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|Attributed to Aristotle, in ''Hypnogogia: The Unique State of Consciousness Between Wakefullness and Sleep'' by Andreas Mavromatis}}

A ~~lucid~~ ~~dream~~ is, simply put, a dream where the sleeping person is aware that he/she is dreaming. Consequently, he/she can exploit this awareness over the dream and [[Dream Weaver|manipulate it at will]]. It's not always easy -- sometimes manipulating a dream from the inside can take considerable mental effort -- but when managed it can be fulfilling and entertaining.

A [[Lucid Dream]] is, simply put, a dream where the sleeping person is aware that he/she is dreaming. Consequently, he/she can exploit this awareness over the dream and [[Dream Weaver|manipulate it at will]]. It's not always easy -- sometimes manipulating a dream from the inside can take considerable mental effort -- but when managed it can be fulfilling and entertaining.

This is [[Truth in Television]], although not terribly common. Most people seem to experience a ~~[[Lucid~~ ~~Dream]]~~ once or twice in their lives, but those for whom such dreams are frequent, let alone predominant, are rare.

This is [[Truth in Television]], although not terribly common. Most people seem to experience a lucid dream once or twice in their lives, but those for whom such dreams are frequent, let alone predominant, are rare.

The [[Trope Namer]] was Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik (Willem) van Eeden, who coined the term "lucid dream" in 1913 in an article called "The Study of Dreams", published in the ''Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research''.