Precognitive Dreams: Can Dreams Predict the Future? & the Paradox of Free Will | Eric Wargo

Eric Wargo is the author of "Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self" — a mind-expanding book that challenges everything you think you know about dreams, time, and reality. He holds a PhD in anthropology from Emory University, works as a professional science writer, and writes about science fiction, consciousness, and the paranormal on his popular blog The Nightshirt.In this conversation, we explore the science behind precognition and what it actually means for our understanding of time and reality, the barriers that prevent us from recognizing precognitive dreams, and how Eric's encounter with precognition fundamentally changed his view of self and consciousness.We get into how Freud and Jung viewed dreams and how Eric's understanding radically differs, the three steps to doing precognitive dreamwork, the importance of dating your dreams through calendrical resonance, the fractal nature of dreams, and the paradox of free will that precognition reveals.We also debate materialism and the nature of mind, discuss Bernardo Kastrup's work on idealism, and explore what precognitive dreamwork reveals about the superpower of intuition and what it means to have a "long self" that extends beyond ordinary time.A genuinely mind-bending conversation at the intersection of consciousness studies, parapsychology, and the philosophy of mind.🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗In-depth summary of "Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self" Eric's blog — The Nightshirt Eric on Twitter Dream Game — Ann Faraday Daryl Bem's study on precognition An Experiment with Time — J.W. Dunne Mutants and Mystics — Jeffrey Kripal Authors of the Impossible — Jeffrey Kripal The Invisible College — Jacques Vallee🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️0:00 - Introduction 1:09 - How Eric got into studying dreams 4:51 - The science behind precognition 9:13 - What is precognition and the barriers to recognizing it 20:51 - How precognition impacted Eric's view of self and reality 21:15 - Eric and Artem debate materialism and science 29:45 - How precognition changed Eric's understanding of self and reality 35:09 - Science not only gives us answers but expands our questions 38:01 - How Freud and Jung viewed dreams — and how Eric's understanding differs 44:30 - The three steps to doing precognitive dreamwork 48:16 - The importance of dating your dreams — calendrical resonance 51:47 - The fractal nature of dreams 56:11 - The most important thing to understand about precognitive dreams 1:03:11 - The paradox of free will 1:11:12 - The reward of precognitive dreamwork 1:16:17 - The superpower of intuition 1:18:36 - Advice Eric would give to his teenage self 1:21:51 - Eric's most recommended books 1:24:00 - Eric's understanding of mind and consciousness 1:28:08 - Artem and Eric discuss Bernardo Kastrup's work and further debate materialism 1:35:48 - Where to connect with Eric*Subscribe to my YouTube channel to watch the video versions of the Elevating Consciousness Podcast *Subscribe to the Insighter Substack to get in-depth articles on the theory and practice of human transformation through a post-conventional