- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Oct 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671872486
- ISBN-13: 978-0671872489
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 19.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 577,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A guide to the world of conscious dreaming, whereby the sleeper awakens within the dream and gains control of the direction of the events of the dream. To the yogis and mystics of the East, its essential purpose is ultimately to wake up, not just within a dream, but in our waking life too.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Very good book. Godwin give many interpretations on lucid dreaming from the scientific to the mistical. The book is also full of very nice illustrations from worldwide visal arts and practical exercise on how to have a lucid dream.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was one of the first books on lucid dreaming that I read. I can warmly recommend the book for anyone interested in the topic who may not have that much prior information. The Lucid Dreamer is written in a quasi-scientific style, examining, analysing and exemplifying the phenomenon in a clear manner whereas some books seem unorganized in their structure, amateurish or too spiritual for a first time western reader. The scope into lucid dreaming and dreaming in respect to different cultures is honourably large. I would have given 4½ since some of the books with a more spiritual viewpoint offer somewhat more focused and deeper insight on the practice but as I had to choose between 4 and 5, it must be 5: Godwin's work on lucid dreaming is of incontestable value as this view to dreaming is practically completely neglected in the western world.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
The best book you can get on dreaming!
23 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover
I would give this book 10 stars if I could. This is not another new age make a buck/feel good rag. This is a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of dreaming. But it not only examines dreaming, it examines the very nature of reality. I have had many extremely profound and quite long lucid dreams and I can tell you from personal experience that Malcom knows exactly what he is talking about in this book. His description of the experience and how having a lucid dream forces you to question what we take for reality is right on the mark. This book gives many paths and techniques. Why it went out of print is a mystery. If you see a copy, even for 50 or 60 dollars, buy it, you'll never regret it.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding
3 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover
Not your average Lucid Dreamer type book. Malcom doesn't patronise the reader with the standard 'a black cat means.. , at times I read books and feel where is the beef, not so this one. Apart from the absolutely wonderful layout and pictures he also takes the reader on a journey through the 'history' of the traditions of lucidity in the dreamplane, from the aboriginal dreamtime to tibetan yoga , Shamens, sorcerors, intiation techniques and secret societys, many references too numerous to list here and a myriad of parctical techniques , many I have never heard of before .
Then he brings things bang up to date and with the interface of the newer sciences ,REM research morphic fields, David Bohm,paradigm shifts, the nature of perception , consciousness , holograms ..and a gallery of splendid plates of the artworks of Zaborov,Rousseau,Schwarzer,Magritte,Blake and a host of other artists.
A real first class book , given the drivel that is out there in the market I don't know how this ever went out of print.If you come across a second hand copy grab it, don't argue about the price.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Not a book of fluff, pure readable substance.
29 Jun 1999
Format:Hardcover
This is not a basic introductory book of "how-to". It does give you many techniques of how to induce lucid dreaming while also covering the science, spiritual and philosophy of this subject. The author also explains that this is not three-easy steps but requires a little work.The book is easy to read and incredably well rounded. A pure joy to read while being enlightening.
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