The Nova Dreamer assists with helping you develop the ability to have lucid dreams. It is a mask that is worn while you sleep. In this mask is a comfortable foam coating. Inside that is a mechanism that detects when your eyes start moving in REM (Rapid Eye Movement). When this happens, little red LED lights gently flash in a pattern that works for you. In your dream, you will see a flashing effect of some sort and remember then that you are dreaming. This is the concept behind the Nova Dreamer.

Unfortunately, the Nova Dreamer is no longer readily available on the market. There are used Nova Dreamers occasionally on Ebay, but they have been discontinued. They were manufactured by the Lucidity Institute, but I suspect that there were medical liabilities that the organization decided it didn't want to be responsible for. The flashing lights are dangerous for people with epilepsy, and can cause seizures in people who do not realize they are susceptible to them.

The Nova Dreamer has an equivalent, fortunately. It can be found on the internet by searching for the Dream Maker (or DreamMaker, one word). At the time of the writing of this course, it is for sale and shipped via postal mail from the website www.wellnesstools.com. These devices cost about $250 US, just like the Nova Dreamer did. If you are really serious about lucid dreaming and gaining access to that virtual reality inside you, I highly recommend getting one of these devices. It is a small and well spent entrance fee to the world inside your imagination during dreams, where you can experience anything you want to experience.

Lucid dreams happen most often during the latter hours of sleep, and most frequently in the last two hours of sleep. I used the Nova Dreamer. I found it uncomfortable to sleep with the mask all night. I got around this discomfort by simply waiting until I woke up every morning to use the bathroom. Then I put it on after I went back to bed for my last two hours of sleep. That method worked very well, and I was able to achieve lucid dreams during those last two hours of sleep more easily than at other times of the night.