Phase State – Norm or Pathology?
Phase states (lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, false awakenings, out-of-body experiences, etc.) have been recognized for a long time, but they have not always been acknowledged by the scientific community. Today,…
Lucid Dream Psychotherapy: Results in Six Days
A year ago, American researcher Garret Yount published a preprint of an article in which he conducted an experiment on healing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in lucid dreams (LDs) over…
How to Achieve Lucid Dreaming Through the Game Diablo
Diablo is a popular series of computer games, the first of which was released back in 1996. But did you know that it can help you experience lucid dreaming? That’s…
How to Get Rid of Nightmares Using the Power of Thought
Recurring nightmares are not just unpleasant; they can harm one’s mental well-being in the long run. In theory, getting rid of this stress is easy: simply wake up. However, a…
Connection Between Phase States in Researchers’ Work
Phase states such as lucid dreams (LDs), sleep paralysis (SP), false awakenings (FAs), out-of-body experiences (OBEs), and near-death experiences (NDEs) are considered similar and are referred to as phase states.…
Is an Understanding of Phase States Beyond Our World?
Once upon a time, people believed that the Earth was flat and that diseases were the wrath of demons or God. Any other explanation seemed absurd, groundless, and unjustifiable. American…
Women vs. Men: Who Finds Lucid Dreaming Easier?
Women and men share many similarities and differences, but are their abilities regarding lucid dreaming the same? While scientists have already found such differences, no one has studied how they…
The Threshold for Satisfaction with the Vividness of Sensations in Lucid Dreams Has Been Determined
Would you like your lucid dreams (LDs) to always be clear and vivid and for all experiences to feel as real as if you were awake? While most lucid dreamers…
The Hyperreality of Phase States
We perceive all our sensations as reality. This is a primitive, natural default setting, and we have no reason to doubt our experiences. Special motivation—the intrusion of something remarkably strange—is…
How to Write a Book in a Lucid Dream
Robert Stevenson played out a “small theatre of the brain” in his dreams and believed that the actors, who helped create his famous book Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and…
How to Achieve Lucid Dreaming with the Help of AI
Imagine this: a form of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT capable of recognizing the images in a sleeping person’s mind. While OpenAI focuses on the input and output of text, in…
Canadian Author Thomas Wharton Wrote a Novel in a Lucid Dream
Thomas Wharton is a contemporary Canadian writer whose works have been published in Canada, the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and other countries. His first novel, Icefields, won the…
What Happens in the Brain of a Lucid Dreamer?
How is the brain of a person experiencing a lucid dream (LD) structured? Which specific areas are responsible for the “switching” into a state of lucidity? These are purely physiological…
Can You Learn Martial Arts in Lucid Dreams?
What if you could lie on the couch, close your eyes, imagine having an active workout at the gym, and get the same benefits as you would by working out…
Does Lucid Dreaming Guarantee a Happy Morning?
Lucid dreams (LDs) are actively used for healing from PTSD, depression, and other psychological disorders. They also provide a world of limitless possibilities. Researcher Jannik Wessling from the Netherlands decided…
Goods and Services in the Lucid Dreaming Market
Lucid dreaming (LD) has gained such popularity that it can now be considered a market encompassing a wide range of products and services that help enthusiasts engage in this practice.…
September 14 2023 – Michael Schredl’s Birthday
Michael Schredl is a German researcher, scientific manager of the sleep laboratory at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim. He is the editor of the International Journal of…
How to Achieve Lucid Dreaming: A Comparison of Three Techniques
Lucid dreams (LD) are successfully used for treating depression, combating nightmares, and skills training. However, the ideal method for inducing LD has proven elusive to find. Researchers from REMspace have…
Researchers Have Learned to Transmit Music from Lucid Dreams
The intro from “We Will Rock You” has become the first melody heard from dreams. Researchers from REMspace, led by Michael Raduga, have achieved the real-time transmission of melodies from…
Hypnosis for Entering Lucid Dreams?
Lucid dreams (LDs) are actively used to treat nightmares, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other psychological problems. In addition, lucid dreamers can train motor skills (for example, for athletic achievements)…
