Illusion of Leaving the Body with the Help of Virtual Reality
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…
Legendary Rocker Sammy Hagar Recalls Being Abducted by Aliens
Sammy Hagar, an American guitarist and rock vocalist, also known as the Red Rocker, claims he was abducted by aliens 60 years ago. He shared the details on “Las Vegas…
Lucid Dreaming Instead of Anesthesia: Pick a Nice Dream
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…
Has the Invasion of the Earth by Reptilian Aliens Already Begun?
UFO stories have long titillated the minds of stalkers, writers, and ordinary people. This has been especially true since the Pentagon has declassified a large portion of information about unidentified…
Actress Jane Seymour’s Near-Death Experience
Jane Seymour is a British actress, known for her roles in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and the film Live and Let Die, where she played a Bond…
Lucid Dreams as a Way to Cope with Narcolepsy
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…
September 14 2021 – 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…
Are Lucid Dreams Dangerous for Health?
Lucid dreaming (LD) is usually a positive and uplifting experience. In addition to adventures in a limitless world, lucid dreamers can heal from nightmares and insomnia, train in different skills,…
Why are Our Abilities Not Unlimited in Lucid Dreams?
Flying is a common hobby of lucid dreamers as there are no physical limitations in the space of phase states (i.e., lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, false awakenings, etc.). Yet, sometimes,…
The Surreal Hell of Sleep Paralysis in the Song by the Band JINJER
JINJER is a Ukrainian metal band founded in 2009. The musicians write songs in English, actively tour abroad, and in 2016 signed a contract with the Austrian company Napalm Records.…
September 2 2021 – Stephen LaBerge’s birthday
Stephen LaBerge is an American psychophysiologist, the founder and head of the Lucidity Institute, and the author of books that are widely read by lucid dreamers around the world. In…
August 31 2021 – Patricia Garfield’s birthday
Patricia Garfield, PhD in clinical psychology, is a world authority in the field of dreams. She has written more than ten books on the topic, the most famous among them…
Empty Lucid Dreams as Clear Mind
Vedic traditions and Tibetan Buddhism describe a special state of consciousness that occurs during deep sleep called sushupti. This is a kind of lucid dream (LD) without the dream as…
Out-of-Body Experience as a Result of a Traumatic Experience
An out-of-body experience (OBE) occurs when a person looks at the world from a point outside of his physical body. There is a lot of unproven information about this phenomenon.…
Is Gogol’s “The Portrait” the Earliest Non-Medical Description of Sleep Paralysis?
Many world-famous writers (Dickens, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Maupassant, etc.) had impressive powers of observation. Their works contained accurate descriptions of medical conditions long before they appeared in scientific treatises. A group…
August 16 2021 – Sergio Arthuro Mota-Rolim’s birthday
Sergio Arthuro Mota-Rolim is a research collaborator at the Brain Institute and the Sleep Laboratory of the Onofre Lopes Hospital at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).…
August 14 2021 – Victor Spoormaker’s birthday
Victor Spoormaker is a Dutch researcher and author of books on the topic of sleep and dreams. He works at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich (Germany) and…
Drummer of Hi Rhythm Section Says He Talked to God
Howard Grimes is an American drummer, best known as a member of the Hi Rhythm Section, one of the greatest house bands of all time, according to the portal Commercial…
Lucid Dreaming as a Way to Cope with the Pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak we have seen since the end of 2019 has affected people around the world. Italy was one of the first affected countries, where measures in the form…
Is it Possible to See the Future in a Near-Death Experience?
Many people who have experienced clinical death claim that their whole life flashed before their eyes. But is it possible at this stressful moment to look into the future as…
