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Dream and Dreaming resources are available both On and Off the Net so you can now contact people and organizations with ease and find at your local bookstores and libraries a wide variety of books. Included below are some pointers to these resources and guides to books, covering such diverse topics as dream science, dreams and children, lucid dreaming, dream work and interpretive techniques.
Links to Dreaming on the Internet
Offline Resources, Organizations and publications
Books:
ASD Online Short List of Texts on Dreams The Association for the Study
of Dreams offers a short list of recommended books on dreams and dreaming.
You will find both classics and new books in this list, all of the highest
quality
Recommended
Intro Dream Books From the Director of the Novato Center for Dreams,
Jill Gregory
Henry Reed Researcher Bibliography A wonderful collection of Dream
texts, literature, research, books and magazine articles. Hundreds of references.
Michael Schredl's Updated Researcher Bibliography An updated collection
(1996)of wonderful Dream texts, literature, books and magazine articles.
Hundreds of references and special focus on Dream Research.
DreamGate Dream Texts Collection A collected Bibliography on hundreds
of dream publications - Lots of dreams in chapters of other
books as well as extensive journal listing on the use of dreams and dreams
and anthropology. Collected By Richard
Wilkerson
Linda Magallon Dream Psi Archive This Dream Psi Archive is dedicated
to extraordinary dreams. It features information on mutual, lucid, psychic,
creative, psionic and flying dreams as well as related phenomena. It supports
the dream projects and activities of the Fly-By-Night
Club.
Dream Network
Article Index 1982- 1990 . H. Roberta Ossana, Publisher/Editor of Dream
Network Journal has provided an extensive list of DN articles.
Sorry, Temporarily not online.
Dreamlink's
Bibliographies
For an update on the latest sites and information, be sure to check the
ED Dream Resources
as well as the latest issues of The
Global Dreaming News Online Articles on dreams and dreaming are indexed
at the ED Dream Library
.
Dream Sharing and Dreamwork are the names given to any expression or interaction that is related in some way to the telling and expressing of dreams or dream inspired creative activities. It may be as simple as writing down a dream or as complex as dramatizing or acting out the symbols and imagery of the dream with a group of others gathered to explore each other's dreams.
Although dream sharing was banned for nearly 2000 years, it has now returned with gusto and finds expression in art, literature, psychology, philosophy, and grassroots support groups.All of these fields share common elements, but can vary widely in purpose and procedures. Be sure to clarify with any group claiming to do dreamwork what the goals and procedure are, and whether or not they are practicing psychotherapy, have a religious affiliation, are doing research, or are a peer group.
Dream Sharing On the Internet - Links
Dream Sharing has reached the Net and found that the anonymity and
reflective distance an excellent environment for insightful exploration
and fun, non-interpretive activities. For a general summary article on
these new venues, I suggest the articles at Self Help and Psychology on
New Trends
in Dreamwork I and II by Richard Wilkerson.
For a more specific article, see the Scoop
file at the Electric Dreams Library
Offline Resources for DreamSharing There are many resources now to
help you locate or create a group in your area. These include journals,
newsletters and dream concerned organizations and schools.
DREAM
SHARING NETWORK DIRECTORIES
DREAM GROUPS - Peer groups in the United States. Listed each issue
of DREAMNETWORK JOURNAL by local area. or send for:
The Art of Dreamsharing & Developing Dream Groups
The Dream Network offers this 44 page booklet of valuable information
and ideas. The Art of Dreamsharing... contains the best articles from our
publication's history on ethics, hints and insights for dreamsharing...
both one-on-one and in dream groups. $6.25 per copy (includes P&H).
P.O. Box 1026,Moab, UT 84532 #800 Subscription Line: (800) 861-3732
ASD Pamphlet on Starting A Dreamsharing Group. Send a self addressed
stamped envelope with $1.00 to ASD How to start a dreamgroup pamphlet
P.O. Box 1600
Vienna, VA 22183
Phone: (703)-242-0062 Fax:(703)-242-8888
Dream and Dreaming resources in the United States. Send a self-addressed,stamped
envelope to:
Dream Resource List
C/O Jill Gregory
Novato Dream Library
PO BOX 866
Novato, CA94948
Dream & Dreaming Resources on the Internet. Send $1.00 and a
self-addressed,stamped envelope to: Dreamsharing in Cyberspace
List C/ORichard Wilkerson
DreamGate
4644 Geary Blvd, STE 171
San Francisco, CA 94118
For an update on the latest sites and information, be sure to check the
ED Dream Resources
as well as the latest issues of The
Global Dreaming News Online Articles on dreams and dreaming are indexed
at the ED Dream Library
.
Other
Dream Sharing References:
Herbert, J.W. (1991) "Human Science Research Methods in Studying Dreamwork: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Face-to-Face and Computer Dream Work Groups" Unpublished Manuscript, Saybrook Institute, San Francisco
Krippner, Stanley. (Ed.). (1990). Dreamtime and Dreamwork: Decoding the Language of the Night. Los Angeles: Jeremy P Tarcher, Inc.
Krippner, S. Gabel, S., Green, J. and Rubien, R. (1994). Community applications of an experiential group approach. Dreaming, 4(4), 215-222.
Shafton, Anthony (1995). Dream Reader: Contemporary Approaches to the Understanding of Dreams. Albany, NY: Suny Press.
Taylor, Jeremy (1992). Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill: Using Dreams to tap the Wisdom of the Unconscious. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc.
--------. (1987). Working with dreams in pastoral counseling. Pastoral Psychology, 36(2), 123-130.
--------. (1983). Dream Work. New York: Paulist Press.
Ullman, Montague (1994). The experiential dream group: Its application in the training of therapists. Dreaming, 4(4), 223-229.
--------. (1984). Group dream work and healing. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 20, 120-130.
--------. (1982). On relearning the forgotten language. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 18(1), 153-159.
--------. (1973). Societal factors in dreaming. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 9, 282-293.
--------. (1960). The social roots of the dream. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 20(2), 180-195.
Ullman, M and Limmer, C. (Eds.). (1989). The Variety of Dream Experience. New York: Continuum Publishing Co.
Ullman, M. and Storm, E. F. (1986). Dreaming and the dream: Social and personal perspectives. The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 7(2and3), 429-448.
--------. (1996). Dreaming Online: The Global Cyberspace Dreamsharing Community. Dream Network Journal. 15(1), 30-33.
--------. (1995). The Gateway is Now Open: An Introduction to the Cyberphile and Dream Guide to the Internet. Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter, 12(3and4), 25-26.
--------. (1995). A Dream Guide to the Internet. San Francisco, CA:
DreamGate Publications (Now available online at DreamGate
How long does a dream last? Why do my teeth fall out of my dreams? What can I do about being chased in dreams by strangers? Will I die if I dream that I die? Do dreams predict the future? Doesn't science say that dreams are meaningless? How do I become a lucid dreamer?
