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The Oneironic-I

The Oneironic-I. A theory of how one’s sense of self continues and changes during lucid dreams. Origins of Oneiros. The ancient Greek work for dream was “Oneiros”. In Prometheus Bound, the ancient Greek philosopher Aeschylus called the art of dream interpretation “Oneiromancy”.

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The Oneironic-I

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  1. The Oneironic-I A theory of how one’s sense of self continues and changes during lucid dreams.

  2. Origins of Oneiros • The ancient Greek work for dream was “Oneiros”. • In Prometheus Bound, the ancient Greek philosopher Aeschylus called the art of dream interpretation “Oneiromancy”. • LaBerge a modern day lucid dream researcher calls explorers of the dream state “Oneironauts”.

  3. Most writers focus on the “self-concept”, “self-esteem”, personality traits or the self in a reflective, subjective manner. Sense of self as overlapping memories. Sense of self as a bundle of perceptions. Sense of self as a narrative structure and story. Sense of self as a collage of socially conditioned intepretations. What is Self? .

  4. Dan’s working definition of an Oneironic-I or self • Derived “duplex notion of the self” from William James and George Herbert Mead. • with the “I”, the self as observer, AND • with the “me”, the self as the observations of that observer.

  5. What’s lucid dreaming all about?

  6. Lucid dreaming is… • Being able to consciously recognize that you are dreaming while you are dreaming • Once aware you are dreaming, acting to consciously control and change the context & characters of the dream in real time • And why? Its an exhilarating experience, travel to exotic locations, meet interesting people, do things you couldn’t when awake

  7. What’s a lucid dream like?

  8. Yes, you are asleep when you are lucid dreaming! • LaBerge’s PhD dissertation (1977) at Stanford empirically verifies a dreamer can be lucid while asleep. • How so?

  9. Your 90 minute sleep cycle

  10. The researchers say…. • Green (1968) - lucid dreams are accurate imitations of waking life. • LaBerge (1988) - dreaming of doing something is equivalent to actually doing it. • Moffitt (1988) - we dream to find out who we are. • Wolf (1994) - we dream so that a sense of “I” manifests.

  11. Dan’s theory of the Oneironic-I

  12. Your lucid dreaming self is an extension of your waking self. Lucid dream research suggests that one’s sense of self extends across a continuum of conscious states. In lucid dreams you have: a self-concept, reflexivity, memories, perceptions, narratives structures and socially constructed realities

  13. And so The Oneironic-I is…. • a self-perceived continuity in the sameness of the person, The “I”, the lucid dream OBSERVER. • a self-perceived continuity in the person’s self attributes, The “Me”, the lucid dream OBSERVATIONS.

  14. As an Oneronic-IYour Dreams Become You

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