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Camille DeMere, for reading our early drafts and telling us when

the mark had been missed, and to our other readers Terry Soloway,

Brian Miller, and Edye Weissler. To Mallory Grigg, who threw us

a life jacket when we were over our heads in InDesign. Rebecca

Storch and Lauren Pennline for stamping, shipping and support-

ing us throughout. And thanks to the talented Krasimir Galabov

for creating a beautiful digital laboratory for us.

Jared: Much thanks to my brothers, Austin and Simon, for

hawking early copies of this book to their classmates. Lots of

thanks to my cousin, Michael, for introducing me to lucid dream-

ing in the first place. To all my family, friends, and loved ones,

thanks for their infinite support on this adventure.

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Dylan: Thanks to Linda Dawson for letting me blab about this

book for two years, and for her always present love and support.

Thanks to Emma Tuccillo for hand-binding a two-hundred-and-

fifty-page book and for all her enthusiasm. To Sean Tuccillo for

being a sounding board, and for calling me when Kickstarter was

exploding. And to all my family and friends.

Thomas: To you—the bold, the courageous, the ones ready

and willing to awaken the dreamer. Together, we will remember

ourselves to be infinite.

Lastly, thanks to all the authors, researchers, and dreamers who

came before us. We were only continuing along a path that had

already been pioneered.

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About the Authors

Thomas Peisel, Jared Zeizel, and Dylan Tuccillo are award-

winning writers and filmmakers, each with his own story.

Thomas began his exploits in the dream world as a teenager. After

becoming lucid spontaneously, he began immersing himself in

books, articles, and anything he could find that might help him

understand this unique experience. Since then, he has flown above

the clouds with geese, run through the woods as a wolf, created a

galaxy, and met with various teachers in his dreams. His greatest

advice was given to him by a seven-foot-tall Abraham Lincoln.

Jared also learned about lucid dreaming during his teenage years.

He’s bathed in the sunlight while flying, battled giant robot nin-

jas, conversed with the darker aspects of himself, and practiced

controlling energy. He looks at lucid dreaming as a chance to step

through the mirror of dreaming, an opportunity to push the veil

of our reality aside and glimpse at the nature of the universe. He

also likes hanging out with baby tiger cubs. Dylan was introduced

to lucid dreaming by Thomas after the two met at college. He

gawked at this amazing ability and soon found himself flying over

the ocean, talking with guides, and exploring Mexican villages.

The three started thinking about
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming

in late 2010. “If only the rest of the world could wake up in their

dreams!” they thought. All three authors live in Manhattan.

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