Dreaming and Reality

A Neuroanthropological Account

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ID5769748
AuthorsC D Laughlin (0000-0002-9242-2635, Carleton University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume32
Issue1
Pages64-78
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Transpersonal Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1321-0122 • E-ISSN: 1942-3241
PublisherInternational Journal of Transpersonal Studies (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.24972/ijts.2013.32.1.64
OpenAlexW2182847294
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited44

In what sense is dreaming real to people of different cultures?How do they come to conclude that dreaming is real, and how do they use dreams to expand their knowledge and control of real events?The reader is introduced to dream anthropology and shown that there are universal patterns to how dreams are experienced, expressed, and used by societies.The distinction between monophasic and polyphasic cultures is described, the latter being the majority of societies that consider dreaming as being in some sense real.Neuroscience supports the notion that there is a natural realism behind the experience of reality in any and all alternative states of consciousness (ASC), and that whatever the ASC, there is a transcendental set of obduracies and affordances that condition the modeling, expression, and social interpretation of experiences, most especially those encountered in archetypal (or special) dreams

Expression (computer science · Social reality · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research

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