Dreams of Awakening
My Thoughts
I am usually suspicious when I read books about spirituality. Indeed, I don't really like when certain things are stated "like that", without necessarily being supported by scientific evidence. In this case, this book is as much spiritual as scientific, so it's all right.
First of all, this book is very interesting for beginners in lucid dreaming. It is a good guide, it presents the most used and recommended techniques for beginners.
For those who are more advanced, it is also useful because it proposes other methods, which are a bit more spiritual but just as interesting. It also explains what to do once in the dream.
He also talks about other things, for example shared dreams, or premonitory dreams. On the other hand, the scientific evidence is questionable. For example, the author said that premonitory dreams are well regarded by the scientific community, yet in some research I found that the scientific community does not approve of premonitory dreams. There are other examples like this. In short, you have to check the author's references to make sure he is not talking nonsense.
In the appendix, the author offers some examples of lucid dreams that are fun to read.
To conclude, This book is on the whole interesting and successful.
To Read or Not to Read?
This book is particularly interesting for beginners as it is a good guide to get started. However, the experienced will also get something out of it as the approach taken by this book is unusual and covers little known methods.