Articles by: Ryan Hurd

Discover humanity's ancient history of psychedelics and exploring altered states through hallucinogens, from Roman times to prehistoric cultures worldwide.
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Have you had a nocturnal meeting with an otherworldly creature? A succubus sex encounter could be a sign that you are lucid dreaming.
A Reality Sandwich interview with Ryan Hurd and Hunter Lee Soik.
Dreams allow us to see our personal stories—those beliefs about the world and our place in the cosmos—that operate throughout our lives. Learning how to recognize and work with the dominant stories in your dreams can have a profound effect on self-growth, decision making skills, and our own private investigations into the meaning of the cosmos.
The work of personal mythology is about making stories conscious so we can play our roles, rather than being played by them. Can dreams reveal personal myths?
The editor of Gawker called me. He said he was doing a piece on Jared Loughner, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his deadly rampage in Tuscon in January 2011. Gawker had got a hold of some emails from Loughner. He said, "We have an email from him to you."
Dreams can be called. Known as Dream incubation, this skill is about mindfully and ritualistically inviting a dream into your life for problem-solving, healing, or a renewal of life force.
Lucid dreaming is an act of shamanic consciousness, a skill honed, an energetic power released. What if lucid dreaming itself was the technology?
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and found you can't move, or even cry for help, you might have experienced sleep paralysis.

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