Hypnopompic imagery and visual dream experience.

Abstract

Scannable hypnopompic lattice imagery sometimes reaches as far as the eyes can tum. Although these lattice patterns superficially appear to curve around the viewpoint, closer examination reveals tliat the visual image is flat over the entire scannable area. Moreover the lattice imagery and subjective experience of the head are found to form a spatial whole. Certain events during lucid dreaming demonstrate that visual dream experience, like the hypnopompic lattice imagery, appears within a visual field that is mobile within a larger scannable area. From ordinary dreaming to lucid dreaming to lying awake, there is a continuity of seeing, of scanning, and of the "I" who sees. The concepts of dream seeing, a dream body with eyes, and of an '']'' who sees in dreams are examined.

John Woolman's light in the night: An analysis.

“…Even though “dreaming and waking life-worlds are indiscemable as unreflectively lived” (Globus, 1987, p. 89), that is, phenomenologically similar, there is no need to assume that an objective dream world of dream surfaces, dream light waves, and dream retinas is needed to explain the subjective experience. This concept is developed in Gillespie (1997). I cannot comment on telepathic dreams (Ullman, Krippner, & Vaughan, 1973; Van de Castle, 1994) or precognitive dreams (Van de Castle, 1994), where something different appears to be happening.The elementary state of seeing is the visual experience of two-dimensional geometric forms and related imagery, including at least hypnopompic geometric imagery, both lattice and oscillating (Gillespie, 1989, 1997; Ladd, 1892/1964; Shepard, 1978), elementary hallucinatory forms due to taking drugs (Horowitz, 1975; Siegel, 1977; Siegel & Jarvik, 1975) or due to sensory deprivation (Slade & Bentall, 1988), forms that follow the movement of the eye, such as pressedeye (Sacks, 1992; Shepard, 1978) or migraine imagery (Richards, 1971; Sacks, 1992), and forms of light (subjective brightness) associated with lucid dreaming (Chang, 1963; Gillespie, 1989, 1992; Gyatso, 1982) or mysticism (see especially Eliade, 1962/1965).…”

“…This concept is developed in Gillespie (1997). I cannot comment on telepathic dreams (Ullman, Krippner, & Vaughan, 1973; Van de Castle, 1994) or precognitive dreams (Van de Castle, 1994), where something different appears to be happening.The elementary state of seeing is the visual experience of two-dimensional geometric forms and related imagery, including at least hypnopompic geometric imagery, both lattice and oscillating (Gillespie, 1989, 1997; Ladd, 1892/1964; Shepard, 1978), elementary hallucinatory forms due to taking drugs (Horowitz, 1975; Siegel, 1977; Siegel & Jarvik, 1975) or due to sensory deprivation (Slade & Bentall, 1988), forms that follow the movement of the eye, such as pressedeye (Sacks, 1992; Shepard, 1978) or migraine imagery (Richards, 1971; Sacks, 1992), and forms of light (subjective brightness) associated with lucid dreaming (Chang, 1963; Gillespie, 1989, 1992; Gyatso, 1982) or mysticism (see especially Eliade, 1962/1965). I do not include in this category geometric forms, mandalalike imagery, and forms of luminosity that are a part of perceptlike dream imagery.The distinction between dream and elementary imagery is reflected in the distinction made between complex and elementary visual hallucinations (Siegel & Jarvik, 1975; Slade & Bentall, 1988).…”

“…The arguments for this claim are outside the scope of this article, but see Block (1981), Gibson (1986), andMarr (1982). For the concept that visual experience consists of color and is distinct from thinking or understanding, see Gillespie (1990Gillespie ( , 1997.…”

Análisis fenomenológico de la imaginería sensorial en las experiencias hipnogógica e hipnopómpica

“…Estudios experimentales previos y encuestas se han centrado más en la imaginería hipnagógica (HG) (Mavro matis, 1987;Schacter, 1976), y algunos artículos más sobre la hipnopómpica (HP) (Gillespie, 1997). Este sesgo pa rece comprensible, en cierta medida, teniendo en cuenta que la HG parece ser más común que la HP.…”

Dreaming as psychosis: Re-reading Allan Hobson.

“…In some sense, we actually see this, though I think George Gillespie is quite convincing in pointing out that seeing and the seen are the same thing in dreams. “There is no inner eye, or mind’s eye”; not two things, image and seeing, but one, a “seeing that is spatial but has no object” (1997, p. 190). There is a sense in which this is also true when one reads poetry or fiction.…”