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A letter written by St. Augustine of Hippo refers to lucid dreaming.
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An early recorded lucid dreamer was the philosopher and physician Sir Thomas Browne.
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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”.
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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.
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The term "lucid dream" was coined (invented or devised a new word or phrase) by the Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik van Eeden.
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The first book to recognize the scientific potential of lucid dreams was Celia Green’s 1968 study Lucid Dreams.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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LaBerge filed for a patent application in December 2004 that outlined the basic technique of boosting Acetylcholine levels to promote lucid dreaming.
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A study was performed in 2006 that showed that lucid dreaming treatment was successful in reducing nightmare frequency.