These are my favorite lucid dreaming books - from self-help books teaching anyone how to have lucid dreams and OBEs, to science fiction perspectives of the dream world. Below you'll find descriptions of the best lucid dreaming books I've found, plus links to buy them on Amazon. Alternatively, go straight to my Lucid Dreaming Amazon Store for a full range of books on dreaming and the human mind.
Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming
Dr Stephen LaBerge
This book goes far beyond the confines of pop dream psychology, establishing a scientifically researched framework for using lucid dreaming - that is, consciously influencing the outcome of your dreams. It is based on Dr Stephen LaBerge's extensive laboratory work at Stanford University mapping mind/body relationships during the dream state.
The book also encompasses the teachings of Tibetan dream yogis and the work of other scientists - including German psychologist Paul Tholey. This practical workbook will show you how to use your dreams to: solve problems; gain greater confidence; improve creativity, and more.
Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life
Dr Stephen LaBerge
What if right now, reading these words, you suddenly realized that you were actually dreaming – and that in this domain you could do anything imaginable? That is what it's like to dream lucidly, teaches Stephen LaBerge.
In this new book and CD, he teaches his simple, proven methods for becoming fully conscious in the dream state... with expert instruction gleaned from LaBerge's 20 years of pioneer in research at Stanford University.
Now anyone can learn to consciously explore and use their dreams for self-discovery, creativity, fantasy fulfillment, emotional healing, and profound spiritual insights. The CD includes two complete guided dream induction sessions.
Dreamside
Graham Joyce
It began as an experiment in college - a seemingly harmless investigation into lucid dreaming, the ability to control one's dreams. But they stayed too long on Dreamside, and now, ten years later, the dreams have returned to upend their adult lives.
The dreams of youth fade, if you're lucky. If not, they can consume you... and will.
"Graham Joyce writes the kind of novels we keep hoping to find, but rarely do." Jonathan Carroll, author of The Wooden Sea.
"What a flowing, well-crafted read — I couldn't put it down! Pick a quiet and comfortable place to enjoy this one; it is very absorbing." Naomi de Bruyn, GreenManReview.
Journeys Out of the Body
Robert A Monroe
When, unpredictably and against his will, Robert Monroe began to have out of body experiences, he was alarmed and incredulous. He found himself leaving his physical body to travel to places far removed from the material and spiritual realities of life on earth; in effect he became an inhabitant of a world unbounded by time or death. As he met others who have suffered the same experience, and read the long history of those who have known the phenomenon in the literature of the East, his fears were alleviated, but his journeys began to increase in frequency and their effects changed his life.
In this classic, first-hand account of the out of body phenomenon, Monroe challenges us to rethink our ideas about life and death and, with step-by-step instructions, invites us to initiate the out of body experience for ourselves.
Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self
Robert Waggoner
This is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion. In the process, he stumbles upon the Inner Self.
While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert Robert Waggoner experienced something transformative and unexpected. He was able to interact consciously with the dream observer-the apparent Inner Self-within the dream. At first this seemed shocking, even impossible, since psychology normally alludes to such theoretical inner aspects as the Subliminal Self, the Center, the Internal Self-Helper in vague and theoretical ways. Waggoner came to realize, however, that aware interaction with the Inner Self was not only possible, but actual and highly inspiring. He concluded that while aware in the dream state, one has both a psychological tool and a platform from which to understand dreaming and the larger picture of man's psyche as well.
Robert Waggoner proposes five stages of lucid dreaming and guides readers through them, offering advice for those who have never experienced the lucid dream state and suggestions for how experienced lucid dreamers can advance to a new level.
This book offers exciting insights and vivid illustrations that will intrigue not only avid dreamworkers but anyone who is interested in consciousness, identity, and the definition of reality. Read my interview with Robert Waggoner.
The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
"If we cannot carry our practice into sleep," Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche writes, "if we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes? Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake."
Included are detailed instructions for the dream yoga including foundational practices done during the day. Dream practices are followed by sleep yoga, also known as the yoga of clear light. It is considered a more advanced practice to stay aware during deep sleep. Most Westerners do not even entertain this as a possibility.
