I help folks play with their dreams (the sleeping kind) for self-knowledge, healing and spiritual growth. With a background in consciousness studies and archaeology, my expertise is in dreams at the intersections of culture, cosmos and ecology. Let's court the mysteries together!
Here’s what happens to your life when you make room for extraordinary dreams
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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 citations on this point. By making room for the extraordinary, we develop our capacity to feel AWE. We develop empathy. Visitation dreams, even if taken as “imaginary”, still have therapeutic value for grieving processes. Out of Body Expereices bring about lasting feelings of inner peace, as well as decreasing the fear of death and acting as a motivational power up. And even for the most challenging Big Dream experiences, we free ourselves from fear and are awarded courage that invigorates our waking lives. The best part: we can clear the path so these experiences come to us more often. By implementing the skills this next month, we will learn how to invite the extraordinary to walk with us. We can find fulfillment, purpose and new directions for our spiritual lives (no matter what you believe…. My approach here is necessarily interfaith, welcoming to humanists, atheists as well as those with perspectives from the major faith paths). Join me for the next month and let’s look into the research, lore and personal stories that make up the spirituality of the night. Save 25% on enrollment by signing up before midnight tonight! Keep dreaming, Ryan Hurd |
Dream Studies Newsletter
I help folks play with their dreams (the sleeping kind) for self-knowledge, healing and spiritual growth. With a background in consciousness studies and archaeology, my expertise is in dreams at the intersections of culture, cosmos and ecology. Let's court the mysteries together!
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...
Hi Reader! The stars have aligned and I just published the first episode of my new public podcast: the Dream Studies Podcast. featuring original background art by my kiddo who wishes to be known as Eldest Child This is an old school audio-only podcast designed to enchant your day while you commute to work, do the dishes, or even better, as you settle down to relax in the evening in your pajamas. In the inaugural episode, I sit down with dream expert Nicoline Douwes Isema for a wide-ranging...
Hi Reader! This week a new article by myself and colleagues was published in the International Journal of Dream Research. In this article, we lay out a proposed method of online dreamwork for clinicians. This article closes a gap in the literature, showcasing the safety and effectiveness for asynchronous online dreamwork. That’s a mouthful – the term means dream sharing over secure forums, email or patient portals rather than face-to-face (synchronous) dream sharing. I’m not a clinician: my...