A Home Laboratory for Lucid Dreams
Although laboratories have specialized equipment to help induce lucidity, it’s easier for a person to fall asleep at home. In recent years, researchers have been actively developing ways to combine…
How to Enter a Lucid Dream Through the Third Eye
The importance of the third eye in Indian tradition is well known. Often called the “eye of wisdom,” it’s seen as a gateway to the inner world. But did you…
Interview with a Practitioner: Viktor Pankratov
Viktor Pankratov (Russia, Taganrog), a lucid dreaming practitioner, began regularly practicing lucid dreaming in 2012. He consistently achieves lucidity 2 or 3 times per week and is currently moving to…
Lucid Dreams—Proof of Reincarnation?
Imagine if Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung were studying not ordinary dreams but lucid ones. Perhaps they would have been able to peer into the depths of their personalities, discovering…
Does Sleeping in a Lab Help People Achieve Lucidity?
When people fall asleep in a lab, they often dream about elements of it, such as the equipment, the scientists, and the environment. Emma Peters—a long-time researcher of lucid dreams…
A Smart Mask for Lucid Dreaming
REMspace has begun shipping its LucidMe mask, a smart device designed to make it easier to enter and control lucid dreams. It helps users maintain awareness as they fall asleep…
Seeking a Teacher in a Lucid Dream
Although people can find answers to their questions in lucid dreams, a person usually undergoes this process through familiar images. Seeking a teacher or a sage seems like a very…
A Laboratory for Experimenting with the Self
According to researcher Jieyin Yu, lucid dreams are a true laboratory for inner experimentation. The brain trains itself, runs simulations, and generates new versions of the self. It’s a space…
Lucid Dreaming: Control or Spiritual Awakening?
Tibetan dream yoga has given modern lucid dreamers many of their most popular techniques. But how similar are these two systems, really? Indian researcher Mannat Jagia argues that they are…
A Philosophical Model of Lucid Dreaming
American philosopher Devin Bostick argues that Lucid dreaming can be structured as a mathematical model. The author is not directly involved with the subject of lucid dreams and has not…
Waking Life: An Anime Textbook on Lucid Dreaming
Waking Life isn’t just an animated film about lucid dreaming—it’s a textbook disguised as anime and fiction. Its protagonist, who is unnamed and has no backstory, drifts in and out…
How Can You Program a Lucid Dream in VR?
Imagine stepping into a dream as if it were a video game—only it’s a game that you get to program it in advance. Scientists from the US, Australia, and Spain…
Puzzle-Solving in Lucid Dreams
For a long time, scientists and creative individuals have known that it’s possible to find solutions to complex problems in dreams, especially lucid dreams. American researchers conducted an experiment where…
Two Worlds, Two Selves
Imagine that you return to the same city every night in your dreams. Familiar characters await you, as do continuations of yesterday’s tasks and adventures. American scientists Jonathan Gore, Carole…
Sherlock’s False Awakenings
“The Abominable Bride”—an Emmy-winning episode of Sherlock—sees Benedict Cumberbatch’s Victorian detective delving into the depths of his mind like a seasoned lucid dreamer, blurring the lines between reality and hallucination.…
A Lucid Dreaming Animated Film from Netflix
Netflix promises to take lucid dreaming to a new level in its animated film, In Your Dreams. Adults have iconic films like Inception or A Nightmare on Elm Street, and…
Imitation of Control
Researchers from China, led by CAO Zhihui, have devised an installation that consists of three screens to simulate the control experienced in lucid dreams. The left screen displays “rational vision,”…
Do Lucid Dreams Fade Without Practice?
If someone regularly achieves lucidity in their dreams and expertly controls the space and narrative within, will they always be able to? German scientists Michael Schredl (a dedicated researcher in…
The First Time—The Hardest?
Simple techniques for lucid dreaming don’t work for most people, and it’s almost impossible to experience your first lucid dream using them. This conclusion was drawn by Michael Schredl, a…
Heroes: Sylar’s Lucid Nightmare
Heroes is a series about people who suddenly discover they have superpowers. One can fly, another can control time, a third can read minds, and so on. Most of the…
