For hundreds of years, early November (conveniently poised between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice) has been celebrated as a time of harvest and plenty, and also a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Is it the death of summer, the lengthening nights, or the dark knowledge that some won’t make it through the hard winter to follow?
For hundreds of years, early November (conveniently poised between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice) has been celebrated as a time of harvest and plenty, and also a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Is it the death of summer, the lengthening nights, or the dark knowledge that some won’t make it through the hard winter to follow?
For hundreds of years, early November (conveniently poised between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice) has been celebrated as a time of harvest and plenty, and also a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Is it the death of summer, the lengthening nights, or the dark knowledge that some won’t make it through the hard winter to follow?
This week I distinguish the methods of working with entheogens to explore energy from the practices of meditation and the dualism of shamanism and entheogenic religion as discussed in my new book, Being Human: An Entheological Guide to God, Evolution and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality
This week I distinguish the methods of working with entheogens to explore energy from the practices of meditation and the dualism of shamanism and entheogenic religion as discussed in my new book, Being Human: An Entheological Guide to God, Evolution and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality
This week I distinguish the methods of working with entheogens to explore energy from the practices of meditation and the dualism of shamanism and entheogenic religion as discussed in my new book, Being Human: An Entheological Guide to God, Evolution and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality
The reliance that Sufis place on dreams in their paths of spiritual progress is illustrated in a dream reported from the life of Imaam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzaalii (1058-1111). In Duncan B. Macdonald’s 19th century biography, it is said that Al-Ghazzaalii was beset by many personal struggles of a spiritual nature during certain phases of his religious studies.
The reliance that Sufis place on dreams in their paths of spiritual progress is illustrated in a dream reported from the life of Imaam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzaalii (1058-1111). In Duncan B. Macdonald’s 19th century biography, it is said that Al-Ghazzaalii was beset by many personal struggles of a spiritual nature during certain phases of his religious studies.
The reliance that Sufis place on dreams in their paths of spiritual progress is illustrated in a dream reported from the life of Imaam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzaalii (1058-1111). In Duncan B. Macdonald’s 19th century biography, it is said that Al-Ghazzaalii was beset by many personal struggles of a spiritual nature during certain phases of his religious studies.
The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams. Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust of dreams by many contemporary Christians, who are told that dreams can only be temptations of the Devil.
The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams. Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust of dreams by many contemporary Christians, who are told that dreams can only be temptations of the Devil.
The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams. Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust of dreams by many contemporary Christians, who are told that dreams can only be temptations of the Devil.
If you want to get on the fast track to remember more dreams, it’s important to start keeping a dream diary. Still, it can take a while before the dreams make it from slumberland to the waking world. The reason for this lag between intention and dream recall is that our memory system is not geared for automatic dream recall, and also because we live in a culture that does not value dreams.
If you want to get on the fast track to remember more dreams, it’s important to start keeping a dream diary. Still, it can take a while before the dreams make it from slumberland to the waking world. The reason for this lag between intention and dream recall is that our memory system is not geared for automatic dream recall, and also because we live in a culture that does not value dreams.
If you want to get on the fast track to remember more dreams, it’s important to start keeping a dream diary. Still, it can take a while before the dreams make it from slumberland to the waking world. The reason for this lag between intention and dream recall is that our memory system is not geared for automatic dream recall, and also because we live in a culture that does not value dreams.
A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that lucid dreaming has elements of waking consciousness and dreaming has been made for years. But this study, conducted at the Neurological Laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany, backs the assertion with physiological data taken with an EEG.
A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that lucid dreaming has elements of waking consciousness and dreaming has been made for years. But this study, conducted at the Neurological Laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany, backs the assertion with physiological data taken with an EEG.
A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that lucid dreaming has elements of waking consciousness and dreaming has been made for years. But this study, conducted at the Neurological Laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany, backs the assertion with physiological data taken with an EEG.
Among many wonderful podcast series from Upaya, there is a 7-part series of talks by Alan Wallace, a Buddhist teacher, translator and practicioner who works on drawing Wester and Eastern thought on understanding the mind closer together. There are many wonderful things about his talks, and I am not going to get into them, it is much more interesting and exciting to listen to the podcasts firsthand. However, one of the things that he said I found so interesting, I just have to share it.
Among many wonderful podcast series from Upaya, there is a 7-part series of talks by Alan Wallace, a Buddhist teacher, translator and practicioner who works on drawing Wester and Eastern thought on understanding the mind closer together. There are many wonderful things about his talks, and I am not going to get into them, it is much more interesting and exciting to listen to the podcasts firsthand. However, one of the things that he said I found so interesting, I just have to share it.