"A detailed guide to using our night-lives for awakening: thought-provoking, inspiring, and lucid." -- Stephen LaBerge
Multidimensional Man
Jurgen Ziewe
Leading a highly demanding professional life Jurgen Ziewe compensated by practicing intensive meditation to gain balance and spiritual inspiration. He soon discovered there was more to life when he was catapulted out of his body into a parallel universe. For nearly forty years he kept a secret diary detailing his excursions, which reveal a fascinating alternate reality that awaits us once we leave our mortal bodies. The author discovered a multidimensional universe, which he could step into in full waking consciousness. In his own words, "It was like walking into another room". He returned each time with breath-taking accounts of a world which forms not only the natural extension but the foundation of our physical universe. Jurgen Ziewe gives vivid and compelling accounts of meeting his deceased relatives, of interviewing the 'dead', and even of accompanying himself in a previous life. He describes with the zest of a travel journalist some of the mind-bending places he has visited, and recalls the excitement of unearthing the magical powers which are rooted in the higher dimensions of our reality.
Advanced Lucid Dreaming: The Power of Supplements
Thomas Yuschak
Simply the most effective approach to inducing lucid dreams and out of body experiences. This breakthrough book tells you everything you need to know on how to start experiencing extremely advanced lucid dreams and OBEs using the LDS (Lucid Dream Supplement) induction technique. This is the first comprehensive guide that explains how to use natural, non-prescription, and healthy supplements to induce some of the most profound experiences that humans can achieve.
Thomas Yuschak holds Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Modern Physics. He has been studying lucid dreaming for over a decade and has become a leading authority on the supplement approach of inducing lucid dreams. Yuschak is the founder of AdvancedLD, an organization dedicated to the research, development, and teaching of the most advanced and effective induction techniques known.
Dream Dictionary for Dummies
Penney Peirce
Dreams! What do they mean? You probably recognize a connection between the dream world and the "real" world, but did you know that you can actually do things to nurture your dream life? Dream Dictionary For Dummies is the fun and fascinating guide that shows you not only how to decode your dreams, but how to remember them and even how to make a dream work for you.
Whether you're already a prolific dreamer or are just peeking into the unknown, you're sure to get results from the insights, techniques, and tips provided in this unique and transforming guide. An A-to-Z list of dream symbols and their meanings helps you make sense of your dreams and harness them to increase your creativity, solve problems, find life purpose, and obtain accurate personal guidance.
Dreams for Dummies
Penney Peirce
What do dreams mean? Where do they come from? Why do they occur? Dreams For Dummies examines these fascinating questions and provides clear answers and insight into the topic. You will increase your dream recall, learn different ways to keep a dream journal, discover where dream content comes from, and more - all in one easy-to-understand reference guide. A dream interpretation checklist and dictionary of symbols gives you the tools to analyze their dreams and apply that understanding to your waking life, leading to reduced stress and greater creative capacity. Dreams For Dummies will help you wake up to the fun and easy way to get the most out of your dreams!
Lucid Dreams in 30 Days: The Creative Sleep Program
Keith Harary
With this volume you will learn to explore the mysteries of your sleeping self. Beginning with simple steps such as keeping a dream journal to record your dreams, Keith Harary, Ph.D., and Pamela Weintraub take you step-by-step, day-by-day through the lucid dreaming process. You advance to realizing when you are in a dream state, waking up "in" your dreams, and eventually, actually controlling the content of your dreams.
"This fascinating, practical guide to lucid dreaming is based on the breakthrough techniques developed by psychologists and dream researchers around the world. Anyone looking for the latest word in lucid dreaming cannot do better than to follow Harary and Weintraub's easy-to-follow and stunningly effective step-by-step approach." -- Gayle Delaney, Ph.D., author of All About Dreams and founding president of the Association for the Study of Dreams
Dreaming While Awake: Techniques for 24-Hour Lucid Dreaming
Arnold Mindell
What if you could dream 24 hours a day, even while awake? According to innovative psychotherapist Arnold Mindell, Ph.D., we already do. The seeds of dreaming arise in every moment of the day, in body symptoms, problems, relationships, subtle feelings, interactions, random thoughts, and fantasies. We're getting countless little cues from the unconscious every minute. All are signs from the world of dreaming. And, according to Mindell, we can be in the state of lucid dreaming all day long.
In "Dreaming While Awake," Mindell shows how to become aware of these "flirts" from the dreamworld and how to interpret their message. The goal, he says, is to be wide awake and lucid 24 hours a day in the midst of this unending dreamfield of information.
