The Magic Pill for Lucid Dreaming
“You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland,…
Is the Dream World One of Three Parallel Realities?
The human race creates countless imaginary worlds through stories, songs, drawings, films, etc. Tihoni Brčić, a researcher at the University of Zagreb (Croatia), calls all this virtual reality, adding that,…
Near-Death Experience Breaks Taboos of Traditional Cultures
Stories about near-death experiences (NDEs) are nothing new. However, in some cultures, this topic remains taboo. For example, in Iran, all supernatural phenomena, including NDEs, are considered forbidden. Alireza Azeri…
Scientific Discussions about the Borders of Near-Death Experience
Earlier this year, a group of researchers led by Sam Parnia (USA) proposed a new way of thinking about near-death experience (NDE). Since then, the discussion around this issue has…
How Does Stress Affect Sleep Paralysis?
Sleep paralysis (SP) and its connection to stress have been repeatedly studied by researchers from different countries. According to authors from the Syiah Kuala University (Indonesia)— Rizki, Aini, and Ismy—…
Scientists Fantasize About Future of Lucid Dreaming
Is it possible to learn a language or get over an illness overnight in a dream? The world of dreams, including lucid ones (LD), is far from being fully understood.…
Near-Death Experience Satisfies Three Basic Human Needs
After life-threatening situations, some people say that they had experienced an altered state of consciousness—they were outside the body or encountered otherworldly characters. American researcher Robert A. King decided to…
Coronavirus Has Increased the Number of Lucid Dreamers by a Third
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of people all over the world. But while anxiety and stress reduced the quality of sleep, researchers of lucid dreaming (LD) noted another…
Three Models of Near-Death Experience
To date, researchers have focused mainly on verbal descriptions of near-death experiences (NDE) but have not studied the graphic representations of survivors’ accounts. Authors from Israel (Lerner) and Belgium (Laureys…
How to Predict Sleep Paralysis on a Computer?
Sleep paralysis (SP) is often accompanied by frightening hallucinations and negative emotions. Although one in five sufferers experiences joyful feelings, 10% report clinically significant pain, and 7% claim that it…
Sleep Paralysis: Causes and Risk Factors
Sleep paralysis (SP) is one of the phase states, which also include lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, etc. For experienced practitioners, SP can offer an opportunity to get into a phase…
Lucid Dreams as a Path to Spirituality
With the help of lucid dreams (LD), you can train skills, heal the body and the psyche, communicate with people who are inaccessible in reality, and just have fun. But…
September 14 2022 – Michael Schredl’s Birthday
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…
What If the Sleep Paralysis Demon Were Real?
Many people, when first encountering a phase state (lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, out-of-body experience, etc.), wonder what would happen if what they saw in their mind’s eye were actually real.…
Are Lucid Dreamers Born or Made?
Why do some people manage to get into a lucid dream (LD) almost on the first try, while others practice and practice, but the result still leaves much to be…
The Effectiveness of Lucid Dream Training
People who manage to get into a lucid dream (LD) get a unique opportunity to practice various skills, while the results are translated to reality. For example, LD can be…
Near-Death Experience Through Psychedelics and Drugs
Many researchers have noted a connection between near–death experiences (NDE), which occur as a result of life-threatening situations, and the experiences produced by the consumption of various psychedelic drugs (like…
Mindfulness and Meditation Have Nothing to Do with Lucid Dreams?
Many scientists have argued that if a person engages in meditation or has a high level of mindfulness, then their chances of success in the practice of lucid dreaming (LD)…
Healing Through Lucid Dreaming in Six Days
One of the wonderful properties of lucid dreams (LD) is the opportunity for healing both the physical body and the psyche. American researcher Garret Yount conducted an experiment involving 49…
Are Lucid Dreams a Side Effect of the Coronavirus?
The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected our daily habits, mental health, and sleep patterns. As we know, waking experiences can affect dreams. A group of Italian scientists—Scarpelli, Gorgoni, Alfonsi, Annarumma,…
