my first lesson with Dr. John Mumford (Swami Anandakapila Saraswati). I was going to be taught the true purpose of the Savasana…
Photo by darksouls1 via Pixabay A valuable source of good lucid dreaming information comes from books written by experienced lucid dreamers. The following books earned 4 stars or better on Amazon reviews. 1 Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold (1991) Lucid dream researcher, Stephen LaBerge, co-authored this widely read…
