His audacious objective was to implant a chip in his own brain, inspired by the thought-provoking movie "Inception," which explores the concept of dream manipulation.
Raduga firmly believes that this chip holds the power to revolutionize lucid dreaming.
From The Daily Mail UK:
The life-threatening study has not appeared in any peer-reviewed journals and is not backed by any universities, but Mr Raduga claimed he needed to do it for himself.
'I am glad I survived but I was ready to die,' he told MailOnline in an exclusive interview.
'For many people, it will be some sort of entertainment. Now, imagine a paralysed person who cannot experience anything in this life and now we find a way to help him to get into a lucid dream where everything is possible. Have sex, eat something, do something interesting.'
Mr Raduga is the founder of Phase Research Center which claims to provide beginner's guidance on how to experience sleep paralysis, out-of-body experiences and 'astral projection'.
Although he isn't a doctor, Mr Raduga's previous work has attracted the attention of thousands, with videos that encourage the idea that lucid dreaming is the perfect chance to do 'dirty business'.
This includes eating fast food, getting laid with 'pornstars or your favourite neighbour' or even taking drugs and driving a Ferrari.
Now, with his new platinum and silicon implant, he claims to have taken this up a notch, using the power of electricity to trigger certain actions in dreams.
He inserted the chip into his brain after watching hours of neurosurgery YouTube videos and practicing on five sheep - he told no one of his plans.
While this was eventually removed in hospital after five weeks, Phase Today followers have already been asked whether they would be 'willing to get a brain implant for more efficient lucid dreaming'.
It's difficult to determine whether this man was motivated by sheer brilliance or perhaps a touch of derangement... I'm more inclined to lean towards the latter.
Although it is undeniably remarkable that he managed to perform brain surgery on himself, one cannot help but question the reasoning behind risking his life for the pursuit of a lofty goal such as achieving the kind of lucid dreaming portrayed in the clearly fictional movie "Inception."