The Three "Only" Things
Robert Moss
Have you ever said something was "only a dream," "only a coincidence," or "only my imagination?" In this book you'll discover that these "only" things can be keys to finding and living your bigger story. You'll learn to tap into the nine powers of dreaming, the nine rules of coincidence, and the seven uses of imagination. You'll be inspired by stories of how innovators and world-changers have used these gifts, and you'll learn wonderful games to help you access your intuition, heal yourself, and bring juice to your everyday life.
"If there was an instruction book handed out at our birth, it should be this one! It not only helps us to reconnect to our source, but to tap into the joy of being that is our soul's purpose." - Deanna Joseph, Bella Online
"Writing about dreams, Moss is eloquent and authoritative, a wise teacher." - Publisher's Weekly
A Dream Come True: Simple Techniques for Dream Interpretation and Precognitive Dream Recognition
David L Kahn
Every night when you fall sleep, you have the opportunity to gain new insights into your life, your work, and your relationships through your dreams. Here, in this friendly, down-to-earth guide to interpreting and even guiding your nighttime reveries, discover:
how emotions are the building blocks of your dreams
the strength to embrace the fears your dreams reveal
training your dream habits to mimic your waking habits
appreciating color, music, and visual metaphors in dreams
tapping into your extrasensory perception via dreams
Eschewing the hard-and-fast deterministic approach of traditional "dream dictionaries" while never denying the power of cultural symbols that influence us all, professional dreamer David L Kahn shows you how to listen to your subconscious and gives you the tools you need to determine what your unique dreams mean.
Group Dreaming: Dreams to the Tenth Power
Jean Campbell
Of all the aspects of dream study, mutual dreaming is probably the least understood. The very fact that people can meet in the dream state and recall it upon waking challenges our ideas of time, space and the nature of dreams.
In this stunning new book, World Dreams Peace Bridge founder, Jean Campbell, traces the history of group dreaming research beginning in the 1970s and demonstrates how this research led her to believe that dreamers, working together can change the world.
Campbell's book looks at the power that two or more people can tap when striving to dream the same dreams. She describes several different group dreaming experiments over a period of ten years and shows how she organized The World Dreams Peace Bridge.
The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery
D T Max
The first symptoms begin after just a few nights without sleep, with shaking, sweating and overwhelming anxiety. Several weeks on the insomniac is unsteady on his feet, wracked by fevers, and drifting in and out of delirium as the body's vital organs begin to fail. Finally, after months of agonizing open-eyed deterioration, the victim falls into a state of exhaustion resembling a coma and mercifully dies.
Chronic sleeplessness, or Fatal Familial Insomnia, is a rare, inherited affliction that has tormented one noble Venetian family since the eighteenth century, striking at random and only after the child-rearing years are over, so that the deadly legacy is passed on like a dynastic curse. The cause of this sickness eluded the experts until the 1990s when it was identified as a rogue protein called a prion - the agent that is also responsible for Mad Cow Disease, 'scrapie' in sheep, and the fatal outbreak of uncontrollable laughter that decimated a tribe in Papua New Guinea. As appalling as these conditions are, however, the future of prion-driven diseases is even more mysterious and frightening: for prions are not alive and have no DNA, making them virtually impossible to destroy.
D T Max's ground-breaking work of scientific detection traces the revelation of the operating methods of the prion, reaching back to the 18th-century English farmers who pioneered intensive breeding methods at King George's command to the brilliant biologists whose revolutionary research has helped crack the prion case and offers new hope for victims, and may enable us to prevent a potentially catastrophic future prion plague. With exceptional fluency, grace, and sympathy, D T Max - who himself suffers from an undiagnosed neurological disease - tells a story that is at once enlightening and spell-binding.
The Ultimate Time Machine
Joseph McMoneagle
Joseph McMoneagle is an extraordinary remote viewer, a "psychic spy", whose experiences have given him a special insight into the nature of time and human perception. For more than 17 years, he was a researcher and remote viewer for the top-secret Army project known as Stargate.
For years after that, he journeyed through time while working in a consciousness development lab with out of body experience pioneer Dr Robert Monroe.
McMoneagle explores the questions that philosophers have debated for centuries: does time really exist? Do our actions today really affect our future? Can we change the past? Do we slip between alternate realities?
Those are my favorite lucid dreaming books - check back in future for new additions. Got a favorite book on lucid dreaming that isn't listed here? Let me know!
