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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Introduction. What’s This All About?
BECOMING A DREAM TECHNICIAN
Part 1. Night Dreams
Chapter 1. Dreams and Folk Wisdom
POPULAR OPINION
Chapter 2. Scientific Viewpoints
NEUROSCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
Chapter 3. Cultural Viewpoints
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DREAMING
ANCIENT GREEK DREAMING
ANCIENT CHINESE DREAMING
ANCIENT HINDU DREAMING
TIBETAN DREAMING
NATIVE AMERICAN DREAMING
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL DREAMING
SENOI DREAMING
HAWAIIAN DREAMING
Chapter 4. My Perspectives
CATEGORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
DREAMS ARE REAL EXPERIENCES
DREAMS, THE BRAIN, AND THE MIND
DREAM INFLUENCE
DREAM INTERPRETATION
DREAMS AS ART
Chapter 5. Dream Structures
DREAM PLOTS
DREAM THEMES
Chapter 6. Dream Content
DREAMSCAPES
DREAM FEATURES
Chapter 7. Dream Genres
PERSPECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTALLY INFLUENCED
DRUG INDUCED
PRECOGNITIVE
WEIRD AND BIZARRE
NIGHTMARES
LUCID
Chapter 8. Remembering and Interpreting
REMEMBERING DREAMS
INTERPRETING DREAMS
Chapter 9. Healing and Changing
NIGHTMARES
PRECOGNITIVE DREAMS
DREAM INDUCTION
LUCID TRAINING
POPULAR METHODS FOR LUCID DREAMING TRAINING
Part 2. Liminal Dreams
Chapter 10. The In-Between State
VISUAL EFFECTS
AUDITORY EFFECTS
MINI-DREAMS
INSIGHTS
PRECOGNITION
PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE B MODE
Chapter 11. Techniques for In-Between
MEDITATION TECHNIQUES
HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES
OOBE TECHNIQUES
SHAMANIC JOURNEY TECHNIQUES
Part 3. Daydreams
Chapter 12. Daydreams Galore
THE NATURE OF DAYDREAMS
HOPE AND WISHES
SPECULATING AND PLANNING
INVENTING AND BUILDING
ATHLETICS
ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS
FICTION WRITERS
MOVIE PRODUCTION
STORYTELLING
Chapter 13. External Daydreams
THE MIME EXPERIENCE
THE STAGE PLAY EXPERIENCE
THE CHILD PLAY EXPERIENCE
IMAGINARY COMPANIONS
PEN AND PAPER ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
THOUGHTFORMS AND TULPAS
Chapter 14. Daydream Techniques
BASIC EXERCISES
SELF-DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
THOUGHTFORMING
ESOTERIC TECHNIQUES
Part 4. Is Life a Dream?
Chapter 15. The Reality of Our Senses
THE SCIENTIFIC CONUNDRUM
WHAT IS SCIENCE?
SENSORY PERCEPTION
Chapter 16. Hallucinations and Thought Experiments
THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS
THE HALLUCINATION EXPERIENCE
Chapter 17. Spiritual Beliefs about Waking Life as a Dream
THE NONSCIENTIFIC CONUNDRUM
PARALLEL WORLDS IN SCIENCE
PARALLEL WORLDS IN FICTION
Chapter 18. Waking Visions
MIRAGES: SEEING WHAT IS THERE, ONLY DIFFERENTLY
BEYOND MIRAGES
FAIRY TALES
GHOSTS
Chapter 19. Stuff That Shouldn’t Happen
STUFF FROM THE SKY
STUFF ON LAND
Chapter 20. Lucid Living Techniques
STAY FLEXIBLE
CHECK OUT SOURCES
DEVELOP SENSORY ATTENTION
DO A “GREEN CAT” EXPERIMENT
ASSUME IT’S A DREAM
Footnote
Endnotes
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
Index
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