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Universal, archetypal dream symbols lovingly explored
Jeremy Taylor's first two books, DREAM WORK, and WHERE PEOPLE FLY AND WATER RUNS UP HILL, (q.v.) are brilliant introductions to exploring dreams with an eye to their deeper meanings. Both books offer insights thatempower individual dreamers to look more deeply into their own dreamingexperience and find more of the MULTIPLE MEANINGS that inhere in everydream - (even the tiniest fugitive fragments.) These books deal withforming on-going, lay-led dream groups, as well as working with one'sdreams in solitude. LIVING LABYRINTH takes this self-empowerment dream workprocess one step further, encouraging dreamers to seek the "aha!"of meaning not only in the personal layers of significance in their dreams,but also in the transpersonal, archetypal symbols and metaphors that alwaysappear in our dreams. Filled with re-tellings of some of the world's mostinteresting and emotionally compelling myths and sacred narratives, as wellas accounts of many dreams of contemporary dreamers, the book explores thedeep, recurring patterns of meaning and symbol that appear in both ourindividual dreams and our shared. collective religious and spiritualstories. There are alos 22 charming illustrations and diagrams (drawn bythe author) that make the book visually appealing as well intellectuallystimulating. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Devotional    2. Dream interpretation    3. Dreams    4. Dreams - General    5. General    6. Literature: Folklore/Mythology    7. Mythology    8. Philosophy    9. Psychological aspects    10. Psychology    11. Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality    12. Symbolism (Psychology)    13. Christian moral & pastoral theology    14. Myths & mythology   

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Making Every Night An Adventure
I'm not particularly into new-age stuff, and this book does contain a bit of it, but I still find this book immensely enjoyable.I try and read a little before bed each night, for the writing is informative yet calming and the illustrations are also relaxing and dream-like.Unfortunately I'm usually very busy and am too tired to read every night, so I sometimes get out of the habit, but the times when I've stuck with it I've noticed I can remember more of my dreams and sometimes I've been able to lucid dream.The exercises in the book really help with remembering your dreams, controlling the content, controlling your actions (lucid dreaming), and interpretation.When I wake up in the morning, I recall all the adventures I had the night before and I feel like I've learned a little more about myself.When you can't take a vacation, you can always dream!

Excellent!
This book is ABSOLUTELY wonderful. Lovely, Simple, and Straightforward
This is a most helpful and useful book.The exercises are quite lovelyand straightforward, the explanations simple, and all the bases are covered(lucid dreaming, dream incubation, self-discovery through purposefuldreaming, dream interpretation).One of the most delightful aspects of thebook is the collection of artwork and illustrations, which on their ownprovoke contemplation, and intrigue the reader with their dreamy symbolism. I have read a lot of "junky" books on this subject, butFontana's book is a solid addition to my bookshelf, a real keeper. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dream interpretation    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. General    5. Miscellanea    6. New Age    7. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    8. Psychology    9. Self-actualization (Psychology    10. Self-actualization (Psychology)    11. Self-realization    12. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams    13. Sleep & dreams   

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Dreaming True How to Dream Your Future and Change Your Life for Better
The book I needded to understand I can change for better. I can make mistakes and still make something good out of them. I realized that the excitement in life I want to create can be dangerous for me if I am not having best intentions in my heart. I know I can change my environment and my personality for better. I know I can do this! The power is in me and I have to learn how to use it.
Must read for shamanic dreamers
"Dreaming is undoubtedly the most universal methodology used by shamans for entering shamanic states of consciousness - more common than either ecstatic drumming or psychoactive sacraments - yet there are deplorably few books devoted to the subject of shamanic dreaming...Robert Moss covers a wealth of shamanic dream practices... Not your ordinary reality...
In Dreaming True, Robert Moss expands his magnificent contribution to dreamers everywhere.He opens up multiple dimensions of dreaming, from practical information to spiritual guidance, physical and emotional healing, all in a way that's accessible, entertaining and inspiring to read.Read more

Subjects:  1. Dream interpretation    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. Healing - General    5. Parapsychology - ESP (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy)    6. Psychology    7. Self-Help    8. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams    9. Body, Mind & Spirit-Healing - General    10. Body, Mind & Spirit-Parapsychology - ESP (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy)    11. Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation    12. Self-Help / Dreams   

