CONTENTS

1. Cover Image
2. Title Page
3. Dedication
4. Epigraph
5. Acknowledgments
6. Introduction: Exploring the Secret Realm of the Waking Dream
   1. WHAT IS LUCID DREAMING?
   2. HOW CAN WE USE LUCID DREAMING TO IMPROVE OUR DAILY LIVES?
   3. HOW DOES LUCID DREAMING RELATE TO SHAMANIC HEALING?
   4. ONEIRONAUTS, PSYCHONAUTS, AND SHAMANS EXPLORE THE SAME REALM OF INNER SPACE
   5. WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR DREAMING BRAINS?
   6. TELEPATHIC DREAMS, OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES, PSYCHIC PHENOMENA, AND MUTUAL DREAMING
   7. RESEARCH, INTERVIEWS, AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
7. Chapter 1: Shamanic Plants, Psychedelics, and Mind-Body Healing
   1. THE WEST AWAKENS AND THE JOURNEY BEGINS
   2. DMT RESEARCH AND THE INTERDIMENSIONAL PORTAL
   3. THE NEW WAVE OF PSYCHEDELIC DRUG RESEARCH
   4. DREAMING WHILE AWAKE: YOUR BRAIN ON PSILOCYBIN
   5. SLICING BRAINS AND SPLITTING MINDS
   6. PSYCHEDELICS AND DREAMING
   7. PSYCHEDELIC PLANTS AND SHAMANIC HEALING
   8. HOW AYAHUASCA CURED ME OF CHILDHOOD PTSD
   9. THE POWER OF BELIEF
   10. SHAMANISM, SPIRITS, AND LUCID DREAMING
   11. LUCID IN THE SKY WHILE DREAMING: PSYCHEDELICS, NIGHT FLIGHTS, AND DREAM LUCIDITY
8. Chapter 2: The Psychology and Physiology of Dreaming
   1. THE NEUROSCIENCE OF SLEEP AND DREAMING
   2. ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND HUMAN SLEEP PATTERNS
   3. WHAT IS THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF DREAMS?
   4. THE DEADLY GAZE OF THE FELINE DEITY
   5. THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF DREAMS
   6. DO DREAMING MINDS AND SHAMANIC PLANT SPIRITS SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE?
   7. DO OTHER ANIMALS HAVE LUCID DREAMS?
   8. DREAMING AND CREATIVITY
   9. BLURRING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE SENSES
9. Chapter 3: The Science of Lucid Dreaming
   1. THE WEST AWAKENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF LUCID-DREAM RESEARCH
   2. SIGNALS FROM ANOTHER WORLD
   3. MAINSTREAM SCIENCE AND LUCID DREAMING
   4. INFLUENCE ON POPULAR CULTURE
   5. LUCID DREAMING AND HEALING RESEARCH
   6. WET DREAMS AND EROTIC LUCID DREAMS
   7. HEALING INJURIES AND ILLNESS THROUGH LUCID DREAMING
   8. ARE LUCID DREAMERS HAPPIER, BETTER ADJUSTED PEOPLE?
   9. FREQUENT LUCID DREAMERS SHOW BETTER SELF-REFLECTING CAPABILITIES WHEN AWAKE
   10. TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL BRAIN-STIMULATION RESEARCH
   11. GEOMAGNETIC INFLUENCE
   12. INFORMAL EXPERIMENTS OF THE ONLINE LUCID-DREAM COMMUNITY
10. Chapter 4: Improving Lucid Dreaming and Developing Superpowers in the Dream Realm
    1. CAN LUCID DREAMING BE DANGEROUS?
    2. ENHANCING DREAM RECALL
    3. HOW TO HAVE A LUCID DREAM
    4. TESTING YOUR REALITY
    5. LOOKING AT YOUR HANDS IN A DREAM
    6. SETTING STRONG INTENTIONS AND USING AUTO-SUGGESTION
    7. MIXING, BLENDING, AND SYNERGIZING TECHNIQUES
    8. HOW TO SUSTAIN A LUCID DREAM
    9. HOW TO END LUCID NIGHTMARES
    10. AM I REALLY AWAKE?
    11. TESTING OUT YOUR DREAM-REALM SUPERPOWERS
    12. THE LIMITS OF LUCID DREAMING
    13. THE POWER OF BELIEF IN DREAMING
11. Chapter 5: Enhancing Dreaming with Oneirogens, Nutritional Supplements, Herbs, and Drugs
    1. HERBS THAT ENHANCE DREAMING
