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	New age / alien abduction / hypnogogia
		Hypnagogia (also spelled hypnogogia) and hypnopompia are experiences a person can go through when falling asleep in the case of hypnagogia, or waking up, in the case of hypnopompia.
		Hypnagogia differs from hypnosis in that under ordinary hypnosis, people are physically inactive, and generally find their mental stimulus to be absorbing to the point that they don't differentiate between that stimulus and reality.
		Hypnagogia is often proposed as an explanation for phenomena such as alien abduction and visions of saints or demons, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ.
	www.new-age-guide.com /new_age/hypnogogia.htm (438 words)

	Hypnagogia: A Bridge to Other Realities
		Hypnagogia, the deeply relaxed state of consciousness that occurs shortly prior to falling asleep, has been recognized for hundreds of years as a source of creative thought and intuition by a long list of distinguished philosophers, artists, and scientists, names of which include Aristotle and Albert Einstein (1).
		Research into hypnagogia is now shedding light on long-sought-for explanations of psychic abilities and creative intuition obtained outside direct sensory processes by revealing the possibility that our brain may have the ability to tap into other states of consciousness (2).
		Hypnagogia is in fact very common, occurring in 72 to 77 percent of the population, many are unaware of the phenomena (1).
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /bb/neuro/neuro00/web3/Shaw.html (1475 words)

	Hypnagogia
		His interest in hypnagogia began accidentally and his central insight is that the hypnagogic state is profoundly ‘autosymbolic’, i.e.
		Swedenborg was probably the first to recognise the autosymbolic nature of hypnagogia, and his dream journals are filled with impressive examples.
		But his study of hypnagogia is the most thorough to date, and it is difficult to see how it will be surpassed as the standard work.
	www.forteantimes.com /articles/163_hypnagogia.shtml (3160 words)

	Altered States
		In terms of brainwave patterns, hypnagogia is the drowsy interval just preceding stage 1 sleep characterized by a slowing of the alpha rhythm (8 - 12 Hz) which then breaks up and is replaced by a slower and smaller amplitude theta rhythm (4 - 7 Hz).
		According to Schacter (1976), hypnagogia is quite common occurring in 72 to 77 percent of the population although many times people are unaware of the phenomena.
		On the average, only 5 to 10 minutes is spent in hypnagogia as one passes from a relaxed alpha brainwave state on into the first stages of sleep.
	www.mindmachine.com /html/body_altered_states.html (417 words)

	subter » Sleep-waking: Harnessing Altered States of Awareness for Inspiration and Creativity
		Hypnagogia is multifaceted and these experiences vary from person to person.
		Andreas Mavromatis, author of Hypnagogia: The unique state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep, argues that ‘When the operation of unconscious or preconscious [Latent parts of the brain that are readily available to the conscious mind, although not currently in use] processes achieves a connection between widely separate matrices, the result is undeniably original’.
		One method used by Dali was to nap whilst sitting in an arm chair holding a spoon over a pan so that when his muscles relaxed he’d drop the spoon into the pan which would wake him up and he would have the vivid hypnagogic images fresh in his mind for him to paint.
	www.subter.com /is/?p=19 (1465 words)

	Life Technology™ News: Doorway To Inner Space
		However, accompanied with this mystique is an altered state of consciousness known as " hypnagogia ", or in it's lay-terms, the " borderland state ", the " borderline ", or the " half-dream " state.
		There is adequate evidence to suggest that the alchemists of the Middle Ages made use of a form of hypnagogia during their lengthy preparations and distillations.
		It's easy to surmise that hypnagogia would be the metaphorical meaning for stinkfist, however gruesome it may seem.
	www.lifetechnology.org /blog/2006/08/doorway-to-inner-space.html (1480 words)

	2X07 - Hypnagogia
		One of the very large topics that “Hypnagogia” explores is the Mulder/Scully dynamic, an issue that continually confounds viewers and readers.
		This is not necessarily answered in “Hypnagogia” and I would be the last to suggest that they should be addressed explicitly.
		Eventually, they must have release, and often this release is unpredictable and violent as illustrated in the crimes of “Hypnagogia.” The interplay of our heroes’ own psychic dilemma with murder and violence is a warning that they too, must eventually deal with the accumulated weight of the unconscious mind.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/ixnaysxfiles/2X07review.html (585 words)

	'Hypnagogia!' writer and performer knows the word well
		In going his separate way, Knisely was able to mine the "comedy gold" lurking in his notes from hypnagogia.
		At Con Works he met Heather Hughes, who is performing in "Hypnagogia!" In the world of sketch comedy he met Cory Nealy, a Flaming Box off Stuff and Up in Your Grill trouper.
		In June he and his "Hypnagogia!" team take their show to New York to perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater as part of an international sketch comedy festival.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /theater/223039_fanf06.html (783 words)

