This podcast episode is a recording of a live event in India. Dr. Johnson was invited to speak on lucid dreams and enlightenment at the Dreams & Spirituality IASD conference in Bengaluru, March 2025.

You can also watch the video on Dr. Clare Johnson's YouTube channel.

Find out more about all areas of lucid dreaming and 2026 Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreats at www.DeepLucidDreaming.com

It's not too late to join Dr. Clare's current online class on dream telepathy, precognition, super-lucid beings and more. Fire up your lucidity with six weeks of mind-expanding workshops. https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/p/fire-up-your-lucidity

News flash: Online class starts January 4 - dream telepathy, precognition, super-lucid beings and more. Fire up your lucidity with six weeks of mind-expanding workshops! https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/p/fire-up-your-lucidity

In this episode, the exciting author of books such as "Dreaming Wide Awake" and "DMT Entities", David Jay Brown, has a deep conversation with Dr. Clare Johnson, who has never taken DMT but has had countless deep lucid dreams and OBEs.

Topics covered include:

Overlaps between super-lucid dream figures and DMT entities

Dream Telepathy

Mutual lucid dreaming

Consent in lucid sex dreams

Precognitive dreams (glimpses of the future)

Negative near-death experiences

David shares what happened when he tried to die in a lucid dream

Dr. Clare shares her encounters with highly conscious lucid dream beings

You can find David's work on https://www.davidjaybrown.com/

Join Dr. Clare for lucid dream retreats in 2026, in Portugal and Hawaii: https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/p/lucid-dreaming-ocean-retreat

Newsflash: all new solo podcast episodes will now only be available via Dr. Clare Johnson's mailing list, subscribe free: https://deepluciddreaming.com/sign-up/

Separately, in January 2026 Dr. Clare is offering a live online class (the first in a whole year): "Fire Up Your Lucidity!" Join us for a remarkable 6-week journey into lucid dreaming with interactive games, challenges and weekly lucidity rituals. https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/p/fire-up-your-lucidity

Have you ever stayed lucid all night long, shifting from lucid hypnagogia through lucid dreams, along with stints in the lucid void? In this episode, Dr. Clare offers 5 tips to help you with this advanced lucidity practice.

Dates for 2026 retreats:

Portugal, Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreat, May 19-23.

https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/p/lucid-dreaming-ocean-retreat

Hawaii, Healing Dreams Retreat, June 20-24

https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/p/lucid-dreaming-ocean-retreat-hawaii

Curious about out-of-body experiences - but a little nervous? You’re not alone. Many first-timers feel fear when they leave their body for the first time (also known as astral projection).

In this episode, Dr. Clare Johnson talks about the three most common fears people face during OBEs, and how to move through them with calm and confidence.

She explores:

• Why the experience can feel intense at first
• How to stay grounded when things feel overwhelming
• Simple tools to shift fear into curiosity and calm
• What to remember if you're afraid you won’t return to your body

Upcoming Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreat with Dr. Clare Johnson: Portugal, May 19-23, 2026.

And the next Hawaii retreat is on Healing Dreams. June 20-24, 2026. Save the dates, more info soon on deepluciddreaming.com

Sign up to Dr. Clare's newsletter to be first to know all her workshop, retreat and conference dates, receive lucid dream tips and dreamy gifts: https://deepluciddreaming.com/sign-up/

Listen to the Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming podcast on https://www.deepluciddreaming.com/podcast/

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

The Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

Elixir of Sleep

Video classes and guided lucid dream meditations with Dr. Clare: https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/

Ever drifted off to sleep and seen strange shapes, lights, or flashes of imagery? That’s hypnagogia—your natural gateway to lucid dreaming.

In this episode, Dr. Clare Johnson explores:

• What the hypnagogic state is (and why it's so powerful)
• Dr. Clare shares her 6 stages of hypnagogia—how to spot them and how they feel
• How to use this pre-sleep state to consciously enter a lucid dream
• Tips for staying aware without waking yourself up

You'll also hear firsthand descriptions of real hypnagogic experiences and get practical advice for recognizing these strange and amazing pre-dream visuals as they unfold.

