Gary Lachman on Precognitive Dreams, Hypnagogia, Hypnopompia, and Fourth Way Teacher Maurice Nicoll

In this May 2024 interview with author and lecturer Gary Lachman, we converse about dream related liminal states and experiences, hypnagogic and hypnopompic states, the phenomenon of precognitive dreaming, the practice of dream journaling, as well as meaningful coincidences, synchronicity, consciousness itself. He further discusses his new book ‘Maurice Nicoll: Forgotten Teacher of the Fourth Way,’ and the broader times and context of Dr. Maurice Nicoll’s encountering the thought of Carl Jung and George Gurdjieff.
Gary Lachman is an author and lecturer on consciousness, counterculture, and the Western esoteric tradition. His works include Dark Star Rising, Beyond the Robot, and The Secret Teachers of the Western World. A founding member of the rock band Blondie, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. He lives in London. His website is at: www.gary-lachman.com/
His Books can be found on Amazon at: www.amazon.com/author/garylac...
His new book, ‘Maurice Nicoll: Forgotten Teacher of the Fourth Way,’ is available in the USA starting June 2024 and can be ordered at: www.amazon.com/Maurice-Nicoll...
During the interview we also discussed his prior book, ‘Dreaming Ahead of Time: Experiences with Precognitive Dreams, Synchronicity and Coincidence,’ which can be ordered at: www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Ahead...

[@valstrain2019]

Fantastic!! Fascinating!! Love Gary Lachman. Thanks for posting!!

[@Attijjany11]

I'm going watch this video when am less busy for sure 😊

[@bridgingminds7512]

Hope you enjoy it

[@alistairjakobsson1506]

Just saw it go up haha. Will be on my listening list tomorrow!

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[@khalidkhatri100]

I guess what he is referring to his kareen. This would be forbidden in an Islamic sense. We make our kareen weaker by following the sunnah and putting more barriers in between us and the Jinn world, Instead of actually trying to find ways to lift those barriers.

[@khalidkhatri100]

May Allah protect us from all the fitnas that are subtly trying to invoke us do any experiments that may be categorised as trying to communicate with the Jinns.

[@khalidkhatri100]

The whole point of ‘Auzu billahi minash Shaitan rajeem Bismillah rahman rahim’ is asking for refuge with Allah from Satan

[@bridgingminds7512]

It's not necessarily the Qarin that is being referred to. Hypnagogia is a natural state that everyone experiences in sleep. While I personally believe that someone may be more vulnerable to Jinn in those states, that's not always the case. As a practicing Muslim that's why I recite shahada and try to make wudu before sleeping as this may be protective. But it is an error to assume that everything experienced in hypnagogic states s from the Qarin or Jinn, there are a lot of Khurafat (superstitions) that are often taught to people about these matters that don't necessarily follow. The actual states Gary describes are simply common human experiences that people have had for thousands of years on the threshold between sleep and wakefulness.

[@bridgingminds7512]

Yes.

[@bridgingminds7512]

And just to be clear I am not being dismissive at all to your comment, you made a good point, and the question of the Qarin and the Jinn is a very important and interesting matter that future interviews with others will address inshallah. There IS an aspect of the human sleeping state and the threshold to sleep that, from our shared Islamic teachings, does render someone vulnerable to the influence and attack of negative forces of various sorts. However it's a mistake to assume off the bat that what someone is experiencing necessary is of such a matter. I have personally been exploring the hypnagoggc state and liminal mental states since about 1989, when I was a teenager, these matters are more complex than many people realize, and more nuanced. Thank you for replying and watching, and Jazak Allah Khayr.