Each country has its own legends about the “demons” of sleep paralysis (SP). Researchers from Saudi Arabia (Aledili, Albahrani, Alalawi, Aleliwi, Bomouzah, Alghasham, Alhajri, and Alabdali) conducted a survey among…
It has been 700 years since the death of the greatest Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). He entered the canon of world literature as the author of the Divine Comedy.…
Michelle Carr has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science and works as a researcher at the University of Rochester Sleep and Neurophysiology Laboratory (UK). She actively studies nightmares, sleep paralysis, and…
The dissertations of Keith Hearne and Stephen LaBerge on the topic of lucid dreaming in the late 1970s–early 1980s were, of course, a novelty at the time. Today, there is…
Sleep paralysis (SP) is a domain mostly studied by doctors and psychologists. Therefore, it is interesting to expand our view of the phenomenon by paying attention to the opinions of…
Lucid dreams (LD) have long been studied by psychologists as a cure for nightmares. A recent study by Austrian scientists Holzinger, Nierwetberg, and Klösch implemented a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment…
To prove that a person is experiencing a lucid dream (LD) laboratories around the world use complex electroencephalography, electrooculography, and electromyography (EMG). These sensors register sleep phases, and in order…
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…
The healing possibilities of lucid dreaming (LD) have been known to practitioners for a long time. It is enough to create a magic pill inside the dream for a specific…
Do you suffer from insomnia, depression, or nightmares, have post-traumatic or other stress disorders, and sleep irregular hours? If you also happen to be a woman, congratulations, you have the…
Robert (Bob) Monroe was born in 1915 in Indiana (USA). He received a bachelor’s degree in English and worked at radio stations, but he is mostly known as a prominent…
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…
Did you know that both insufficient and excess sleep significantly reduce immunity and brain activity, lower quality of life, and lead to extra weight? Hundreds of studies indicate that healthy…
Sleep paralysis (SP), along with lucid dreaming and out-of-body experiences, is one of the phase states, one that can sometimes be an unpleasant experience. It occurs when falling asleep or…
Hereward Carrington was an American writer of British origin in the first half of the twentieth century and researcher of psychic phenomena. He left a legacy of more than a…
Out-of-body experience (OBE) is one of the phase states, which also include lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, false awakenings, etc. Scientists from Spain and Sweden (Loretxu Bergouignan, Lars Nyberg, and Henrik…
Practitioners, scientists, researchers, and philosophers have long engaged with the topic of lucid dreams (LD). But this area has recently become of interest in clinical medicine: William Camann, an anesthesiologist…
Narcolepsy is often mistaken for a mental disorder. This disease is accompanied by increased daytime drowsiness, sleep paralysis, and hallucinations. Researchers from Spain—Dresda E. Méndez de la Brena and Cornelia…
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…
