Lucid Dreaming as a Principle of Healthy Living
Every practitioner of the phase (the world of lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences) knows it to be a pleasant pastime where you can fly, communicate with people inaccessible in reality,…
Maggie O’Farrell’s Near-death Experience: Borrowed Time
“On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at…
Man Claims Gaining Knowledge of the Universe During Transition to the Afterlife
The International Association of Near-Death Studies IANDS was founded 40 years ago and has collected a huge number of stories told by the survivors of the near-death experiences. More recently,…
How the Science of Lucid Dreams Is Developing. Interview with Benjamin Baird
Benjamin Baird is a researcher at the Center for Sleep and Consciousness in the School of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Specializing in cognitive psychology and neurobiology, he published…
“Doppelganger” and Out-of-Body Experiences
During an out-of-body experience, people feel a sensation of leaving their own physical body and often see themself floating above it. However, sometimes the experiencer sees their own body –…
What is the Difference between REM and Non-REM Dreams?
For a long time, it was generally accepted that dreams only occur during REM sleep. However, scientists then found out that we have different kinds of dreams throughout the night,…
Man Glimpses Hell during a Near-Death Experience
During a near-death experience, people often see similar visions – light, flight, their own unconscious bodies, God, angels, as well as loved ones or animals that they lost during their…
Billie Eilish is Afraid of Sleep Paralysis
February 26 saw the worldwide release of R. J. Cutler’s documentary “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry,” about the popular young singer, who became a five-time Grammy winner last…
Excess REM Sleep in Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is sometimes mistakenly called memory impairment in old age or distracted attention syndrome. In fact, this is an autoimmune disease associated neither with age nor with memory, in…
Greyson’s Book on Near-Death Experiences Released
Bruce Greyson first encountered the phenomenon of near-death experiences about 50 years ago. Back then, while still a trainee in the field of psychiatry, he was working at a hospital…
Is the Right Brain Hemisphere Responsible for Hallucinations During Sleep Paralysis?
Sleep paralysis is often accompanied by terrible hallucinations, the nature of which is not yet fully understood. Why do people most often see faceless shadows, regardless of the cultural myths…
Behind Her Eyes: New Series about Lucid Dreams and Astral Projection
In February, the new British TV series “Behind Her Eyes” was released on Netflix. The series gives the topic of astral travel an unexpected new treatment, based on the bestselling…
Scientists Talked to Sleepers in Lucid Dreams
In February 2021, the journal “Current Biology” published a study by an international group of scientists led by Karen Konkoly from Northwestern University in the United States, who managed to…
Is Science Using the Right Approach to Study Near-Death Experiences?
Does the study of clinical death fulfill the scientific criteria? Is there such a phenomenon as near-death experiences at all, and how can it be scientifically proven? Such questions are…
Sylvan Muldoon, Inventor of the “Astral Cord,” Was Born 118 Years Ago
Albeit with a slight delay, we continue to celebrate the birthdays of significant personalities in the history of phase studies. Sylvan Muldoon was born on February 18, 1903, in the…
Climate Change Affects Dreams
The hypothesis of dream continuity states that our dreams are an extension of our waking life. Dreams can reflect our real-life experiences and problems and contain representations of events that…
What Part of the Brain Induces Out-of-Body Experiences?
Sometimes we think we know everything about a phenomenon, and then a discovery comes around that turns everything upside down. A person having an out-of-body experience can feel like they…
Charles Leadbeater, Pioneer of Astral Projection, Celebrates 167 Birthday
Even in the 21st century, despite all the scientific advances, many continue to use the term “astral projection” to refer to the phase state (or lucid dreams). This is mainly…
Can Autistic People Have Out-of-Body Experiences?
Autism is considered a personality disorder that entails difficulties with social interaction as well as self-perception. British scientists from the Anglia Ruskin University, led by Cari-lène Mul, conducted an experiment…
“Come True”: A New Horror Film About Sleep Paralysis
Sleep paralysis has long attracted the creators of horror films because in real life it scares us no less than on the screen. In this state, which occurs when we…
