Thread: Lucid dreams vs. psychedelic trips

Hmm, it's a pretty close tie in my opinion. My most meaningful and intense psychedelic trips are comparable in significance to my most meaningful and intense lucid dreams. It really depends on the context though; you could have a cloudy, barely lucid dream or you could have a bad trip or bad drugs. Although, for me at least, once you experience something in real life it's pretty easy to recreate in the dream world. I've taken LSD and mushrooms in lucid dreams and it was pretty close to the real thing, for the most part. Drugs are like doors in a way - once you find the door you can open it at any time in your dreams.

They each have their own pros and cons. Apples and oranges, really.

Originally Posted by blahaha

Hmm, it's a pretty close tie in my opinion. My most meaningful and intense psychedelic trips are comparable in significance to my most meaningful and intense lucid dreams. It really depends on the context though; you could have a cloudy, barely lucid dream or you could have a bad trip or bad drugs. Although, for me at least, once you experience something in real life it's pretty easy to recreate in the dream world. I've taken LSD and mushrooms in lucid dreams and it was pretty close to the real thing, for the most part. Drugs are like doors in a way - once you find the door you can open it at any time in your dreams.

They each have their own pros and cons. Apples and oranges, really.

I agree full on with this. Once you have experienced something in real life its extremely easy to replicate in your dreams (with proper dream control). Which begs the question, what do babies dream about then? At birth since they have experienced so little what could babies dream about? Lol, just a thought.

Hmmm. I was curious if I would find a thread about this topic in here and quite excited to come across it. Years ago when I first noticed I was dreaming and was (by chance) remaining asleep through it all, I didn't know the term for it. Much time passed before I had another similar experience, but the trend always seemed to occur during a nap. I am just becoming adjusted and acclimating myself to the website so once I get a handle on all the information on techniques and beliefs of the why and how, then maybe I could contribute more to this thread. As for now I would say a heavy dose of philosopher stones (sclerotia) to enjoy prior to sleep has produced lucid dreaming for me vs. a mushroom trip. Maybe it is the combination of the the sclerotia having both psilocybin and psilocine vs most mushrooms only containing psilocybin that reacts in the body to psilocin. More trial and error is needed. Maybe the non-visual effects of sclerotia and the deeper thoughts allow for more lucidity whereas when falling asleep after a mushroom trip, the brain has been overloaded for too many hours and reduces the chances for lucid dreaming. I can say though that when falling asleep on shrooms (which is kinda rare for most people), the dreams can be quite vivid and easier to remember in greater detail when I awake. Somewhat similar to putting on a nicotine patch and taking a nap...the dreams are civid for me, but uncontrollable and non lucid.

Originally Posted by Reverie Phantom

I'm from the United States, so I speak of US laws against drugs. I don't know where other countries stand on it.

Yeah, but for the moment, at least, lucid dreaming is still lega... *arrrghhhhhh*!!!!!!!!

You can learn much from gaining control in your dreams. You can learn much from losing control in waking life.