September 2, 2025 – Stephen LaBerge’s Birthday
Stephen LaBerge is an American psychophysiologist, the founder and head of the Lucidity Institute, and the author of books that are widely read by lucid dreamers around the world. In…
August 31, 2025 – Patricia Garfield’s Birthday
Patricia Garfield, PhD in clinical psychology, is a world authority in the field of dreams. She has written more than ten books on the topic, the most famous among them…
How to Distinguish a Near-Death Experience from Delirium
Near-death experiences aren’t all that rare. As many as 20% of people who survive cardiac arrest and 15% of those who’ve been in intensive care report having various “adventures.” Incidentally,…
An Experimental Drug for Lucid Dreams
In the Netflix series Maniac, reality cracks at the seams, as if the characters are in a dream where familiar faces try on other people’s masks and logic gives way…
August 16, 2025 – Sergio Arthuro Mota-Rolim’s Birthday
Sergio Arthuro Mota-Rolim is a research collaborator at the Brain Institute and the Sleep Laboratory of the Onofre Lopes Hospital at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).…
Sleep Paralysis—A Gateway to the Astral Plane
Sleep paralysis can be frightening, or it can be a portal to out-of-body experiences. That’s the suggestion made by British researcher Catherine Coubrough-Smith, who is confident that sleep paralysis is…
August 14, 2025 – Victor Spoormaker’s Birthday
Victor Spoormaker is a Dutch researcher and author of books on the topic of sleep and dreams. He works at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich (Germany) and…
Three Types of Hallucinations During Sleep Paralysis
Indian researcher Amalesh Honnekeri conducted a review of scientific articles on the topic of sleep paralysis. This condition has a rich history in various cultures’ folklores, which have explained it…
Is Sleep Paralysis Influenced by Genetics?
Sleep paralysis is a complex phenomenon at the intersection of neurobiology, psychiatry, genetics, and cultural beliefs. American researcher Zarif Bin Akhtar examined 60 scientific papers on this topic and found…
Reasons for False Awakenings
Sometimes the brain seems to play tricks on us, offering a “fake” awakening, meaning it feels like we’ve woken up, but in reality, we continue to dream. The same areas…
Where Has the Science of Out-of-Body Travel Led?
Scientists from Spain and France, led by Jenny Moix Queraltó, compiled 87 scientific articles on out-of-body experiences published over 38 years. Their work is not merely a literature review but…
Demi Moore’s Passion of Mind
In the film Passion of Mind, Demi Moore’s character flits between two realities—much like an experienced lucid dreamer moving between a lucid dream and wakefulness. Two women, Marie and Marty,…
Sleep Paralysis—The Result of a Brain Malfunction?
Auditory and visual hallucinations during sleep paralysis often possess a mystical quality. They resemble the experience of using psychedelics and differ from the more plausible, everyday hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.…
Near-Death Experiences as Therapy
Imagine a “waiting room” on the border of worlds, where you can talk to a departed loved one. This form of therapy actually exists: using special techniques, a psychologist can…
The Lucid Dream Formula
Can the phase state be explained by mathematical formulas? Indian researcher Sethu Krishnan set out to do just that. Though he didn’t conduct experiments, he developed a purely theoretical model…
Are Lucid Dreamers Naturally Curious and Creative?
Why do some people slip into lucid dreams effortlessly, while others have to train hard to achieve them? Could there be a natural predisposition or certain personality traits that make…
Lucid Dreaming as a Method of Re-education
Is it possible to change another person through lucid dreaming? The animated film Dreambuilders proposes just such a scenario. The main character, a girl named Minna, is struggling with her…
The Map of Lucid Dreams
Is there a lucid dream space that different people can access? Could it be that these are specific locations that remain constant for everyone—like a separate planet where we travel…
Is Every Fifth Lucid Dream a Nightmare?
The world of lucid dreaming has limitless possibilities, but lucid nightmares can also occur when a person realizes they’re dreaming but cannot control the plot and, worse, can’t wake up.…
Lucid Dreaming—A Parallel World for Any Purpose
Scientific conferences aren’t just about boring presentations—they’re also places to develop practical skills. For example, Xian Prem from the USA discussed how to use lucid dreaming for exploring parallel realities,…
