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{{Useful Notes|wppage=Lucid dream}}

{{quote|''"Often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream."

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

 

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''.

 

{{examples}}

* The ending of ''[[Kirby Right Back At Ya]]'' had Kirby falling asleep and {{spoiler|ending up in a nightmare realm filled with food, it's then that the baby star warrior realized that he can attack with his powers in this dream.}} Unlike before when he was awake.

* The 2006 film ''[[Paprika]]'' centers around a device that (like ''Inception'' four years later) allows people to enter others' dreams and manipulate them.

 

== Fan Works ==

* In 2001's ''[[Vanilla Sky]]'', a company called "Life Extension" uses lucid dreaming to "exercise" the minds of terminally ill persons whom they are keeping [[Human Popsicle|cryogenically-suspended]] until cures for their diseases can be found.

* The various ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' films all revolve around Freddy Krueger, a malevolent entity who can enter people's dreams and manipulate them. The third film of the original series, ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'', centers on the efforts of a psychiatrist to help a group of teens learn how to use their own dreaming to fight him.

 

== Real Life ==

** Likewise the ancient Indian Hindu practice of Yoga nidra.

** In general early Buddhists encouraged the mastery of lucid dreaming, believing that it was a step toward Enlightenment.

 

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