Rodulf

My usual stack of supplements...Valerian, Melatonin and 100 Mg of 5HTP. Lots of dreams, some quasi-lucid, but not quite. Archetypal images of alligators and figures trying to intimidate me. I reached a state of near-lucidity as I confronted one threat. I may kick up the 5HTP tonight. 100 mg seems to be a threshold dose.

Intense scene of walking down an alley, very dark. I am being attacked by a succession of, what I seem to know, zombie creatures. I am moving my sword perfectly and I marvel at how powerful my cuts are. Around this point I become aware it's a dream. I am still fighting two creatures and after I cut them down they embrace each other as they reanimate. They congratulate each other on the lessons they have taught me.

Sorry, if this dream seems violent or disturbing. There was no fear or any other negative feeling. I'm interpreting it as my Deep Self telling me I am on the right path.

Still, frustratingly close to lucidity. Lots of dream and contacts with animal spirits over a three-night period.

Last night.....I am in some type of country/barn/farm setting. I find a huge snake. It has spiny frills along it's back, like a dinosaur. It crawls around and the frills become larger. I know it is a very special animal. There is no threat or fear. just wonderment.

Quasi-lucid dream of wielding a Japanese Katana. Lately, I have been working on Japanese martial art and have trained with a Katana almost daily. This showed up in my dream.

I am standing in front of a mirror, holding a sword. As I visualize the cuts, my sword moves, smoothly and very fast. I can actually see the cuts in the air. I look at myself in the mirror and see a Samurai woman moving the sword. She smiles at me. The dream lasted, subjectively, for 1-2 minutes.

I am dreaming a lot, but they seem to elude my memory. Too bad, because they seem to be great dreams. Jeez....memory! Memory!

I've been waking up in the early AM, unable to shut down my thinking. Tonight. I will try Magnesium, 5-HTP and Melatonin in a stack to induce better sleep. Also, using my self-made Sleep/Dream Cycle session, listening to it all night.

I make immersive meditation sessions and record them. Each session is 90-minutes and contains brainwave entrainment ramping from Theta (7 hz) down to Delta (2 hz) then rising back to Theta. I place different lucidity cues during the last Theta part of the session. I listen to this during the night on a Bluetooth sleep mask. The session loops and replays.