Lucid Dreams in 30 Days, Second Edition: The Creative Sleep Program [Paperback]

Keith Harary (Author), Pamela Weintraub (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 1999

With this volume you will learn to explore the mysteries of your sleeping self. Beginning with simple steps such as keeping a dream journal to record your dreams, Keith Harary, Ph.D., and Pamela Weintraub take you step-by-step, day-by-day through the lucid dreaming process. You advance to realizing when you are in a dream state, waking up "in" your dreams, and eventually, actually controlling the content of your dreams.

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"this fascinating, practical guide to lucid dreaming is based on the breakthrough techniques developed by psychologists and dream researchers around the world. Anyone looking for the latest word in lucid dreaming cannot do better than to follow Harary and Weintraub's easy-to-follow and stunningly effective step-by-step approach." --Gayle Delaney, Ph.D., author of All About Dreams and founding president of the Association for the Study of Dreams

"Excellent. I'm so glad to see Dr. Keith Harary and Pamela Weintraub giving us practical ways of experiencing an amazing altered state of consciousness." --Dr. Raymond Moody, author of Life After Life

"The thirty-day structure of this book renders the idea and practice of lucid dreaming readily available to a wide range of readers. Using Lucid Dreams in 30 Days as your guide, you will be able to incorporate lucid dreaming into your life, and by so doing achieve a better understanding of yourself and your self's best friend-the subconscious mind." --Ralph Blum, author of The New Book of Runes

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"This fascinating, practical guide to lucid dreaming is based on the breakthrough techniques developed by psychologists and dream researchers around the world. Anyone looking for the latest word in lucid dreaming cannot do better than to follow Harary and Weintraub's easy-to-follow and stunningly effective step-by-step approach." --Gayle Delaney, PH.D., author of All About Dreams and Founding President of the Association for the Study of Dreams

"Excellent. I'm so glad to see Dr. Keith Harary and Pamela Weintraub giving us practical ways of experiencing an amazing altered state of consciousness." --Dr. Raymond Moody, author of Life After Life

"The thirty-day structure of this book renders the idea and practice of lucid dreaming readily available to a wide range of readers. Using Lucid Dreams in 30 Days as your guide, you will be able to incorporate lucid dreaming into your life, and by so doing achieve a better understanding of yourself and your self's best friend--the subconscious mind." --Ralph Blum, author of The New Book of Runes

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 2nd edition (March 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312199880
• ISBN-13: 978-0312199883
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We spend one-third of our lives asleep..., August 20, 1998

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Nicole J. LeBoeuf ([e-mail]) (Oregon, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucid Dreams in 30 Days: The Creative Sleep Program (30-Day Higher Consciousness) (Paperback)

Ignore the cheesy title -- this one really works. Harary and Weintraub's 30 day plan gradually immerses the reader into his/her own subconscious until s/he can't help but develop a greater awareness of his/her dreams. Faithful practice lays the groundwork for more vivid and frequent dream recall, incubation, reentry, and, finally, recognition of the dream state while dreaming. For those who believe in Doing Something with that "lost" third of their lives.

33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works!, February 5, 2004

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This review is from: Lucid Dreams in 30 Days, Second Edition: The Creative Sleep Program (Paperback)

This book is excellent! It gives you a lot of practical, detailed exercises, and it works! I was quite skeptical at the beginning, because I used to see (or remember) dreams extremely rarely, once a year (!) maybe, and overcoming the first barrier - remembering my dream - I thought was my biggest challenge. I decided to try just for fun, and I was amazed that I could remember my dreams four nights in a row - something that has never happened before. Several weeks later I saw my first lucid dream (that is the dream where you realize that you're dreaming), and it was truly amazing and FUN! I'm sure I could have progressed much quicker, but I wasn't consistent in my practice.

This book is very fun, easy and interesting to read, it explains in detail how to reach lucid dreaming stage, and it also gives a lot of advice on how to use your dreams for self-discovery and self-development (like exploring your subconscious or finding a teacher in your dream). I was never interested in this subject and started reading this book accidentally (recommended by a friend). After reading this book, I got so interested in this topic, that I started reading other books, like Laberge, Garfield etc. Laberge is excellent as well. But he gives a lot of theory (what is dream, how it works, history of dream research, modern lab research etc.) and some exercises (not particularly structured and not given in the order of difficulty), while in this book by Weintroub and Harary the main focus is exercises, and how to experience for YOURSELF, it's very structured, step by step approach (exercises for day 1, day 2 etc. - exactly what's needed for a beginner, who wants to EXPERIENCE, not just READ ABOUT). If you're a serious researcher, I recommend you read both, Laberge (better on theory) and this one (better on practice). Good luck!

P.S. I've read one comment here about Astral travel, and how it was all silly, and shouldn't have been mentioned in the book etc.. Well, maybe for people who just start exploring dreaming, it really is too early to talk about astral travel (W & H do talk about it briefly at the very end of their book), but I wouldn't recommend jumping into conclusions before trying, practising, experiencing first. Who knows...

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you follow the guidelines it works, period., July 15, 2000

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Michael Lawson (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucid Dreams in 30 Days, Second Edition: The Creative Sleep Program (Paperback)

This book is no joke. The excercises may seem silly and strange, but if you follow them accordingly and practice you will be able to become conscious in your dreams. You can use the subconcious to understand and fix problems you may be having in life. To put bluntly, buy it.