I use a grade from 0 - 10 (10 is the best/highest).
Lucid Dreaming, Gateway to the Inner Self, 2008 (first printing), copyright 2009, Robert Waggoner
GRADE: 10.0
Wow-oh-wow, this was not what I expected! A book about lucid dreaming that
reached such depths from an OBE perspective. In the light of giants such
as Robert Bruce and Monroe, I would not have expected that Waggoner's book
would be able to reach a grade of 10.0!
Waggoner has managed to do so many observations on the subject of lucid
dreaming that the book covers areas deep into minute details of OBEs and the
astral.
Just for the first 50 pages I had to over and over again put down Waggoner's
book just to think of the implications of his research. Had this been the
first book of mine on this matter, I would never have been able to discover
just how much it contained. I would probably have done the same mistake
with this book as I did on Moen's first book, giving it too low a grade,
due to my lack of knowledge.
Waggoner book repeatedly forced me to re-evaluate my beliefs on astral
standpoints. I felt my feet being swept away for every few pages the first
quarter of the book.
As a side note, Waggoner describes early in the book a retrieval of an
Aspect of Self, in a way that made my eyes widen and my head span a full
turn. The retrieval fitted into the classic scenarios, but the details
stunned me and Waggoner's analysis contained more than met the eye at
first sight. I wouldn't have expected to this kind of retrieval from
F 22 and not in that way. I had catch my breath, put down the book for
a moment and re-evaluate what Aspect of Self are.
Waggoner is excellent at focusing on what's important in dream experiences,
his language is highly entertaining and the content is Brilliant, Brilliant,
Brilliant!
A word of advice to the random reader, the book does at some points contain
heavy material, which can need some effort to work through because of the
many depth Waggoner present, but the knowledge you acquire will become a
huge asset if you are a skilled OBE:er, lucid dreamer or astral projector,
and seek a deeper meaning from your own experiences other than just having fun.
While LaBerge is the Big Data Collector - finding patterns in his huge
collection of scientifical data, Robert Waggoner is the Big Thinker - drawing
conclusions out of very coherent events in his lucid dreamings. Point by
point Waggoner works through the reality of lucid dreaming.
Waggoner book contains lots of descriptive experiences by himself and
others from lucid dreams, upon which Waggoner builds a framework covering
and improving areas (and inconsistencies) from Siegmund Freud and Jung to
modern OBE authorities and LD scientists like LaBerge.
He even does some things which are very close to sending PUL and experiencing
bi-location that may be the 'mind-split' effect in a lucid dream overlayed
into C-1. I also think that Monroe's I-There concept has become even more
important having read Waggoner's book.
Waggoner's travel to understand the consciousness is like Monroe's quest to
find the Missing Basic.
One section of the book is dedicated to healing and how healing is done in LD.
Waggoner has several important insights on the subject of healing and he gives
examples from other experienced LDers. Waggoner also mentions how to cope with
problems and pitfalls when doing LD healing.
Healing is much more effective and much stronger done during an LD than
in waking reality.
Waggoner also points out how important it is to formulate your question to
the dream _before_ you go lucid.
I only have a few objections to the book. I would have liked if it had
been more deeply describing the dream creator. At some places Waggoner
uses a little difficult language and long sentences.
The book loses some speed during its second half but still contain very
important issues.
At the end, the book contains some very useful methods for inducing LDs.
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