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—from Chapter 1

About the Book

We are all fascinated by our dreams—and have been so throughout the ages. Yet, most of us forget our dreams by the time we awaken in the morning, and those fragmentary recollections that do remain often vanish before we’ve had a chance to jot them down and figure out their meanings. Is it possible to learn how to gather these valuable memories and, in doing so, gain a better understanding of our selves?

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In his enlightening, entertaining book, Charles McPhee assists anyone interested in finding out how to become a conscious participant in our dreams by offering a step-by-step guide to mastering the techniques of lucid dreaming.
Charles McPhee

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About the Author

Charles McPhee is the author of Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams: A Guide to Awakening Consciousness During Dream Sleep and co-founder of Home Sleep Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of sleep disorder diagnostic and treatment services in Los Angeles. He has operated the sleep lab at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and was clinical coordinator of the Cedars-Sinai Sleep Disorders Center in Los Angeles. McPhee has a degree in sociology from Princeton University and a master’s in communication management from the University of Southern California. He is the nephew of John McPhee. His popular dream column appears in Jumpmagazine.


What Others Have Said About the Book

…McPhee blends science (psychoanalytic and neurological) and somewhat academic self-help to yield pop psychology on a challenging level. Publishers Weekly

…Research into sleep and dreaming may help explain the nature of consciousness. —Dr. Allan Hobson, neuroscientist, The New York Times, 7/12/94


  Excerpts from chapters in Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams

  Links to other Dreaming and Lucid Dreaming sites

  Visit the Ask the Dream Doctor website

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Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams is published by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. ©1995. ISBN 0-8050-2500-6. $22.50, hardback. For more information contact Robin Jones, (212) 886-9270.

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©1998 by Charles McPhee