First of all, it is rather annoying how some reviewers have given this book a bad rating just because it doesn't go into detail on how to have lucid dreams/astral projections. Newsflash: Not every book has to be a 'how to' book! Indeed if you are new to lucid dreaming then you would be better purchasing "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" by Stephen LaBerge, but if you already know how to achieve lucidity then this book is brilliant for enhancing your abilities and increasing the frequency of your lucid dreams.Also, don't be put off by the title. The book was written by a man born in 1885 and he didn't know whether his experiences involved traveling outside of his body or not. As we all know, lucid dreams, SP and FAs all can feel like you are leaving your body and there was not much scientific research on the subject back then.The book is a beautifully narrated account of the author's personal discovery of lucid dreaming as a young boy and his ongoing experiences and experiments over the years. He writes very descriptively and reading it activates your visualization and imagination specific to being in dreams and false awakenings. I believe that reading this book primed my mind and caused me to have an increased number of lucid experiences. I mean, it makes sense: If you spend lots of time thinking about, visualizing and imagining the feeling of being in a dream during the day and especially before bed, then it's bound to have some influence on achieving lucidity.I could barely put this book down while I was reading it. The only reason I did was because I wanted to spin it out! It was so fascinating reading about someone having lucid dreams nearly a century before I was born! Reading about the lifestyle back then adds an element of interest too.If you enjoy reading about other people's lucid experiences then this book won't disappoint. The author's style and dream stories are really quite charming and I will be re-reading it many more times in the years to come.