Narcoleptics Have High Creativity Quotient
Type 1 narcolepsy (NT1) is a chronic sleep disorder characterized by daytime drowsiness with a rapid transition to REM sleep. Sufferers of NT1 are more likely than others to experience…
Is VR Effective in Teaching Lucid Dreaming?
Dutch scientists from the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior in Nijmegen have published a new study on lucid dream induction training using virtual reality (VR). The results sparked…
TikTok Revives Astral Projection in 2020
This year, we have repeatedly drawn attention to the popularity of travel via lucid dreams due to the lockdowns imposed in most parts of the world. A huge number of…
A Mask for Lucid Dreaming. The Question Is, What Color?
Jose M. Aponte Urmeneta, a student at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, published a thesis on “Designing a sleep monitoring device to induce lucid dreaming.” The project was…
Is Stress a Cause of Sleep Paralysis?
Isolated sleep paralysis (not associated with a sleep disorder such as narcolepsy) occurs at least once in up to 40% of people. Relapses of this episode are less common and…
Scientist Studies Jesus’s Near-Death Experience
Many ancient cultures testify that people in the olden days already had ideas about the afterlife and leaving the body during near-death experiences. In particular, such references can be found…
Xbox Releases Lucid Dreams Ad
In early December 2020, Xbox released a series of promotional videos called “Power Your Dreams”. The plot of the ads is based on the scientific achievements of lucid dreaming investigations…
Is the Brain Dreaming During Sleep Paralysis?
Scientists studying sleep disorders at the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris have published a new study on sleep paralysis using electroencephalogram (EEG) data. In EEG analysis, special frequency ranges are…
Phase Day to Be Celebrated on December 21
December 21 is not yet on the list of official holidays, but we consider it the most important day of the year for all those who practice the various phase…
Cognitive Trainings Lead to Lucid Dreams
Cognitive training is used to develop the processes of awareness, attention, and memory. They have also been used successfully in the practice of lucid dreaming, when combined with other techniques.…
Lucid Dreams Provide a Feeling of Freshness in the Morning
We recently talked about whether lucid dreaming is dangerous for the brain. Some researchers believe that awareness during sleep, due to increased brain activity, may interfere with the restorative function…
Astral Projection Through the Eyes of Scientists
Astral projection is an intentional out-of-body experience that you can control, according to Nathan Chandler, author of a December 2020 article on Howstuffworks.com. The term “phase states” has been used…
Is the Military Using Lucid Dreams?
In the past decade, articles have appeared in the media claiming that the US military has investigated the possibilities of lucid dreaming. The main reported use has been as an…
Scientists Introduce a New Scale for Assessing Near-Death Experiences
The first scale for evaluating near-death experiences – the so-called “Greyson scale” – was developed in 1983. To this day, it has been used to assess the psychometric properties of…
Lucid Dreams Useful in Treating Nightmares
The practice of lucid dreaming is often used in nightmare therapy. The progress made in this area over the past few years is described in an article by Brazilian scientists…
Lucid Dreams Break Political Boundaries
The wave of anti-immigrant sentiment in the UK pushed the British artist Potent Whisper to create the project “Lucid Lovers”. This is an audio novel about a couple torn apart…
Sleep Paralysis Is Still Considered a “Spiritual Punishment” in Turkey
Recently, we talked about how culture and mythology influence the perception of sleep paralysis in different countries, often leading to interpretations of the phenomenon as a demonic presence. In March…