Among many wonderful podcast series from Upaya, there is a 7-part series of talks by Alan Wallace, a Buddhist teacher, translator and practicioner who works on drawing Wester and Eastern thought on understanding the mind closer together. There are many wonderful things about his talks, and I am not going to get into them, it is much more interesting and exciting to listen to the podcasts firsthand. However, one of the things that he said I found so interesting, I just have to share it.
In the 1970s, psychologists noted that people suffering from depression also report more dreams than average. In fact, people who are clinically depressed may dream three or four times as much. The quality of REM dreams (also called “paradoxical sleep”) is different too: more intense emotions, more negative themes, more nightmares, and more unpleasant dreams, in general.
In the 1970s, psychologists noted that people suffering from depression also report more dreams than average. In fact, people who are clinically depressed may dream three or four times as much. The quality of REM dreams (also called “paradoxical sleep”) is different too: more intense emotions, more negative themes, more nightmares, and more unpleasant dreams, in general.
In the 1970s, psychologists noted that people suffering from depression also report more dreams than average. In fact, people who are clinically depressed may dream three or four times as much. The quality of REM dreams (also called “paradoxical sleep”) is different too: more intense emotions, more negative themes, more nightmares, and more unpleasant dreams, in general.
Checking in with y'all post-Burning Man and sharing the idea of God's Signature in Fractal Anatomy =)
Checking in with y'all post-Burning Man and sharing the idea of God's Signature in Fractal Anatomy =)
Checking in with y'all post-Burning Man and sharing the idea of God's Signature in Fractal Anatomy =)
Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming. He was born in 1947. In 1967 he received his Bachelor's Degree in mathematics. He began researching lucid dreaming for his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology at Stanford University, which he received in 1980.[1] He developed techniques to enable himself and other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation.[2] In 1987, he founded The Lucidity Institute, an organization that promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running courses for the general public on how to achieve a lucid dream.[3]
His technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his EEG with agreed-upon eye movements during REM became the first published, scientifically-verified signal from a dreamer's mind to the outside world. The first confirmed signal came from Alan Worsley under study in England; however his group did not publish their results until later. [4] Though the technique is simple, it opens broad new avenues of dream research and pushed the field of dream research, or oneirology, beyond its protoscientific and largely discredited psychoanalytic roots, establishing it as a fruitful and respectable discipline.
Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming. He was born in 1947. In 1967 he received his Bachelor's Degree in mathematics. He began researching lucid dreaming for his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology at Stanford University, which he received in 1980.[1] He developed techniques to enable himself and other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation.[2] In 1987, he founded The Lucidity Institute, an organization that promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running courses for the general public on how to achieve a lucid dream.[3]
His technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his EEG with agreed-upon eye movements during REM became the first published, scientifically-verified signal from a dreamer's mind to the outside world. The first confirmed signal came from Alan Worsley under study in England; however his group did not publish their results until later. [4] Though the technique is simple, it opens broad new avenues of dream research and pushed the field of dream research, or oneirology, beyond its protoscientific and largely discredited psychoanalytic roots, establishing it as a fruitful and respectable discipline.
Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming. He was born in 1947. In 1967 he received his Bachelor's Degree in mathematics. He began researching lucid dreaming for his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology at Stanford University, which he received in 1980.[1] He developed techniques to enable himself and other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation.[2] In 1987, he founded The Lucidity Institute, an organization that promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running courses for the general public on how to achieve a lucid dream.[3]
His technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his EEG with agreed-upon eye movements during REM became the first published, scientifically-verified signal from a dreamer's mind to the outside world. The first confirmed signal came from Alan Worsley under study in England; however his group did not publish their results until later. [4] Though the technique is simple, it opens broad new avenues of dream research and pushed the field of dream research, or oneirology, beyond its protoscientific and largely discredited psychoanalytic roots, establishing it as a fruitful and respectable discipline.
There’s less than 2 weeks until the premiere Dreaming event on the web. I’m talking about the 2009 PsiberDreaming conference: a two week online conference that features over two dozen presentations from leaders in the fields of dream research and consciousness studies.
Keep in mind, this is not a boring academic conference, but an open forum for everyone who is interested in the strange and amazing possibilities of dreaming.
