Ryan Hurd's blog

The editor of Gawker called me. He said he was doing a piece on Jared Loughner, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his deadly rampage in Tuscon in January 2011. Gawker had got a hold of some emails from Loughner. He said, "We have an email from him to you." (more)

The practice of dream incubation is well documented throughout the ancient world. Over the centuries, as the Church rose to power and supplanted pagan social structures, spiritual leaders began pulling away from the idea that dreams can contain wisdom, leading to a loss of this important ability that is still practiced in indigenous societies. (more)

Thanks to movies like Inception and Avatar, there have been more news articles about dream research in the last two months than I've seen in the last two years, with journalists asking: Is dream control possible? Will technology let us share dreams? What kind of pill can we take to wake up in our dreams? (more)

Sleep paralysis visions are a normal, healthy part of life for thousands of psychics, shamans, and explorers of the deep mind. Like lucid dreams and psychedelic encounters, these visions present gifts and opportunities, once you get used to all the existential horror, spontaneous kundalini blasts and first chakra freak-fests. (more)