Thread: Totems used as RCs?

Sorry if this is already a thread but I recently watched Inception for the second time and realized that the totem DiCaprio has is just like a personal reality check. Do totems actually work? Is it possible to carry around an object that could very well be used for a reality check in a dream? That would be pretty neat.

Originally Posted by Jakemnam

Sorry if this is already a thread but I recently watched Inception for the second time and realized that the totem DiCaprio has is just like a personal reality check. Do totems actually work? Is it possible to carry around an object that could very well be used for a reality check in a dream? That would be pretty neat.

They do to an extent. You have to test the totem to make sure that it behaves differently in
a dream than it does in reality. The idea with DiCaprio's top was that it would never topple.
It's a beautiful reality check but unfortunately, it doesn't work. Tops will topple in a dream
just like in reality. So basically you really have to test whatever object you are going to use.
I'm currently in the process of testing a tuning fork as a totem. I haven't gotten it out in a
dream yet but it's kind of at the lower end of my todo list. If I become lucid I'll do it real
quick before go off on an adventure.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/totems...ception+totems
http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/incept...ception+totems
http://www.dreamviews.com/f19/gemsto...ghlight=Totems