Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain: Perspectives on Lucid Dreaming

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Lucid Dreaming in Western Literature....Pages 11-26
Lucid Dreams in Tibetan Buddhism....Pages 27-35
Lucidity, Sex, and Horror in Senoi Dreamwork....Pages 37-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
From Spontaneous Event to Lucidity....Pages 67-103
Lucid Dream Induction....Pages 105-134
The Psychophysiology of Lucid Dreaming....Pages 135-153
Correspondence during Lucid Dreams between Dreamed and Actual Events....Pages 155-179
The Psychological Content of Lucid versus Nonlucid Dreams....Pages 181-220
Individual Differences Associated with Lucid Dreaming....Pages 221-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
A Model for Lucidity Training as a Means of Self-Healing and Psychological Growth....Pages 263-287
Clinical Applications of Lucid Dreaming....Pages 289-319
Personal Experiences in Lucid Dreaming....Pages 321-341
Without a Guru....Pages 343-350
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Out-of-the-Body Experiences and Dream Lucidity....Pages 353-371
A Theory of Lucid Dreams and OBEs....Pages 373-387
Lucid Dreams in Their Natural Series....Pages 389-417
Action and Representation in Ordinary and Lucid Dreams....Pages 419-427
Dream Psychology....Pages 429-439
Back Matter....Pages 441-447