For the August Oneironauticum on Saturday, August 16, we’ll enjoy some leftovers. We still have a supply of various oneirogens from previous Oneironauticum sessions. This month, session participants will choose from a number of dream inducing substances that we’ve found effective during past sessions. Available oneirogens for Saturday include: Galantamine, or Red Spider Lily extract. For the first Oneironauticum in January, 2008, we...

In attendance at the July 12 Oneironauticum were dreamers Erik Davis, Vibrata Chromodoris, David Shamanik, lissa ivy tiegel, Dean Mermell, Lesley Freeman, Christine Benvenuto, Matthew Wiegland, Leia, Tristan Naramore, and yours truly, Jennifer Dumpert. Before going to sleep, we talked about topics relating to dreams, as we usually do. We discussed current research that attempts to explain why humans dream. Current theories include the idea that...

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...

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...

As the final weekend of April approaches, I must explain the absence of an April Oneironauticum. After the Consciousness Conference in Tucson at the beginning of the month, my spouse and I have spent the balance of the month in Paris, from whence we shan’t return until early May. I lived in this city 21 years ago. During that time, I slept a lot, and for the first time ever spent a lot of time alone. As a result, my dream life grew ever more...