Today I am inviting you to contribute towards an exciting lucid dreaming project! One of my lucid dreaming friends, who is part of the our very active and rapidly growing lucid dreaming community is launching a children's book, written and illustrated by himself, which will teach children how to overcome their nightmares by learning how to lucid dream, utilising a range of fun lucid dreaming tools. In order to bring this brilliant, creative and worthy project into fruition, the author Stewart Bell, has set up a Kickstarter page to help with funding. If anyone is able to assist, please click on the link I have provided below - it is certainly something I would strongly encourage you to check out!
Please also check out Stewart's excellent Youtube Channel ('Stewart Bell - Learn to Lucid Dream') by clicking here, which will take you directly to his Youtube homepage where you can access his informative and entertaining lucid dream tutorials!
Since Lucid December is now well and truly over (sorry it took me so long to update the final dreams for this project), I thought that I should summarise what happened during this month. The 'data analysis' (if it is possible to even call it that!) is not scientific and should be used as general guidance only. I found that it was quite difficult to extract precise themes (or locations/dream characters) from my dream reports (which are all linked below).
Therefore, in some dreams I might have been in an unknown interior location for one scene and my Nan's house in Sheringham in another scene of the same dream, and therefore both categories are checked. If a dream scene takes place in my Nan's house in Sheringham, not only will I mark this category, but also the 'Sheringham' one as well.
If I am confused as to the identity of a dream character, I will include them in the unknown (gendered) category if I am certain they were a simple dream character and not based on a real-life person; or I will place them in the random known; or maybe known category (depending on how certain I am that I know the dream character in real-life). I will also mark dream characters who appeared to be composite characters as such.
Similarly, in some dreams it may have been day in one scene and night in another, so again, both categories are marked. Of course, I put a mark next to each specific dream theme and most dreams had more than one theme - so there may be several recorded for each dream. The main aim of this summary is to highlight patterns or recurring dream themes/symbols.
I have chosen not to include data about emotions/feelings or abstract thoughts experienced in the dreams as I think this would be too complex - if you want to know more about any of the dreams I have recorded as part of Lucid December, they are all linked below.
I was intending on including data relating to the methodology (because this varied day by day in terms of reality checks/WB2B/lucid dream supplements taken/REM Rebound Effects). However, this seemed to needlessly complicate the summary. What I can say about my methodology is that I found it incredibly difficult to reach my goal of 15 - 20 reality checks per day and on almost every day I failed - on average I was able to perform between 3 - 10 per day. I also found it nearly impossible to perform Wake Back to Bed. In terms of the Vitamin B6 - I found that my dreams became longer, more vivid and complex and very much weirder than usual when I took this supplement. However, it did not increase my lucidity (except for the first day I introduced it when I had a lucid dream - the only fully lucid experience in this entire project/experiment). I therefore think that it does affect dreaming, but I would need to be more rigorous in my taking of the vitamin (i.e. try and take the same amount each day) and also my induction techniques, which varied, as stated above.
Time of Dream
Day: 15
Unknown: 10
Combination: 4
Night: 2
Dream Scene Locations:
Unknown Interior Scene: 10
Sheringham: 10
Nan's House in Sheringham (specific): 6
Classroom/Learning Institution/University: 4
Kitchen: 4
Garden/Courtyard: 3
Town Hall/Gym: 3
Unknown Exterior Scene: 3
Unknown Seaside Location: 3
Norwich: 2
Former Childhood Home (Pine Grove, Sheringham): 2
Law Firm: 2
House of Horrors: 1
Bus Stop: 1
PS's House, London: 1
My Home in Norwich: 1
'Treelands' (Dream Scene Location), Sheringham: 1
The Crown Pub, Sheringham: 1
Forest: 1
Canal/Lake/River/Stream: 1
Dream Characters:
Unknown Male Dream Character (i.e. not known in real-life): 13
Mum: 7
Unknown Female Dream Character: 6
Dream Character who (may) be based on real-life person, but identity unclear: 6
DL (Boyfriend): 5
RBA (Close Male Friend): 3
Baby/Babies/Small Child(ren): 3
Dream Character from 'popular culture' (Fictional): 3
Dream Character (i.e. not 'real') family members of a known Dream Character: 3 Unknown Dream Character Family: 3
Dream Character from popular culture (Real): 2 Nan: 2
PS (Boyfriend): 2
General Family (non-specified): 2
CC (Mum's Female Friend): 2
Composite Dream Character: 2 (both times involving males known to me in real-life)
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Sunday 12 April 2015 is 'Lucid Dreaming Day', a worldwide celebration to party, promote and raise awareness of lucid dreaming. The official website can be accessed by clicking here, and contains links to all the information, events, competitions and resources. You can get involved in the global discussion and events online by using the #LucidDreamingDay tag on your chosen social media platform.
Lucid Dreaming Day was started by British oneironaut Daniel Love, author of Are You Dreaming? Exploring Lucid Dreams: A Comprehensive Guide (2013).
Lucid Dreaming Day is celebrated on 12 April to mark the anniversary of the pioneering work of Dr Keith Hearne, who was the first person to scientifically prove the phenomenon of lucid dreaming.
Hearne worked with lucid dreamer, Alan Worsley, to successfully record the particular REM movements of Worsley's lucid dream using an electro-oculogram as part of his PhD thesis at the University of Liverpool, at 08:00 hours on 12 April 1975. He was able to demonstrate how a lucid dreamer was able to communicate with the outside world, while in the lucid dream state.
Hearne's thesis was eventually published as K Hearne, 'Lucid dreams - An electrophysiological and psychological study' (1978) and appeared in the journal for The Society for Psychical Research.
'If lucid dreaming were to be compared to space exploration, then the achievements of English psychologist Keith Hearne could be considered comparable in magnitude to those of NASA during the time of the first moon landing.'
- Daniel Love
The EOG experiment was replicated in 1983 by Dr Stephen LaBerge at Stanford University.
Lucid dreaming is now becoming increasingly popularised, which is a very positive thing. There are many new developments in lucid dreaming technology and induction/recording, as well as a growth in use of lucid dreaming as a therapeutic tool. Lucid dreaming is being referenced in many artistic mediums, from movies, music and literature, all of which contribute to enhanced awareness of it's individual and universal potential. Lucid dreaming enables us to enrich and evolve our culture, creativity and knowledge and should anything which encourages us to unlock and harness its power should be rightfully celebrated!
If you are unable to attend any of the actual events which are being hosted as part of Lucid Dreaming Day 2015, there is no need to worry, because you can still join in online!
Let me know how you celebrated Lucid Dreaming Day on Sunday 12 April 2015!