If these or other questions interest you, Self Help and Psychology Magazine has a Questions and Answers Department where you can find answers to these and other questions about dreaming. If your question is not there, the Dream Educator will research and answer your question.
Note: Psychology and Self Help will not analyize dreams. They do provide a variety of ways for you to explore your dreams and find the meaning and value for yourself.
Questions and Answers Department for Dreams and Dreaming
Another great resource is the Electric Dreams E-zine. Here there are hundreds of subscribers, many who are willing to share their views. This is a peer group magazine, and no one is considered and expert, but the responses are personal and often quite well informed.
How to Subscribe to Electric Dreams:
Send an e-mail to: TO: majordomo@igc.apc.org SUBJECT: Sub me (or anything, this line is not read) IN BODY OF EMAIL PUT ONLY:
subscribe electric-dreams
In a short time you will receive a welcome letter and once a month Electric Dreams will be delivered to your address. If you get a chance, drop me a line an tell me a little bit about your interest in dreams and dreaming.
for the latest issue, go to the Electric Dreams USA mirror backissue site
A new and upcoming source for questions on dreams and dreaming is the Association for the Study of Dreams Bulletin Board. You can post your message here and hope for a response from a famous dream personality or research. Don't hold your breath.
Also, if you like to post and wait for questions and answers, the Usenet newsgroups alt.dreams and alt.dreams.lucid are available through your local server.
For an update on the latest sites and information, be sure to check the
ED Dream Resources
as well as the latest issues of The
Global Dreaming News Online Articles on dreams and dreaming are indexed
at the ED Dream Library
.
Alternative Dreaming includes psychic dreaming, dreams and the paranormal, mutual dreaming, shared dreaming, dream incubation or problem solving, and dream re-entry and other dream practices and phenomena that are rare or less well known.
Actually, the Internet is itself a form of alternative dream sharing!
Links to Alternative Dreaming on the Internet
Note especially the Dream
Psi Archive established by Linda Magallon, the author of Mutual
Dreaming and The
YAHOO INDEX ON PARANORMAL
Offline Resources for Alternative Dreaming
are scarce and few, but growing.
For an update on the latest sites and information, be sure to check the
ED Dream Resources
as well as the latest issues of The
Global Dreaming News Online Articles on dreams and dreaming are indexed
at the ED Dream Library
.
Books
and Articles:DREAM INCUBATION BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barrett, Deirdre (1993). The "Committee of Sleep": A study of dream incubation for problem solving. Dreaming, 3(2), 115-122.
Blagrove, Mark (1992). Dreams as the reflection of our waking concerns and abilities: A critique of the problem-solving paradigm in dream research. Dreaming 2(4), pp. 205-220.
Delaney, Gayle M. V.(1988). Living Your Dreams: Using Sleep to Solve Problems and Enrich Your Life. Revised Ed. San Francisco: Harper and Row.
--------. (1979). Living Your Dreams. San Francisco: Harper and Row.
--------. (1976). A proposed dream experiment: Phase-focusing dream incubation. Sundance: Community Dream Journal, 1(1), 71-83.
Devereux, George (1957). Dream learning and individual ritual differences in Mohave shamanism. American Anthropologist, 59, 1036-1045.
Gregory, Jill. (1988). Dream Tips. Novato, Ca: Novato Center for Dreams.
Meier, Carl Alfred (1966/1962). The dream in ancient Greece and its use in temple cures (incubation). In Von Gruenebaum, G. E.and Caillois, R. (Eds). (1966). The Dream and Human Societies (Chapter 17, pp. 303-319). Berkeley: University of California Press. Originally a paper read to the "International Colloquium on 'Le reve et les societes humaines'" in Royaumont, France, 1962.
--------. (1967/1949). Ancient Incubation and Modern Psychotherapy. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. (Original German, 1949).
Radin, Paul (1936). Ojibwa and Ottawa puberty dreams. In R. H. Lowie (Ed.),Essays in Anthropology (pp. 233-264). Berkeley, CA: University of Cal Press.
Reed, Henry (1991). Dream Solutions: Using your Dreams to Change your Life. San Rafael, CA: New World Library. PO Box 1541, Virginia Beach, VA 23451.
--------. (1985). Getting Help From Your Dreams. Virginia Beach, VA: Inner Vision Publishers.
--------. (1976a.). Dream incubation: A reconstruction of a ritual in contemporary form. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 16(4), 53-70.
Schatzman, Morton (1987). The meaning of dreaming. New Scientist, December 25, 36-39.
--------. (1983a). Solve your problems in your sleep. New Scientist, 98(1360) June, 692-693.
--------. (1983b). Sleeping on problems really can solve them. New Scientist, August 11, 416-417.
DREAM RE-ENTRY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cartwright, Rosalind D. and Lynn Lamberg (1992). Crisis Dreaming: Using your Dreams to Solve your Problems. New York, NY: HarperCollins
Hillman, James (1979). Dreams and the Underworld. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc.
--------. (1979). Image-Sense. Spring, 130-143.
--------. (1978). Further notes on images. Spring, 152-182.
--------. (1977). An inquiry into image. Spring, pp. 62-88.
Hillman, James (1973). The dream and the underworld. Eranos, 42 237-319.
Olsen, Fred (1995) Dream Reentry Healing. San Francisco, CA: Dream House Publications. dreamtreck@aol.com
Rossi, Ernest L. (1985) Dreams and the Growth of Personality. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
--------. (1968). The breakout heuristic: A phenomenology of growth therapy with college students. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 8, pp. 16-28.
Chieftain, Anthony (1995). Dream Reader: Contemporary Approaches to the Understanding of Dreams. Albany, NY: Suny Press. [ See esp. Chapter 15 Re-entry and Chapter 16, The Bo Tree Principle.]
Wiseman, Anne Sayre (1986). Nightmare Help: A guide for Parents and Teachers. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.
Wolf, Fred Alan (1994). The Dreaming Universe. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster
--------. (1992). The dreaming universe: Investigations into the middle realm of consciousness and matter. Gnosis, 22, 30-35.
MUTUAL DREAMING BIBLIOGRAPHY
Faraday, Ann (1974). The Dream Game. New York, NY : Harper
and Row.
see especially pages 327-36.
Donahoe, J. J. (1982). Shared Dreams. Dream Network Bulletin,1, 6.
Magallon, Linda (In press 1995). Mutual Dreaming. Copyright 1993.
--------. (1985). The lucidity project: An experiment in group dreaming. Dream Network Bulletin, 4, 10-11.
Magallon, L. and Shor, B. (1990). Shared dreaming: Joining together in DreamTime. In Krippner's Dreamtime and Dreamwork. Los Angeles, CA: Jeremey P. Tarcher.
Shor, B. (1988). Shared Dreaming. Dream Network Bulletin, 14-15.
Ullman, M. and Krippner, S. (1970). ESP in the night: Sleep, unease and dreams. Psychology Today, June, 47-50, 72.
Ullman, M., Krippner, S. and Vaughan, A. (1989 2nd Ed.) Dream Telepathy. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., Pub.
