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 mindset, rooted in the natural sciences, greatly assists him in studying how the brain works. He has analyzed thousands of lucid dreams, and this knowledge gives him a nearly 100% success rate in his own practice.
He first entered the phase state at sixteen, though there were likely earlier episodes that were simply less complete and memorable. However, Andrey didn’t give much thought to this instance because he considered the possibility of conscious awareness in dreams as a natural occurrence. His interest was ignited when he woke up in the middle of the night, found himself unable to move, and then rose in a space that perfectly mirrored reality. At that moment, he thought his soul had left his body and entered the real world.
Over the past year, the researcher has participated in all of REMspace’s revolutionary experiments and is now among the top three researchers in terms of the number of scientific publications on lucid dreaming. His main research interest is acquiring information from the phase state and aligning the subconscious to achieve goals in reality. He was part of the team that conducted experiments on controlling a virtual machine and smart home from a lucid dream, controlling dreams with a brain implant, and registering lucid dreams using a single sensor.
Another of his scientific interests is observing the results of practitioners and seeking evidence of the simplest aspects of the phase state. Along with his colleagues, Andrey compared popular techniques that help people enter lucid dreams and make them more realistic. He also studied the significance of sensations within the phase state, conducted an experiment on lowering body temperature from a lucid dream, and explored whether men or women find lucidity easier to attain.
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The researcher’s works can be found on his ResearchGate page.
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