Senoi

In the 1970's New Age enthusiasts discussed the Senoi, a Malaysian hunting and gathering tribe who were reported to make extensive use of lucid dreaming to ensure happiness and mental health.

The original field research was done by Kilton Stewart before World War II and published in the early 1950's.

Parapsychologist [Charles Tart]? and pedagogue [George Leonard]? later publicized Stewart's account in books and at the Esalen? retreat center in California.

Later researchers were unable to substantiate Stewart's account. In 1985 [G. William Domhoff]? argued in The Mystique of Dreams that the

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"The Selling of the Senoi" by Ann Faraday and John Wren-Lewis http://www.sawka.com/spiritwatch/selling.htm

Anthropologists who have worked with the Temiar/Senoi? people report that they are familar with the concept of lucid dreaming and that it is not of great importance to them.

"Senoi Bibliography : Articles, Books, Notes and Summary of the Senoi" and ""Kilton Stewart and The Marvelous Senoi Dream Controversy", a summary by Richard Wilkerson. (or at http://www.shpm.com/qa/qadream/qadream8.html )

http://www.angelfire.com/ak/electricdreams/senoi.htm

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