Dreamhacking is: Liminal Dreaming-surfing the edge of consciousness; Oneironauticum-working with oneirogens; Urban Dreamscape-architecture as dream journal
Dreamhacking describes forms of dream work conceived by me - author and teacher Jennifer Dumpert. Dreamhacking encompasses...
--> Liminal Dreaming: Hypnagogia--the drifty trance state you experience as you fall asleep or when you nap--and hypnopompia—the same thing as you slowly wake up—are hypnoidal dream states. Liminal dreaming is a way of working with hypnoidal dreams. Like lucid dreaming (bu
t a lot easier to practice), liminal dreaming offers a way to experiment with consciousness, to coast the edges of imagination and dream, thought and hallucination, conscious and unconscious mind.
--> Oneironauticum: This international dream group practices dreaming with #oneirogens--any herb, practice, substance, sound, or scent that promotes or enhances dream states.
--> Urban Dreamscape: A practice of weaving dreams into architecture, turning the urban landscape into a dream journal. Jennifer Dumpert is a San Francisco-based writer and lecturer, and the founder of the Oneironauticum, an international organization that explores the phenomenological experience of dreams as a means of experimenting with mind. She also teaches the practice of Liminal Dreaming—surfing the edges of consciousness using hypnagogic and hypnopompic dream states. Jennifer has lectured and led workshops at festivals, conferences, and venues such as Summit at Sea, Lightning in a Bottle, Symbiosis, the Women’s Visionary Congress, Esalen Institute, Ojai Institute, Psymposia, and Priceless. She wrote “Meeting in Dream Worlds: Oneironauticum”, a chapter in Exploring the Edge Realms of Consciousness Liminal Zones, Psychic Science, and the Hidden Dimensions of the Mind, published by Evolver Editions. She offered a six week class through Evolver called “Expand your Mind: How to Work with Liminal Dream States”. She contributes to Van Winkle’s, and has published in Dreamflesh, Dream Time, and Reality Sandwich. She is involved in the Consciousness Hacking movement and has presented at CH SF, CH NYC, and the Transformational Technology conference. Jennifer serves as secretary on the board of directors for Erowid Center. She posts a daily dream to Twitter as @OneiroFer.
07/03/2024
Join me August 23/24/25 for a workshop at Esalen exploring hypnagogic and hypnopompic mind states. Anyone can easily learn to locate and linger in liminal dreams and then use them for creativity, problem solving, and consciousness exploration. All against the glorious background of Esalen, where you can slip into hot tubs overlooking the mighty Pacific and wander the beautiful grounds. Hope to see you there!
Don't you think it's time you visited Esalen? Come to my liminal dream workshop in August! Learn how to access and use the extraordinary mind state of hyypnagogia and hypnopompia!
Join me tomorrow, Friday September 24, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm for Dream Circle.It's free, registration required. Dream sharing, a brief talk, oneirogens, yoga nidra. Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, December 23, at 7:30 pm PST, I'll be leading the second of my new monthly dream circles. It's free, and a wonderful venue for discussing dreams, learning more about how to enrich your dream life, exploring dream-centric topics, and exploring oneirogens. I'd love to have you join us!
"Author and Buddhist/spiritual teacher Andrew Holecek hosted me on his podcast. We
discussed Liminal Dreaming, that twilight zone of consciousness between waking
and dreaming, a fascinating state where the boundaries of ego dissolve, and the
mind enters a playground of transformation. Watching how the ego falls apart in
this unglued state helps us understand how it comes together as we get back
online in the waking state – and glue the narrative of our lives back together.
Wednesday, December 23, 7:30 pm PST, join my free Dream Circle! Sign up and see details at the Dream Circle Meetup!
Dream Circle
Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 7:30 PM: Excited to announce our new Oneironauticum Dream Circle partnered with dream expert Jennifer Dumpert to deepen your relationship with the dream world!📆 Nov 27, 7:30 PM Pac
12/15/2020
If you think of the subconscious, dreams, and sleep as the ocean, and you think of the waking, rational mind as the land, then the place where water crashes into land is super chaotic. That’s where all the waves are. And that’s where you surf. So liminal dreaming is surfing the edge of conscious and unconscious. https://medium.com/the-mission/journey-into-the-space-between-awake-and-asleep-1f0755a1889d
12/10/2020
Liminal dreaming is an access point by which we can direct our awareness, through active imagination, into the content-rich space between wakefulness and sleep. Different from our standard REM dreams, or from lucid dreams, liminal dreaming is accessed through hypnopompic and hypnogogic states. https://www.jameswjesso.com/liminal-dreaming-jennifer-dumpert-attmind-99/
12/08/2020
You’ve surely passed through liminal dream space before. But you may not have thought of it as a destination. If you’ve ever been trying to stay awake and slipped into a hallucinatory swirl, or if you’ve simply noticed the kaleidoscopic half waking dreams you have as you’re falling asleep, you’ve experienced hypnagogia. If you wake up slowly enough, you’re probably also familiar with hypnopompia, a soft drift between thought and dream.Everyone is a natural liminal dreamer. You already do it. You already know how. The beginning exercises, in the link, will help you figure out how to find hypnagogia and hypnopompia: https://www.liminaldreaming.com/practices/
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