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Stephen LaBerge on Lucid Dreaming

By Gregon

Here’s a nice little interview with pioneering researcher in the field of lucid dreaming, Stephen LaBerge, discussing some of the basics of this bizarre phenomenon:

LaBerge’s research is just one of many topics discussed in Paul and Charla Devereux’s wonderbul book Lucid Dreaming: Accessing Your Inner Virtual Realities (Amazon US or Amazon UK), released earlier this year by Daily Grail Publishing. The book recently received a glowing review from Ryan Hurd at the Dream Studies website – make sure you pick yourself up a copy, and begin taking control of the ‘lost’ third of your life.

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5 Comments

  1. Lucid Dreaming
    I have for a long time had a big interest in lucid dreaming, and recently I have read a lot of articles, books etc. on the subject. So i’m trying to get more educated and skilled. I have had several lucid dreams in my life, but I have never had the ability to stay in them for a long time. In the next months I will train harder, and hope for progress. 🙂

  2. How do I stop?
    I have lucid dreams on a regular basis. Right when I need to wake up. It might be correlated to if I slightly wake up about an hour before I’m supposed to get up.

    Yes, I’m aware I’m dreaming, and can walk around, and know if I’ve been someplace before. It is cool, however I never read about how exhausting it can be.

    I do not wake up refreshed. And sometimes I have full or slight sleep paralysis where my husband has to come and pick up my arms to get my brain connected back to my body (so to speak). More often, though, I’m just barely able to wake up and have to concentrate not to go right back into the dream. Not good when you have to go to work.

    Thought I’d share my experience because I rarely see this side of it discussed (or maybe it is just me?).

    1. At the times I have had a
      At the times I have had a lucid dream it is also usually if I wake up before my alarm clock and go back to sleep for 1-2 hours. But I have never experienced sleep paralysis, exhaustion or extra fatigue after a lucid dream like you describe.. mostly it’s actually the opposite.

    2. Dealing with sleep paralysis
      Hi evening,

      I recommend Ryan Hurd’s book on sleep paralysis, he has a lot of good advice and tips on dealing with it. It can be controlled, and sometimes simple things could be triggering it – diet, etc. There are lucid dreaming discussion forums around too. I used to get sleep paralysis regularly in my 20s (with strange visions of hooded dwarf beings poking needles into my spine!), but now it’s only rarely.

      When I have very vivid, lucid dreams, I often wake up the next day with severe allergy attacks, particularly a rash around my neck and glandular areas. I have Hashimoto’s Disease, so I assume this is connected in some way (jumping around during REM can’t be good for the thyroid and lymph nodes!). But interestingly, Dr Rick Strassman reported DMT volunteers getting rashes around the neck area after a DMT trip. I haven’t found any more information on this, I really should email him about it. It could be a coincidence, but considering the body naturally produces DMT, there may be a connection.

      I also feel exhausted the next day after a night of vivid dreams. Well, not exhausted like you are if you don’t get any sleep and go to the gym; I just don’t feel switched on, and could really use a nap in the afternoon. I suffer narcolepsy as well, so whether there are physical causes (hormonal), or mind separate from brain, is open to debate.

      1. Do research!
        Hey Rick, let me know if you do e-mail Dr. Strassman and receive a reply. I find the correlation very interesting, maybe other lucid dreamers wake up with the same rash and this could be the catalyst for some research into endogenous DMT production?

        Very cool!

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