Techniques for Inducing and Manipulating Lucid Dreams
Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 1983 Paul Tholey 73 citations
Over several years and with over 200 subjects, techniques have been developed for inducing and manipulating lucid dreams. Lucidity can be achieved by practicing a critical-reflective frame of mind, intention and autosuggestion, or using apparatus. Methods to retain lucidity while falling asleep involve concentrating on visual phenomena, the body, or the thinking ego. Intentional acts help induce lucid dreams and manipulate their content. Dreamers can influence dream events within limits, and their desires, emotional state, looks, verbal utterances, and actions are important. Other dream figures can also aid in manipulation.