I really wanted to like this book and discover more. But having read it from start to finish, I find it hard to comprehend where Wilcock wants to take readers. This is a rambling exploration of lucid dreaming, imagined contact with star beings, and a dip into fantasies about illumaniti. The intent isn't clear, nor is the writing. I appreciate that it takes time and energy to write a book - so 3 stars for effort.

I only know David Wilcock from watching Ancient Aliens — and I do watch Ancient Aliens; all the time — so I didn’t know if I was really interested in reading his latest book, Awakening in the Dream, when I saw it was available on NetGalley. I like Ancient Aliens for what I think of as excellent storytelling, its global sense of adventure (every episode is history, culture, and geography combined), and the fact that it always leaves me thinking, “It’s not like I actually believe the ‘ancient astronaut theory’, but it’s sure cool to think about…” So what would a book by one of the show’s contributors actually have to offer me? Turns out: quite a bit. Wilcock starts with personal stories about his childhood and college years, and his experiences with synchronicities and lucid dreaming led him to read many of the same books as I had at about the same age — but whereas my reading eventually spooked me into dropping the metaphysical line of research, Wilcock got to work, developed his gifts, and has made a career out of connecting the dots between disparate sources of scientific and philosophical thought. As for this book: I really liked all of the personal bits, got a bit bored by the Pyramid Timeline/Law of One information, and the overall message — that the world is an illusion made for us to work on karma, and it might be approaching its endpoint — really resonated with me. This book wouldn’t be of interest to everyone, but it was for me.