Are Lucid Dreamers Escaping from Reality?
Researchers from the Philippines and the USA, led by John Balch, decided to investigate the link between dissociative experiences and sleep disturbances. Dissociation involves emotional detachment as well as a…
Lucid Dreaming: Less Words, More Sex, and Flying
A permanent researcher of lucid dreaming from Germany, Michael Schredl, studied the dream diary of a practitioner who had been documenting his dreams for 32 years. The scientist admits that…
Lucid Dreaming as a Way to Distinguish Hallucinations from the Norm
Before and after sleep, a person may experience hypnagogic (upon falling asleep) or hypnopompic (upon awakening) hallucinations. However, as claimed by medical professional and researcher from Spain, Guglielmo Foffani, labeling…
Lucid Dreamers: Conscientious Neurotics Suffering from Nightmares?
Researchers from Pakistan, Ayesha Zahid Khana and Ayesha Umar, conducted a survey to understand what factors (e.g., personality traits or sleep habits) contribute to the practice of lucid dreaming. The…
“Hello! This is a Test Message from a Lucid Dream.”
German scientists Victoria Amo, Nikolai Godt, Johannes Leugering, and the perpetual researcher on this topic, Kristoffer Appel, conducted another experiment on communicating with lucid dreamers in real-time. However, the participants…
Studies of Lucid Dreams in 2023
In 2022, interest in the topic of lucid dreaming increased sharply: the number of scientific articles for that year doubled compared to 2021. In 2023, this trend continued, providing us…
January 16 – Mark Blagrove’s Birthday
Mark Blagrove is a professor of psychology and director of the Swansea University Sleep Laboratory in the UK. He is a consulting editor for the journal Dreaming and a former…
Out-of-Body Experiences and Their Connection to Other Phase States
Out-of-body experiences can be a sign of illness and may occur as a result of taking various substances or the electrical stimulation of specific brain areas. However, they are also…
Do Antidepressants Cause Sleep Paralysis?
A group of psychiatrists from the United States published a report on the treatment of a young man with depression, which led to a surge in episodes of sleep paralysis.…
What Can You Read About Near-Death Experiences?
American sociologist Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero has studied the literature on near-death experiences published over the past half-century. Raymond Moody’s bestseller Life After Life, published in the 1980s, created a surge of…
How to Enter a Lucid Dream with Galantamine
Galantamine is known among lucid dreaming enthusiasts as a “magic pill” that helps with the practice. But how exactly does it work? Scientists from the Netherlands, including the permanent researcher…
Doctors Treat Sleep Paralysis with Meditation
Sleep paralysis is one of the phase states, which can lead to lucid dreaming or out-of-body experiences. However, it is often accompanied by terrifying hallucinations, and many cultures augment them…
The Difference Between Lucid Dreaming and Out-of-Body Experiences
Scientists from Argentina and Spain conducted a linguistic analysis of lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and other phase states to try to find the differences between them. They recruited 60 volunteers…
Lucid Dreaming – A Feature Film in 100 Days
“You have been selected to participate in a project that aims to harness the power of dreams and develop your skills in lucid dreaming. With training, you will be able…
Does a College Dormitory Cure Sleep Paralysis?
The relationship between sleep paralysis (SP) and stress has been confirmed by many studies. Because of this, scientists often prefer to conduct surveys and experiments in a college environment, as…
Is Lucid Dreaming a Form of Spontaneous Meditation?
References to lucid dreams (LDs) can be found as far back as Aristotle, and dream yoga has existed for centuries in Tibetan Buddhism. Similar practices exist in Daoism and Hindu…
Does the Protagonist of the Book “Divergent” Practice Lucid Dreaming?
The novel Divergent is the debut work of American author Veronica Roth. The book, which is the first in a trilogy that was published in 2011, became a bestseller and…
Do More than 80% of People Experience Hallucinations?
Between wakefulness and sleep, there is an intermediate state during which a person may see various images, hear sounds, or feel someone’s presence or touch. Less commonly, tastes or smells…
They Treat Sleep Paralysis at the Royal London Hospital
The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine has been in existence for two and a half centuries. It specializes in treating complex and chronic diseases. It is also the largest…
Nightmares as Medicine
In the summer of 2023, a group of researchers published an article in which they boldly claimed they could heal post-traumatic stress disorder in six days. The training was conducted…
