This October Oneironauticum was held at the Esalen Institute where I, Jennifer Dumpert, co-led a weekend retreat called Cultivating Extraordinary Experience, with author Erik Davis. The workshop focused on the idea that “Experience is also something we cultivate and refine. With practice, we can increase our capacity for wondrous insights and delicious sensations. By learning to focus attention, break through ordinary habits, and develop a...

Present at the last Oneironauticum were hosts Vibrata and David S, and attendees Erik, Dean, Christine, David W, Stacy, Katherine, Richard, Zak, Naropa, Emily, and yours truly, Jennifer. We also had a guest of honor sitting on our dream altar: A live Calea Zacatechichi plant. Between arrival time, around 9:00 pm, and bedding down, we discussed various dream topics, as we usually do. For some time, we discussed Hypnogogia, the state of brainwave...

(Desplácese hacia abajo para ver en español. Gracias Camilo por la traducción) After rather a long hiatus, the next Oneironauticum will happen on Saturday, August 4. Due to a piece that appeared in the popular blog Pijama Surf, I’ve received many emails from dreamers in South America and Mexico who hope to participate in the Oneironauticum. In honor of these participants, the oneirogen for the next session with be the Mexican dream herb...

My dream was epic, and happened simultaneously in three different segments, each with different versions of people trying to acquire her dream. In the first segment, a group of people were playing a football like game with the dream, throwing it around and trying to catch it, trying to get it from each other. In the second, people were on a Family Feud type game show trying to win the dream. They all stood at a podium that looked like...

I had a very unusual dream; generally, my dreams are very visually vivid and detailed, but this dream was primarily auditory. I stood by a grill filled with hot coals and wood. I could hear the hissing and popping of the wood and coal, and the distinct sounds of very hot metal. I was selecting pieces of meat for the grill. I went to check to see if it was ready, and heard the hot, sizzling sound that told me it was.