Jeremy Renner Didn’t Want to Return to His Body
Jeremy Renner—two-time Oscar nominee and Marvel star known worldwide as Hawkeye—went through a true ordeal in 2023, as reported by Philstar. The actor was crushed by a 14-ton machine and…
Interview with a Practitioner: Daniil Dobro
Daniil Dobro (Russia, Vladimir) is a lucid dreamer with eight years of experience. He becomes lucid about three times a month. – What is the best technique? – I believe…
June 3 – Allan Hobson’s Birthday
Allan Hobson was an American psychiatrist who challenged Freud’s psychoanalysis. As Hobson said in an interview, “Psychoanalysis has become the bible, and I think that’s crazy.” He argued that dreams…
Near-Death Experiences and the Bible: Five Parallels
People who have near-death experiences often report encounters with spiritual beings. But are these beings similar to the Holy Spirit described in the Bible? German researcher Thomas Fuhrmann compared Christian…
Black Mirror: Farewell in the Astral
Imagine looking at an old photo—and stepping into that moment. Imagine being able to walk through a forgotten house and see the people captured in the photo come to life.…
Can Consciousness Exist Without the Brain?
Near-death experiences occur at moments when the brain is barely functioning. This conclusion was drawn by Bruno Angeli-Faez (Brazil), renowned researcher Bruce Greyson (USA), and Pim van Lommel (Netherlands), who…
May 28 – Andrey Shashkov’s Birthday
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…
Daniela Forever: A Magic Pill for Lucid Dreamers
Daniela Forever is a sci-fi melodrama where love and grief intertwine in the realm of lucid dreams. Nicolas, a young man from Madrid, has recently lost Daniela—the love of his…
The Phase State—Beautiful and Terrifying
French and Austrian researchers led by Claudia Picard-Deland reviewed scientific studies on the rapidly evolving field of phase states. Devices for home use—including tools that track brain activity during sleep—are…
Out-of-Body Experiences: Mysticism or a Trick of the Mind?
Spanish researchers led by Jenny Moix set out to discover what people who have had out-of-body experiences think about them. They conducted a series of in-depth interviews with ten volunteers.…
Involuntary Lucid Dreams
The film The Jacket, inspired by Jack London’s novel The Star Rover, pulls the viewer into a whirlwind of time travel, where reality and fiction intertwine. After suffering a severe…
May 24 – Jayne Gackenbach’s Birthday
Jayne Gackenbach is a doctor of Experimental Psychology, a university lecturer in US and Canadian on the subject of sleep and dreams, the former president of the International Association for…
Interview with a Practitioner: Isa Vel
Isa Vel (Caracas, Venezuela) has been practicing lucid dreaming for over 15 years and achieves lucidity almost daily. She introduces herself as “The Dreamer Who Illustrates Her Dreams” because she…
Do Hormones Affect Sleep Paralysis?
The female hormonal cycle influences sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations. This conclusion was reached by Dutch researchers led by M. Vringer, who surveyed 180 women with narcolepsy or hypersomnia. They…
Programming Your Lucid Dreams
The new book Programming Your Lucid Dreams offers a new approach to the practice of lucid dreaming. Author Von Braschler encourages readers to actively “program” their dream reality to gain…
Do Lucid Dream Characters Have Consciousness?
Characters in lucid dreams can act autonomously, as if they have their own perspective on the world. This conclusion was reached by Canadian researchers Zadra and Green, who analyzed a…
Silver and the Book of Dreams
Imagine that the door to someone else’s dream is open, and not only can you peek in, but you can also change the rules of the game. This is exactly…
Pregnancy: Fewer Nightmares and Lucid Dreams?
The first trimester of pregnancy doesn’t only bring morning sickness; it can also reduce nightmares. At least that’s the unexpected conclusion reached by a group of Italian researchers led by…
Near-Death Experiences—Not Resurrection?
African researchers Stephen Hosea Vongdip—who is also a clergyman—and Jock Matthew Agai attempted to compare near-death experiences with the Christian belief in resurrection. A common feature of these phenomena is…
From a Tibetan Monastery—to the Astral Plane
Young Lobsang Rampa, the son of an aristocrat, goes to a Tibetan monastery to comprehend spiritual mysteries. Rigorous trials and training within the monastery walls become his path to opening…
