Gackenbach, JayneHammons, Sharon2021-03-192022-05-312022-05-311984Gackenbach, J. I. & Hammons, S. (1984). Lucid dreaming ability and verbal creativity. Dreamworks, 3(3), 219-223.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2233A lucid dream is most commonly defined as one in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming while the dream is in progress. It has been called a "dream of knowledge* (Fox, 1962); "dreaming" (Castaneda, 1972); a "breakthru dream" (Corriere & Hart, 1977); "Onteric Image" (Meseguer, 1960); a "rational inner experience" (Whlieman, 1961); a "vivid dream" (Hart, 1959); and "cognitive awareness during sleep" (Evans, 1972). Some propose, that lucidity can help one do realize the dream-like quality of life (Faraday 1974; Rapport, 1948; Tart, 1969). This view is central to Tibetan Buddhism (Chang, 1977; Evans-Wentz, 1958) about which Evans-Wentz notes, "the primary purpose for establishing this continuity of consciousness is to allow the dreamer to begin to realize that the environment of the waking state is a self-created dream as well!" (p. 12). Western philosophers have also taken this persepctive on the lucid dream. Rapport (1948) explains, “I was often positive-yes, positive within the dream's illusion of reality, that I had found the basic secret that explains life" (p. 315).317.24KBPDFenAll Rights ReserveddreamsmalesfemalesArticle