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A masterful perspective on dream interpretation
Tracking the Dream Story Sometimes the most simple, obvious statement contains the most profound truth. Case in point: A dream is a story. It1s a simple idea, almost obvious when you think about it. Dreams have the drama of powerful stories. Have you ever wondered why, if dreams are supposed to be 3messages2, that they usually come in the form of stories, rather than in the form of explanations or instructions? I1m sure you1ve wished, 3If my dreams are trying to get a message across to me, why don1t they do it more directly?2 Have you ever considered that, maybe, the story is the most direct method? We all enjoy stories. We respond to them more directly than we do to dry, intellectual explanations. We are now just beginning to understand, in a dry intellectual, scientific way, how people understand stories and grasp their meaning. Responding to stories is so natural, we never wondered how we do it. Carl Jung pointed out the dramatic structure of dreams and began the study of how stories affect us. Edgar Cayce used the theme of the dream1s story as a basis of his dream interpretations. That method is now a cornerstone of modern dream interpretation. If story is such an important way of learning, it would seem natural to teach about dreams by telling stories about them. Of all the dream experts I know, the one who does the best job of this style of teaching is Robert Bosnak. A Jungian analyst originally from the Netherlands, Bosnak first came to national attention with his book, Dreaming with an AIDS Patient. In this book (that became the basis for a stage play), he told us the story of his involvement with a person who was very much alive as well as terminally ill. At the same time he taught us a lot about dreams and dreamwork, using both his patients and his own dreams. In an earlier book, titled, A Little Course on Dreams, he told us stories about himself and his patients to illustrate the life of dreams and the attempts to find meaning in them. Bosnak1s latest book, Tracks in the Wilderness of Dreams (Delacorte Press), is a story within a story, and an important new contribution to dream interpretation. At one level, the story is about his visit to Australia where he exchanges professional trade secrets with Aborigenee healers. At another level, it is Bosnak1s own story of his dreams helping him reconcile with his father1s death. Within these two personal accounts we learn how to work with dreams in the Bosnak mode. An important dimension of his creative style of dreamwork is attending to the emotional atmosphere of a dream. Much of the value of a dream is in revealing emotional realities normally hidden from the dreamer. Bosnak illustrates how the emotional atmosphere in a dream story is a psychic field in which others can participate. Yet I1ve found that the story doesn1t even have to be told for its emotional field to have communicative power. Eleven years ago in this magazine (Sept/Oct, 1985), I described an exciting new dimension in dreamwork. It began at A.R.E. Camp when some youngsters told me dreams they had about other young campers who were sleeping in my 3dream tent2 incubating visionary dreams. These unexpected 3bystander2 dreams seemed to seek vicarious participation in the healing experiences of the incubating tent dreamers. It was serendipitous discovery, that one person could 3dream about2 someone else, and it led to the creation of the 3dream helper ceremony.2 In this procedure, a group of people 3donate2 their dreams to help a stranger in distress who is dealing with an unexpressed dilemma. What happens (perhaps your local study group has attempted this healing ritual) is that even though no one knows in advance the nature of the focus person1s problem, most everyone1s dreams proves to connect to it! That in itself is amazing. Yet even more, each person1s dream also relates to the dreamer1s own personal version of that problem. What1s going on here? By intuitively recognizing and uncovering the hidden emotional reality underlying the focus person1s problem, the dream 3helpers2 seem to be reminded of a related emotional reality in their own life. Each human story has universal elements. A psychic 3field2 is created by the focus person1s story and the community of helpers collaborate on tracking down a healing solution for a dilemma by reflecting upon their own lives. The dreams tamed the wilderness of the unknown and the stranger in distress became a part of a healing family. Bosnak calls this kind of communication we observe in the Dream Helper ceremony 3symbiotic communication.2 We come to understand the emotions of another person by participating in them. This intuitive link between people, evident in the empathic experience, is a key to dreamwork. Just as we better understand a person by empathy than by analysis, so we better understand a dream by empathy. A story naturally evokes empathy. If we can empathize with a person1s story without even hearing it, as in the 3Dream Helper Ceremony,2 it suggests that the realm of stories is beyond space-time, existing in a transpersonal, fourth dimensional realm. Dreams are stories our souls tell to elicit our empathy. Listen to them! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dream interpretation    2. Dreams    3. General    4. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    5. Psychoanalysis    6. Psychology    7. Self-Help / Dreams   

