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Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Living (dk & bk) by Burton & Burton
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- Primary Spiritual Use: Psychic
- Secondary Spiritual Use: Intuition
- Element: Water
- Planet: Moon
- Zodiac: Cancer, Pisces
- Chakra: Third Eye
- Ruling Day: Monday
- Tradition: Modern eclectic
- Intent: Psychic, Intuition, Intention
The Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Living oracle is a 44-card deck with a 200-page guidebook, built around dream symbolism and the practice of becoming aware inside a dream.
Lucid dreaming is a real, well-studied state, and what produces it is practice rather than any object. The deck is a cue for the practice.
At a glance
Key Features of Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Living
44 full-color cards. Dream-symbol imagery, for drawing before sleep or on waking.
A 200-page guidebook. Substantial: rituals, journaling prompts, and interpretations.
Built around dream work. The cards and the journal are meant to be used together.
The particulars
Product Details
- 44-card oracle deck with 200-page guidebook
- Authors: Burton and Burton
The Spiritual Significance
Dream work runs through nearly every tradition that has ever taken sleep seriously: the incubation temples of the ancient Mediterranean, where people slept in order to receive dreams; the dream books of Hoodoo, which turned dream images into numbers to play; and the long Western esoteric interest in what the mind does when the waking self stands down.
It is worth being straightforward about how lucidity is actually achieved, since decks in this genre often are not. What produces a lucid dream, according to the people who study it, is practice: reality checks through the day, a dream journal kept by the bed and written the moment you wake, and a consistent intention set before sleep. No object induces it. What a deck and a guidebook can honestly do is give the practice a structure and a cue, which is a real and useful role. If your trouble is sleep itself rather than dreaming, that is worth raising with a doctor.
Ways to use it
What Is the Lucid Dreaming Used For?
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A gentle start
An oracle deck has no fixed structure to learn, so it's an easy way in when tarot's 78 cards feel like too much right now. -
A daily pull
Draw one card in the morning and notice how it shows up over the day. -
Full spreads
Lay out a spread, such as past, present and future, when you want the bigger picture. -
Reading for others
Read for friends and family. -
Quick answers
Pull a single card for a yes or no, or a fast read on a question. -
Journaling
Write about the card you drew: what you see in it, and what it brings up. -
Meditating on a card
Set one card where you can see it and let its imagery hold your attention. -
Altar and spellwork
Stand a card on your altar as the focus of a working, so its symbolism points your thinking where you want your life to go. -
Holiday readings
Do a reading for a sabbat, a birthday or the new year. -
With a pendulum
If you're not sure how you're reading a card, hold a pendulum over it to check. -
Paired with another deck
Pull a card from this deck alongside a tarot spread for extra context. -
Who it suits
It suits beginners and art lovers, and it makes a good gift. -
A new deck
Cleanse it, go through the cards one at a time so you get used to each other, then spread the cards face down on a favorite surface and swirl them together like a lake. Every card gets turned every which way, so the deck starts out well mixed. Our guide to reading tarot walks through your first reading. -
Storage
Keep the cards stacked neatly in their box or a bag. A crystal on top is a nice touch.
Step by step
How To Use Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Living
- Draw a card before sleep and set the intention plainly: tonight I will notice that I am dreaming.
- Leave the card where you will see it when you wake.
- Write the dream down the moment you wake, before it goes. This is the part that works.
- Read the guidebook entry, then sit with the symbol rather than rushing to a meaning.
- Keep at it. Lucidity is a practice, and it takes most people weeks.
Good company
Pairs Well With
- Aged Leather Journal with Latch the dream journal, which is the part that actually works.
- Lucid Dream Oil, 4 Dram an anointing oil as a bedtime cue.
- Lucid Dream Aromatic Jar Candle the candle for the same wind-down.
- Mugwort Cut, 1 oz the classic dream herb of folk practice.
- Dark Blue Chime Candles, Set of 20 the dream register as a flame.
Before you buy
Frequently Asked Questions
What is in the set?
44 full-color oracle cards and a 200-page guidebook.
What is lucid dreaming?
Knowing you are dreaming while the dream is still going on. It is a genuine, well-studied state, and some people learn to do it reliably.
Will the deck make me lucid dream?
No, and we would rather say so. What produces lucidity is practice: reality checks, a journal written the moment you wake, and a consistent intention before sleep. The deck gives that practice a structure and a cue, which is a real use.
How do I actually learn?
Keep the journal, without fail. Check through the day whether you are dreaming. Set the intention as you fall asleep. It takes weeks for most people.
Do I need to know tarot?
No. Oracle decks are self-contained, and the guidebook explains each card.
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