Hi Reader!

I'll keep this short because it's Saturday and I want to go to the farmer's market and check out my brother-in-law's mushroom table. Red reishis are in!

Episode 2 of the Dream Studies Podcast is available to listen. I sat down with medical anthropologist and author Samantha Lee Treasure to explore the fascinating and often misunderstood world of out-of-body experiences (OBEs). Samantha shares how growing up on a reportedly haunted farm in Ontario set her on a lifelong path of researching consciousness beyond the body.
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​ In this episode:

• How a veridical cherry cheesecake sparked Samantha's career in anthropology
• The connection between haunting narratives and astral projection
• Do OBEs differ from lucid dreams? (yes, but the line is blurry)
• The "astral marketplace" and the wellness world's complicated relationship with OBEs (this made me sweat a little)
• Gen Z's reality shifting phenomenon, a new culturally shaped altered state for the streaming generation
• Samantha's ongoing "Future Tokyo" OBE experiences: a consistent, semi-dystopian world she's been visiting since age three

Upcoming Course - Save the Date: June 9th

Awww yeah we begin again, learning how to go lucid in our dreams, safely and sustainably, leveraging the best evidence-based methods and the wisdom from frequent lucid dreamers.

This time, in the Archaeological Edition, we go down into the bedrock of the mind not to excavate and extract but to learn and reflect. Harnessing the well-known community effect, you will feel supported and motivated to craft a lucid dreaming protocol that actually works for your life.

Course starts Tuesday June 9th. Doors open next week -- and if you're reading this, you'll eligible for a valuable coupon for the course so stay tuned.

Elsewhere Dream Journal - Coming Soon!

Big news: the first shipment of my new dream journal is on the way.

A creative collaboration with Elsewhere.to, this premium dream journal makes it easier than ever to record your dreams and understand them.

With a limited press run of 500 numbered copies, the journal features premium paper, dream symbol stickers, and valuable credits for using the Elsewhere dream journal app.

The Elsewhere Dream Journal is the world's first connected dream journal system: it's the best of both worlds. You get all the benefits of handwriting and illustrating your dreams, and the analytical power of Elsewhere to track your dream symbols and patterns over time.

That's all for now... I'll be accepting preorders soon!

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May you sleep well and dream strong!

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