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A Few Words About Each Writer
I'm going to take this one at a time: Fascinating and fun to read
Although this book is centered on the subject of how writers use dreams in their work, it contains a great deal of fascinating anecdotal information about the process of writing in general.As a professional writer and aformer writing teacher, I'm constantly amazed at the misconceptions peoplehave about the writing process -- e.g., "good writers get it right thefirst time and never have to revise," or "there's one RIGHT wayto write" -- and this book does a lot to dispel those misconceptions. It also implicitly points out that writing is a continual dialogue betweenthe irrational, creative, dream-logic part of the mind and the rational,critical, linear part, and that the most successful writers are those whocan balance the two.Epel has done a great job of shaping the authors'comments into easy-to-read essays, and I was impressed that she avoided thetemptation of showcasing herself as the all-knowing interviewer.This isnot only a fun book to read, but very informative too.

One of the most interesting books on the creative process.
This book is awesome.It is one of the most interesting books I have readon both writing and the creative process.Perhaps because it provides sometrue insight into the way writers actually work.This is not your typical"Interview with the Author."Naomi Epel's interviewees revealthemselves to be human, and not "just" literary luminaries.Theytalk candidly about how they find inspiration; how they find solutions toobstacles in their writing; and how so many of these solutions or answerslie deep within themselves, often to be revealed through their dreams.Thekey is to be open enough to hear to what your subconscious is telling you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Dreams - General    3. General    4. Literary Criticism    5. Psychology    6. Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors)    7. Literary studies: general   

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The way in to dream interpretation
Living your dreams is all you could ask for as an introduction to personal dream interpretation. Asa practical guide to recording and getting the most out of your dreams, it is unsurpassed. It also offers an introduction to the various schools of thought and a good reading list.

Still my favorite
Definitely a classic!It should be noted, however, that this is essentially the 3rd edition of LIVING YOUR DREAMS.The first, which is the one I read, was published in the late 1970's. The third edition is more refined and, I thought, a bit more conservative. Very well presented, and easily accessible.I was"incubating" dreams the very first night I read the directions.I would definitely recommend this book, especially to people who rarely remember their dreams, and want to see what all the fuss is about! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dreams    2. Dreams - General    3. General    4. Miscellanea    5. Problem solving    6. Psychology    7. Self-Help    8. Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation    9. Self-Help / General    10. Sleep & dreams   

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Spiritual Perspectives and Implications of Dreams
Connie Kaplan's most recent book is divinely inspired teachings on the deeper meanings and purposes of dreams. It goes so far above and beyond the normal personal symbolic or psychological analysis and into the spiritual realms. Our soul, through our dreams speaks to us, guides us, and helps us to remember who we really are and why we are here, both individually and collectively. Dreams model to us the shift from the egocentric level to that of a cohesive community working together for the greater good for all, which we then can manifest in our own waking reality. Quite profound! Men Beware: This book is only for women
Connie Kaplan's book "Dreams Are Letters from the Soul : Discover the Connections Between Your Dreams and Your Spiritual Life" is a fluffy, one-sided view of the dream landscape. Connie Kaplan has an entertaining, engaging writing style that makes her book an easy, understandable read. She explains the different levels of dreams and provides good examples. Yet there is something lacking right from the start. Still Captivated...
Connie Kaplan's book "Dreams Are Letters from the Soul : Discover the Connections Between Your Dreams and Your Spiritual Life" is amazing to read.She has a wonderfully positive and loving view of dreaming and the messages contained therein.I have read this book back to front and front to back and keep on getting more and more insight from it!!Connie's first book, "The Woman's Book of Dreams..." whet my appetite for this more detailed view of dreaming."Dreams Are Letters from the Soul..." offered me life changing ideas and still captivates my mind long after the covers are closed.Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Dream interpretation    3. Dreams    4. Dreams - General    5. Inspiration & Personal Growth    6. New Age    7. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    8. New Age / Parapsychology    9. Spiritual life    10. Spirituality - General    11. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams   

Subjects:  1. Dreams - General    2. General    3. Inspirational    4. Motivational & Inspirational    5. Self-Help    6. Self-Help / General   

