Anecdotal evidence that lucid dreaming might contribute to mental and physical health has been widely reported in the literature. Empirical research, though, is scarce. A brief questionnaire eliciting self-perceived benefits of lucid dreaming on mental and physical health had been completed by 386 participants who had lucid dream experiences. About 90% of the participants reported some benefit...
Paul Tholey (1937-1998) was one of the pioneers of modern lucid dream research and he had a tremendous impact on lucid dream research in general and on my own work. Therefore, it is a pleasure to write a review about the edited book by Gerhard Stemberger (2018), which covers a collection of eleven papers written by Tholey. Stemberger and Tholey knew each other very well and this book was a...