Some general questions...

moved from quest to general lucidness :moogle:
Hey all. I’m new here, as you can tell by my impressive “1 posts”, and I’d like to introduce myself before I ask my questions.
I’m Brian. I’m 19 years old and a student at a small community college in southern California. I’ve been interested in lucid dreams for quite some time, and I can remember visiting this site about a year ago in a small quest for help with lucidity. I gave up shortly thereafter, for reasons I can’t remember (probably failure after not going lucid in a day or two…), but my interest has been re-sparked by a friend who is also practicing LDing. I’ve been looking around the forums, and everyone here seems to be understanding and, most importantly, accepting of new things. That’s pretty rare among internet forums. Anywho, I’m pretty determined this time around, and I know that I’ll get lucid, no matter how long it takes.

Ok, now to some quick questions. I’m doing a research paper for my comp. class, and the topic I chose is Lucid Dreaming. I know that’s broad… but I’ll narrow it down.

So, does anybody know of any books I might find in a library that could give me some info about lucid dreaming? It doesn’t have to be comprehensive… anything would help.

Also, how about any authorities on LDing that are around today? A well known researcher, a published author, respected scientist, etc. Any would help, as I hope to get an interview with someone “famous” in the field.

That’s about all for now… thanks very much in advance for anything that might help.

Hi, adjustments. :wave: Welcome to LD4all! :smile:

I haven’t read it myself, but apparently Exploring the World of Lucid Dreams by Stephen LaBerge is a good book on the subject. Our Dreaming Mind by Robert Van De Castle also has a section on lucid dreams, although it’s more about dreaming in general.

Good luck with your research paper! :content:

thanks! I’ll definitely look for those at the library. I doubt the school would have them, so I’ll head over to the public one.

Creative Dreaming by Patricia Garfield seems to be quite a popular one too, and one you should have in your bookshelf regardless of the research :wink:

LaBerge is most famous scientist. His web site is www.lucidity.com. His books are widely available. His 1985 book Lucid Dreaming has a lot of the history of lucidity. ETWOLD is better for learning how to become lucid.

Celia Greene wrote 2 books on lucid dream, her first book inspired some of LaBerge’s subsequent research.

Jayne Gackenbach is another researcher who has written several books on lucid dreaming.

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