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- From: gj156879@alfred.carleton.ca ( gj student 156879)
- Subject: Re: Dream Culture
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- Organization: Carleton University
- References: <1993Jan25.005656.14050@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:39:25 GMT
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- >Someone was asking about the culture in which lucid dreaming was practiced.
- >I teach Psych 100 and the culture is the Senoi. What I can't remember is
- >the name of the anthropologist who studied them. As I recall, children
- >were taught to control their dreams. Daily "dream therapy" took place at
- >the breakfast table. If a child had a frightening dream in which he was
- >chased by a bear, for example, the parents would encourage him to have the
- >same dream that night and face and conquer the bear. It was also said that
- >this was an incredibly peaceful society that seemed to run smoothly with no
- >need for laws or police.
- > Renee
-
- One of the neatest things about the Senoi is their concept of
- defeating your nightmare character, and then asking it for a gift. I
- read that this could come in any form: a poem, a story, a solution to
- a problem in waking life, etc.
-
- This wasn't limited to just conquering nightmares. The Senoi
- apparently try to get gifts from various encounters. (I recall this
- from what I read in Patricia Garfield's great book, Creative
- Dreaming...)
-
- If you have sex with someone in a dream, the Senoi say go as far as
- you can, then afterwards ask for a gift. The idea has great appeal.
- I believe I tried once, a long time ago, to get a story from a dream
- character, but when I woke up I forgot the story.... Grrr...
-
- Getting a gift seems like a worthwhile thing to attempt while lucid.
- Who knows what your subconscious could provide!
-
- Nik
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