Hi, all. I’m a long-time lurker here. I’ve never found forums a very natural form of communication—mostly because what’s natural for me is to immediately drag a conversation off-topic, and not being able to do so takes most of the fun out of it—but it seems to be going pretty well this time around, so I figure I’m overdue for an introduction.

Dreaming has been an interest of mine for almost 11 years now, and I’ve been lucid dreaming for eight years of that, on and off. But it’s been a while since I’ve been in touch with people who are anywhere near as interested in dreaming as I am, and I’m looking forward to having the chance to talk about it here. (I’m a member of a Buddhist lineage in which dream yoga is a practice, so there’s some interest there, but not as much as you might think). It always fascinates me to see how different other peoples’ dream lives are from my own, whether lucid or not.

I think I‘ve explored just about everything having to do with dreaming at one time or another, especially the philosophical questions it involves and interpretation. I’ve read Freud, Jung, and a whole host of modern theorists, therapists and the like. But I’ve had enough of analysis for the time being and am looking forward to spending more time on music and poetry, both in my waking and dreaming lives.