Van de Castle, R. L. (1986). The D.N.B. Telepathy Project. Dream Network Bulletin, 4-7.
It has only been a hundred years since Freud made dreamwork popular, but dreams have been shared by nearly every culture for tens of thousands of years. Or so say most anthropologists. If you are interested in how other cultures view and share dreams, there are some wonderful resources available.
The DreamGate Dream Anthropology Collection A collected bibliography
on anthropology and dreams references in books and journals by the Director
of DreamGate, Richard Wilkerson
Richard Wilkerson also teaches a class via the Internet on Dreams which includes two lessons on dreams and anthropology. For more on these dream classes, visit DreamGate
Also
Jayne Gackenbach, who studies with the Crow in Canada, now offers fee classes
on dreams and dreaming. Visit the Unlock
the Secrets of your Dreams site for class costs and information.
Be
sure to stop off at the Association
for the Study of Dreams Homepage and look not only in the Journal Dreamingbut
the ASD Newsletter and past conferences for bibliographies and lectures
on dreams and anthropology. There are also some audio tapes available.
For
Overview of the Social Science, see the Social
Sciences Yahoo Collection
For
all the hot new Anthropology sites, see Anthropology
on the Net
For an update on the latest sites and information, be sure to check the
ED Dream Resources
as well as the latest issues of The
Global Dreaming News Online Articles on dreams and dreaming are indexed
at the ED Dream Library
.
ANTHROPOLOGY
AND DREAMS BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barbara Tedlock (ed). (1981). Dreaming: Anthropological and Psychological
Interpretations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
This is definitely the #1 book in dreams and anthropology and includes
the collection of papers taken from the seminal conference in Santa Fe.
It is now (1992) out in Paper back, published by the School of American
Research Press: Santa Fe, NM. and includes a wide collection of papers
from the fields leading researchers in dreams and anthropology as well
as one of the best overviews of the field.
G. E. Von Gruenebaum, and Roger Caillois (Ed.s), (1966). The Dream
and Human Societies. Berkeley: University of California Press.
From the 1962 French conference this collection includes such top researcher
and theorists as Dorothy Eggan, Leo Oppenheim, William Dement, George Devereux,
A. Irving Hallowell and Henry Corbin. It covers dreaming in other times,
other cultures, other disciplines of study and should be read by all serious
dreamwork students.
Carl W. O'Nell (1976). Dreams, Culture and the Individual.
San Francisco: Chandler and Sharp Publishers, Inc.
A small but clear and concise overview of the role of culture on dreams
and dreaming. O'Nell not only provides a survey of other people thoughts,
but puts forth many of his own and suggests ways for researchers to use
the dream in studying culture.
Géza Ròheim, (1979/1952) The Gates of the Dream.
New York: International Universities Press, Inc.
Although this book is heavily focused on psychoanalytic arguments and jargon,
it is still worth reading for the explorative depth and wide range of mythology
and stories of not only the Native Australians but corresponding mythology
at large. A testament to the book is the re-publication for over 50 years.
George Devereux (1951). Reality and Dream: Psychotherapy of a
Plains Indian. New York: International Universities Press.
This book should be read by any therapist doing work with a culture other
than his or her own, but is also interesting to the layperson for story
and examples of the many dreams and the cultural context of those dreams
in the "Wolf" society. Though dated, I found it one of the best
books in the therapy-dreams- anthropology genre.
Mary-Therese B. Dombeck (1991). Dreams and Professional Personhood:
The Contexts of Dream Telling and Dream Interpretation Among American Psychotherapists.
Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Turning the techniques of contemporary anthropology on the American psychotherapist,
Dombeck explores the uses of dreams in psychotherapy and the reasons given
for using them. Not only is the book an excellent text on the techniques
of information gathering, but the analysis along lines of various Western
concepts of self and personhood.
Hey - I heard about a new book by Barbara Tedlock - something about the imagination and dreams, but haven't found this book.
Many of the popular techniques used in grassroots and peer group dreamwork have evolved in part from the body based psychologies of people like Arnold Mindel, Eugene Gendlin and Stanley Kellerman. Each of these therapists have developed techniques that can be useful outside of therapy for insight and life enhancement.
Excerpts
from Gendlin's Focusing
Interviews with Arnold Mindell 1
Mindell
Interviews II
Mindell Interviews
III
Mindell often teaches at ITP,
Institute
of Transpersonal Psychology
744 San Antonio Road
Palo Alto, California 94303
office (415) 493-4430
fax (415) 493-6835
For an update on the latest sites and information, be sure to check the
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BOOKS
AND ARTICLES ON DREAMS AND BODYWORK
Gendlin, Eugene T. (1989). Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams. Wilmette, IL: Chiron Publications.
--------. (1981). Focusing. New York: Bantam Books.
--------. (1979). Experiential Psychotherapy. In Raymond J. Corsini and Contributors, Current Psychotherapies, 2nd Edition, pp. 340-373. Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock Pub.
--------. (1977). Phenomenological concept vs phenomenological method: A Critique of Medard Boss on dreams. Soundings 40(3). pp. 123-130.
Grange, Joseph (1974). Dreaming in a process world. In Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough (Eds.), Dreams, Io Issue on Oneirology, 8, (2nd Edition, pp. 291-297). Berkeley, CA: Io Publications.
Hall, Linda J. (1994). Experiential dream group work from a lay perspective. Dreaming, 4(4), 231-236.
Krippner, S. Gabel, S., Green, J. and Rubien, R. (1994). Community applications of an experiential group approach. Dreaming, 4(4), 215-222.
Lukens, Luke (1992). The body's role in dreaming. Gnosis, 22, 43-47.
Mindell, Arnold (1990). Working on Yourself Alone: Inner Dreambody Work. London: Arkana.
--------. (1987). The Dreambody in Relationships. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
--------. (1985a). Working with the Dreaming Body. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
--------. (1985b). River's Way: The Process Science of the Dreambody. London: Arkana.
--------. (1982). Dreambody. Boston: Sigo Press.
Rothenberg, Albert (1979). The creative process as the mirror image of a dream. In The Emerging Goddess: The Creative Process in Art, Science and Other Fields. (pp. 35-52). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Taylor, Jeremy (1992). Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill: Using Dreams to tap the Wisdom of the Unconscious. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc.
--------. (1987). Working with dreams in pastoral counseling. Pastoral Psychology, 36(2), 123-130.
--------. (1983). Dream Work. New York: Paulist Press.
Zwig, Adam (1990). A body oriented approach to dreamwork. In Stanley Krippner(ed.) Dreamtime and Dreamwork: Deocoding the Language of the Night. Los Angeles, CA: jeremy P. Tarcher.
Although Freud's book a century ago, The Interpretation of Dreams, was not very popular at first, it eventually opened up Western Civilization to the potential value of dreams and led indirectly to thousands of other books, articles, research projects and approaches to dreams. Some of the major dream researchers and dreamworkers still think it is the best book on dreams every written. What many are unaware of, is that there are many Freudian books and resources on dreams, all of which take a shot at saying something quite profound and significant.