    2. NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS THAT IMPROVE SLEEP AND ENHANCE DREAMING
    3. DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS THAT ENHANCE DREAMING AND LUCID DREAMING
    4. ESSENTIAL OILS AND AROMATHERAPY
    5. DREAM FISH
12. Chapter 6: Exploring the Potential of Electronic Technologies
    1. THE BENEFITS OF USING A SLEEPING MASK
    2. LUCID-DREAM MACHINES
    3. LIGHT AND SOUND BRAIN-WAVE ENTRAINMENT MACHINES
    4. BUILD YOUR OWN SLEEP LABORATORY
    5. WHAT DO COMPUTERS DREAM ABOUT?
    6. RECORDING AND SHARING OUR DREAMS
    7. COMMUNICATING FROM OUR DREAMS
    8. LUCID DREAMING ON COMMAND
13. Chapter 7: Communicating with Dream Characters, Archetypes, Spirits, and Disembodied Entities
    1. FREDERIK VAN EEDEN’S DEMON DREAMS
    2. ARE DREAM CHARACTERS JUST MENTAL PROJECTIONS?
    3. MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES AND MULTIPLE SELVES
    4. DREAM-REALM COMMUNICATION ETIQUETTE
    5. ENCOUNTERS WITH WISE BEINGS
    6. OH MY GOD, IT’S ME!
    7. ALTERNATING IDENTITIES AND ALTERED STATES
    8. MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND DREAMING
    9. SHAMANIC ENCOUNTERS WITH SPIRIT ENTITIES, OR UNTAPPED REGIONS OF OUR OWN BRAINS?
    10. SPEAKING ONE’S NAME OUT LOUD
14. Chapter 8: Dream Telepathy, Psychic Phenomena, Mutual Dreaming, and Shared Lucid Dreams
    1. PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCES AND PSYCHIC PHENOMENA
    2. DREAM TELEPATHY RESEARCH
    3. CAN PSYCHIC DREAMS REVEAL NEW INFORMATION?
    4. SHADOW AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF DREAMS
    5. MUTUAL DREAMS
    6. TELEPATHY WITH PETS AND SHARING DREAMS WITH ANIMAL COMPANIONS
    7. DREAMLAND GEOGRAPHY
15. Chapter 9: Out-of-Body Experiences, Parallel Universes, and Alternate Dimensions
    1. WHAT IS AN OBE?
    2. SLEEP PARALYSIS AND OBES
    3. HOW TO LAUNCH AN OBE FROM SLEEP PARALYSIS
    4. FLOATING UPWARD AND THE EVOLUTION OF GETTING HIGH
    5. SHIFTING MODELS OF REALITY
    6. REMOTE-VIEWING RESEARCH
    7. JOURNEYS OUT OF THE BODY AND THE MONROE INSTITUTE
    8. RESEARCH INTO THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
    9. PROOF OF HEAVEN?
    10. PHANTOM-LIMB RESEARCH
    11. PSYCHEDELIC OBES
    12. SENSORY-DEPRIVATION TANKS AND OBES
    13. SACRED SITES, HAUNTED HOUSES, GHOSTS, AND SPIRITS
    14. CONSCIOUSNESS AND QUANTUM PHYSICS
    15. DO DREAMS ALLOW US TO VISIT PARALLEL UNIVERSES OR HIGHER DIMENSIONS?
    16. TIME DILATION WITHIN DREAMS
16. Chapter 10: Conscious Dreaming as a Path to Spiritual Awakening
    1. MEMORIES OF PAST LIVES
    2. TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND LUCID DREAMING
    3. STAGES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT WITH LUCID DREAMING
    4. SPEAKING TO THE DREAMING MIND
    5. DREAMING AND DEATH
    6. COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD
    7. MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES AND NONDUALISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS
    8. THE VOID
    9. BIOCENTRISM AND AYAHUASCA
    10. THINKING OUTSIDE THE MATRIX
    11. WHY IS WAKING UP FROM THE DREAM OF LIFE FORBIDDEN?
    12. STEPPING INTO THE FUTURE
17. Footnotes
18. Endnotes
19. Bibliography
20. Online Resources
21. About the Author
22. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
23. Books of Related Interest
24. Copyright & Permissions
25. Index