Lucid Dreaming

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  • 415 BCE

    Letter

    A letter written by St. Augustine of Hippo refers to lucid dreaming.

  • Lucid Dreamer

    An early recorded lucid dreamer was the philosopher and physician Sir Thomas Browne.

  • Diary

    Samuel Pepys in his diary entry for 15 August 1665 records a dream “that I had my Lady Castlemayne in my arms and was admitted to use all the dalliance I desired with her, and then dreamt that this could not be awake, but that it was only a dream”.

  • Book

    A book called, Les Reves Et Les Moyens de Les Diriger; Observations Pratiques (Dreams and How to Guide them; Practical Observations), was published which documents experiences of lucid dreaming, and proposes that it is possible for anyone to learn to dream consciously.

  • Term

    The term "lucid dream" was coined (invented or devised a new word or phrase) by the Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik van Eeden.

  • Study

    The first book to recognize the scientific potential of lucid dreams was Celia Green’s 1968 study Lucid Dreams.

  • Evidence

    Scientific evidence to confirm the existence of lucid dreaming was produced as lucid dreamers were able to demonstrate to researchers that they were consciously aware of being in a dream state.

  • The Lucidity Institute

    The Lucidity Institute is an incorporated research institute founded in 1987 by Stephen LaBerge that supports lucid dreaming research and the development of techniques that help people achieve lucid dreams.

  • Wake-Initiated Lucid Dreams

    In a study of fourteen lucid dreamers performed, people who perform wake-initiated lucid dreams operation (WILD) reported experiences consistent with aspects of out-of-body experiences such as floating above their beds and the feeling of leaving their bodies.

  • Discovery Channel

    Katz was featured in the Discovery channel video series “The Power of Dreams” along with other lucid dream trainers including Stephen LaBerge and Tenzin Wangyal.

  • Acetylcholine

    LaBerge filed for a patent application in December 2004 that outlined the basic technique of boosting Acetylcholine levels to promote lucid dreaming.

  • Nightmares

    A study was performed in 2006 that showed that lucid dreaming treatment was successful in reducing nightmare frequency.