A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming: Mastering the Art of Oneironautics

by Dylan Tuccillo, Jared Zeizel, Thomas Peisel

Overview

Wake up and dream.
 
Imagine experiencing all the things that happen in dreams, but with one extraordinary difference: You are “lucid”––consciously, joyously in control. Not just an adventure (yes, you can fly), a lucid dream is a time ripe for creative thinking, healing, inspiration, and self-knowledge.
 
This lively dream guide shows step-by-step how to become lucid, and then what to do once awake in the dream world. Here’s how to reconnect with dreams, and the importance of keeping a journal and timing REM cycles. How to use simple reality checks to differentiate between waking and sleeping states. How to incubate a dream to solve a problem.
 
With every dream we are washing up on the shores of our own inner landscape. Now, learn to explore this strange and thrilling world.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761178620
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/10/2013
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	526,321
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Dylan Tuccillo (center) is a writer, filmmaker, and lucid dreamer. He lives in New York City.

Jared Zeizel (left) is a writer, filmmaker, and lucid dreamer. He lives in New York City.

Thomas Peisel (right) is a writer, filmmaker, and lucid dreamer. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Part 1 Starting the Journey 1

1 A New Discovery 3

2 What Are Dreams? 17

3 A History of Dreaming 27

Part 2 Packing Your Bags 39

4 The REM Stage 43

5 The Power of Intention 51

6 Remembering Your Dreams 61

7 Keeping a Dream Journal 71

8 The Reality Check 83

Part 3 Arrival 95

9 Becoming Lucid 99

10 Staying Lucid 109

Part 4 Exploring a New World 121

11 Transportation 125

12 Creation 141

13 The Natives 153

14 Superpowers 167

Part 5 Mastering the Terrain 179

15 Defusing Nightmares 183

16 Healing and Wholeness 195

17 Dream Incubation 205

18 WILD 217

Part 6 The Next Frontier 229

19 Know Thyself 233

20 Waking vs. Dreaming 241

21 A Future Vision 253

Notes 263

Acknowledgments 272

About the Authors 274

Editorial Reviews

08/12/2013
Three self-professed lucid dreamers take a modern look at oneironautics, or lucid dreaming, in this refreshingly practical guide to controlling dreams. Tuccillo, Zeizel, and Peisel bring a casual, youthful tone to a topic about which much has already been written. In dreams, they note, you can be “free of your physical body, leaving behind silly things like gravity.” The writers focus on instruction—to encourage lucid dreams, for instance, set your alarm for six hours after bedtime, then wake up and go back to sleep after 20 minutes. The trio broadly covers the cultural history of dreams and the science of sleep, but always returns to the core idea that guiding your dreams is a great adventure, as emphasized by old-fashioned line drawings by Mahendra Singh, featuring travelers discovering new lands and walking through walls. Excerpts from lucid dreamers’ own experiences also add to the text. The variety of material limits the book’s depth—more neuroscience coverage would be welcome—but it makes for an easy read. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

[A] refreshingly practical guide to controlling dreams.” 
—Publishers Weekly
 
“Step-by-step instructions for achieving the alluring, mysterious goal of lucid dreaming.”
–Parade.com
 
“Three young, New York-based oneironauts (‘dream navigators’) have come along to fish these techniques out of esoterica. Pulling from a wide array of lucid dreaming traditions, they offer step-by-step instructions.” 
—Tricycle

“A refreshing blend of science, whimsy and practical tips on spicing up your dream life.”
 —Sarasota Herald-Tribune

From the Publisher

As narrator, Andy Paris must walk a tight line in this audiobook, providing a serious tone of respect for a topic that is legitimate in the eyes of the authors but not necessarily everyone else while also being able to be lighthearted when the occasional joke is delivered. In clear and largely objective prose, the book walks listeners through the benefits of lucid dreaming as well as the means of inducing it. Paris executes the straight prose with good emphasis and tone. He even delivers the quotes of random people’s experiences with lucid dreaming well. However, his attempts at the lighthearted moments within the book of sound flat. L.E. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2013 - AudioFile