The Dao of Sleep and Dream

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The Dao of Sleep and Dream is written by Laing Z. Matthews and published by Esther's Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1997621584 (ISBN 10) and 9781997621584 (ISBN 13).

The Dao of Sleep and Dream — A Sacred Return to the Night In a world that treats sleep as downtime and dreams as disposable, this book restores night to its rightful place: as a sacred passage back to the Dao. The Dao of Sleep and Dream is not a sleep hack manual. It is a devotional map to the deepest rhythms of rest, spirit, and cosmic return. Drawing from classical Daoist medicine, inner alchemy, and the forgotten wisdom of night adepts, Laing Z. Matthews invites you to stop collapsing into unconsciousness—and begin descending with reverence. In these pages, sleep is not explained. It is re-sanctified. You will learn: • Why sleep is mandated by Heaven—not optional • How to interpret insomnia as a spiritual misalignment • The anatomy of the dream body: Hun, Po, and Shen • Daoist views on sleep paralysis, ghost pressure, and night wandering • What causes spirit-fractured dreams and how to seal the field • Rituals to call the spirit home before bed • The rare art of Bu Dao Dan—upright sleep in stillness • How the Shen recalibrates through dreamless sleep • What truly happens to the soul between 11pm and 1am • Initiatory dreamwork, spirit-walking, and luminous death preparation This book includes: • Case studies from Daoist clinical healing • Cosmological analysis of Yin time, seasonal sleep, and Zi Wu flow • Practical field practices for protecting your Shen during sleep • Reflections on karmic entanglement and ancestral dream transmission • A full glossary for all technical and spiritual terms Most people fall asleep by force, not by grace. They close their eyes while the spirit still wanders, the heart unsealed, the Qi fragmented. And they wake up wondering why they’re still tired. This book changes that. Rooted in Daoist tradition and written in a voice both poetic and uncompromising, The Dao of Sleep and Dream reminds us that sleep is not a break from life. It is the secret center of it. In right sleep, the body restores, the soul realigns, and the spirit returns to what the ancients called the “place before the breath.” This book is for: • Healers, meditators, and internal cultivation practitioners • Sleep-strugglers seeking more than supplements • Dreamers who have sensed their dreams mean more • Seekers who feel the Dao calling when the world goes quiet Whether you suffer from insomnia, yearn for clearer dreams, or simply feel that modern life has robbed night of its holiness, this book offers you a return path. Let sleep become a ritual. Let dreams become instruction. Let the night become sacred again. May your nights grow still. May your dreams remember you. May the Dao cradle you in sleep.