FREUD
ONLINE
The Interpretation of Dreams ONLINE! This is not my favorite translation, but it free and available online and one of the Great Books of Western Civilization
Psychoanalytic
Therapy FAQ
From"Why are Dreams important to Psychoanalytic Therapy?"
to "Why is the couch Used?" you can find it here!
FreudNet
The Abraham A. Brill Library of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
Great Freud Resource. Be sure to use the
Freud Archives
And the Texts
available online
The
Freud Web
David B Stevenson's Brown University Course Project - Short essays
on concepts: Cultural Contexts, Theories of Mind,Techniques, chrononlogies.
Hysteria's
Sigmund Freud Chronology of his Life
Excerpts from his Autobiography, Freud in London,Vienna: Sigmund Freud,
FreudNet from The A.A. Brill Library in New York, An Overview of Freud
from Brown University, Selected Bibliography,
Sigmund Freud
on the Web
By Marc Fonda, an Annotated Bibliography Approach Including articles
and quotes on Dreams
Freud and the Interpretation of Dreams Essay Summary
In terpretation of Dreams some comments by Paul Brians
About Psychoanalysis
What is Psychoanalysis? Here's the APA Summary.
A Timeline of Important Dates and Events for Freud
DreamLink Theory on Dreams: Freud
Electric Dreams - Summary Article on Freud part I
Electric Dreams - Summary Article on Freud part II
Electric Dreams - Bibliography of Books and Article on Freud
For an update on the latest sites and information, be sure to check the
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MUSEUMS
OFFLINE
The
Freud Museum in London
Freud moved most of his belongings to London just before he died. His
house is now a museum and his collections of miniatures and other objects
of contemplation are there, and now available for viewing.
SPECIAL
EVENTS
The Sigmund
Freud archive and the Freud exhibit at the Library of Congress
1998- From the Freud Archives: The
latest information on the Rescheduled Freud Show, direct from the Library
of Congress.
RECOMMENDED
READINGS
Altman, Leon L. (1969). The Dream in Psychoanalysis. New York:
International Universities Press, Inc.
[Good section on Infantile sexuality]
Bloom, Harold (Ed.). (1987). Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation
of Dreams: Modern Critical Interpretations. New York: Chelsea House
Publishers.
[A very thoughtful collection that goes well beyond Freud yet stays within
Psychoanalysis, Even has an article by Lacan, a French psychotherapist]
Fosshage, J. C. and Loew, Clemens, A. (1987). Dream Interpretation: A Comparative Study. (Revised Edition) New York: PMA Publishing Corp.
Freud, Sigmund. (1900/1953). The Interpretation of Dreams. Standard
Edition, 4and5. London: Hogarth Press.
[ You can easily get a paperback copy of this in most used bookstore under
: Freud, Sigmund.(1965; first published 1900). The Interpretation of
Dreams. James Strachey,Trans. New York: Avon Books.]
Garma, Ængel (1966). The Psychoanalysis of Dreams. New York: Dell Publishing Co. [It is surprising how many psychoanalysts who use dreams say that this book was the one that really got them all excited about it.
Grinstein, Alexander (1983). Freud's Rules of Dream Interpretation. Madison, CT: International Universities Press
Natterson, Joseph M. (Ed.) (1993). The Dream in Clinical Practice. New York: Jason Aronson.
Rycroft, Charles (1979). The Innocence of Dreams. New York: Pantheon Books.
Reviews of Freud's Interpretation of Dreams: Dreaming, 1994, 4(1).
A the now famous 1960's Big Sur retreat center in Esalen, California, there developed in the 1960's a whole set of techniques that are now part and parcel of the dreamwork movement. From taking every part of the dream as a piece of one's self to putting the dream on an empty chair and asking it directly what it was about, Perls and the Gestalt movement made dreamwork popular in a way it had never before seen. Although much of the work has now been toned down, the dreamwork movement continues to make contact with its past and draw strength from a time when groups were struggling to get through the layers of "bullshit" to the core and essence of a full life.
GESTALT
ON THE INTERNET
A note on Gestalt Therapy. There are not a lot of pure Gestalt Therapists, though the techniques are learned and used by those studying other types of therapy and group processes. Often Gestalt is mentioned in NLP, or Neuro Linguistic Programming, an offshoot of Milton Erikson work. This is a completely different system, though they trace back through Gestalt therapies. Also, Gestalt Psychology is a German psychophysics movement that preceded and influenced Gestalt therapy but is fundamentally different (though the metaphors used are shared).
Simplified Summary of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT)
Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT)
A short History of Gestalt by Daniel Rosenblatt, Ph.D.
Dream Wisdom by Valma Granich (Short Essay)
Gestalt Therapy - By Alan Brandis, Ph.D.
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GESTALT and DREAMS BOOKS AND ARTICLES
Downing, J and Marmorstein, R. (1973). Dreams and Nightmares. San Francisco: Harper and Row.
Fosshage, J. C. and Loew, Clemens, A. (1987). Dream Interpretation: A Comparative Study. (Revised Edition) New York:PMA Publishing Corp.
Mindell, Arnold (1982). Dreambody. Boston: Sigo Press.
Narajo, Claudio (1980). The Techniques of Gestalt Therapy. Highland, New York: The Gestalt Journal.
Perls, Frederick S. (1969). "Dreamwork Seminars." In Gestalt Therapy Verbatim, Moab, UT : Real People Press.
Perls, Frederick S. (1970). Dream Seminars. In Joen Fagan and Irma Lee Shepherd (Eds.),Gestalt Therapy Now: Theory Techniques Applications. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, Inc.
Shafton, Anthony (1995). Dream Reader: Contemporary Approaches to the Understanding of Dreams. Albany, NY: Suny Press. See especially Chapter 6, "Gestalt", pp 213-231.
Van De Castle, R. L. (1994). Our Dreaming Mind. New York: Ballantine Books. See esp. pp. 191-196.
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss Psychotherapist and psychological theorist who worked with Freud for awhile but eventually felt the need to greatly expand on the basic theories of the unconscicous and personality he felt essential yet unnoticed in Freud's system. Probably no other person has contributed more to dreamwork theory than Jung, yet he claimed to not even have a dream theory. Still, Jung and his followers have developed a myriad of useful approaches to dream imagery that have influenced nearly every aspect of modern dreamwork.
Jung and Jungian Resources on the Internet - Links
Jungian Institutes and Education There are many Jungian Institutes
around the world, here are a few you can contact for more information.
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JUNG
INDEX: BOOK and ARTICLE SELECTIONS ON JUNGIAN CONCEPTS
GENERAL
READING ON JUNG
Jung, C. G. (1965). Memories, Dreams and Reflections .NewYork,
NY: Vintage Books.
[Still the best book on Jung, by Jung]
Edinger, Edwin (1972) Ego And Archetype. Baltimore: Penguin
Books.
