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Lucid dream science superstar, exclusive interview
50 years ago on 12 April, 1975, lucid dreaming history was made when Dr. Keith Hearne’s PhD experiment hit gold. Here’s an exclusive interview with the pioneer who put lucid dream science on the map. It’s also a sneak peek at my new Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming...
Audiobook of Elixir of Sleep is out!
Listen to never-heard-before clips right here on this blog post. Three weeks after the paperback and Kindle versions of Elixir of Sleep were published, I was seriously starting to wonder what was delaying my audiobook. Seems it was being "checked" by Amazon for ages,...
Lucid Light: how to access this mind blowing state
Have you ever had immersive lucid dream experiences of floating in light? I’ve been rereading a wonderful book, The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. The Tibetan Buddhist idea of the clear light fits well with my theories of the Lucid Light,...
Access your dream intelligence
What is dream intelligence? When we dream, we are in an immensely creative state of consciousness. Our brain becomes hyper-associative, and new ideas, concepts, and solutions fly towards us. Our unconscious mind is highly intelligent and we can access this bright,...
Dream Telepathy Game
Have you ever played a dream telepathy game with a friend? We did this fun experiment on one of my Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreats. One of the participants, a celebrated sleep doctor from the US, was astounded when he had a super-accurate dream of the target object. His...
Podcast chat on lucid dream sex, kundalini, transcendence
You can now listen to the recording of this fun lucid chat I had with Katherine Bell on TheDreamJournal podcast. We spoke about the spiritual aspects of lucid dream sex and kundalini, creative dream downloads, nightmare breakthroughs, and had a live call-in. One...
Heal Trauma through Lucid Dreaming and Dreamwork
With all the turmoil in the world, it’s important to know that in traumatic situations there is hope that we can find healing. At first it may seem impossible, but there are simple ways of working with dreams, nightmares, and lucidity. Not only to help ourselves, but...
What is the black void we encounter in dreams?
What is the black void? Some people describe it as infinite black space. Others experience it as a grey space or multi-coloured dots, a bit like an old-fashioned television screen when there’s no image present. The void can be any colour, but its most common form is...
Lucid Dream Movie: Slumberland
Slumberland is a new Netflix movie, and it’s a lucid dreaming fest. Wonderful dreamlike visuals and a soulful concept based on a comic strip created in 1905, "Little Nemo In Dreamland" by Windsor McKay. Deep topics are explored, from lucid dream communication with...
Why do some dream figures stop us getting lucid?
Have you ever nearly become lucid in a dream... but then a dream person convinced you that this is in fact waking reality? "You're not dreaming," they say - or they scoff at us when we try to persuade them. Some dream people will actively pull us back down to the...
Dreams of Death, Dying, and Deceased Loved Ones
People can get pretty scared when they dream of death. Maybe they die in the dream, or they see a dead body, or witness a murder. They wake up asking “why did I dream such a terrible thing?” It’s helpful to work with this kind of dream to unwrap its meaning. Death is...
Healing the body in lucid dreams
Is it really possible to heal your body in a lucid dream? For those who believe in the separateness of mind and body, this idea may sound fanciful. These days though, there is ever-growing acceptance of the mind-body connection: we are consistently told that too much...
