Hello, this is my first time visiting and posting on this site. I became introduced to lucid dreaming by a friend of mine who decided to track the incredibly odd dreams he would have after working longer, more arduous hours at the office.

The idea didn't seem very far fetched, I was actually quite envious that he had started to study something most of us just write off as 'time wasted' (sleeping that is, well probably not anyone here ).

He continued to keep me updated but as time went on we didn't really speak of it anymore, until I eventually forgot about it. Today I came across an article about lucid dreaming while looking for journal articles and wondered who, if anyone was currently studying lucid dreaming.

I know of Stephen LaBerge, whom at one point was working on a Ph. D at Stanford, a creditable or interesting source to say the least indeed. I've also looked up work by Dr. J. Allan Hobson but their work isn't exactly complimentary from what I can discern.

The question I'm looking to have help with is, who exactly is currently studying lucid dreaming? It seems as if there was interest in it in the late 90's then it became this sort of close knit "underground" practice.

The reason I'm looking for something scholarly in terms of research is due to the fact that I strongly believe this is possible, but wonder why it seems so hard to find articles of studies printed in journals like Nature or Scientific American.

Why does it seem that LaBerge is the only researcher brave enough to explore the topic, where is he now?

Although I believe in the possibility, it's hard to take the information find seriously when it is next to the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland or a cheesy quote from The Matrix.

Thanks