What is the relationship between altered states of consciousness and Dreams?

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Francisco Orengo

I recommend Charles T. Tart book on "Altered states of consciousness" and Arnold´s M. Ludwig papers.

Nikola Ilankovic

I recommend our article about New hypotheisis about sleep and dream...

Nicolas Zink

I recently conducted a comprehensive review together with Reinhard Pietrowsky that discusses all dream theories and altered states of consciousness and especially their ability to explain lucid dreaming.

Research Zink, N., & Pietrowksy, R. (2015). Theories of Dreaming and ...

Alexzandria Baker

As mentioned, Charles Tart. Also, I would recommend Stanley Krippner and Terrence McKeena. Krippner has a lot of journal published material on the topic.

Pierre Etevenon

Great dreams can be seen sometimes as "Modified states of consciousness" when they can be like oracles and coming from the future, not far from meditation states...

I have published in 2013 two books on this subject entitled : "Des rêves pour changer votre vie" at Eric Bonnier editions ( www.erickbonnier-editions.com ), the first volume is a new model of dream reports named : "L'ascenseur des rêves" and the second ; "La pratique par des exemples de rêves" is an an illustration of the model with 141 dream reports from my own dreamlog diary continued since 1970.

Mary Ellen O'Hare-Lavin

Have you studied any of Stephen LaBerge's work? He is a pioneer in Lucid Dreaming. Also look up The Lucidity Institute. There may be an answer there for you.

Sam Keenan

From a Jungian perspective emotionless or purely logical dreaming is black and white.

Colour indicates that eros is present. In alchemy this can be the 'omnes colores' or cauda pavonis (peacock's tail). This is quite important in the development of the personality. See for example under cauda pavonis:

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oXe_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=cauda+pavonis+jung&source=bl&ots=-6UxmZBOBn&sig=X5DfGfJ9ZvdNciMyXhG50IFq6i8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi09taXzq_JAhUlx6YKHW6SBTEQ6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=cauda%20pavonis%20jung&f=false

El-Sayed El-Aswad

I think the following references might be helpful:

LaBerge S. 2000. Lucid dreaming: Evidence and methodology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23:962

Tononi G. 2009. Sleep and dreaming. In Laureys S, Tononi G, (eds.,). The Neurology of Consciousness: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropathology. Elsevier: pp. 89–107

Domhoff G. W. 2003. The Scientific Study of Dreams: Neural Networks, Cognitive Development, and Content Analysis. American Psychological Association.

El-Aswad, El. 2010. “Dreams and the Construction of Reality: Symbolic Transformation of the Seen and Unseen in the Egyptian Imagination," Anthropos, 105 (2): 441-453.