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Reading a book called A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming by Dylan Tuccillo.
I decided to get back in touch with dreams and dream intention for the purpose of better recall, journal and all. I've been doing great for the past week prior to beginning this book. Once I get into that, I will work on lucidity. Lucidity is rare for me these days but once you set your mind to it, opening the dream world to ourselves unfolds on its own. When I was a kid, it happened so often, and I was able to remain in the dream for what seemed like a nice amount of time. These days, the exhilaration wakes me up right away.
I learned something in the book about an old, disturbing dream incubation ritual that the Quechua Indians practiced (these things were just to help aid in the dreamer's wish for the dream).
Extreme much?
I decided to get back in touch with dreams and dream intention for the purpose of better recall, journal and all. I've been doing great for the past week prior to beginning this book. Once I get into that, I will work on lucidity. Lucidity is rare for me these days but once you set your mind to it, opening the dream world to ourselves unfolds on its own. When I was a kid, it happened so often, and I was able to remain in the dream for what seemed like a nice amount of time. These days, the exhilaration wakes me up right away.
I learned something in the book about an old, disturbing dream incubation ritual that the Quechua Indians practiced (these things were just to help aid in the dreamer's wish for the dream).
The Quechua Indians of Peru would perform a sleep incubation ritual that would start with the patient being rubbed from head to toe with a live guinea pig. It was done in such a way that the guinea pig would die by the end of the procedure. Afterward, the animal would be skinned and from the blood and entrailed a diagnosis would be read.
Extreme much?