[For those who feel they have obtained it all and thereafter lost it]
Whitmont, Edward, C. (1969). The Symbolic Quest. Princeton,
NJ :Princeton University Press.
[A standard recommendation by Analysts to Analysands]
Samuels, Andrew (1985). Jung and the Post-Jungians. London:
Routledge and Kegan Paul
[The Scoop on Jungians and there various schools of thought]
von Franz, Marie-Louise (1975) C. G. Jung: His Myth in Our Time.
William H. Kennedy(Trans). New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
[A biography of Jung's evolution of thought by the insider herself]
EGO:
SELECTIONS
Psychological Types, CW 6, esp chap. 11, "Definitions," under "Ego," p 425.
Aion, CW 9, II, esp. chap 1"The Ego" pp. 3-7.
"On the Nture of the Psyche," CW 8, pp. 159-234.
"Child Development and Education," CW 17, pp. 49-62.
Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger. 1972, Baltimore: Penguin Books.
Neumann, Erich (1954) The Origins and History of Consciousness. Princeton :Princeton University Press.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
TYPES
Psychological Types, CW 6, chap 6, Chap 10, "General Description of the Types" pp. 330-407.
Keirsey, David and Bates, Marilyn (1984), Please Understand Me Character Tempermaent and Types. Del Mar, CA: Gnosology Books, ltd.
Sharp, Daryl, (1987). Personality Types: Jung's model of Typology. Toronto: Innter City Books, 1987.
PERSONA
Psychological Types, CW 6, esp, chapter 11, "Definitions," under "Soul (psyche, personality, persona, anima)" pp. 463-470.
SHADOW
Jung , C. G. Aion, CW 9, II, chap. 2 pp. 8-10.
-------- . "Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious," CW 9, I pp. 3-41.
--------. "The Problems of Modern psychotherapy," CW 16, pp. 53-75.
Guggenbuhl-Craig, Adolf. (1978) Power in the helping Professions. Zurich: Spring Publications.
Von Franz, marie-Louise. (1971). "The Inferior Function". In von Franz, marie-Louise, and Hillman, James, Jung's Topology. New York: Spring Publication.
von Franz, M-L. (1964) "The Realization of the Shadow" in C. G. Jung's man and His Symbols . p 166-176. New York, NY: Doubleday
Whitmont, Edward, C. (1969). "The Shadow: Chapter 9 in The Symbolic Quest. Princeton, NJ :Princeton University Press.
Jung, CW (1964 ). man and His Symbols. Especially chapter 3 my M.-L. von Franz, "The process of Indivduation." pp. 158- 229. New York, NY: Doubleday.
Neumann, Erich (1954). The Origins and History of Consciousness. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.
Watts, Alan, (1966). The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who Your Are. New York:NY: Vintage Books.
ANIMA/ANIMUS
Jung: Aion, CW 9, II esp. chap 3, "The Syzygy: Anima and Animus," pp. 11-22.
--------. psychological Types, SW 6, esp, chapter 11 "Definitions," under "Soul [psyche, personality, personal, anima]," pp. 463-470, and under "Soul-Image," pp. 470-472.
-------- "The Relation between the Ego and the Unconscious" CW 7, esp part 2, chapter 2, "Anima and Animus," pp. 188-211.
Jung, Emma (1957) Animus and Anima. New York: Spring Publications.
Hillman, James (1985) Anima: The Anatomy of a Personified Notion Dallas: Spring Publications.
Sanford, John A. (1980). The Inviable Partners. New York: Paulist Press.
Whitmont, Edward C. (1969).The Symbolic Quest. see both the chapters on "Male and Female" pp. 170-184 and chapter 12 "The Anima" pp 185-200 and chapter 13 "The Animus" pp 201-215.
SELF
Jung: Psychological Types CW 6, esp, chapter 11, "Definitions," under "Self," pp. 460-461.
--------. Aion CW 9, esp, chapter. 4 "The Self," pp. 223-35, and chapter 5 "Christ, a Symbol of the Self." pp. 36-71.
--------. (1957) The Undiscovered Self, New York: Mentor Books. (also as cw 10, p. 247-305)
Edinger, Edwin (1972). Ego And Archetype. Baltimore: Penguin Books.
Whitmont, Edward C. (1969).The Symbolic Quest. see both the chapters on "The Self" pp. 216-230 and chapter 16 "The Ego-Self Estrangement" pp. 250-264.
JUNG
and DREAMS
(CW) = Jung, C. G. (1953) The Collected Works. Translated by R. C. F. Hull. Bollingen Series XX, vol.s 1-20, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
(MDR) = Jung, C. G. (1965). Memories, Dreams and Reflections NewYork, NY: Vintage Books.
Beebe, John, (1993). "A Jungian Approach to Working with Dreams" In Gayle Delaney(ed) New Directions in Dream Interpretation . Pg 77-101. New York: SUNY Press.
Hall, James, A. (1983). Jungian Dream Interpretation: A handbook of Theory and Practice. Inner city Books: Toronto, Canada
Jacobi, Jolande (1959 ) . Complex, Archetype, Symbol in the Psychology of C. G. Jung. Princeton , NJ: Princeton University Press.
Jung, C. G. (1953). "the Concept of the Collective Unconscious," CW 9, I, pp. 42-53.
--------. (1953). "Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious," CW 9, I, pp. 3-41.
--------. (1953). "The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious," cw 7, esp. pp. 127-138.
--------. (cw). "The Practical use of Dream Analysis", CW 16, 139-161.
--------. (cw). "General Aspects of Dream Psychology," CW 8, 237-280.
--------. (cw). "On the nature of Dreams," CW 8, 281-297.
--------. (cw). "The Analysis of Dreams," CW 4, 25-34.
--------. (cw). "Morton Prince: The Mechanism and Interpretation of Dreams" A Critical Review," CW 4, 56- 73.
--------. (cw). Symbols of Transformation see part 1, chap 2 7-33.
Jung, C. G. (1933 ). "Dream Analysis and its practical application." In Modern Man in Search of a Soul. W. S. Dell and Cary F. Baynes (Trans). New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and World.
Jung, C. G. (1964). Man and His Symbols. New York, NY: Doubleday.
Jung, C. G. (1984). Dream Analysis: Notes of the seminar given in 1928-1930. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Universtiy Press.
Samuels, Andrew (1985). Jung and the Post-Jungians. Chapter 8 :"Dreams". Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Samuels, A., Shorter, B., and Plaut, F. (1986). A Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis. London: Routledge and Kegen Paul.
Shafton, Anthony (1995). Dream Reader: Contenporary Approaches to the Understanding of Dreams. Albany, NY: Suny Press. See especially Chapter 3 "Jung" 75-129.
Sanford, John A. (1968). Dreams: God's Forgotten Language. New York: Harper and Row.
Taylor, Jeremy (1992). Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill: Using Dreams to tap the Wisdom of the Unconscious. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc.
--------. (1987). Working with dreams in pastoral counseling. Pastoral Psychology, 36(2), 123-130.
--------. (1983). Dream Work. New York: Paulist Press.
Whitmont, Edward C. (1987). "Jungian Approach". In Fossage and Loew (eds) , Dream Interpretation: A Comparative Study. New York: PMA Publishing Corp.
von Franz, Marie-Louise (1975). C. G. Jung: His Myth in Our Time. William H. Kennedy(Trans). New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
von Franz, Marie-Louise (1979). Alchemical Active Imagination.
Lucid dreams are dreams where the dreamer is aware during the dream that he or she is dreaming. Lucidity sometimes only lasts moments and the dreamer can often be uncertain if it is a dream or not. Other times lucidity can last for several minutes and the dreamer can create a whole dream world by choice and deliberate selection. Lucid dreaming moved from legend to science when Stephen LaBerge was able to signal from a lucid dream to a research assistant in a controlled laboratory condition. Since then, Lucid dreaming has been verified in many independent experiments and is accepted as real by the scientific community. But the real joy of lucid dreaming is the experience itself and there are now many techniques, organizations, books and online Web sites that teach how to become a lucid dreamer.
Lucid Dream links on the Web
Usenet, Mail lists and Commercial Servers SIG groups
Offline Resources for Lucidity
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Books:Lucid Dreaming, by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., (Ballantine, 1986). This is the seminal work that first brought lucid dreaming to the attention of the general public and legitimized it as a valuable field of scientific inquiry. It is still the best general reference on lucid dreaming, and a pleasure to read.
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. and Howard Rheingold (Ballantine, 1990) A practical guide for lucid dreamers. The first half of the book establishes a basic understanding of sleep and dreams, followed by a progressive series of exercises for developing lucid dreaming skills. After presenting the lucid dream induction techniques, Dr. LaBerge explains his understanding of the origin of dreams, founded on current views in the sciences of consciousness and cognition. The applications considered are: adventures and explorations, rehearsal for living, creative problem solving, overcoming nightmares, healing, and discovery of expanded awareness and spiritual experience. Many delightful and illuminating anecdotes.
Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain, edited by Jayne Gackenbach, Ph.D. and Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. (Plenum, 1990) Nearly twenty dream researchers and other professionals, this is an essential reference for anyone interested in studying lucid dreams. Topics include: literature, psychophysiology, personality, therapy, personal experience, related states of consciousness, and more
Control of Your Dreams, Gackenback, Jayne and Bosveld, Jane (HarperPerennial,1989). A full exploration of the techniques available to bring about and control lucid dreams, how to use them to explore your life and personality and overcome fears and contact your desires. Who could ask for more?
Lucid Dreams, by Celia E. Green (Hamish Hamilton, London, 1968). This is the book that inspired Dr. LaBerge to begin his studies of lucid dreaming. Green reviews the literature on lucid dreaming up through the 50's, including the Marquis de Saint-Denys' work described below. She also presents case histories of lucid dreamers and well characterizes much of the phenomenology (subjective experience) of lucid dreaming.
Dreams and How to Guide Them, by The Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys, edited by Morton Schatzman, M.D. (Duckworth, London, 1982) A great pioneer of the art of lucid dreaming, the Marquis first published this exploration of lucid dreaming in 1867, yet this is a very modern, and, yes, lucid, thesis. He describes his personal experiments, and the development of his ability to exercise control in his lucid dreams.
Pathway to Ecstasy: The Way of the Dream Mandala, by Patricia Garfield, Ph.D. (Prentice Hall, 1989) Delightfully told story of Patricia Garfield's transcendent and erotic adventures with lucid dreaming.
Controlling Your Dreams, by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. (Audio Renaissance Tapes, Inc., 1987, 60 minutes) This audio cassette tape captures the essence of Dr. LaBerge's public lectures on lucid dreaming. It is highly informative. Dr. LaBerge begins by portraying the experience of lucid dreaming. He then presents methods for learning the skill, including the powerful MILD technique and more.
Trance Induction of Lucid Dreaming, by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. (The Lucidity Institute, 1993, 40 minutes) LaBerge's trance induction is designed to help you create a mind-set in which lucid dreaming will happen easily, and includes some other interesting symbol techniques
The Sun and the Shadow: My Experiment with Lucid Dreaming. Kenneth Kelzer, Kenneth (ARE Press,1987). A powerful account of an psychotherapist's journey into lucidity and wonderful document of the process and considerations. One of the best personal accounts as well.
Some say that dreams are personal myths and myths are cultural dreams. In modern dreamwork myths are ancient stories from a culture's sacred history that are revived as modern metaphors which can amplify and deepen our use and understanding of dream imagery.
For
understanding how ancient myths can significantly enhance one's life, I
highly recommend Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces. It
is also a wonderful introduction to mythology and especially as it is used
by Jungians. For a little more his series I suggest the Masks of God.
All these have recently been re-released and are readily available.
There
are two wonderful video collections now on Joseph Campbell, the most popular
is an interview style with Bill Moyers called the Power of Myth
and the other is a longer class like presentation called Transformations
of Myth through Time. They are readily available in North America at
local video stores for rental as well. I suggest with both of these that
you have your dreams ready as you read or watch them!
To
begin you online search of Joseph Campbellology, try the Joseph
Campbell Home page Great for bibliography as well as classes, seminars
and foundation issues.
Another
great beginning mythology series is by the late Mircea Eliade, A History
of Religious Ideas which traces the great mysteries from the Stone
age through Christianity.
Self
Guided Field Trip: If you are familiar with how to access Usenet, I suggest
that you take a trip to alt.mythology, where there is an attempt to re-interpret
mythology in modern day meanings. I feel there is a slight bias toward
the light and New Age thought,and often it becomes a place to argue about
Dungeons and Dragons issues, but beyond this is a developing community
of myth concerned individuals focused on the patterns of meaning and value
through myths and mythic symbols.
If
you want to explore the world of mythology via the web, I suggest starting
with MtyhText
A great place to find a collection of resources on mythology not only
on the web, but individual mail lists dealing with various cultural mythologies.
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MYTHOLOGY
AND DREAMS BOOKS AND ARTICLES
Bettelheim, Bruno (1977). The Uses of Enchantment. New York, NY: Vintage Books. [Bruno has suffered from bad press lately about his qualifications, but his books teach quite well how to translate ancient stories into meaningful modern metaphors.]
Brown, Carolyn T. (Ed.). (1988). Psycho-Sinology: The Universe of Dreams in Chinese Culture. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
--------. (1987). Changing Spirits with Dreams: Lu Xun's "Wild Grass". Dreamworks, 5(2). 1986/87, 105-112.
Burkert, Walter (1985/1977). Greek Religion. London: Basil
Blackwell Publishers
[A wonderful book that explores the working of the rituals in Greek life
to the mysteries of the Greek Cosmos.]
Campbell, Joseph (1959). The Masks of God. Vol 1-4, New York:
Viking Press.
[A very accessible series on different cultures and their mythological
systems]
Campbell, Joseph (1972). Myths to Live By. New York: Bantam
Books.
[ How to use ancient myths for modern meanings ]
Eliade, Mircea (1978).A History of Religious Ideas Vol.1-
3, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
[ A wonderful summary of ancient civilizations and their stories told only
as Eliade can tell them with an ear to the experience of the individual
to the cosmos ]
Graves, Robert (1955). The Greek Myths Vol.s I and II. Baltimore,
MD: Penguin Books.
[ The classic collection of Greek Mythology and more in depth than Bullfinch
]
Guthire, W. K. C. (1950 ) . The Greeks and \Their Gods. Boston,
MA: Becon Press.
[ This excellent book relates the mythic gods of Greece to the rituals
of everyday life]
Hillman, James (ed) (1980).Facing the Gods. Dallas, TX: Spring
Publications.
[A collection of writers who show how our ignoring the gods has not done
away with them, and how they return to us in our psychological illnesses
and deepest stirrings of our soul}
Jung, CW (1964 ). Man and His Symbols. New York, NY: Doubleday.
{Although there are small and paperback versions of this, I recommend the
ones with full color pictures.]
Jung, Carl. (1978 ) Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen
in the Skies. Princeton,NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.
How can modern events become mythologized?
Whitmont, Edward C. (1969).The Symbolic Quest.
see Chapter 3, "the Objective Psyche". and Chap 6 "Archetypes
and the Individual Myth". and chap 7" Archetypes and Personal
Psychology".
There are a wide range of events during sleep and wake that are often referred to as "nightmares" and it is wise to learn to distinguish between them. Most of what we call nightmares are simply extreme reactions and fear that accompany uncomfortable dreams that occur from time to time in most everyone, usually towards the end of the sleep cycle. Often we are awakened by a nightmare and there can be strong feelings of sadness, anger or guilt, but usually fear and anxiety. Often we are being chased, and its not unlikely for children to be chased by animals and fantasy figures, while adults are often chased by male adults.
Night terrors usually occur during the first hour or two of sleep. Screaming and thrashing about are common. Tthe sleeper is hard to awaken and usually remembers no more than an overwhelming feeling or a single scene, if anything. Children who have night terrors also may have a tendency to sleepwalk and/or urinate in bed. The causes of night terrors are not well understood, though it appears that night terrors are from a distinctly different stage of sleep. Children usually stop having them by puberty. They may be associated with stress in adults. A consultation with a physician may be useful if the night terrors are frequent or especially disturbing.
Why do we have nightmares?
Nightmares may have several causes, including drugs, medication, illness, trauma or they may have no related cause and be spontaneous. Often they occur when there is stress in one's waking life, and when major life changes are occuring.What can be done about nightmares?
The Association for the Study of Dreams notes that "It really depends on the source of the nightmare. To rule out drugs, medications or illness as a cause, discussion with a physician is recommended. It is useful to encourage young children to discuss their nightmares with their parents or other adults, but they generally do not need treatment. If a child is suffering from recurrent or very disturbing nightmares, the aid of a therapist may be required. The therapist may have the child draw the nightmare, talk with the frightening characters, or fantasize changes in the nightmare, in order help the child feel safer and less frightened ."Nightmares also offer the same opportunity that other dreams do, to investigate the symbols and imagery for life enhancement. The challenge in the last few decades for the dreamwork movement has been to teach a variety of methods that replace the old phase "It was just a dream." In American schools, people like Jill Gregory and Ann Wiseman teach children coping mechanisms that allow the child to come into relationship with the dream monsters and fears in a novel and related manner. Ernest Hartmann and other researchers are finding that those who have "thin" personalities, or sensitive, receptive individuals, are more likely to have nightmares than "thick" personalities. Pioneers like Linda Magallon, Stephen Laberge and Jayne Gackenbach are teaching people to take control of their dreams and have the outcomes they wish rather than becoming the dream's victim.
The Association for the Study of Dreams offers some advice and books
on nightmares and you will find among its members the top researchers in
the field.
NIGHTMARE
BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY ASD
Wiseman, Ann Sayre (1986, 1989). Nightmare help. A guide for adults and children. Ten Speed Press.
Krakow, Barry, and Neidhardt, Joseph (1992). Conquering bad dreams and nightmares. Berkeley Books.
Hartmann, Ernest (1984). The Nightmare: The Psychology and Biology of Terrifying Dreams. Basic books.
MORE
ON NIGHTMARES
Cushway, Delia, and Sewell, Robyn (1992). Counseling with dreams and nightmares.Sage publications.
Kellerman, Henry (Ed.) (1987). The Nightmare: Psychological and Biological Foundations. Columbia University Press.
Lazar, Moshe (Ed) (1983). The Anxious Subject: Nightmares and Daymares in Literature and Film. Undena.
Downing, J., and Marmorstein, E. (Eds.) Dreams and Nightmares: A Book of Gestalt Therapy Sessions. New York: Harper and Row, 1973.
In Chicago, 1953, it was discovered that we usually move our eyes very rapidly during dreaming sleep. The discovery of rapid eye movements, or REM sleep, started an outpouring of dream and sleep studies and construction of sleep laboratories around the world. Dreamwork and dream science are sometimes at odds, but most often complement one another.
Dream
Bibs This online collection of bibliographies includes some of the
worlds top dream researchers, such as Ernest Hartmann and Milton Kramer.
The
Association for the Study of Dreams has attempted to lessen the gap
between dream science and dreamwork for over a decade, bringing together
researchers, clinicians and other dream concerned individuals together
to discuss the differences and promote cross field understanding. I highly
recommend that you have the chance to attend one of their conferences.
If you cannot make it to a conference, you might think about joining the
Association and getting the Newsletter and Dreaming Journal.
Or check with your local University Library for the ASD Journal, Dreaming published by Human Sciences Press.
For Information about Sleep on the Net, visit SleepNet
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DREAM
SCIENCE BOOKS AND ARTICLES
I don't think the "friendly" book on the science of dreaming has been written, though both Van De Castle in his Our Dreaming Mind and Anthony Shafton in his Dream Reader have both attempted a recent summaries of dream science.
If you are willing to take on a little more time and study, I have three suggestions.
1. Harry Hunt's (1989). The Multiplicity of Dreams. Yale University
Press.
This is on my TOP FIVE DREAM BOOKS list. Hunt's book is a little difficult
at times as it is often a *reaction* to a lot of the dream science and
theorizing that has taken place and he is inconsistent about who his audience
is. Sometimes he carefully explains his thoughts and the experiments, while
at other times he makes assumptions on the part of the reader that include
having read a great deal of the literature on dreams and cognitive science
theory. Still, it is at this time the best (intermediate) overall survey
of dream science theory.
2. Moffitt, Kramer and Hoffmann (1993). The Functions of Dreaming.
NY:SUNY press.
[For a little more detailed analysis of the literature, this is a really
good book. Some areas are ignored or left out, but the ones covered are
done so quite well.]
3. Ellman, Steven J. and Antrobus, John S. (Eds). (1991).The Mind
in Sleep: Psychology and Psychophysiology. 2nd edition. New York: John
Wiley and Sons, Inc.
[This is a little more advanced of a text, but covers a large range of
topic in dreaming science and does so quite well. If there is a fault,
it the dryness and objectivity offered. I often get the feeling when reading
this that we don't really know anything about the science of dreams and
all experiments up to the present have been very inadequate.]
Dream and Spirituality go hand in hand. Sometimes this is hand-to-hand combat as in the Christian Church after Jerome, and sometimes it one hand supporting and feeding the other in our journey of the discovery and creation of meaning and value. I have noted four distinctive threads in dreams and Spirituality. The first is the relation of dreamwork to various Axis Religions, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. The Second is the use of dreamwork in esoteric spirituality, such as Sufism, Kaballistic practice, Alchemy, and occult and spiritualist groups, including theosophy, Seth material, Edgar Casey and A. R.E., Enkankar and others. The third thread is the emergence of spiritual dreamwork in psychological practices, such as Jungian Dreamwork, Logotherapy and many other psychologies working with meanings and values. The final thread is spiritual dreamwork in self help and peer groups, which draw on and sometimes inspire the other threads.
Dream and Spirituality On the Internet - Electric Dreams Online Resources
& Links
Offline Resources for Dreams and Spirituality
Dream Screen is a
web site devoted to offering a variety of information and opportunities
for those interested in dreams and dreaming. From Chris Hicks "What
sets Dream Screen apart from the many excellent sources already providing
dream related material is that I strive to integrate my Christian beliefs
with the fascinating field of dream work. Does this mean that only Christians
should visit Dream Screen and participate in Dream Screen projects? Of
course not! Dream Screen is for everyone. Check out what is offered here.
If you like it come back soon, because I will be updating frequently."
"Dream Screen offers Dream Tips, including Journaling, Self Analysis/Interpretation,
Dream Work Techniques & Working With Others .
Dream Screen's Current Projects include Dream Telepathy Research, the Divine
Communication Project and the Uranie Dream Incubation Project.
Spirit Watch is a site by Jayne Gackenbach. "The name Spiritwatch was actually coined by Jane Bosveld, a science journalist, who co-wrote Control Your Dreams with me. I use it here to speak to the theme of this site which is a watchfulness focused on experiences of a spiritual nature. This watchfulness is in many of the papers a function of the scientific method but not always. Sometimes it exemplifies the watchfulness of the observer either from a cultural perspective, see especially the papers on Natives, or from the perspective of the witness, see especially the papers on higher states of consciousness."
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DREAMS
AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS AND ARTICLES
My recommendation for Christian Dreamwork is to go to the back of Jermey Taylor's Dream Work: Techniques for Discovering the Creative Power in Dreams and read the annotated list. New York: Paulist Press.
By far and foremost, the work of Morton Kelsey is the best referenced and most accessible. For scholars in this area, Gods, Dreams, and Revelation: A Christian Interpretation of Dreams is the best source for the Christian story. It could be improved on and I await someone doing this. Here are several of his books:
Kelsey, Morton T (1980) Adventure Inward: Christian Growth through Personal Journal Writing.Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing.
--------. (1978). Dreams: A Way to Listen to God. New York, NY: Paulist Press.
--------. (1974). God, Dreams and Revelation. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House.
--------. (1968). Dreams: The Dark Speech of the Spirit. New York, NY: Doubleday.
If you would like a faster overview with contemporary suggestions on dreamwork, Lois Lindsey Hendricks provides us with Discovering my Biblical Dream Heritage. San Jose, CA: Resource Publications.
For Scholarly work on Islamic Dreaming, I recommend Von Gruenebaum
and Caillois, R.'s The Dream and Human Societies.. (1966), Berkeley:
University of California Press.
But for application of Sufi principles I recommend Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's
The Call and the Echo: Sufi Dreamwork and the Psychology of the Beloved
(1992), Threshold Books: Putney, VT.
I understand that Edward Hoffman has a book on dreams and the kaballa, but I haven't read it. I do like Edwards other books on dreams and so lightly suggest checking out his The Way of Splendor: Jewsish Mysticism and Modern Psychology. (1989), Norghvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
For a scholarly work on Jewish Dream interpretation in 16th Century Constantinople, Joel Covitz wrote (1990), Visions of the Night: a Study in Jewsigh Dream Interpretation. Boston, MA: Shambhala Press.
For a cross-cultural overview and often in depth study of dreams and spirituality from the view of the issue that concern us most, I recommend Kelly Bulkeley's (1995), Spiritual Dreaming: A Cross-Cultural and Historical Journey. New York, NY: Paulist Press.
The application of Jung to Christianity now includes several good works. The easiest and most accessible and most popular are those of Jeremy Taylor, including his original DreamWork and the more recent Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill: Using Dreams to tap the Wisdom of the Unconscious. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc.
Sanford's book Dreams: God's Forgotten Language(1968/1989 ) San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row and the later (1978) Dreams and Healing (New York, NY.: Paulist Press) are recommended for those taking the path of healing and wholeness.
More scholarly texts by Jungians on the subject of Christianity and Jung include John Dourley's The Psyche as Sacrament (Jung and Tillich), Dourley's The Illness that we are: A Jungian Critique of Christianity, Edward F. Edinger's The Christian Archetype: A Jungian Commentary on the Life of Christ , and James A. Hall's The Unconscious Christian: Images of God in Dreams.
For those very serious about Jung and Christianity, I suggest Jung himself, and would further recommend as an entrance, his workAION.
Connectionism
A popular new academic model of the mind based on computer models called Parallel Distributed Processing. Crick & Mitchison noticed that computer nets got overloaded and that random shots through the system seemed to clear it up. They hypothesized that this was a form of un-learning that might take place in the brain during REM sleep phase. Gordon Globus and others have revealed that this theory is a mis-reading of the connectionist neural net work theory and goes against common sense. It is clear in many dreams that there is a narrative, story like pattern and that while difficult at times to understand, is hardly random. Breaks & jumps in the narrative would seen to support Crick& Mitchison, but many breaks retain elements of previous scenes.
SOME TEXTS RELATED TO CONNECTIONISM
Crick, Francis & Mitchinson, Graeme (1983). The function of dream sleep. NATURE, 304(14), July, 111-114.
Crick, Francis & Mitchinson, Graeme. (1986). REM sleep and neural nets. JOURNAL OF MIND AND BEHAVIOUR, 7(2&3), 229-50.
Globus, Gordon G. (1993). Connectionism and sleep. In A. Moffitt, M. Kramer, R. Hoffman (Eds.), THE FUNCTIONS OF DREAMING. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Hill, Clara E., Diemer, R., Hess, S., Hillyer, A, and Seeman, R. (1993). Are the effects of dream interpretation on session quality, insight and emotions due to the dream itself, to projection, or to the interpretation process? DREAMING, 3(4), 269-280.
Compiled by: Richard Wilkerson, rcwilk@dreamgate.com