Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain

Abstract

pt. 1. Historical and cultural perspectives on lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming in Western literature / Stephen LaBerge -- Lucid dreams in Tibetan Buddhism / George Gillespie -- Lucidity, sex, and horror in Senoi dreamwork / Robert K. Dentan. pt. 2. Empirical approaches to the study of lucid dreaming. From spontaneous event to lucidity : a review of attempts to consciously control nocturnal dreaming / Charles T. Tart -- Lucid dream induction : an empirical evaluation / Robert F. Price and David B. Cohen -- The psychophysiology of lucid dreaming / Stephen LaBerge -- Correspondence during lucid dreams between dreamed and actual events / Morton Schatzman, Alan Worsley, and Peter Fenwick -- Psychological content of lucid versus nonlucid dreams / Jayne Gackenbach -- Individual differences associated with lucid dreaming / Thomas Snyder and Jayne Gackenbach. pt. 3. Personal accounts and clinical applications. A model for lucidity training as a means of self-healing and psychological growth / Paul Tholey -- Clinical applications of lucid dreaming : introductory comments / Patricia Garfield -- Personal experiences in lucid dreaming / Alan Worsley -- Without a guru : an account of my lucid dreaming / George Gillespie.