Letter from the Editor

About a year ago when I was embarking on my editorial duties for the Association for the Study of Dreams I was uncertain whether I would continue with Lucidity Letter beyond 1984. I have now put out two issues of the ASD Newsletter and realize that there is still a need to keep a written network open for those interested in dream lucidity. Thus, I have decided to continue with Lucidity Letter

Letter from the Editor

Of all the issues of Lucidity LetterI had the least to do with putting this one out! Aware of the last minute pressures I would be facing mounting the Lucidity Associations Higher States of Consciousness conference in Chicago, readers, friends, and colleagues came to my rescue. As in past issues, Canadians Kathy Belicki and her secretary Joanne Gazzola edited and typeset, respectively, about half of this issue. Two women new to our team really made a difference between working hard on the issue and gliding home with it. Shelagh Robinson, from Edmonton, volunteered many hours to typesetting and list maintenance. The work that will have the greatest impact on the reader comes from that of Elinor Gebremedhin of Philadelphia. Her professional copy editing of the entire issue has ended the many small errors which have plagued Lucidity Letter. A heartfelt thanks to all four women for making this the easiest Lucidity Letterever to produce

Letter from Jayne Gackenbach, Past Lucidity Letter Editor

It is with great pleasure that I introduce this 10th year commemorative issue of Lucidity Letter. Although I did not edit it, I did edit it! This issue is made up solely of articles selected from the nine volumes for which I was Senior Editor. These were chosen by Stephen LaBerge, Harry Hunt and myself in conjunction with our new Senior Editor, Elinor Gebremedhin

Speculations on Healing with the Lucid Dream

Have you ever had a dream where you knew you were dreaming while you were dreaming? This has come to be known as a lucid dream. Dream experiences of this nature are not new as references to them can be found in the Tibetan Buddhist literature as well as in early writings of western philosophers. More recent historical antecedents to the concept of the lucid dream have come from parapsychology, specifically from research and speculation about the out-of-body experience (OBE). Lucid dream researchers argue, however, that the OBE is a misinterpreted lucid dream -in other words you are having a dream and erroneously conclude you are awake