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The DRI and the Lucid Dream Exchange jointly organised a new lucid dream experiment and sought participants who were experienced or relatively experienced lucid dreamers. The experiment involved participants asking a few simple questions whilst lucid in a dream, and recording their lucid dream experiences after each question. To access the published article of the pilot study, go to Hamilton, N., & Waggoner, R. (2020). Pilot study on geometrical movement in lucid dreams. International Journal of Dream Research, 13(2), 151–159. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2020.2.70496
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The therapeutic potential of dream space for personal and spiritual transformation is explored. In particular, by consciously interacting with the dream space in a lucid dream, i.e. by following a perceived sense of direction in their dream, a positive change in the dream and in the dreamer’s psyche occurs
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This qualitative research examines the experiences of people who have explored their dreams using the Waking Dream Process (Hamilton, 2014) in the context of transpersonal psychotherapy. The Waking Dream Process is a method of revisiting dreams by engaging the body and imagination to facilitate psychological integration and personal development. The twelve participants took part in semi-structured interviews and completed scales measuring changes in mental well-being and attitudes towards dreams.
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Dreams reflect the imbalances in our psyche through dream images/narratives. This experiment was designed to reveal whether very basic symmetrical movements in lucid dreams exposed imbalances in the psyche and if tracing out these simple symmetries enables a psychological balancing to take place.
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Marlene Botha has undertaken research on the spiritual significance of colours in dreams and has presented on the topic at the International Association for the Study of Dreams.
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An examination of methods of structured inquiry into personal dream experience, illustrated by the heuristic research that led to the development of Judy Pascoe’s “Drawing from the Night” workshop.
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