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In this fascinating new collection, an all-star team of researchers explores lucid dreaming not only as consciousness during sleep but also as a powerful ability cultivated by artists, scientists, and shamans alike to achieve a variety of purposes and outcomes in the dream. * Presents a variety of expert perspectives on lucid dreaming from many different cultures that represent a breadth of disciplinary perspectives* Provides theoretical models that integrate scientific reason, mysticism, and individuals' experiences, making way for a new level of sophistication in the study of lucid dreaming* Offers practical insights for therapists, teachers, and researchers as well as students and scholars of psychology, anthropology, and religious studies while containing accessible information and compelling personal narratives that will appeal to general readers
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Foreword ix
Stephen LaBerge
Introduction xiii
1 Lucid Dreaming by the Numbers 1 (22)
Kelly Bulkeley
2 A Neurobiological Model of Lucid Dreaming 23 (14)
Ursula Voss
Georg Voss
3 Lucid Dreaming in Psychotherapy 37 (26)
Brigitte Holzinger
4 Lucid Dreaming as Sleep Meditation 63 (14)
James F. Pagel
5 The Science of Lucid Dream Induction 77 (26)
Tadas Stumbrys
Daniel Erlacher
6 Memory, Meaning, and Imagination in Lucid 103 (24)
Dreams
Lee Irwin
7 Educational Frontiers of Training Lucid 127 (18)
Dreamers
Tim Post
8 Lucid Surrender and Jung's Alchemical 145 (22)
Coniunctio
Mary Ziemer
9 Clinical Applications of Lucid Dreaming 167 (26)
Therapy
Isaac Y. Taitz
10 Learning the Depths of Lucid Dreaming 193 (20)
Robert Waggoner
11 A Hero's Journey: Myths and Dreams of 213 (18)
Ecopsychological Becoming
Jorge Conesa-Sevilla
12 A Deeper Inquiry into the Association 231 (24)
between Lucid Dreams and Video Game Play
Jayne Gackenbach
Harry T. Hunt
13 Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreams, and the 255 (22)
Non-physical
David J. Hufford
14 Unearthing the Paleolithic Mind in Lucid 277 (48)
Dreams
Ryan Hurd
15 A Non-dual Perspective on the Question 325
of Dream Control
G. Scott Sparrow
About the Editors and Contributors 347 (4)
Index 351
1 Tibetan Buddhist Dream Yoga and the 1 (22)
Limits of Western Psychology
Eleanor Rosch
2 Cultural Contingency and the Varieties of 23 (22)
Lucid Dreaming
Roger Ivar Lohmann
Shayne A. P. Dahl
3 Magic, Meditation, and the Void: Creative 45 (28)
Dimensions of Lucid Dreaming
Clare R. Johnson
4 Dreamed Violence and Shamanic 73 (20)
Transformation in Indigenous Nepal and
Malaysia
Diana Riboli
5 Forgotten Perspectives on Lucid Dreaming 93 (34)
from the Enlightenment through the Early
Twentieth Century
Chris Olsen
6 Wings over Numenor: Lucid Dreaming in the 127 (16)
Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
Curtiss Hoffman
7 Lucid Dreaming in Film and Cinema 143 (18)
Kelly Bulkeley
Bernard Welt
8 A Dervish's Sojourn in the Realm of Lucid 161 (18)
Dreams
Mehrdad Fakour
9 Pathogenic Dream Lucidity? A Warning from 179 (14)
Native North America
Shayne A. P. Dahl
10 They Dream about Everything: The Last 193 (16)
Dreamers of the Dane-zaa
Robin Ridington
11 Hyperspace Lucidity and Creative 209 (24)
Consciousness
Fariba Bogzaran
12 Kundalini and Non-duality in the Lucid 233 (32)
Dreaming State
Ted Esser
13 Lucid Dreaming and the Sufis: Conflicts 265 (26)
and Opportunities in the Modern West
A. Muhammad Ma'ruf
14 A Pilgrimage into Dreamless Sleep 291 (10)
George Gillespie
15 The Mystical Potential of Lucid Dreaming 301 (18)
Kenneth Kelzer
About the Editors and Contributors 319 (4)
Index 323
