Tools & Tutorials
Aura Viewing. A good meditation and exercise that “increases communication between cerebral hemispheres”.
The Brainwave Generator is a program which allows you to customize binaural beat effects to your own design. Includes several presets. I’ve used the program, and it is quite versatile and effective.
A Dream Dictionary. A pretty good site that covers symbolism and some other basic dream interpretation and physiological issues.
Interpret Your Dreams. Free dream interpretation and resources.
Lucidcrossroads. This is a large site with numerous tutorials largely based on the WILD (Wake Induced Lucid Dream) technique. Some basics on Astral Projection are also given.
Lucid dream (and other) tutorials from a Totlec and Tibetan perspective; affiliated with the book by Robbins, J. (2003). Build a better buddha.
The Lucidity Institute page contains a wealth of information; it is affiliated with Stephen LaBerge, one of the pioneers of the scientific study of lucid dreams.
Lucidquest. …uses proprietary software to develop binaural beat audio. The binaural beats utilize a frequency following effect to induce specific brainwave states to aid in relaxation, lucid dreaming, OBE, and other alternative states of consciousness.
Remembering dreams. This site gives a number of simple techniques that anyone can use to remember more of their dreams.
Cultural Perspectives
The African Psychological Lineage. This paper (Bynum, E. B., 2000) discusses family dynamics and its impact on the unconscious and dream states from an afro-centric anthropological perspective.
This Ancient Egyptian dreaming page briefly describes dreaming practices of the ancient Egyptians.
Aristotle’s work, “On Dreams”, is given in translation on this Ancient Greek online library.
Artemidorus’ Oneirocritica (excerpts) was a five-volume work on dream interpretation written in the 2nd Century, the first of its kind.
A Catholic perspective on dream interpretation.
DreamViews contains some basic information on lucid dreams from orthodox western perspectives. It also contains a forum and tutorials.
Islamic reflections on dream interpretation, a detailed article with references to the Koran.
Persian perspectives on dream interpretation. An entry from the “Encyclopedia Iranica”…
Psychological & Philosophical Perspectives
Cognitive Neuroscience. G. W. Domhoff’s (2003) chapter on the modern scientific study of dreams from the perspective of a cognitive psychologist.
Freudian theory of the interpretation of dreams, a brief introduction.
Jungian theory of dream interpretation. An introductory paper by R. Winer, M.D.
This Postmodern Dreaming page integrates contemporary philosophy, critical theory, semiotics, linguistics, poststructuralism and postmodern thought. Links to some very interesting and complex articles.
Online Communities & Forums
Dreamcrowd. A community of dreamers with a focus on group-mind interpretation.
Gnosticweb. Affiliated with Mark Pritchard (author), and addresses topics such as Christian Gnosticism, Astral travel, lucid dreaming, dream recall, and self awareness. Forums and free classes are available here; the site has undergone a re-design recently.
LD4all. An online lucid dream community. It contains a couple chat rooms that stay pretty busy most of the time…
Sawlogs. An internet community of dreamers.
Sea Life. A dreamer community forum.
Related Blogs
Dream Prophesy. A well-informed blog that also offers interpretation services.
Rob’s Magick Blog. A rich, content-driven blog from an adept from the Magical Order of the Peacock
Etc.
Reading Lists…on a myriad of topics. Not for the faint of heart! This is a fantastic list of reading lists. It covers the classics especially well.
The World 13 Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement. Describes an alternative way of measuring time, along with calculators for birthdates and personality types. It is an intricate astrological theory of psychological development, and includes extensive social networking.