	Journal of Neurotherapy Preview of Coming Issues, Copyright, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The EEG parameters of hypnagogia were broadly defined as the presence and predominance of alpha and theta brain wave activity.
		Creativity was defined by the three most readily agreed upon divergent thinking abilities: (a) fluency (the ability to generate numerous ideas), (b) flexibility (the ability to see a given problem from multiple perspectives), and (c) originality (the ability to come up with new and unique ideas).
		Hypnagogia was analyzed through multiple univariate analyses of variance.
	www.snr-jnt.org /journalnt/vol5/jntvol5.htm (3134 words)

	HIT Questions - Dream Views Lucid Dreaming Forum
		In regard to the first question: I personally have not yet been able to keep awareness during hypnagogia to a degree that neither awakens me from it nor allows me to lose it.
		Regarding the second question, however, as I have noted on several occasions and remain by my opinion: it is not correct to strictly diffirentiate the states of hypnagogia and dreaming.
		The physiology seems to be different indeed in between these two states, however, just as pointed out before, I would think that the "capabilities" in both states are equal but the first (hypnagogia) being simply less "stable" than the second and allowing for less...perhaps..."freedom" is the word.
	www.dreamviews.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=30363 (1227 words)

	Richard G. Petty, MD: Hypnagogia: The Waking Dream (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Iamblichus of Chalcis, the third century Neo-Platonic philosopher, wrote of the “voices” and “bright and tranquil lights” that came to him in the condition between sleeping and waking, that he believed were a form experience sent by God.
		There is some evidence that the alchemists of the Middle Ages made use of a form of hypnagogia during their meditations, preparations and distillations.
		It is these insights, and their similarities across cultures that suggest that there’s more to hypnagogia than random neuronal firing.
	richardgpettymd.blogs.com /my_weblog/2006/10/hypnagogia_the__1.html (1204 words)

	Mystic Soundscapes Internet Radio \| Priscilla Hernandez
		A world of fantasy: dark fairy tales, romantic ghost stories, and "other creatures" that dwell in the boundaries between dream and awareness inspired by her personal experience with sleep paralysis, night horrors and hypnagogia...
		Her debut album, Ancient Shadows is a collection of 19 illustrated song-tales that take you to a ride through the haunting and spectral realm she creates with her sorrowful eerie but sensuous music, led by an angelic and silky voice that invites you to shed your own cultivated defences.
		Also, her personal experience with sleep paralysis, night horrors and hypnagogia is a constant influence in her lyrics.
	www.mysticsoundscapes.com /music/hernandez_priscilla.asp (434 words)

	www.myspace.com/hypnagogia_films
		Hypnagogia is the semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep.
		These waking dreams can be bizarre and terrifying and as such are often referred to as night terrors.
		Hypnagogia indeed gives rise to the insight that there are many realities and that what we call wakefulness merely constitutes one of them.
	www.myspace.com /hypnagogia_films (965 words)

	Sleep Glossary of Sleep Terminology and Definitions
		HYPNAGOGIA: Hypnagogia (also spelled hypnogogia) and hypnopompia are experiences a person can go through when falling asleep in the case of hypnagogia, or waking up, in the case of hypnopompia.
		In hypnagogic states, a person may appear to be fully awake, but still has brain waves indicating that they are still technically sleeping.
		HYPNIC JERK: A hypnic or hypnagogic jerk is an involuntary muscle twitch (more generally known as myoclonus or a myoclonic twitch) which often occurs during the transition from wakefulness to sleep (see hypnagogia).
	www.sleepterminology.com (7037 words)

	Ask an Expert: Hypnagogic Hallucinations
		Perhaps all of my life I have been experiencing the "jerk" or "falling" sensation during hypnagogia.
		I don`t think I was fully asleep, but I know I was experiencing at least hypnagogia.
		Lately I have had symptoms of depression, but like I said, I am so moody sometimes I have no symptoms of depression at all.
	www.netwellness.org /question.cfm/44221.htm (730 words)

	MIND STATE MANAGEMENT AUDIOTAPES
		Presents a 5-step process of creative problem-solving using skills assisted by, developing states of consciousness, most conducive to creativity, especially I the theta reverie state called hypnagogia.
		The induction features several incubation exercises to liberate ' lateral thinking, induce hypnagogia, and to retrieve and later develop creative imagery.
		This tape has been used with athletes at the national and world level with effective results for focusing and excellent performance in highly competitive environments.
	www.altered-state.com /mpower/mind.htm (426 words)

