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Controlled Dreams in the Alchemical Tradition of Taoism - Paul Ferguson - 08-12-2025
Alexey A. Maslov
"The paper focuses on the Taoist concept of “dreams”, which is considered from the point of view of the meditative practice of “realized dreams” or “controlled visions”. Famous Taoist masters Chen Tuan (10th cent.), Ma Danyang (12th cent.), Bai Yuchan (12th cent.) and many others implemented techniques of “controlled dreams” as a type of meditative alchemical practice: erasing the frontier between sleep and reality, long periods of vigil in a state of “almost sleep” lead to deactualization of the own “ego”."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357184094_The_Practice_of_Controlled_Dreams_in_the_Alchemical_Tradition_of_Taoism