Advanced Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Supplements: The Power of Supplements Paperback – December 14, 2006

This book has been a true blessing for my lucid dreams. I went from having very sporadic lucid dreams that lasted only a few minutes to having intense and highly vivid lucid dreams. The best thing is that with these supplements and the authors approach you can actually experience Wake Induced Lucid Dreams on a regular basis. If read forums online or YouTube videos about lucid dreaming many people will attest that Wake Induced Lucid Dreams (WILD's) are very hard to achieve. Usually people have 90% Dream Induced Lucid Dreams and only 10% or less WILD's.With these supplements I was able to experience 5 WILD's in my first two months, by only trying to lucid dream with supplements once a week. The last lucid dream I had with these supplements lasted for about an hour. I did lose consciousness a few times within the dream but I regained lucidity short after. I even remain lucid when the dream collapsed, I remained conscious in the "void" until another dream scene appeared. I have even had a couple of Out of Body Experiences before entering lucid dreams with this approach.The best thing about WILD's is that you never lose consciousness, so you are lucid right from the beginning of the dream. This allows you to have longer lucid dreams. With DILD's you have to rely on a dreamsign or doing reality checks to gain lucidity, but sometimes you become lucid right in the middle or near the end of the dream or your REM cycle.It does require consistent practice, following the instructions to the T and having prior knowledge and experience with lucid dreaming. Like others have said before there is no magic pill that will induce lucid dreams by itself. You have to do your work and it might take you a couple of attempts. If you persist your chances of having the best lucid dreams are very high and close.P.S.: the transitions that you experience from waking state to the dream are AMAZING!

As someone who has experienced Lucid Dreams since early childhood, the act of waking myself up from a dream was the initial catalyst which later rekindled my interests into the subject. The majority of my LD were Dream Induced however this text provides a thoughtful safe approach with respect to what I will call "Brain Hacking" to put it mild. There is information contained here that is missing from other texts on the subject & is invaluable to the exploration of our consciousness.

Yuschak begins the book by describing dream cycles, theories, and the role of neurotransmitters. The man is a scientist, he is clear, concise, and thorough. The main supplement is galantamine with choline, which is not taken every night, but every other (or more), to avoid becoming immune. Alcohol and cannabis suppress REM sleep and dreams, so avoid when attempting lucid dreaming. And don't take it right before going to bed, but about 4 or 5 hours later, after the deep sleep cycle, or around 4 am.Three friends and myself bought the supplements from Amazon and Dreamamins, and all of them worked. Those of us who rarely remember our dreams remembered them the first night, taking one capsule of 4 mg, which the author says is a good place to begin. Three of us have remembered becoming awake in a dream, even if only for a short period of time. The most adventurous of us took 2 capsules/8 mg, which is Yuschak's usual dose, and had 3 extremely vivid adventures, though not lucid. He became lucid after another, more mundane dream where an anomaly stood out strong enough to make him realize he was awake in his dream. The trippy goal is to move from being awake in the physical, to being awake in your dream body with no loss of consciousness in between, which is also the goal of Tibetan dream yoga.Once "out," he suggests looking at objects very closely or jumping up and down to enhance your vision.All in all, this is a great reference book on the supplements and how they work. Once you "break free," there are many other books, like LaBerge's "Lucid Dreaming" or Mindell's "Dreaming while Awake" that will broaden the map of Dreamland considerably. Happy traveling!

very informative book and help to invent own stack too.

I've only read about five books on Lucid Dreaming and I have to say this is by far the most interesting. The cover mentions "out of body experiences" but I find the author himself says he believes these are just another kind of dream. The book takes a scientific approach to the chemical activity going on in your brain during sleep and I gotta say, "It was fascinating".I tried his Galatamine formula the other night and it was a roller coaster thrill ride of a lucid dream.Thanks Thomas Yuschak!Edit 09-23-2011Someone else posted that after taking the pills mentioned in this book that he was unable to have a lucid dream for an entire year.I have not taken any of the pills for the last three weeks, nor have I put any intention into having a lucid dream, due to my erratic sleep schedule.Last night I had a lucid dream that lasted at least 30 mins. Again, I didn't take any of the pills, and I didn't even try to become conscious, I just did.The supplements mentioned in the book will only become a crutch if you use them as such. If you use them as advised, they will increase the duration and vividness of your dreams and help trigger lucidity on occasion.