Whether you’re new to lucid dreaming or just want to get better at it, learning to watch hypnagogia could change how you fall asleep - forever.

Upcoming Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreat with Dr. Clare Johnson: Portugal, May 19-23, 2026.

Sign up to Dr. Clare's newsletter to be first to know all her workshop, retreat and conference dates, receive lucid dream tips and dreamy gifts: https://deepluciddreaming.com/sign-up/

Listen to the Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming podcast on https://www.deepluciddreaming.com/podcast/

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

The Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

Elixir of Sleep

Video classes and guided lucid dream meditations with Dr. Clare: https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/

Imagine a 9-foot tall woman who reveals cosmic wisdom, or a blue fairy who can open portals into deep Earth. Sometimes the most fascinating lucid dreams involve encounters with dream guides, power animals, and special figures who impart knowledge.

In this episode, Dr. Clare Johnson shares her four categories of lucid dream figures (from zombies to super-aware) that she came up with during her PhD research – the first in the world to investigate lucid dreaming as a creative tool.

Is everything within a dream an aspect of the dreamer? No – there are transpersonal dreams where we encounter deeper levels of knowledge.

Dr. Clare describes how best to interact with power animals and guides, and shares tips on how to connect with them.

Upcoming Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreat with Dr. Clare Johnson: Portugal, May 19-23, 2026.

Sign up to Dr. Clare's newsletter to be first to know all her workshop, retreat and conference dates, receive lucid dream tips and dreamy gifts: https://deepluciddreaming.com/sign-up/

Listen to the Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming podcast on https://www.deepluciddreaming.com/podcast/

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

The Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

Elixir of Sleep

Video classes and guided lucid dream meditations with Dr. Clare: https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/

This is a common question, and the answer can be summed up in one word: "no." Lucid dreaming is a natural phenomenon of consciousness and it is no more dangerous than non-lucid dreaming, which we all engage in naturally every night. Lucidity is simply awareness. We become aware that we are dreaming.

In this episode, Dr. Clare Johnson explains her take on the "dangers" of lucid dreaming. Her view is based on nearly 50 years of personal lucid dream practice as a prolific lucid dreamer; original and world-first PhD research into the topic of lucid dreaming as a creative tool; and her eight books, some of which involved assessing reports of lucid dreamers from around the globe.

Tune in to hear why people think lucid dreaming might be dangerous, and learn more about this versatile state of consciousness.

Upcoming Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreat with Dr. Clare Johnson: Portugal, May 19-23, 2026.

Sign up to Dr. Clare's newsletter to be first to know all her workshop, retreat and conference dates, receive lucid dream tips and dreamy gifts: https://deepluciddreaming.com/sign-up/

Listen to the Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming podcast on https://www.deepluciddreaming.com/podcast/

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

The Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

Elixir of Sleep

Video classes and guided lucid dream meditations with Dr. Clare: https://deep-lucid-dreaming-video-courses.teachable.com/

Have you ever meditated in a lucid dream? When attempted with stable lucid awareness, this is the fastest route to blissful oneness.

In deep lucid dreaming, we can receive immersive experiences of light that reveal the underlying workings of the universe. In this episode, Dr. Clare Johnson shares her 2016 “Lucid Light Theory of Dreams and Reality.

She gives examples of transcendent lucid dreams, and emphasises that this bliss state is NOT reserved for mystics, meditators and the devout. In fact, this light is always present – it’s just easier to access in lucid dreams and other altered states such as hypnagogia and the void.

Dr. Clare shares tips on how to enter the Lucid Light from a lucid dream.

Upcoming Lucid Dreaming Ocean Retreats with Dr. Clare Johnson: Hawaii, Oct 25-29, 2025. And Portugal, May 19-23, 2026.

Sign up to Dr. Clare's newsletter to be first to know all her workshop, retreat and conference dates, receive lucid dream tips and dreamy gifts: https://deepluciddreaming.com/sign-up/

Listen to the Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming podcast on https://www.deepluciddreaming.com/podcast/

The Art of Lucid Dreaming

The Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming