Quote Originally Posted by ThreeCat View Post
@Voldmer: What are some of these ideas? I missed them when I read Active Dreaming. Seemed more like neo-feel-good-Shamanism than lucid dreaming. Robert Waggoner does not promote control either, per se, but at least his book seemed to be about what it is that we all do? As opposed to drum beats and conjuring up the ghost of Emerson.

Aw that's unfair ... now I have to remember what he actually wrote!

[... going for the book shelf ...]

I haven't read "Active Dreaming", but I did read "Dreamgates", which was quite delightful, and "Conscious dreaming", which was rather tedious (as I recall).

In Dreamgates, he addresses the following:
  • Travelling in time to experience distant parts of ones own life
  • Interacting/travelling with a guide on a higher plane
  • Magical/spiritual initiation
  • Inspiring creative work through dreams
  • Healing through dreams
  • Interacting with/helping the dead
  • Coming to terms with death through dreams
  • Preparing for the next life/exploring earlier lives
  • Communicating with ones higher self
  • Meeting extra-terrestials (and fairies and elves too).

I think that just about covers it for that book. And, as for the shamanism you are completely right - there is definitely a shamanism-approach behind all his ideas.