Inception Related Topics
- In recent news, the blockbuster hit Inception
involving the subject matter of lucid dreaming, has been making a big splash. Many people are curious about the realities of lucid dreaming.
The links below are collected resources on topics addressed in the film. Click on the links below to learn more.
Time Perception
Totems and Reality Checking/Testing
Dreams within a Dream
Dream Sharing
Emotional Saliency
The International Association for the Study of Dreams, the organization which filmmakers Kira Sass and Chris Olsen were very involved with for the creation of Wake Up!, has also put together a collection of expert interviews about Christopher Nolan’s Inception. See what lucid dreaming experts have to say about the film.
How to Have Lucid Dreams
Guides
- Lucid Dreaming - Wikibooks - An excellent, comprehensive guide to lucid dream induction.
- How to Lucid Dream - WikiHow - Includes steps, tips, and a video
- Guide to Lucid Dreaming - Dreamviews - A comprehensive guide that includes basic information on lucid dreaming, techniques, and mastery.
Wake-Back-To-Bed (WBTB) and Wake-Initiated-Lucid-Dream (WILD)
- Lucid Dreams With Wake-Back-To-Bed - From World of Lucid Dreaming
- Wake Initiated Lucid Dream - From Lucid Dreaming Wiki
Mnemonic-Induction-of-Lucid-Dreams
- MILD - A forum thread from Dreamviews.com
- Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreaming - From World of Lucid Dreaming
Reality Testing
Aids and Devices
- Adventures with the Nova Dreamer
- www.saltcube.com/timer: Timer that will interrupt sleep with an alarm at intervals timed to induce lucid dream. Can be downloaded to your PSP. The site has a strong focus on out-of-body experience (OBE).
Other Lucid Dreaming Resources
Websites of Interviewees
- Beverly D’Urso - www.durso.org
- Jayne Gackenbach - www.spiritwatch.ca
- Stanley Krippner - stanleykrippner.weebly.com
- Scott Sparrow - www.spiritualmentoring.com
- Robert Wagonner - www.dreaminglucid.com
General Resources
- www.lucitopia.com: The website of the Palo Alto Lucid Dreaming Group, our favorite site!
- www.lucidity.com: The homepage of Stephen LaBerge’s famous Lucidity Institute.
Forums
- www.dreamviews.com: Provides basic information on lucid dreaming, as well as discussion boards on a wide range of dream related topics. Includes space to keep a dream journal, with option to make entries public or private. Also has includes a very cool “adoption” program, to give newbies to LD one-on-one mentoring. Generally scientific perspective.
- www.ld4all.com: Forum discussion on wide range of lucid dream-related topics. Includes space to keep a dream journal, with option to make entries public or private. More “new age” and paranormal orientation than DreamViews.
Publications
- www.spiritwatch.ca: Archives the entire 10-year span of the Lucidity Letter, the central forum for communication among lucid dreaming researchers throughout the 1980s.
- www.dreaminglucid.com: Houses The Lucid Dream Exchange, a quarterly publication featuring articles about lucid dreaming, as well as dreams submitted by readers.
- www.dreamgate.com/dream/ed-backissues: An online e-zine featuring many lucid dreaming articles, as well as more general articles about dreams.
Journaling
- www.dreamjournal.net: Online dream journal. Includes tracking of your dream signs and symbols. Can keep entries private or open them up for public commentary. Can also browse others’ journals.
Experimental
- www.lucidcrossroads.co.uk: Ongoing experiment in shared lucid dreaming, with an induction for entering this shared space.