Lucid dreaming: the paradox of consciousness during sleep

Definition, illustrations, and historical background

Lucid and non-lucid dreams compared

The pre-lucid state

Perceptual qualities of lucid dreams

Memory, intellect and emotions

Lucid dreams and other hallucinatory experiences

False awakenings and out-of-the-body experiences

Paralysis in hallucinatory states

Control of lucid dreams

Two areas of difficulty: reading and switching on lights

Methods of inducing lucid dreams

Lucid dreams and the treatment of nightmares

Other therapeutic implications of lucid dreaming

Two possible effects of lucid dreaming

Lucid dreams, arousal and the right hemisphere.

Estate of Jon Earle.