Researchers report five main reasons for people’s fascination with lucid dreaming (LD): overall pleasure, reducing the frequency of nightmares, solving problems, developing creative abilities, and engaging in various sports. However,…
Reality shifting is an emerging popular hobby among the younger generations. Videos dedicated to this topic are gaining billions of views on social networks. It is not surprising then that…
Is it possible to look into the afterlife with the help of computer technology? People who have experienced clinical death recount stories of near-death experiences (NDE). Many survivors talk about…
Lonely janitor Bill listens to opera music on his headphones during the day and practices lucid dreaming (LD) at night, where he does things he does not dare to attempt…
The topic of lucid dreams (LD) has confidently moved to the level of scientific discussion, becoming part of the 37th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of…
The reality check technique for inducing lucid dreams (LD) is one of the oldest. It was known to the Tibetan yogis. This method is simple to describe: during the day,…
Traditionally, it was believed that humans had no control over the dream world. Psychoanalysis has expanded these ideas to an extent by suggesting that our subconscious mind actively constructs the…
Lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences belong to the same category of states of consciousness, which we call the phase. One of the most effective ways to achieve it is the…
Does the study of clinical death fulfill the scientific criteria? Is there such a phenomenon as near-death experiences at all, and how can it be scientifically proven? Such questions are…
The indirect phase method, that is, entering a lucid dream or out-of-body experience immediately upon awakening and without losing consciousness, is one of the most effective phase induction techniques. At…
The wake-up-back-to-bed technique (WBTB) essentially consists of alternating intervals of wakefulness and sleep. Practitioners set an alarm to wake them up a certain while after the first phase of sleep,…
Transcranial stimulation with an electric current is a frequently used tool in scientific research around the world. In particular, it has been used in experiments on the induction of lucid…
Scientists have been studying the effects of fragrances on humans for a long time. Odors can improve one’s well-being, change one’s mood, and even help with depression. Certain odors have…
The spinning technique is often used by practitioners to stabilize phase states such as lucid dreams. As Stephen LaBerge, one of the pioneers of the scientific study of lucid dreaming,…
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.…
A hundred years ago, Sylvan Muldoon published The Projection of the Astral Body, which he had written based on just a couple dozen experiences of the phase (“astral”) state. In…
In March 2020, the journal Imagination, Cognition and Personality published a study by Alexandre Lemyr et al. of Laval University, Canada, which describes 5 main strategies for controlling lucid dreaming.…
Creativity is known to play a prominent role in lucid dreaming. For example, some scientists are inclined to hypothesize that a penchant for fantasy enhances the bizarreness and vividness of…
In July 2020, the scientific journal Frontiers in Psychology published an article authored by Denholm J. Aspy from the University of Adelaide, Australia, in which the scientist summarizes many years…
Lucid dreaming is often associated with control over the plot of dreams, although the limitations of this control are not yet fully understood. In a new study, scientist Remington Mallett,…
