Exploring Consciousness Through Dreams (Part 1)

Humans have an inherent drive to play with our experience of the world. Yet in our explorations of consciousness we frequently ignore the potential of the original altered state: the dream. The Oneironauticum was founded in January, 2008, by a group of dreamers dedicated to consciousness experimentation through the use of oneirogens: any herb, root, sound, scent, technology, practice, or food that promotes vivid dreaming. During each Oneironauticum event, an in-person group gathers to sleep in the same place and try an oneirogen. On that same night, people around the globe use the same oneirogen. Nine years of experimentation has generated a catalogue of oneirogens and effects, searchable on the Oneironauticum site. Lucid dreaming can become a Buddhist practice, hypnagogic dreams can harness creativity, while hypnapompic sleep paralysis allows others to work with fear. The talk will outline the informal research conducted via the Oneironauticum on oneirogens and dream as tool of consciousness exploration.

Jennifer Dumpert is all for you going after your dreams. Literally. She’s an author and speaker that specializes in dreams –particularly liminal dreaming– and she thinks that figuring out what your dreams are trying to tell you can be a powerful thing. Her most recent book, 'Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep' is now available.

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