Hi Reader Today's the last chance to get 25% off enrollment in my course Extraordinary Dreams -- my annual training on working with the insights of big dreams, including precognitive dreams, mystical lucid dreams and visitations. Extraordinary dreams rattles the cage of our comfort zones. They shake up the Cosmos as we see it by definition. What’s more, their transformative effects on our lives are palpable. The research on this point is clear; I could load you down with peer reviewed...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader Ever had a dream that changed the way you see the world? A dream that refuses to be rationally debunked, put on a shelf and forgotten? A few years ago, I dreamed that I was in the attic of my house, and a pipe burst in the wall. The water was flowing out like a faucet. In the dream, I went downstairs to look for help, and on my way down, ran into my brother-in-law. That same morning, my brother-in-law (who at that time shared a house with my wife and I) told me over coffee he had...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader Happy Halloween! The veil is thin, wafer thin. Seems like a good time to ask if you have ever slipped into the world between worlds, and had an out of body experience (OBE)? I mean where you shed your perceptual body either directly from waking, from sleep paralysis or in the middle of a lucid dream, and entered into a new uncanny place, or an ephemeral version of your current scene seen from above? These experiences are timeless, and cross-cultural. Talking to a friend recently who...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader How’s your dreamlife? There’s a lot going on with the Dream Portal -- our Fall quarter is open now for enrollment with the theme of Calibration - how we can apply dream studies skills to our own lives for creativity, intuition, spiritual discernment, and community justice work. And at the bottom of this newsletter is the coupon code for saving 15% off all enrollments. Here’s a quick run down of our upcoming offerings - Dream Calibration This workshop with me is a series of three...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader As a lifelong lucid dreamer with all its ups and downs, I know what it is like to struggle with working with lucid dreams. It can be difficult to call forth the wisdom of the dreaming mind to support your soulful goals. This could include dissolving a creative block, healing a nightmare wound, or exploring the non-dual spaces beyond your dream body. And learning how to navigate the dream world once you’re lucid is an emotional roller coaster. Truth is, navigating the lucid dream...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader How’s your dreamlife? It's the dog days of summer here in the eastern woodlands of the US. The Perseids meteor shower just peaked but sadly I haven’t been able to see them. Why? because I live in Philadelphia where the night sky is occluded with light pollution. If I’m lucky, I can see half a dozen of the brightest stars in the sky. I’m thirsty for star light and dark skies. It really feels like an unmet need, a yearning. Have you ever felt this? There’s a word for this feeling:...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader How’s your dreamlife? There’s a lot going on with the Dream Portal -- our summer quarter is open now for enrollment with the theme of Cosmic Communication. And at the bottom of this newsletter is the coupon code for saving 15% off all enrollments. Here’s a quick run down of current and upcoming offerings - Mystical Dreams and Cosmic Light This workshop with me is a series of three live interactive events starting July 24th where we will explore dreams from the perspective of...
5 months ago • 2 min read
HI Reader, I’m writing this note in my “forest office,” a spot by the creek while my kiddos are at summer camp. This is no ordinary creek though: it’s my ancestral creek. In the 1660s, my grandfather- to-the-12th power Thomas Dungan immigrated to the American colonies with his family. They were fleeing England, where Baptists were harshly persecuted and not allowed to even freely gather. After Thomas trained as a minister in Rhode Island, he relocated to the colony of Pennsylvania, attracted...
6 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, I want to tell you about something that sort of blew my mind. Last summer, I was in Southern France, as part of a research team of both indigenous and western scientists. Our research zone: the famed Paleolithic painted caves of the Dordogne. We were conducting ceremony in the ancient caves, using our voices and ancient instrument to pray and to commune. As the resident phenomenologist, I was charged with cataloguing participants’ moods and experiences. While this research is still...
7 months ago • 3 min read