Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep 2V: Lucid Dreaming [2 volumes]: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep (Practical and Applied Psychology)

The first set of its kind, Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep provides a comprehensive showcase of the theories, research, and direct experience that serve to illuminate how certain people can maintain conscious awareness while dreaming. The text is organized into two sections, covering science, psychology, and education; and religious traditions, creativity, and culture. Contributors to this two-volume work include top dream experts across the globe-- scholars sharing knowledge gained from deep personal explorations and cutting-edge scientific investigations. Topics covered include the neuroscience of lucid dreaming, clinical uses of lucid dreaming in treating trauma, the secret history of lucid dreaming in English philosophy, and spiritual practices of lucid dreaming in Islam, Buddhism, and shamanic traditions. The work also addresses lucid dreaming in movies including The Matrix and literature such as the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien and explains how modern video gaming enhances lucidity. This set serves as an ideal text and reference work for school libraries and academic courses in anthropology, psychology, religious studies, and cognitive science as well as for graduate-level study in holistic education-- an increasingly popular specialization In this fascinating new collection, an all-star team of researchers explores lucid dreaming not only as consciousness during sleep but also as a powerful ability cultivated by artists, scientists, and shamans alike to achieve a variety of purposes and outcomes in the dream Read more... Cover 1 VOLUME I 4 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Foreword by Stephen LaBerge 10 Introduction 14 1 Lucid Dreaming by the Numbers 34 2 A Neurobiological Model of Lucid Dreaming 56 3 Lucid Dreaming in Psychotherapy 70 4 Lucid Dreaming as Sleep Meditation 96 5 The Science of Lucid Dream Induction 110 6 Memory, Meaning, and Imagination in Lucid Dreams 136 7 Educational Frontiers of Training Lucid Dreamers 160 8 Lucid Surrender and Jung's Alchemical Coniunctio 178 9 Clinical Applications of Lucid Dreaming Therapy 200 10 Learning the Depths of Lucid Dreaming 226 11 A Hero's Journey: Myths and Dreams of Ecopsychological Becoming 246 12 A Deeper Inquiry into the Association between Lucid Dreams and Video Game Play 264 13 Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreams, and the Non-physical 288 14 Unearthing the Paleolithic Mind in Lucid Dreams 310 15 A Non-dual Perspective on the Question of Dream Control 358 About the Editors and Contributors 380 Index 384 A 384 B 384 C 385 D 385 E 386 F 387 G 387 H 387 I 388 J 388 K 388 L 388 M 389 N 390 O 390 P 390 R 391 S 391 T 392 U 392 V 393 W 393 Y 393 Z 393 VOLUME II 396 Contents 398 1 Tibetan Buddhist Dream Yoga and the Limits of Western Psychology 400 2 Cultural Contingency and the Varieties of Lucid Dreaming 422 3 Magic, Meditation, and the Void: Creative Dimensions of Lucid Dreaming 444 4 Dreamed Violence and Shamanic Transformation in Indigenous Nepal and Malaysia 472 5 Forgotten Perspectives on Lucid Dreaming from the Enlightenment through the Early Twentieth Century 492 6 Wings over Numenor: Lucid Dreaming in the Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien 526 7 Lucid Dreaming in Film and Cinema 542 8 A Dervish's Sojourn in the Realm of Lucid Dreams 560 9 Pathogenic Dream Lucidity? A Warning from Native North America 578 10 They Dream about Everything: The Last Dreamers of the Dane-zaa 592 11 Hyperspace Lucidity and Creative Consciousness 608 12 Kundalini and Non-duality in the Lucid Dreaming State 632 13 Lucid Dreaming and the Sufis: Conflicts and Opportunities in the Modern West 664 14 A Pilgrimage into Dreamless Sleep 690 15 The Mystical Potential of Lucid Dreaming 700 About the Editors and Contributors 718 Index 722 A 722 B 722 C 723 D 723 E 724 F 724 G 724 H 725 I 725 J 725 K 725 L 726 M 726 N 727 O 727 P 727 Q 728 R 728 S 728 T 729 U 729 V 729 W 729 Y 730 Z 730 In this fascinating new collection, an all-star team of researchers explores lucid dreaming not only as consciousness during sleep but also as a powerful ability cultivated by artists, scientists, and shamans alike to achieve a variety of purposes and outcomes in the dream. The first set of its kind, Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep provides a comprehensive showcase of the theories, research, and direct experience that serve to illuminate how certain people can maintain conscious awareness while dreaming. The text is organized into two sections, covering science, psychology, and education; and religious traditions, creativity, and culture. Contributors to this two-volume work include top dream experts across the globe--scholars sharing knowledge gained from deep personal explorations and cutting-edge scientific investigations. Topics covered include the neuroscience of lucid dreaming, clinical uses of lucid dreaming in treating trauma, the secret history of lucid dreaming in English philosophy, and spiritual practices of lucid dreaming in Islam, Buddhism, and shamanic traditions. The work also addresses lucid dreaming in movies including The Matrix and literature such as the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien and explains how modern video gaming enhances lucidity. This set serves as an ideal text and reference work for school libraries and academic courses in anthropology, psychology, religious studies, and cognitive science as well as for graduate-level study in holistic education--an increasingly popular specialization. Presents a variety of expert perspectives on lucid dreaming from many different cultures that represent a breadth of disciplinary perspectives ; Provides theoretical models that integrate scientific reason, mysticism, and individuals' experiences, making way for a new level of sophistication in the study of lucid dreaming ; Offers practical insights for therapists, teachers, and researchers as well as students and scholars of psychology, anthropology, and religious studies while containing accessible information and compelling personal narratives that will appeal to general readers.--Publisher website