The Dream World EP40: Liminal Dreaming: Surfing the In-Between Phases of Sleep and Consciousness
Legendary minds like Salvador Dali, and Thomas Edison used their liminal dreams to boost creativity and solve problems in their work! Guess what, you can do this too! We are all natural liminal dreamers, and we pass through this phase every time we fall asleep, or wake up!
What is hypnagogia? How can we learn to navigate the in between phases of sleep where we are half awake and half asleep . What is the science behind this phase of sleep?
Jennifer Dumpert wrote the book Liminal Dreaming. I am so honored to have her as a guest. Thank you Jen, for putting up with my hectic schedule and terrible wifi connection!
You can find her website, and books here
At the edges of consciousness, between waking and sleeping, there’s a swirling, free associative state of mind that is the domain of liminal dreams. As we sink into slumber, we pass through hypnagogia, the first of the two liminal dream states. In this transitional zone, memories, perceptions, and imaginings arise in a fast moving, hallucinatory, semi-conscious remix. On the other end of the night, as we wake, we experience hypnopompia, the hazy, pleasant, drift that is the other liminal dream state. Readers of Liminal Dreaming will learn step-by-step how to create a dream practice, integrating the deeply unusual half-waking dream states of hypnagogia and hypnopompia into their lives in personally meaningful ways. Working with liminal dreams can improve sleep, mitigate anxiety and depression, help to heal trauma, and aid creativity and problem-solving. Liminal dreaming practice is also far easier to learn than lucid dreaming practice, making it possible for the reader to begin working with these dreams this very night.
Books Mentioned in this episode:
Sleep Paralysis: A Guide to Hypnagogic Visions and Visitors of the Night By Ryan Hurd
Hypnagogia by Andreas Mavromatis
https://www.liminaldreaming.com/
Timestamps
2:50 What is hypnagogia?
5:50 EEG States
11:20 Circadian rhythm
13:20 Are you an Owl or a Lark?
17:00 Sleep paralysis: How to avoid it and how to embrace it.
21:45 Phases of sleep
36:40 Liminal Vs REM dreams
38:40 How to use hypnagogia for creativity: Dali-Edison Method
43:17 Oneirogen dream enhancement
46:03 How do binaural beats work?
50:55 Hypnopompia
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