Lucid Dreaming

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Contents 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Dream Recall 2.3 Induction Techniques 2.4 Using 2.5 Glossary 2.6 Appendices 2.7 Further Reading 2.8 FAQ 3 Authors

[edit] Synopsis

This book attempts to teach you the skills that can help you to have lucid dreams — dreams in which you know that you are dreaming. Lucid dreams have been scientifically demonstrated to exist. See scientific history. Being aware that you are dreaming, and still remaining asleep, can give you the ability to control your dreams. Lucid dreaming truly can be a fantastic experience. See the introduction for more details on what lucid dreaming is.

To start with, you will find out a little on what dreaming is from the biological point of view. Then, the book will explain how to improve your dream recall so that you remember more of your dreams. Next, it will explain how to become lucid during dreams, and how to stay lucid. It will also explain how to keep yourself in the dream and prevent it from “fading”. Finally, there will be some suggestions for what you could do within your lucid dreams.

[edit] Contents

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[edit] Introduction

1. Disclaimer
2. About dreaming
3. About lucid dreaming
4. Possible dangers of lucid dreaming
   1. Addiction
   2. Alienation
   3. Dissociation
   4. Controversial: Accidentally encountering “spiritual” entities
   5. Controversial: Creating bad habits or becoming a control freak
   6. Controversial: Exhaustion
   7. Controversial: Inability to stop
   8. Controversial: Undesirable false awakenings
5. Similar techniques

[edit] Dream Recall

Improving dream recall

[edit] Induction Techniques

1. Preliminary
   1. Waking up and getting to sleep
   2. Reality checks
2. Techniques
   1. WBTB
   2. Autosuggestion
   3. MILD
   4. WILD
      1. Eyelid Pattern
      2. Hypnagogic Imagery
      3. Counting
   5. Incubating dreams
      1. Chaining dreams
      2. VILD
      3. LILD
   6. CAT
   7. Tibetan methods
   8. Other techniques
3. Other methods
   1. Drugs
   2. Food and drink
   3. Gadgets
   4. Software

[edit] Using

1. Dream stabilization
   1. Hand rubbing
   2. Spinning
   3. Slowing it down
   4. Trying to recover your waking memory and cognitive capacities
   5. Falsely awakening
2. Recovering from lost visuals
   1. Autosuggestion
   2. Visualising
3. Getting objects into your dream
4. What you can do
   1. Easy
   2. Medium
   3. Hard
5. Conclusion

[edit] Glossary

An alphabetical list of everything mentioned

[edit] Appendices

Various posts from forums where people originally described their techniques

Other documents (FAQs, etc.)

[edit] Further Reading

On the web and in print

[edit] FAQ

A FAQ page for you to post any question you might have about lucid dreaming

[edit] Authors

In alphabetical order:

• Evilshiznat has had a few lucid dreams.
• Kaycee (cont) (talk) is a natural-born lucid dreamer who upholds a practical view on most things.
• KirbyMeister has only had one lucid dream so far, re-organized the entire Appendices area, and is a total Spongebob freak.
• r3m0t (cont) (talk) (15) has only had a few lucid dreams so far, but has written most of the information in the wikibook.
• Sourcejedi has just come out of anonymous lurking to demonstrate his ruthless editing tendencies by trying to clean up someone else's botched rename. He also has far too brief lucid dreams.
• Tharenthel ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} has had a few lucid dreams so far, and has done mostly reorganization.
• Xgamer4 has had many lucid dreams. He made (if you can call it that) the FAQ page, and monitors the page.