Ryan D Hurd

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Latest peer review paper: A Proposed Methodology for Online Asynchronous Therapeutic Dreamwork. In this article, we lay out a proposed method of online dreamwork for clinicians, using a process-oriented relational approach. Love to hear what you think! journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJ...

had sleep paralysis but didn't even get a cool demon hallucination, just like a vague presence going "owowowowowowowowowowwo" in a sort of deep baritone, moving around the bed out of sight before slithering in and touching my arm

Two words my friends: faraday bag

Get out a piece of paper We do things on paper from now on. Phones are tracked. Platforms are tracked, filled with bots and propaganda. If you don’t have a pen and paper go buy some. Write down things YOU can do. Things in YOUR power. Make most of them small. Some of them big.

“Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up” - David Orr

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: Cocteau Twins Swans Morphine Mazzy Star Squirrel Nut Zippers

Palantir: one database to rule us all

New course dreamstudies.org/lucidignitio...

fresh newsletter: can we decolonize lucid dreaming? dream-studies-press.kit.com/posts/can-we...

Don’t taze me bro

Finally got approved for treatment at a long COVID center. I’m lucky my doc believes me enough to do all the insurance wrangling necessary so it’s in-network .

Things are beyond intense out there. A lot of people are wondering how to build community, plug in, and make change. Not everyone is extroverted and comfortable being in crowds or talking on the phone or video, which are traditional modes of activism.

Enjoying Gnostic philosopher Miquel Conner interviewing Jeffrey Kripal about “thinking impossibly,” extraordinary experiences and the super humanities. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

I’m done with this timeline. Can someone go back to 1955 and kick old Biff in the shin?

Bless the librarians

The witch hazel is blooming …. The embodiment of hope in hard times

I'm delighted by the mainstreaming of lucid dreaming and astral projection, but there’s a bump on the onramp to transcendence. I’m talking about how so many would-be lucid dreamers and out-of-body practitioners get trapped like flies in the web of sleep paralysis. dreamstudies.org/sleep-paraly...

I had a dream that I should report this. Because it’s still true maybe? Also, month 7 of long COVID chronic fatigue sucks

The mythological world of an 8 year old, who knows the drama that unfolded within this configuration on the arm of my recliner

Finally set up the bird-o-vision. It did not disappoint

Our patron saint today for our superb owl party :

My great grandparents were Canadian — the farm was there for generations — altho my grandpa was born in the states. I’m not eligible for citizenship but I’ve decided that spiritually I’m Canadian. Just so you know

Just deleted chrome and got DuckDuckGo. Divesting from Gmail will take some time tho. One step at a time

Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! #Books #Esoteric #Occult #esotericbookchallenge #Witchsky

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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! #Books #Esoteric #Occult #esotericbookchallenge #Witchsky

omg sleep tourism is a thing. I want to be a sleep influencer. sign me up. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

I went to my public library yesterday and felt like crying from their kindness, space Making, mask encouraging practices, ads for trans book groups, and democracy book displays. The space was so clear and good i was able to plan out a year of curriculum

I tried to fill the hole where democracy used to be with cake and now I have to lie down

Today is a great day for sharing your dreams

Long covid has humbled me. It’s diminished me. We have transformed our lives to keep our kids safe(r) because of this. There will Never be a normal again but I’ve also never felt as supported by chosen family

If Twitter was made of tweets, X is made of icks

No media for me on Inauguration Day. No news, no social media. Black out. Hit him where it hurts him the most: ratings. Meanwhile I will be volunteering in my neighborhood for MLK day. That’s the plan.

Holy sheesh tiktok is a apocalyptic feeding frenzy right now

Note for the schools and churches and other institutions in my life : for air filters to do their job, you have to plug them in and also turn them on. #covidisairborne #cleanair

Today’s tally so far is only one Cronkite. Getting better! Training for Inauguration Day to be a zero Cronkite day

My spouse and I have started a practice we call Cronkiting — in which we imbibe in the news only twice a day to preserve sanity and nervous system and also not check all the way out. So far I am down to three Cronkites a day.

Love this. Reminds me how in the 19th century transcendentalism was interwoven with social justice reformation movements.

We kept it simple but got the job done and are now basking in a year full of good luck and prosperity

This is shocking to me, and an entertaining deep dive into writing style — I never thought to question this scale even tho my writing is always running afoul of this metric