Any Psychologists / Psychiatrists / Neuroscientists out there?

[tr0798]

Just curious. I came across an e-book called "Conscious Dreaming and Controlled Hallucinations" by Claude de Contrecoeur aka Claude Rifat.

http://www.shaman-australis.com/~claude/dreams.html

The reason why I'm asking for Psychologists, Psychiatrists, or Neuroscientists is because I don't know a lot about the technical terms he uses here, and I would like to know if what he's saying is valid. As a Psychology major / Cognitive Sciences minor, this book seems quite amazing to me if what he's saying is accurate, but I currently lack the knowledge to determine that.

In trying to find out more about the guy, I found almost nothing. One website suggested that he's a crackpot of sorts and that his ideas are nonsense, but that was in response to something he wrote on GHB. Anyone know more about him?

[CFTraveler]

Just curious. I came across an e-book called "Conscious Dreaming and Controlled Hallucinations" by Claude de Contrecoeur aka Claude Rifat.

http://www.shaman-australis.com/~claude/dreams.html

The reason why I'm asking for Psychologists, Psychiatrists, or Neuroscientists is because I don't know a lot about the technical terms he uses here, and I would like to know if what he's saying is valid. As a Psychology major / Cognitive Sciences minor, this book seems quite amazing to me if what he's saying is accurate, but I currently lack the knowledge to determine that.

In trying to find out more about the guy, I found almost nothing. One website suggested that he's a crackpot of sorts and that his ideas are nonsense, but that was in response to something he wrote on GHB. Anyone know more about him?

I'm not a psychologist or psychiatrist (my only claim to being an 'ist' is that I studied anthropology) but I think this video explains a lot of it quite well:
http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/ldd-09-dynamics-of-dream-emergence/11128631

Check it out.  Let us know what you think. BTW, your post and this made me want to look into it more.

[The Present Moment]

To my layman's eye, the scientific concepts he references look made up, but his techniques for having LDs look sound.