Lucid Dreaming. Synopsis[edit] This book attempts to teach the skills that can help you to have lucid dreams — dreams in which one knows he or she is dreaming.
For the skeptical, lucid dreams have been scientifically demonstrated to exist. What is Lucid Dreaming? A lucid dream is a dream in which you know you are dreaming.
Typically this happens when the dreamer experiences something strange, and when they stop to question their reality, they realize they are in a dream. Lucid dreams happen naturally on occasion, although some people may have them naturally more often than others. Welcome to the LD4all forum, the lucid dreamer's community. Lucid dream. A lucid dream is any dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming.
In relation to this phenomenon, Greek philosopher Aristotle observed: "often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream".[1] One of the earliest references to personal experiences with lucid dreaming was by Marie-Jean-Léon, Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys.[2] Skeptics of the phenomenon suggest that it is not a state of sleep, but of brief wakefulness.[15][16] Others point out that there is no way to prove the truth of lucid dreaming other than to ask the dreamer.[17] Lucid dreaming has been researched scientifically, with participants performing pre-determined physical responses while experiencing a lucid dream.[18][19]