Lucid dreaming : the paradox of consciousness during sleep

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of figure and tables = ⅶ
• Introduction and acknowledgements = ⅸ
• 1 Definition, illustrations and historical background = 1
• Definition and illustrative examples = 1
• Historical development = 4
• Communication between the lucid dreamer and the outside world = 6
• 2 Lucid and non-lucid dreams compared = 10
• 3 The pre-lucid state = 14
• 4 Perceptual qualities of lucid dreams = 22
• Introductory remarks = 22
• Realism and unrealism in lucid dreams = 23
• Lucid dreams and waking imagery = 31
• 5 Memory, intellect and emotions = 38
• Conscious recall during lucid dreams = 38
• Intellectual functioning in general = 39
• The emotional quality of lucid dreams = 46
• 6 Lucid dreams and other hallucinatory experiences = 52
• Introduction = 52
• The concept of metachoric experiences = 55
• The question of insight = 62
• Conclusion = 64
• 7 False awakenings and out-of-the-body experiences = 65
• Repeated false awakenings = 65
• Realism and unrealism in false awakenings = 67
• Type 2 false awakenings = 69
• Out-of-the-body experiences = 71
• 'Intermediate' experiences = 74
• Conclusion = 76
• 8 Paralysis in hallucinatory states = 78
• Lucid dreams, false awakenings and sleep paralysis = 78
• Paralysis and out-of-the-body experiences = 84
• Paralysis and apparitional experiences = 88
• Conclusion = 93
• 9 Control of lucid dreams = 95
• The erotic element in lucid dreams = 99
• Inhibitions in lucid dreams = 101
• Conclusion = 105
• 10 Two areas of difficulty: reading and switching on light = 106
• Reading in lucid dreams = 106
• Switching on lights = 110
• 11 Methods of inducing lucid dreams = 114
• 12 Lucid dreams and the treatment of nightmares = 122
• Lucid dreaming in children = 125
• Lucid dreaming and psychopathology = 129
• 13 Other therapeutic implications of lucid dreaming = 132
• Lucid dreams in psychotherapy = 132
• Lucid dreams and physical healing = 137
• Conclusion = 139
• 14 Two possible effects of lucid dreaming = 141
• Possible detrimental effects = 141
• Lucid dreams and philosophical attitude = 144
• 15 Lucid dreams, arousal and the right hemisphere = 150
• Arousal = 150
• Hemisphere function = 158
• Some general methodological and theoretical considerations = 163
• Conclusion = 167
• Notes = 169
• Bibliography = 173
• Name index = 180
• Subject index = 182