#3) Ecopsychology, Cross-Cultural Big Dreams & Shamanic Lucid Dreams

"Cross-cultural and Methodological Insights From an 11-Year Recurring Big Dream" Mark A. Schroll, Ph.D. Montreal, Canada July 10, 2008 http://www.asdreams.org/2008/index.htm

The cross-cultural and methodological significance of an 11-year recurring dream—that constitutes what Jung referred to as a “big dream”—will be discussed. Most of these dreams took place from 1973-1983, ending in 1984 after a workshop on “Myths, Dreams and Shamanism” with Stanley Krippner. I began to consciously analyze this dream using the tools obtained from Krippner’s workshop from 1982-2000 and periodic discussions with Krippner from 2001-present. I experienced a slightly different version of this dream in 2007 whose significance to not only methodology, but also insights to cross-cultural life lessons, continues to seek conscious acknowledgment.

Bio: Mark A. Schroll, Ph.D., Independent transpersonal cultural theorist, USA, featured presenter 5th annual PsiberDreaming Conference, 2006, IASD presenter 2005-present. Editorial Board Journal of Mindbody States and Scientific Advisory Board, The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential. Guest editor Anthropology of Consciousness 16 (1), 2005.

"Lucid Dreaming: Participating in Our Inner Wilderness" Ryan Hurd, MA.

In my eco-psychological critique of lucid dreaming, awareness and control are often conflated with one another due, in part, to a deep historical bias in which nature is viewed as a wilderness that is separate from, and at war with, humankind. I will present a phenomenological methodology from lucid dreaming that has helped me to bridge this conflict within myself, centered in receptivity and connectivity.

Bio: Ryan Hurd, John F. Kennedy University, MA (2008) in consciousness studies, USA. Ryan is a lucid dream researcher at the meeting grounds of ecopsychology and cognitive anthropology. His blog can be found at http://dreamstudies.org