21st Century Guide to Cross Cultural Initiation

When societies lose their initiation practices, new ones emerge, for rites of passage are hardwired in the human psychological formula.

Nahual Dreaming with Sergio Magaña, “Ocelocoyotl”

The last ruler of the Mexica empire, before Tenochtitlan fell, said “Hide our treasure, because the sixth sun is coming back.” The treasure of course wasn’t gold, the treasure was knowledge, especially the knowledge of how to be a dreamer…

The Mutual Dream Experiment

The Internet is no more than 40 years old but look at how much it has changed our world, so imagine what it could mean if we could build connections in the dream world?

Dreaming up SHADOW: An Interview with Designer Hunter Lee Soik

A Reality Sandwich interview with Ryan Hurd and Hunter Lee Soik.

Lucid Dream Healing Experiences: Firsthand Accounts

Lucid dream healing has reportedly worked in cases of pain,
infections, inflammation, and chronic bronchitis. Although anecdotal
evidence has limited value within a scientific paradigm, it can
point the way towards more rigorous investigations.

Healing the Whole Self Through Radical Lucid Dreaming

While healing physical ailments through lucid dreaming has been reported anecdotally, psychological
research has shown successful outcomes using lucid dreams to deal with recurring
nightmares in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 

Lucid Dreaming and Mental Illness

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."

Waking Up to the Possibilities of Being Asleep

For millennia ancient cultures engaged the creative and spiritual potential of dreaming. In November "Gateways of the Mind" will bring
together some of the foremost contemporary practitioners of these ancient traditions,
and show how our ancestors paved the way for the many experienced practitioners who are now
teaching in the west.

Awake Within a Dream

When you incubate a dream, plan to do something specific in it, and tell
yourself that this will trigger lucidity for you. Flying often leads automatically to lucidity in a
dream. As part of the induction procedure, spend some time observing
birds in flight, read about birds, aircraft, levitating yogis, anything
that carries the message.

A Lucid Dream Come True

Two Brooklyn developers designed an REM enhancing sleep mask capable of inducing lucid dreams.