Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness During Sleep

by Celia Green, Charles McCreery

Lucid dreams are dreams in which a person becomes aware that they are dreaming. They are different from ordinary dreams, not just because of the dreamer's awareness that they are dreaming, but because lucid dreams are often strikingly realistic and may be emotionally charged to the point of elation.
Celia Green and Charles McCreery have written a unique introduction to lucid dreams that will appeal to the specialist and general reader alike. The authors explore the experience of lucid dreaming, relate it to other experiences such as out-of-the-body experiences (to which they see it as closely related) and apparitions, and look at how lucid dreams can be induced and controlled. They explore their use for therapeutic purposes such as counteracting nightmares. Their study is illustrated throughout with many case histories.

Genres: Psychology, Science

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Magda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good introduction to lucid dreaming.

This book was on my wish list for a while and I was lucky to find a used one for a low price, since online it's quite expensive.

I loved reading other peoples dreams. I still use some of the techniques from this book for lucid dreaming and it helped me learn how to lucid dream.
This book also has a scientific look at lucid dreaming. So it has a wide array of information.

[Toria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Celia Green is one of the foundational experts in the scientific study of lucid dreams who was doing it back in the 60s when the rest of the scientific community thought it was crazy. Most of what's in this book is common knowledge in the LD world now, but still interesting to read from that perspective.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good book