	Creativity
		According to Mavromatis (1987), "Most, if not all, of the conditions of creativity are present in hypnagogia." Budzynski (1991) writes,
		Any inquisitive reader may experience hypnagogia for herself or himself.
		Quieting the mind by looking inward and excluding external stimuli slows brain-waves into the alpha-theta region allowing creative insights and solutions to surface into consciousness.
	www.mindmachine.com /html/body_creativity.html (510 words)

	HYPNAGOGIA! ~ A New Comedy by Josh Knisely
		This latest addition to the Sketchfest circuit is hosted by Bellingham's own Cody Rivers Show and we'll be sharing the bill with fellow absurdist comedy duo Ten West from L.A. This show will also mark our first performance with freshman memeber Terri Weagant!
		If you're in either of these epic hubs of American comedy, come on by and check us out as we continue our 2005 US Tour!
		We're back from our show at New York's Sketchfest NYC, and what a weekend it was!
	joshknisely.com /shows (564 words)

	Traditional religions suffer more setbacks as many long-time 'supernatural' mysteries such as ghosts and hauntings are ...
		Perhaps at least those possibly caused by hypnagogia, or night terrors-- a state mid-way between consciousness and unconsciousness, whereby manual control of one's limbs is disconnected via a natural process to prevent injury from physical movement incurred by reactions to dreams.
		On occasion a person may consciously experience this as paralysis, while they are also aware of a dream or nightmare.
		Hypnagogia may occur most frequently just as a person is drifting off to sleep, or coming near to waking (I've experienced it myself most often around wake up time-- and by often I mean only a few times in my life.
	www.jrmooneyham.com /ghst.html (2320 words)

	An examination of the soft evidence for alien visitations to Earth in UFOs
		I've experienced myself this rare form of sleep-related paralysis that mixes dream states and waking consciousness, which can account for many so-called abduction experiences, among other things.
		Hypnagogia, or night terrors, is a state mid-way between consciousness and unconsciousness, whereby manual control of one's limbs is disconnected via a natural process to prevent injury from physical movement incurred by reactions to dreams.
		Such a combination can easily lead to false memories of alien abductions, demonic visitations, or ghostly encounters.
	www.jrmooneyham.com /ctctsof.html (6503 words)

	The Mystical Experience Registry: What Is Active Imagination & Hypnagogia? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Mystical Experience Registry: What Is Active Imagination and Hypnagogia?
		Active Imagination is a fairly rare natural process that need not be so rare.
		Go to Bookstore to see this book and other recommendations.
	www.bodysoulandspirit.net /hypnagogia/what/define.shtml (364 words)

	Jihadist Anarchy via Hypnagogia
		This thread is in the chitchat forum group.
		It became trimmed with the arabist revolutionary green, a thin green section running on the top.
		This is 'hypnagogia' or somesuch, because it occured early in the morning before i woke up properly and was moving in an out of dream and 'awakeness'; for those familiar with the concept.
	www.belowtopsecret.com /thread125975/pglastpost (574 words)

	The Gray Field Recordings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		"You're never really sure what, but the world revealed by Hypnagogia is somehow bizarre and unsettling, yet strangely beautiful..."
		The Gray Field Recordings is proud to announce Hypnagogia is now available from Woven Wheat Whispers:
		There was a mistake in the file name..the track should work as of 4/21.
	www.grayfieldrecordings.com (193 words)

	Witness Sightings -- Discussion Forum
		This transaction can cause sightings of various forms that aren't really there.
		It's apparent that this disease can't be an explanation for all sightings!
		This >disease is called 'Hypnagogia' and a new wonder drug >to help it has been released on the market.
	www.voy.com /6429/317.html (624 words)

	'Hypnagogia!': Ingenious, kooky amusement
		WHERE: Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous bar, 2322 Second Ave.
		Step right inside the Jewelbox Theater, where Knisely and two well-chosen accomplices are performing "Hypnagogia!" The show is surreal.
		It has qualities of dream, fantasy and free association.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /theater/223792_hypnagogiaq.html (492 words)

	StoryPIPE Daily: A daily feed of commentary, comedy, politics, music, news and personality. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Billionaires have the REAL History of Fire.
		Part 3 of Hypnagogia’s saga of a robot from outer space trying to find his way amongst the mundanities of everyday life.
		The Billionaires Club: Patriot Act: The Movie - What happens when GW meets Hollywood.
	www.storypipe.com (545 words)

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