Selected Articles, Papers, and Presentations


View the trailer for new docummentary video on lucid dreaming, titled Wake Up! Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, in which I am interviewed.

The Practice of Middle-of-the-Night Meditation and Dream Reliving: A Powerful Catalyst to Spiritual Awakening and Healing
. Presentation made to the International Assn. for the Study of Dreams, Chicago, June, 2009. You can download both the Powerpoint and the hour-long audio presentation:

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Note: The audio download is
not set up to open when you open the Powerpoint download. However, you can open them separately and run them concurrently, and simply advance the Powerpoint as needed.

View the video interview of me on lucid dreaming that was created for a cable TV series, hosted by my friend and colleague, Dr. Mark Thurston.

"A Peace You've Never Known: The Dramatic Impact of Middle-of-the-Night Meditation " Venture Inward, 25, 4, July-August, 2009.

"Inducing Lucid Dreams Through Early Morning Meditation and Dream Reliving"
A presentation at the 2007 conference of the International Assn. for the Study of Dreams

"
The Five Star Method: A Relational Dream Work Methodology Based on Cocreative Dream Theory" by G. Scott Sparrow and Mark Thurston, currently under review (Establishes the theoretical and research foundations for the Five Star Method of Dream Analysis)

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"The Five Star Method of Dream Analysis: Outline of Steps" by G. Scott Sparrow


"Informed Love as a Curative Factor," Mental Health, Religion, and Culture. Author Posting. (c) G. Scott Sparrow, 2008. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of G. Scott Sparrow for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Mental Health, Religion & Culture, December, 2007. doi:10.1080/13674670802040087 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674670802040087)

"Progressive Triangulation in Psychotherapy and the Spiritual Journey," Mental Health, Religion, and Culture. Author Posting. (c) G. Scott Sparrow, 2008. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of G. Scott Sparrow for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Mental Health, Religion & Culture, , January 2008. doi:10.1080/13674670802040087 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674670802040087)

Lucid Dreaming: Dawning of the Clear Light (1976) -- the first book on lucid dreaming published in the United States.

A Preliminary Inquiry into the Psychological Function of Secrets in the Apparitions of Mary, by Gregory Scott Sparrow, Ed.D. and Javier Cavazos, Jr., M.Ed., University of Texas-Pan American.

"Grace in a Flower," by G. Scott Sparrow
Sunrise Magic

"Starry Nebulae," by G. Scott Sparrow

Interview of Dr. Sparrow by Emmy-award winning KC Cowan on KXL Radio, Portland, Oregon" on the topic of his first book on Marian visions and dreams, Blessed Among Women.

"The Antecedents to the Experience of Light in Dreams"
A presentation at the 2007 conference of the International Assn. for the Study of Dreams

"Applying the Concept of Reciprocity in the Analysis of Dream Imagery"
A presentation at the 2007 conference of the International Assn. for the Study of Dreams

"How Systems Theory and Post-Modern Ideas Are Influencing Contemporary Dream Analysis"
presentation at the 2006 conference of the International Assn. for the Study of Dreams

"Dreams as a Path of Initiation,"published in Venture Inward

"The Power of Triangular Relationships," published in Venture Inward

"Does God Mislead Us?", published in Venture Inward

Nationally published articles pertaining to fly fishing by Dr. Sparrow