Smells and Tastes

Is there anything that you can use in the way of smells and tastes to induce a lucid dream? I am very interested in paying attention to the senses, but in order to induce a lucid dream you normally just use thought, touch, sight, or sounds.

Any ideas?

That's an interesting idea, one that I have never touched upon.

Although sometimes when I'm in that transitional state between unconsciousness and lucidity I can smell and hear the environment I am going to become lucid in. (For example, I was able to smell the aroma of flowers and hear the sound of birds before I became lucid in a grassy meadow.)

Becoming lucid is almost entirely about identifying dream-like elements, so if you can do so through smell/taste then there's no reason why you can not become lucid through those means.

They say that putting some Mugwort under your pillow affects your dreams. I have not been able to reproduce this.

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Originally Posted by LightofHeaven

That's an interesting idea, one that I have never touched upon.

Although sometimes when I'm in that transitional state between unconsciousness and lucidity I can smell and hear the environment I am going to become lucid in. (For example, I was able to smell the aroma of flowers and hear the sound of birds before I became lucid in a grassy meadow.)

Becoming lucid is almost entirely about identifying dream-like elements, so if you can do so through smell/taste then there's no reason why you can not become lucid through those means.

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Yeah, I was thinking about it while I was meditating yesterday (oops.;) ). I am going to try and see if I can find a way to use this.

I was kind of hoping that there would already be a method :(

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Originally Posted by IAmCoder

They say that putting some Mugwort under your pillow affects your dreams. I have not been able to reproduce this.

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Does that even have a smell?

Hmm... I don't usually pick up on smells and tastes in dreams unless I'm completely lucid. When I do, however, those senses are either magnified or ridiculously skewed.

For example: A tomato might taste like a peach, or an orange might be unusually spicy.

Maybe you could do a reality check every time you sit down for a meal or taste a food? Same goes for the aspect of smell: Whenever you consciously smell something, look for dream signs.

Quite unconventional, but worth a shot.

Both smell and taste can be used as reality anchors I would imagine. Try putting a scented candle next to your bed ( try not to burn down your house) or eat a particularly spicy something before a WILD attempt. I might even try this myself.