Editorial Review

"Our emotions are laid bare in our sleep. We see the raw aggression and rage in us, the unchecked and indiscriminate sexuality. The grief we thought was past rises again as do the hurts and wounds of childhood. In dream sleep, we can't stuff down the feelings we do in waking life when we distract ourselves or suppress the feelings with denial, drugs, alcohol, food, sex. People use all kinds of means to keep from letting their feelings be part of their awareness. In dreams, the emotions are all there. The lid is off," says author Joan Mazza, a psychologist who's led dream groups and seminars across the country. With their laid-bare feelings, dreams are a direct pathway to discovering our unconscious thought processes, solving interpersonal problems, and more fully understanding ourselves. Read more

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Exploring an altered state....
In her book DREAMING YOUR REAL SELF Joan Mazza explores the meaning of dreams.Mazza is a psychologist and licensed mental health counselor with a practice involving work with ongoing dream groups. Mazza also leads dream seminars for mental health professionals. To me, Mazza seems like the Dr. Ruth of dreams-incredibly knowledgeable and pragmatic. Her focus seems to be the significance of dreams for individual dreamers, not the neurological underpinnings of synapses. (However, she briefly addresses some ideas on the why of dreams, such as "the meaningless random firing of neurons in the brain..." and"messages from God, guardian angels, the spirit world, the Higher Self, and the Shadow".) What a great idea
Instead of a generic list of dream symbols, this book tells what dreams may mean in your life and how to use them!I have learned so much.I can't wait for her next book!

A trustworthy guide to the hidden world of the night
I could tell at first glance that Joan Mazza's Dreaming Your Real Self was a credible book about this intriguing topic, that it wasn't one of those silly books that tries to tell you that this means that and no two ways about it. And the further I got into it, the more pleased I was. First ofall, she lets readers know that she's only suggesting possible ways tothink about their dreams. When it comes to dreams, clearly, what any dreamtherapist or author claims is only valuable if it helps you understandyourself in some way. Next, I like that her focus is on health andself-knowledge, not merely on diagnosing neuroses or worse. And then, herapproach is such a joyful one: she helps us find out how our dreams arevery likely making secret rebels of us all. Read more

Subjects:  1. Dream interpretation    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. New Age    5. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    6. New Age / Parapsychology    7. Psychological aspects    8. Self-Help    9. Symbolism    10. Symbolism (Psychology)   

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I loved this book
If your want to start a dream journal,this is a great book.It is small enough to take anywhere.He also uses real people's dreams to illistrate different exercises and ideas which really helped me understand my own dreams better. ... Read more

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Traditional approaches blend with more modern insights
Dimensions of Dreams is the first of the author's books to appear in English - Vedfelt is co-founder of the Jung Institute and the author of numerous books on psychology, and here explores psychology from Freud and Jung to Perls and others. Traditional approaches blend with more modern insights in a title which provides a range of views about sleep research, REM discoveries, and psychology and parapsychology.

Exciting Dimensions in One Large Organic Whole
I have been fascinated by the Dimensions of Dreams by Ole Vedfelt and would like to express my opinion about the book with a translation of a review from the leading German newspaper "DIE WELT", when thebook was published in Germany: A Thorough and Inspired Study of all Dream-Theories
As co-founder of the C.G. Jung Institute, Copenhagen, and as author of several psychological books, Ole Vedfelt has played an important role in establishing Jungian psychology in Denmark. He has received a great deal ofrecognition in both professional circles and in general cultural debatefor, among other things, his original work on male psychology seen from aJungian perspective and his extensive study on Consciousness.Read more

Subjects:  1. Dream interpretation    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. General    5. Movements - Psychoanalysis    6. Psychology    7. Self-Help    8. Reference works    9. Sleep & dreams   

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Help for the dying and their caregivers
This excellent title helps people to understand the types of dreams that people have prior to dying- and how to honor and use the messages that come with these dreams.It will be particularly useful for family and friend caregivers who may not understand the importance of dreams in preparing a person for death and how dreams can bring meaning and peace to the process.It provides also a very short, yet incredibly useful, introduction on how to interpret dreams in general. This title is highly recommended.

