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Dr Keith Hearne - Long-term study of Chris Robinson

22/6/2022

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Dr Keith Hearne investigates the precognitive dreams of Chris Robinson, 'The Premonition Man'
Dr Keith Hearne is a world pioneer in lucid and precognitive dream research who has studied Chris Robinson's dream premonitions for many years.

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Grant Solomon & Jane Solomon are currently writing a book about the life of Chris Robinson, and its implications for science, working title:

THE PREMONITION MAN: Scientific Evidence for Dream Precognition.

​Our thanks go to Dr Keith Hearne for his ground-breaking research, PhD thesis, books, media appearances, and interviews; which have provided valuable source material for both the biographical and scientific parts of this book.


Visit KeithHearne.com

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Chris Robinson, also known as 'The Dream Detective' and 'The Premonition Man', has spent many hours of his life being studied by Dr Hearne in the cause of lucid dream precognition research.

During years of study, Dr Hearne watched Robinson's nightly process of preparing to dream, dreaming during REM sleep, and 'automatic writing' to record his lucid dreams in his dream diary.

It upsets all the laws of science of course, and official science is very much against this point of view. And that is a particular bias we have to fight, in this field. I have studied Chris for years and I have been absolutely amazed at some of the things he has come up with. He actually went to an army camp and got himself arrested, because he says, there is going to be an event here soon. And it happened very soon. It has made me change my whole attitude to science, essentially and this is rather mind boggling, if premonitions exist then we can’t live in a physical universe because they can only exist in a non physical universe, so, really premonitions are saying we live in a dream world. - Dr Keith Hearne

Dr Keith Hearne - lucid dreams and premonitions YouTube playlist...

Dr Keith M. T. Hearne (BSc MSc PhD) Psychologist, Composer, Writer

LUCID DREAMING DAY – 12 April each year

On 12 April 1975, English psychologist, Keith Hearne, discovered (in his PhD research, completed in 1978) a way of enabling lucid-dream subjects in the sleep-lab to signal out from within the dream by making coded eye-movements.

This circumvented the profound bodily paralysis of dreaming 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep, which had previously prevented such communication.

Lucid dreams are an unusual type of dream in which you become perfectly conscious, with full critical faculties, within the dream state.

This advance opened a huge new area of dream research, into ‘inner space’.

Daniel Love suggested in his book, Are You Dreaming? Exploring Lucid Dreams: A Comprehensive Guide (see more below) that the date should be internationally recognized each year as 'Lucid Dreaming Day'.

The date 12 April 2015 was celebrated as the 40th anniversary of Hearne’s discovery.

Keith Hearne's pioneering PhD research into lucid dreams
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Dr Keith Hearne conducted the world's first sleep-lab research into 'lucid' (conscious, controllable) dreams for his PhD at Liverpool University, England.

Hearne:
  • obtained the first eye-movement signals from a subject within the lucid dream state, in April 1975
  • discovered the 'pre-Iucid' REM burst, and 'light switch effect' in dreams
  • discovered the basic physiological parameters of lucid dreaming
  • invented the world's first 'dream machine'

Download a (free [authorised by Dr Hearne]) copy of Keith Hearne's Lucid Dreams PhD (high resolution file / low resolution file)
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Background to the first PhD in the world on Lucid Dreaming and the original discovery of the ocular-signaling technique from lucid dreams by Dr Keith Hearne

After obtaining a BSc in psychology from Reading University, England, in 1973, Keith Hearne went to Hull University in the Autumn of that year, intending to conduct research for a PhD on hypnotic dreams, following discoveries he had made in 'hypno-oneirography'. He decided instead to use newly acquired computer equipment to research electro-physiological aspects of visual imagery*.

During that time he became skilled in running a sleep laboratory. He became interested in 'lucid' dreaming (the paradoxical conscious awareness of dreaming within the dream itself) and reasoned that it must be possible for a lucid dreamer to communicate to the world of wakefulness. A problem, though, was the inherent muscular paralysis of REM sleep.

In 1975 it suddenly occurred to Hearne that since the eye musculature is not inhibited in REM sleep, it might be possible to get subjects to signal by making deliberate ocular movements.
On the morning of 5th April 1975, Hearne wired up a lucid dream subject who was instructed to make a sequence of left-right eye-movements on becoming lucid. A lucid dream was reported at about 8 am, but unfortunately, the monitoring equipment had just been switched off. A week later, on the morning of 12th April 1975, the same subject had another lucid dream. The first signals in the world from a lucid dream were thus recorded.

Hearne continued to obtain more records over the next months. He wound up the work on visual imagery, submitting it for an MSc* and moved to Liverpool University, where he was offered a sleep-laboratory, to research lucid dreams for this PhD, using paid subjects.
During the course of this work he discovered the basic electro-physiological features of lucid dreams, including the pre-Iucid REM burst. Hearne also discovered the 'light switch' phenomenon, and invented the first ' dream machine'.

In 1975 Hearne informed psychology departments at American universities of his findings including Stanford (W. Dement) and Chicago (A. Rechtschaffen).

* Hearne, Keith M.T. (1975). Visually evoked responses and visual imagery. MSc thesis. University of Hull, England.

Dr Hearne's original chart-record of the first ocular signals from a lucid-dream, and his 'dream-machine' invention are now on permanent display in the Science Museum, London.
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A book, The Dream Machine, by Dr Hearne, fully describes his research into lucid dreams:

Download a (free [authorised by Dr Hearne]) copy of The Dream Machine by Keith Hearne (high resolution file / low resolution file)

Other books by Keith Hearne...
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​Visions of the Future: An Investigation of Premonitions

Dream Interpretation: The Secret

The Dream Oracle: Using the Alphabet Dream Code

The Meaning of Your Dreams: An Interactive Guide

Understanding Dreams

Related books...
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Are You Dreaming? Exploring Lucid Dreams: A Comprehensive Guide

​'Just about everything you could possibly need to know about lucid dreaming. A thoroughly enjoyable, compendious and insightful guide for those interested in exploring their inner worlds.' - Dr Keith Hearne 

Discover the Universe Inside your Mind

Astonishingly, there is around a 1 in 10 chance that you are dreaming at any given moment... including right now! 

Every night, you adventure inwards to a universe made from the very fabric of your being: your dreams. Dreaming accounts for around 11% of your daily experience and, amazingly, each year you will spend an entire month dreaming. What if you could ‘wake up’ to this mysterious world, to learn to consciously explore the inner depths of your mind? Such an experience is indeed possible. It is called ‘Lucid Dreaming’. 

Isn’t it time you woke up to your dreams?
Lucid dreaming is a scientifically verified and learnable skill by which you become aware that you are dreaming, whilst dreaming. Such knowledge imbues you with an almost unlimited control over your dreaming adventures. The power of lucid dreaming will also greatly enhance your waking life, opening new avenues of creativity, confidence, self-improvement, problem-solving, philosophical exploration and so much more. A universe of opportunity awaits you. 

Master the art of lucid dreaming
In this deeply comprehensive and modern guide to lucid dreaming, expert lucid dreamer and oneirologist, Daniel Love, will aid you on your unique journey through the fascinating exploration of your mind. This book brings the subject of conscious dreaming fully up to date, including the latest discoveries, research, techniques and much more. It is the perfect guide to help you unlock the hidden potential of your dreams, catering for both beginners and advanced lucid dreamers alike. 

Are You Dreaming? is a no-nonsense approach to this enthralling phenomenon and is simply one of the most thorough, accessible and in-depth contemporary guides to exploring and mastering lucid dreaming.

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