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BOOKS

Lucid Dreaming Plain & Simple: Tips and Techniques for Insight, Creativity, and Personal Growth

by Robert Waggoner & Caroline McCready (2015)

Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple_Waggoner

 TOP 5 FOR LUCID DREAM BEGINNERS

Are You Dreaming? Exploring Lucid Dreams_Love

Are You Dreaming? Exploring Lucid Dreams: A Comprehensive Guide

by Daniel Love (2013)

Lucid Immersion Guidebook_Hurd

Lucid Immersion Guidebook: A Holistic Blueprint 

for Lucid Dreaming

by Ryan Hurd (2012)

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming_LaBerge

Exploring the World

of Lucid Dreaming 

by Stephen LaBerge, PhD

& Howard Rheingold (1990)

Lucid Dreaming_A Beginner's Guide_Morley

Lucid Dreaming: A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming Conscious

in Your Dreams

by Charlie Morley (2015)

TOP 5 FOR DREAM YOGA BEGINNERS 

Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep

by Andrew Holecek (2016)

Dream Yoga_Holecek
Dreaming Yourself Awake_Wallace

Dreaming Yourself Awake: Lucid Dreaming and

Tibetan Dream Yoga for

Insight & Transformation

by B. Alan Wallace, PhD (2012)

Dreams of Awakening_Morley

Dream Yoga and the

Practice of Natural Light

by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu (2002)

Tibetan Dream Yoga_Katz

Tibetan Dream Yoga:

The Royal Road

 to Enlightenment

by Michael Katz, PhD (2011)

The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep_Wangyal

The Tibetan Yogas of Dream

and Sleep 

 by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 

(1998)

OTHER GREAT TITLES ON THE TOPIC

Lucid Dreaming_Gateway to the Inner Self_Waggoner

Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self

by Robert Waggoner (2009)

Communing with the Gods_Laughlin

Communing with the Gods: Consciousness, Culture, and the Dreaming Brain
by Charles Laughlin, PhD (2011)​

Advanced Lucid Dreaming_Yuschak

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming: A Comprehensive Guide to Promote Creativity, Overcome Sleep Disturbances & Enhance Health and Wellness

by Clare Johnson, PhD (2017)

Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying_Varela

Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness with the Dalai Lama
by Francisco Varela (1997)

Advanced Lucid Dreaming_Yuschak

Advanced Lucid Dreaming:

The Power of Supplements
by Thomas Yuschak (2006)

Dreaming Wide Awake_Brown

​Dreaming Wide Awake: Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing, and Psychedelics
by David Brown (2016)

TWO FANTASTIC ANTHOLOGIES FOR THE DEDICATED ONEIRONAUT

Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain_Gackenbach & LaBerge

Conscious Mind, Sleep Brain: Perspectives on Lucid Dreaming

edited by Jayne Gackenbach, PhD

& Stephen LaBerge, PhD (1988)

Lucid Dreaming_Cross-cultural Perspectives_Hurd & Bulkeley

Lucid Dreaming: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep
edited by Ryan Hurd

& Kelly Bulkeley, PhD (2014)

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Barasch, M. I. (2000). Healing dreams: Exploring the dreams that can transform your life. New York, NY: The Berkley Publishing Group.

Bogzaran, F., & Deslauriers, D. (2012). Integral dreaming: A holistic approach to dreams. New York, NY: SUNY Press.

Brooks, J., & Vogelsong, J. (1999). The conscious exploration of dreaming: Discovering how we create and control our dreams. 1st Books Library.

Devereux, P. & Devereux, C. (2011). Lucid dreaming: Accessing your inner virtual realities. Brisbane, Australia: Daily Grail Publishing.

Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (1958). Tibetan yoga and secret doctrines. London: Oxford University Press.

Gackenbach, J. I. & Sheikh, A. (Eds.) (1991). Dream images: A call to mental arms. Farmingdale, NY: Baywood. 

Gackenbach, J. I. (1990). Women and meditators as gifted lucid dreamers. In S. Krippner (Ed.), Dreamtime and dreamwork: Decoding the language of the night (pp. 244-251). Los Angeles, CA England: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.

Gackenbach, J. & Vosfeld, J. (1990). Control your dreams: How lucid dreaming can help you uncover your hidden fears and explore the frontiers of human consciousness. Los Angeles, CA: Premier Digital Publishing.

Gackenbach, J., &  Krippner, S.  (1990). Dreamtime and Dreamwork: Decoding the Language of the Night. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher. 

Garfield, P. (1979). Pathway to ecstasy: The way of the dream mandala. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Garfield, P. (1991). The healing power of dreams. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Garfield, P. (1995). Creative dream: Plan and control your dreams to develop creativity, overcome fears, solve problems, and create a better self. New York: Fireside Rockefeller Center.

Godwin, M. (1994). The lucid dreamer: A waking guide for the traveler between worlds. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Green, C. & McCreery, C (1994). Lucid dreaming: The paradox of consciousness during sleep. New York, NY; Routledge.

Gyatrul, R. (2002). Meditation, transformation, and dream yoga. Trans. by B.A. Wallace & Sangye Khandro. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications.

Hartmann, E. (2011). The nature and functions of dreaming. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Hobson, A. (2001). The dream drugstore: Chemically altered states of consciousness. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Hobson, A. (2005). 13 dreams Freud never had: The new mind science. New York: Pi Press.

Holecek, A. (2016). Dream Yoga: Illuminating your life through lucid dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.

Hunt, H. T. (1989). The multiplicity of dreams: Memory, imagination, and consciousness. New Haven, CT, US: Yale University Press.

Hunt, H. T. (1991). Lucid dreaming as a meditative state: Some evidence from long-term meditators in relation to the cognitive-psychological bases of transpersonal phenomena. In J. Gackenbach & A. A. Sheikh (Eds.), Dream images: A call to mental arms (pp. 265-285). Amityville, New York: Baywood.

Hurd, R. (2010). Sleep paralysis: A guide to hypnagogic visions and visitors of the night. Hyena Press. 

Hurd, R. (2014). Big dreams: Psi, lucid dreaming and borderlands of consciousness. Dream Studies Press.

Kahan, T.L. (2001). Consciousness in dreaming: A metacognitive approach. In K. Bulkeley (Ed.), Dreams: A reader on the religious, cultural, and psychological dimensions of dreaming (pp. 333-360). New York: Palgrave. Retrieved from https://www.scu.edu/cas/psychology/faculty-and-staff/tracey-kahan/

Kelly, E. W., Greyson, B., & Kelly, E. F. (2007). Unusual experiences near death and related phenomena. In E.F. Kelly & E.W. Kelly (Eds.), Irreducible mind: toward a psychology for the 21st century. Rowman & Littlefield.

Kelzer, K. (1971). The sun and the shadow: My experiment with lucid dreaming. Virginia Beach, VA: A.R.E. Press.

 

Kharitidi, O. (2001). The master of lucid dreams: In the heart of Asia a Russian psychiatrist learns how to heal the spirits of trauma. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Road Publishing.

Krippner, S., & Friedman, H. L. (2010). Mysterious minds: The neurobiology of psychics, mediums, and other extraordinary people. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger ABC-CLIO, LLC.

Krippner, S., Bogzaran, F., & Carvalho, A. (2002). Extraordinary dreams and how to work with them. Albany, NY; State University Press.

LaBerge, S. (2003). Lucid dreaming and the yoga of the dream state: a psychophysiological perspective. In B.A. Wallace (Ed.), Buddhism and science: Breaking new ground (pp. 233-258). New York: Columbia University Press.
 

LaBerge, S. (2009). Lucid dreaming: A concise guide to awakening in your dreams and in your life. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.

LaBerge, S., & DeGracia, D. J. (2000). Varieties of lucid dreaming experience. In R.G. Kunzendorf & B. Wallace (Eds.), Individual differences in conscious experience (pp. 269-307). Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing. Retrieved from http://www.lucidity.com/VOLDE.html

LaBerge, S., & Gackenbach, J. (2000). Lucid dreaming. In E. Cardeña, S. J. Lynn, S. Krippner, E. Cardeña, S. J. Lynn, S. Krippner (Eds.), Varieties of anomalous experience: Examining the scientific evidence (pp. 151-182). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/10371-005

LaMarca, K. (2019). Learn to lucid dream: Powerful techniques for awakening Creativity and Consciousness. Rockridge Press.

Laughlin, C. D. (2011). Communing with the gods: Consciousness, culture, and the dreaming brain. Australia: Daily Grail Publishing.

Malamud, J., LaBerge, S., Gackenbach, J., Bosveld, J., & Aurobindo, S. (1993). Lucid dreaming. In R. Walsh, F. Vaughan (Eds.), Paths beyond ego: The transpersonal vision (pp. 77-86). New York, NY, US: Perigee Books.

Martin, T. (2008). Lucid dreaming: 99,000 Opportunities for awareness. Windyville, MO: SOM Publishing.

 

Morley, C. (2013). Dreams of awakening: Lucid dreaming and mindfulness of dream and sleep. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House.

Moss, R. (1996). Conscious dreaming: A spiritual path for everyday life. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press.

Moss, R. (2011). Active dreaming: Journeying beyond self-limitation to a life of wild freedom. Novato, CA: New World Library.

Pita, M., & Kroll, J. (2013). Dream partners: An ongoing experiment in lucid dream sharing. Amazon Digital Services, Inc. (eBook).

Pita, M. (2015). Lucid dreams and the Holy Spirit. United States: Create Space.

Rao, K. R. (2002). Consciousness studies: Cross-cultural perspectives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.

 

Rinpoche, G. (2002). Meditation, transformation, and dream yoga. Trans by B.A. Wallace & Sangye Khandro. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications.

 

Saint-Denys, M.H. (1982). Dreams and how to guide them. London: Duckworth.

Schredl, M. & Erlacher, D. (2011). Dream consciousness and sleep physiology. In D. Cvetkovic & I. Cosic (Eds.), States of consciousness: Experimental insights into meditation, waking, sleep and dreams (pp. 93-107). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag Publishing.

Sparrow, G. S. (1982). Lucid dreaming: Dawning of the clear light. Virginia Beach, VA: A.R.E. Press.

Stumbrys, T., & Erlacher, D. (2014). The science of lucid dream induction. In R. Hurd & K. Bulkeley (Eds.), Lucid dreaming: New perspectives on consciousness in sleep, Volume 1 (pp.  77-103). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Stumbrys, T., Schädlich, M., & Erlacher, D. (2019). Lucid dream induction. In Hoss, R. J., Valli, K., Gongloff, R. (eds.) Dreams: Understanding biology, psychology, and culture (pp. 283-290). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Taylor, J. (2009). The wisdom of your dreams: Using dreams to tap into your unconscious and transform your life. New York, NY: Penguin Group.

Thompson, E. (2014). Waking, dreaming, being : Self and consciousness in neuroscience, meditation, and philosophy. New York: Columbia University Press.

Toro, G., & Thomas, B. (2007). Drugs of the dreaming: Oneirogens Salvia divinorum and other dream-enhancing plants. Rochester, VT: Park Street Press.

Tuccillo, D., Zeizel, J., & Piesel, T. (2013). A field guide to lucid dreaming: Mastering the art of oneironautics. New York: Workman Publishing.

Walsh, R., & Vaughan F. (1993). Introduction to section three: Lucid dreaming. In R. Walsh & F. Vaughan (Eds.), Paths beyond ego: The transpersonal vision (pp. 71-76). Los Angeles: Tarcher/Perigee.

Windt, J. M., & Metzinger, T. (2007). The philosophy of dreaming and self-consciousness: What happens to the experiential subject during the dream state? In D. Barrett & P. McNamara (Eds.), The new science of dreaming: Cultural and theoretical perspectives (Vol. 3) (pp. 193-247). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Windt, J. M., & Voss, U. (2018). Spontaneous thought, insight, and control in lucid dreams. The Oxford handbook of spontaneous thought: Mind-Wandering, creativity, and dreaming, 385. Retrieved from www.researchgate.net

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