Dreaming?
While, I have heard the contention that dreams serve a purpose of helping a person deal with events in their life, I cannot recall any that have accomplished that in my life. The book mentions that category and I wish some time had been spent on that subject. As far as the book went, I found the various experiences of case histories fascinating. Especially the one of Socrates, in which the dream was actually prophetic. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Death    3. Death in dreams    4. Dream interpretation    5. Dreams    6. Dreams - General    7. New Age    8. Psychological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Thanatology    11. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams   

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Better illustrations than text
This book is beautifully illustrated by someone who is a master of Photoshop and has used it to produce vividly dreamlike composite images. That was what I enjoyed most about it.
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Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. New Age    5. Psychology    6. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams    7. LITERATURE - LIT CLASSICS TRD PB   

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Es de suma importancia este Libro.
La vidae est� basada en los sue�os que la mente genera al dormir. Si uno deja de so�ar nos convertimos automaticamente en seres que la vida cualquier dia nos pone fin y dejamos de ser humanos. Los sue�os son las esperanzas que uno acumula por las frustraciones diarias. El sue�o es el oasis de las esperanzas que uno desealograr en la Vida y depende de Dios y la respuesta del individuo para obedecer a sus certezas. Creo que este libro sobre sue�o puede darnos luz a lo que significa las cosas que so�amos. Seamos inteligentes en discernir cual sue�o es realmente que procede de lo alto y cual es lo que trae confusion, frustraciones. Un sue�o guiado o provocado por Dios jamas trae confusion ...si sabemos esperar en su cumplimiento y tomamos una buena actitud cuando las circunstancias nos dicen lo contrario hay que saber esperar en silencio...por que tarde o temprano llega su cumplimiento de los Sue�os.Read more

Subjects:  1. Divination - General    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. Foreign Language Study    5. General    6. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    7. Religion / General    8. Spanish    9. Spanish: Adult Nonfiction    10. Foreign Language Study / Spanish    11. Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation    12. Religion - General   

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Subjects:  1. Children's dreams    2. Dream interpretation    3. Dreams    4. Dreams - General    5. Family & Relationships    6. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    7. Health/Fitness    8. Nightmares    9. Parenting - Child Rearing    10. Parenting - General    11. Child care & upbringing    12. Family & Relationships / Child Care    13. Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation    14. Sleep & dreams   

Subjects:  1. Dream interpretation    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. Fantasy - General    5. Fiction    6. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    7. Astrology    8. Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation   

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The Royal Road to the Unconscious
I have found this to be one of the clearest, most concise books on Jungian dream interpretation that I have ever found. It is also perhaps the best introduction to Jungian analysis itself, for such analysis is essentially educating people to hear their inner voice and follow it with the help of dreams.
Forthright and clear
Extremely pertinent, extremely easy-to-read, extremely helpful - and a superb introduction for persons learning about the importance of dreaming to our daily lives.

"But, of course" von Franz
If you're looking for an introduction to the symbolic life lived close to the unconscious, it doesn't get much better or more concise than this. In a question and answer format, you'll find an easily accessible introductory guide to analytical psychology and Jungian dream analysis.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1915    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. Franz, Marie-Luise von,    5. General    6. Interviews    7. Psychology    8. Franz, Marie-Luise von    9. Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    11. Sleep & dreams   

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The Art of Dream Healing
Dreaming is healing. Our bodies speak to us in dreams, giving us early warning of symptoms we might develop, showing us what they need to stay well. Dreams give us fresh and powerful images for self-healing. Dreams are also the language of the soul; they put us in touch with wells of memory and sources of creativity and energy far beyond the clutter and confusion of the little everyday mind. Beyond this, dreams are experiences of the soul, and can take us - sleeping or hyper-awake - into realms where we can have direct access to sacred healers and teachers.
She Who Dreams:A Journey Into Healing Through Dreamwork
Wonderful book.
A Skeptic Won Over
I confess that I came to this book as something of a skeptic.To my rational, scientific mind, the idea that one's dreams can affect or predict the future seemed pretty iffy.Yet it is hard to deny the truth of personal experience.Wanda Burch has a fascinating story to tell, and I was drawn in by it.She describes her life-and-death experiences in vivid detail, with honesty and insight that leap out from the page.The author is more than a survivor; she is clearly a woman of extraordinary courage.
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Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Breast Cancer    3. Case studies    4. Dream interpretation    5. Dreams    6. Dreams - General    7. Inspiration & Personal Growth    8. New Age    9. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    10. Oncology    11. Therapeutic use    12. Women's dreams    13. Coping with illness    14. Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation