Lucid dreams

dream where one is aware that they are dreaming

2001 film by Cameron Crowe

A phenomenon in which the soul (astral body) is said to exit the physical body

syndrome where people perceive loud imagined noises when falling asleep or waking up

Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. Its corresponding state is ‌sleep to wakefulness. Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" include hallucinations, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis.

thumb|right|An artist's depiction of a dream

Oneiromancy () is a form of divination based upon dreams, and also uses dreams to predict the future. Oneirogen plants may also be used to produce or enhance dream-like states of consciousness. Occasionally, the dreamer feels as if they are transported to another time or place, and this is offered as evidence they are in fact providing divine information upon their return.

vivid and convincing dream about awakening from sleep

French sinologist (1822–1892)

Japanese anime television series

American psychologist

Medieval canon law text

American psychiatrist (1933-2021)

Hypnopompia (also known as hypnopompic state) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep, a term coined by the psychical researcher Frederic Myers. Its mirror is the hypnagogic state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical and have a different phenomenological character. Hypnopompic and hypnagogic hallucinations are frequently accompanied by sleep paralysis, which is a state wherein one is consciously aware of one's surroundings but unable to move or speak.

German psychologist (1937–1998)

Dreamwork is the exploration of the images and emotions that a dream presents and evokes. It differs from classical dream interpretation in that it does not attempt to establish a unique meaning for the dream. In this way the dream remains "alive" whereas if it has been assigned a specific meaning, it is "finished" (i.e., over and done with). Dreamworkers take the position that a dream may have a variety of meanings depending on the levels (e.g. subjective, objective) that are being explored.

hallucination in the absence of obvious physical or psychological triggers (fatigue, psychoactive substances, mental illness etc.)

stage prior to lucid dreaming