LUCIDITY LETTER

VOL.5, NO.1, JUNE, 1986

front cover   back cover

CONTENTS

Letter from the Editor - 2

Jayne Gackenbach

 

A.  ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LUCID DREAMING: A PANEL DISCUSSION -5

Deborah Jay Hillman and Patric Gresler

 

B.   RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL ORIGINS AND IMPLICATIONS: SHORT TALKS

1.   Ordinary Dreams, Lucid Dreams and Mystical Experiences - 27

George Gillespie

2.      Lucid Dreams and Meditation - 31

            Harry Hunt

 

C.   THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE AND LUCID DREAMING: A SYMPOSIUM

     1.    The Relationship Between the Out-of-Body Experience and Lucid Dreaming: A Personal Account - 38

              Patric Giesler                                                                        

     2.    The Out-of-Body Experience: A Personal Account - 43

               Andrew Brylowski                                                             

     3.    Comments on the OBE/Lucid Dream Controversy - 47

               Roy Salley                                                                           

 

D.  INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ASSOCIATED WITH DREAM LUCIDITY ABILITY: A TALK

1.   Personality Characteristics Associated With the Dream Lucidity Ability: Fact or Fiction - 57

                   Jayne Gackenbach                                                           

 

E.   PERSONAL EXPLORATION OF LUCID DREAMING: A PANEL DISCUSSION - 75

Stephen LaBerge (Chair), Beverly Kedzierski, Kenneth Moss, Jill Gregory, George Gillespie and Henri Rojouan   

 

F.   PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF LUCID DREAMING: A TALK - 105

           Stephen LaBerge                                                                    

 

G.  PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUES: A SYMPOSIUM

      1.   H—reflex in Lucid Dreams - 116

              Andrew Brylowaki

      2.   EEG Cartography of a Night of Sleep - 119

              Pierre Etevenon

      3.   Alpha and Dream Lucidity - 128

              Harry Hunt                                                                           

      4.   Non—REM Lucid Dreaming - 133

              Joe Dane                                                                              

 

H.  EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTENT OF LUCID DREAMS: A SYMPOSIUM

1.   Kinesthetic Imagery as a Duality of Lucid Awareness; Descriptive and Experimental Case Studies - 147

Tore Neilsen                                                                

2.   The Manifest Content of Self-reported Lucid Versus Non-lucid Dreams - 160

Jayne Gackenbach                                                      

3.      Dream Psychology: Operating in the Dark - 180

            Alan Moffitt, Sheila Purcell, Robert Hoffman, Ross Pigeau and Roger Wells

4.   Discussant - 197

Harry Hunt                                                                 

 

I.        THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION: A PANEL DISCUSSION - 205

Robert Price (Chair), Stephen LaBerge, Christian Bouchet, Roger Ripert and Joe Dane

 

J.        MENTAL HEALTH APPLICATIONS: A PANEL DISCUSSION - 230

Patricia Garfield (Chair), Judith Malamud, Jean Campbell, Ann Sayre Wiseman and Gordon Halliday     

 

K.  NEWS AND NOTES - 250                                                                

1.   Lucid Dreaming Workshops With Stephen LaBerge

2.   Lucid Dreams Bibliography Update