Lucid Dreaming research paper.

[hisnameistyler]

Hey everybody. I'm a freshmen in college, and I've decided to write a research paper on Lucid Dreaming, and it's benefits to those who do it. I haven't started writing it yet, nor have I really even begun truly researching it. It's due in Decemer, so I'm going to get started soon. First, I chose this topic because I feel I know quite a bit about it (especially being as I'm on this site everyday, usually). Second, I'm a beginner lucid dreamer (i've never caught onto an induction technique that works for me...but I enjoy gathering the knowledge.) and I'd like to learn even more than what I know now. With that said, I'm having a little trouble finding credible sources for my paper. My first rough annotated bibliography that was due was good, but it needed to be worked on a bit more. The reason being because all of my sources were from Stephen LaBerge (most of them, anyway) and he requested I find other sources. My thesis is (as of now) "Lucid Dreaming is beneficial for those who do it". He accepted this thesis without critique. Some sources I'd (ideally) like to find would be writings regarding the earliest recollections of Lucid Dreams, early beliefs/theories as to what they are, how lucid dreams can be beneficial, so on so forth. I'm just having some trouble! Can anyone point me in the right direction? Help!

[louie54]

Pm me if you're still interested in help.

[TheConqueror89]

Hey there. Usually i have to use Pubmed a lot to research for medical papers. Here it is: PUBMED If you search for "Lucid Dreaming" in there you will get some results from which i find the most interesting the first "Lucid dreaming: a state of consciousness with features of both waking and non-lucid dreaming." which was published recently. I would love to read that paper but i'm not willing to pay for it. If you are able to get it can you send it to me please? Thanks and good luck on your work.

[hisnameistyler]

Thankyou for taking the time out to reply to me guys. Junknown, I'll get back to you if I pay for that paper, but in the mean time, I'll browse that site. Thanks a lot! Louie, I'll PM you! Any help would be appreciated.

[Patrick]

Try looking at some papers by Dr. Thomas Yuschak. I think he mostly focuses on the physiological side of lucid dreaming; i.e. drugs and their effects. Still might be relevant.

[linxx]

Tibetans have been using lucid dreaming as a spiritual practice for a very long time. It's called Tibetan dream yoga. Maybe other cultures have used lucid dreaming for various reasons?

[pllplp]

You might also want to look up toltec Conscious Dreaming‏. I am sure you could find other societies that work with more things like astral projection but might want to draw the line somewhere.

[Bonsay]

http://www.lucidity.com/vanEeden.html http://www.spiritwatch.ca/LL%209(2)%...ee%20paper.htm http://www.spiritwatch.ca/mackean.htm Some links I had laying around you may find usefull.