The most recent Oneironauticum took place during a weekend retreat at the Ojai Foundation called Visionary Practice: Ritual and Reshaping Consciousness, led by Erik Davis, Dale and Laura Pendell, David Presti, and yours truly. Not surprisingly, my part involved presenting and discussing dreams as a type visionary practice, one we all experience regularly. I also talked about how to integrate dreams into daily life via creative practice. The...

On the nights of Friday and Saturday, June 13/14, I’ll be joining Erik Davis, Dale and Laura Pendell, and David Presti for Visionary Practice, a retreat that addresses ritual and the reshaping of consciousness (see the Ojai Foundation website). As part of this event, I’ll be leading a special session of the Oneironauticum. As part of this special session, participants in the event in Ojai will be invited to partake of the herb Calea...

For the most recent Oneironauticum, I took 4g of Melatonin, 200 mg of B-6 and 470 mg of Valerian. As was the common experience, my memories of movements through dream realms were uncharacteristically vague, though I woke sure that I’d dreamed epically and constantly all night. I had the sense of having spent much more of the night in dream space than usual, and less in deep sleep. Throughout the night, I often rose to the surface of...

Dreamers Erik Davis, Vibrata Chromodoris, David Shamanik, Dean Mermell, Jacob Nasim, Christy Silness, Emily Butterfly, feline Marion, and yours truly, Jennifer Dumpert, met at the habitat on Saturday, May 31. Amongst us all, we varied the relative amounts of B-6, Melatonin, and Valerian we took, from 3-5 g of Melatonin, 100-200 mg of B-6 and 470-940 mg of Valerian. Several of our number were kept awake by busy minds for some time after bedding...

For the May Oneironauticum, we’ll work with Valerian Root, Melatonin, and vitamin B-6. These three supplements, available at any well stocked health food store, all have different purposes individually. Combined together, they enhance dream recall and vividness. The oneirogenic properties of B-6 are thought to arise because it aids in the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin, and thus increases serotonin levels. Some studies also suggest that...