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As I’ve hinted at and alluded to a new series of articles that I would post soon. The time is nigh, and I present to you a recent and exciting method of achieving lucidity: Supplements.
SALD stands for Supplement Aided Lucid Dream. I italicized the “aided” to draw attention to the fact that although these supplements are a great aid to achieving lucid dreams, they are no magic pill. They will not give you the powers of a Tibetan monk or the equivalent value of practice. What they will do is give you about as favorable setup as you can ask for. These supplements work by altering brain chemistry (because of this, they aren’t recommended for anyone under 18, you don’t want to mess up what’s still developing) to give you various situations which are beneficial to dreaming.
The information I draw upon in these articles was gleaned from the book Advanced Lucid Dreaming: The Power Of Supplements. To Be clear about a few things: These articles represent my experiences with these substances.I recommend the book as it has a lot of great information about supplements and how to use them. One more formality: I am not a doctor, so everything in these articles is yours to use at your own risk, and should not be attempted if you are 18 or under. It is also worthy of note that supplements may have unforeseen consequences, and using any brain altering substance may have consequences later.
One more thing: These are more advanced practices, and won’t benefit the new dreamer as much. If you’re a new dreamer, I’d suggest going through my Introduction to Lucid dreaming, then coming back to this series.
Without further ado, here is the first in the series.
Part 1: Galamantine and Acetylcholine
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My husband (who is not only a doctor, but a specialist in neural biology,) would never recommend using ANY "supplements." The brain is a powerful & sensitive thing, not to be trifled with unnecessarily. Lucid dreams can be had without "supplements"–I’m sorry to see you promoting such here.
Lana,
I definitely can see this point of view. I didn’t use supplements for a long time becuase of it. I also agree that you don’t need anything but the will and somewhere to fall asleep to lucid dream, I hope this article doesn’t put you off.
I am interested in the particular reasons your husband doesn’t recommend any supplements. That is, I’d love to know his specific reasons from his highly technical and educated background.
I also added another discaimer on the two posts. I think it is a good idea to tell people that it might have unforseen consequences.
-Thanks, Hatter
I’m not "turned off" to your blog because of these posts–to each their own, ultimately. I was merely expressing my concern (& I appreciate you hearing me out & adding the disclaimer.) Unfortunately my husband’s currently swamped with work, but I’ll see if I can talk with him about it further when he gets some time off toward Thanksgiving.
to add to the disclaimers: galantamine is not for the faint of heart. i know folks who have had some negative experiences, so as with all substances follow yer directions and know your intention, and try to be sleeping where you are comfortable. i keep expecting LaBerge to start marketing his own version - is it true he’s got a patent on it?
Laberge really should do something new. I hope he’s working on something interesting.
Oddly enough, he does have a patent on substances that induce lucid dreams:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20040266659.html
As to the galantamine: I don’t know if I’ll put an additional disclaimer up, I think the one up there now covers a lot of ground. Thanks for the information though.
thanks! yeah, i’m expecting something from Laberge soon. i’m happy to see he’s been collaborating with Allan Wallace, the buddhist scholar.
Really? What are you working on with him?