Stay away from rituals it takes your power away, you can research it just to be prepared and have knowledge. Trust me, you don't want to end up being another entity's biatch.

Meditate and go within, which is the opposite of rituals and such things

[link to es.eiriu-eolas.org] This has helped me quite a lot to remember my dreams, one important key to dreaming is brain oxygenation.

Also get the book Toltec dreaming.