A Contribution to the Dynamics of “Lucid” Dreams

Abstract

As far as the theory of the origin of lucid dreams goes, we have already mentioned the connection with activation of kinesthetic modality, with imagined movement, with “epinoetic” willing; it is as if the image of movement itself awakened consciousness. Various authors bring up the frequent connection with dreams about flying: however there are a lot of dreams about flying that do not end up as lucid dreams; it seems to us that it is ratherthe case of prevention of (physical) movement, than the fluidity of dream movements that bring about the lucid dream......