There’s less than 2 weeks until the premiere Dreaming event on the web. I’m talking about the 2009 PsiberDreaming conference: a two week online conference that features over two dozen presentations from leaders in the fields of dream research and consciousness studies.
Keep in mind, this is not a boring academic conference, but an open forum for everyone who is interested in the strange and amazing possibilities of dreaming.
There’s less than 2 weeks until the premiere Dreaming event on the web. I’m talking about the 2009 PsiberDreaming conference: a two week online conference that features over two dozen presentations from leaders in the fields of dream research and consciousness studies.
Keep in mind, this is not a boring academic conference, but an open forum for everyone who is interested in the strange and amazing possibilities of dreaming.
I have recently continued reading a book called “Supernatural” that I put down due to its long drawn out information on cave art and its influence by entheogens. After a friend informed me of its great content later in the book I decided to take a look. Sure enough about three pages past where I left off the book gets really interesting. The author goes into his experimentation with the entheogen Ayahuasca and how information may be locked into our DNA while being only accessible by those who are experiment with Psychedelics. No matter how bazaar this may sound, the author does display some great points into the area. Once I get done with the book I will make sure to review some of this information and post in into the blog.
I have recently continued reading a book called “Supernatural” that I put down due to its long drawn out information on cave art and its influence by entheogens. After a friend informed me of its great content later in the book I decided to take a look. Sure enough about three pages past where I left off the book gets really interesting. The author goes into his experimentation with the entheogen Ayahuasca and how information may be locked into our DNA while being only accessible by those who are experiment with Psychedelics. No matter how bazaar this may sound, the author does display some great points into the area. Once I get done with the book I will make sure to review some of this information and post in into the blog.
I have recently continued reading a book called “Supernatural” that I put down due to its long drawn out information on cave art and its influence by entheogens. After a friend informed me of its great content later in the book I decided to take a look. Sure enough about three pages past where I left off the book gets really interesting. The author goes into his experimentation with the entheogen Ayahuasca and how information may be locked into our DNA while being only accessible by those who are experiment with Psychedelics. No matter how bazaar this may sound, the author does display some great points into the area. Once I get done with the book I will make sure to review some of this information and post in into the blog.
If you are interested in dream interpretation, being part of a dream circle can be surprisingly accurate at finding the core truths in a dream, be them fears, future possibilities, or emotional hangovers from the past. Unfortunately, the uneasy fact is that we are pretty bad at “seeing” our dreams ourselves.
If you are interested in dream interpretation, being part of a dream circle can be surprisingly accurate at finding the core truths in a dream, be them fears, future possibilities, or emotional hangovers from the past. Unfortunately, the uneasy fact is that we are pretty bad at “seeing” our dreams ourselves.
If you are interested in dream interpretation, being part of a dream circle can be surprisingly accurate at finding the core truths in a dream, be them fears, future possibilities, or emotional hangovers from the past. Unfortunately, the uneasy fact is that we are pretty bad at “seeing” our dreams ourselves.
In a nutshell, Sparrow’s approach towards working with lucid dreams involves a focus on “unfinished business” as a springboard to greater lucidity. Many lucid dreamers know that sometimes the dreams end poorly, or have nightmarish elements that are difficult or impossible to control. Sometimes, the more you try to control the dream, the more nightmarish your dreams become. This is a fact of the powerful psychodynamic forces that we, sometimes unwittingly, come into contact with in our lucid dreams.
In a nutshell, Sparrow’s approach towards working with lucid dreams involves a focus on “unfinished business” as a springboard to greater lucidity. Many lucid dreamers know that sometimes the dreams end poorly, or have nightmarish elements that are difficult or impossible to control. Sometimes, the more you try to control the dream, the more nightmarish your dreams become. This is a fact of the powerful psychodynamic forces that we, sometimes unwittingly, come into contact with in our lucid dreams.
In a nutshell, Sparrow’s approach towards working with lucid dreams involves a focus on “unfinished business” as a springboard to greater lucidity. Many lucid dreamers know that sometimes the dreams end poorly, or have nightmarish elements that are difficult or impossible to control. Sometimes, the more you try to control the dream, the more nightmarish your dreams become. This is a fact of the powerful psychodynamic forces that we, sometimes unwittingly, come into contact with in our lucid dreams.
I recently purchased a recently released book called "The Holy Mushroom" written by J.R. Irvin. So far I don't have anything to report about the book, but I did find a few good podcasts that interviewed J.R. Irvin talking about his book and the research done on it.