Finals, Exams, and Sleep Paralysis
Scientists often study sleep paralysis in students. It’s believed that their lives concentrate on all the provoking factors—stress, lack of sleep, alcohol, and an overall unhealthy schedule. Another survey was…
Out-of-Body Experiences in Sleep and Wakefulness
American researchers conducted an out-of-body experiment in which 35 participants who had experience with lucid dreaming or meditation spent a night in a lab. The method involved meditation and light…
Out-of-Body Experiences: Quantum Leap or Brain Glitch?
Scientists have been studying out-of-body experiences since at least the mid-1980s. Spanish researchers led by Jenny Moix conducted a large-scale literature review in which they selected 87 scientific papers and…
Near-Death Experiences—A Solution to the Ecological Crisis?
Near-death experiences may be the key to solving global challenges, including the ecological crisis. This unexpected perspective is proposed by Danish researcher Tobias Anker Stripp, who analyzed thousands of testimonies…
Prophetic Lucid Dreams
Is it possible to see the future in a lucid dream? Researchers from the US and the UK, led by Julia Mossbridge, conducted an experiment to find out. The test…
June 3 – Allan Hobson’s Birthday
Allan Hobson was an American psychiatrist who challenged Freud’s psychoanalysis. As Hobson said in an interview, “Psychoanalysis has become the bible, and I think that’s crazy.” He argued that dreams…
Near-Death Experiences and the Bible: Five Parallels
People who have near-death experiences often report encounters with spiritual beings. But are these beings similar to the Holy Spirit described in the Bible? German researcher Thomas Fuhrmann compared Christian…
Can Consciousness Exist Without the Brain?
Near-death experiences occur at moments when the brain is barely functioning. This conclusion was drawn by Bruno Angeli-Faez (Brazil), renowned researcher Bruce Greyson (USA), and Pim van Lommel (Netherlands), who…
May 28 – Andrey Shashkov’s Birthday
Andrey Shashkov is an active lucid dreaming researcher at REMspace. He has been a researcher on the Project Elijah since 2019. He holds a degree in chemistry, and his scientific…
The Phase State—Beautiful and Terrifying
French and Austrian researchers led by Claudia Picard-Deland reviewed scientific studies on the rapidly evolving field of phase states. Devices for home use—including tools that track brain activity during sleep—are…
Out-of-Body Experiences: Mysticism or a Trick of the Mind?
Spanish researchers led by Jenny Moix set out to discover what people who have had out-of-body experiences think about them. They conducted a series of in-depth interviews with ten volunteers.…
May 24 – Jayne Gackenbach’s Birthday
Jayne Gackenbach is a doctor of Experimental Psychology, a university lecturer in US and Canadian on the subject of sleep and dreams, the former president of the International Association for…
Do Hormones Affect Sleep Paralysis?
The female hormonal cycle influences sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations. This conclusion was reached by Dutch researchers led by M. Vringer, who surveyed 180 women with narcolepsy or hypersomnia. They…
Do Lucid Dream Characters Have Consciousness?
Characters in lucid dreams can act autonomously, as if they have their own perspective on the world. This conclusion was reached by Canadian researchers Zadra and Green, who analyzed a…
Pregnancy: Fewer Nightmares and Lucid Dreams?
The first trimester of pregnancy doesn’t only bring morning sickness; it can also reduce nightmares. At least that’s the unexpected conclusion reached by a group of Italian researchers led by…
Near-Death Experiences—Not Resurrection?
African researchers Stephen Hosea Vongdip—who is also a clergyman—and Jock Matthew Agai attempted to compare near-death experiences with the Christian belief in resurrection. A common feature of these phenomena is…
Dream Flight Bed
Flying is one of the most popular activities in lucid dreams. Scientists from various countries have created a special bed to make flying in dreams easier. The authors conducted an…
May 6 is the Birthday of Eugene Aserinsky and Marie-Jean-Léon Lecoq
Eugene Aserinsky was a scientist who, together with Nathaniel Kleitman, discovered the rapid eye movement (REM) phase. In 1953, Aserinsky was working at the University of Chicago. His dissertation titled…
Does a Lucid Dreamer’s Brain Work Slowly?
People think more deliberately in lucid dreams than in regular dreams. This was the conclusion reached by scientists from China and France, led by Tao Xia, who conducted an experiment…
Do Near-Death Experiences Expand Consciousness?
One popular hypothesis regarding the nature of near-death experiences explains them as follows: at the moment of clinical death, bursts of brain activity occur, causing a person to experience vivid…
