E.l.e.c.t.r.i.c D.r.e.a.m.s Subscribe: electric-dreams-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: electric-dreams-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Subscribe Online: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/electric-dreams o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o E.l.e.c.t.r.i.c D.r.e.a.m.s Volume #14 Issue #3 March 2007 ISSN# 1089 4284 o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Electric Dreams: http://www.dreamgate.com/electric-dreams Cover: Cover by Kata Dales http://dreamgate.hypermart.net/ed-covers/ed14-3cov.jpg o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o C O N T E N T S ++ Editor's Notes Richard Wilkerson ++ Global Dreaming News Harry Bosma ++ Cover: by Kata Dales ++ Column: An Excerpt from the Lucid Dream Exchange Robert Waggoner interviews author David L. Kahn Editor, Lucy Gillis ++ Column: The View – World Dreams Peace Bridge Drumming, Dancing and Dreaming for World Peace Jean Campbell ++ Dream: "Game of September" Stan Kulikowski II ++ Column: The Socratic Approach to Dreamwork DreamRePlay with David Jenkins, PhD ++ DREAM SECTION: From Kat Peters-Midland XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D E A D L I N E : Send articles and news by March 28th for the April issue XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Post Dreams and Comments on Dreams to: http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/temple Send news, events, workshops, conferences& reviews to Harry Bosma Send Articles, news and other items to: Richard Wilkerson: o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Editor's Notes o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Welcome to the March 2007 issue of Electric Dreams, your portal to dreams and dreamwork online. If you are new to dreams and dreamwork, there are a few e- lists where Electric Dreams people seem to congregate that might interest you. One is dreamchatters@yahoogroups.com Subscribe by going here and registering http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dreamchatters/ .. and another is the IASD bulletin board. Please, no dreams interpreted here, just discussion of dreaming and dreamwork topics. http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm In this issue: Kata Dales of Altar Girl fame and Ross Kerr, infamous reclusive writer and musician, have teamed up to bring you "Lost in the Woods," a comic which explores how both dreams and technology change the ways in which we think about ourselves and relate to others. See the cover they created for this months Electric Dreams and read about their adventures… Global Dreaming News editor Harry Bosma, brings you dream news and events from around the world, online and offline. If you have dream news you want to get out, please send those to Harry for next month’s publication at ed-news@alquinte.com Lucid Dream Exchange editor Lucy Gillis searches the globe for lucid dreamers and their experiences. This month Robert Waggoner interviews David L Kahn. (No not David Kahn the upcoming president of the IASD, but another interesting Kahn) Long time lucid dreamer, David L. Kahn has recently completed a book about dream interpretation, "A Dream Come True" Be sure to read this interesting interview. The World Dreams Peace Bridge continues to dream up global events. Jean Campbell describes a new project that will occur at the World Children's Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on June 25, "the world's largest ever drumming circle." Be sure to read about it, and join in. Stan Kulikowski II has one of the most unique ways of recording his dreams, and we often pull these out from the many dreams sent in to show readers how applications of narrative style can be applied to dreams. This month, Stan narrates a dream called "The Dream of September." Your dream work will go improve considerably when you learn to ask good questions. You are training yourself to follow. A fascinating new level of creativity comes through when you allow the dreamer to lead. These and other gems of dreamwork wisdom are found in DreamRePlay creator, David Jenkins, PhD as he explores "The Socratic Approach to Dreamwork." Men doing dishes, don't go back in the house, turkey fish and police school - what's going on? …another dream section of the Electric Dreams magazine from Kat Peters- Midland! Get your own dream published on Electric Dreams by submitting at http://dreamgate.com/forms/dream_flow.htm Janet Garrett archives past issues so you can search out specific articles and authors in an easy-to-access format. These articles contain a wide range of information for dreamers and dreamworkers. You can see her work progress and view hundreds of article on dreams at: http://www.improverse.com/ed-articles/index.htm Cover by Kata Dales http://dreamgate.hypermart.net/ed-covers/ed14-3cov.jpg -------------------- For those of you who are new to dreamwork, be sure to stop by one of the many resources: http://dreamgate.com/electric-dreams http://dreamgate.com/dream/library http://dreamunit.net/news-en/ Electric Dreams in PDF: Temporarily offline -------------------- It's just a dream, it's just a dream, it's just a dream… -Richard Wilkerson o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o G L O B A L D R E A M I N G N E W S March 2007 o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Email all dream news to Harry Bosma at his special ed- news@alquinte.com address. Online: - Radio Show - Dream Time - Wednesdays - Dream Video Picks of the Month - IASD Newsletter available to non-members Physical world: - London Dream Conference - Call due April 27 - Dream Fires at Vernal Equinox (Danish Assoc) - Berkeley Dream Institute Programs for March - IASD Bay Area Lecture Series: Bob Hoss - Dream Art Show in Oakland, California - Women's Dream Workshop, Sonoma California - Workshop and Dream Art Exhibit - Santa Fe, MN Books, movies, research: - Dream Videophile has Dream Movies Reminders: - Dreams Studies - Want to Help? - Various calendars - Strephon Says: Podcasts and blog - Ritual DaFuMu for Peace * * * ONLINE * * * --- - IASD News: Radio Show --- The IASD "Dream Time," an Internet radio program continues after successful programs with Jean Campbell, Robert J Hoss, David Kahn and Patricia Garfield. March 7 - be sure to see Gayle Delaney. This show focuses on the Science of Dreaming and is aired on Modavox's VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Channel You can also listen through a link from the IASD, DreamScience.org. The show will be hosted by IASD Past President and Executive Officer, Bob Hoss. www.health.voiceamerica.com http://dreamscience.org/idx_radio.htm Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 9am Pacific (noon Eastern) Understanding and Incubating Dreams with Gayle Delaney PhD. Description: When we dream, we speak to ourselves in the language of pictures and metaphors. Understanding this dreaming language opens the door to creativity and insight that can greatly enhance our lives. Dr. Delaney and our host Bob Hoss will discuss some simple techniques you can use for understanding your nightly dreams. Gayle will describe her method of interpretation called the Dream Interview that you can use on your own or with a friend. The Dream Interview replaces old wives' tales as well as old psychiatrist's interpretive pronouncements with a series of carefully crafted questions that allow you to discover your own private meanings. She will also discuss how we can target dreams for specific problem solving with her method of Dream Incubation. Gayle Delaney PhD, founding president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, Co-director of the Delaney & Flowers Dream Center in San Francisco and author of 7 publications including In Your Dreams, All About Dreams and Sexual Dreams. --- - Dream Video Picks of the Month --- Creating and sharing videos is now easier than ever before. What are dreamers putting online? Flying Lucid Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojN82KM_Htw Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bC3Tlq8EOE Flying Dreams - The Secret of NIMH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkY-FQnD_9w Have you found other dream videos, or created your own, let us know. -- Richard Wilkerson rcwilk@dreamgate.com --- - IASD E-Newsletter --- Not just for IASD members, the IASD E-news keeps you up on all events sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Editor, Jacquie Lewis, Ph.D. Subscribe here iasd-eNews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com * * * PHYSICAL WORLD * * * --- - London Dream Conference - Call Deadline --- Dreams and Culture 2nd International Conference of the Nordic and North European Network for the Study of Dreams Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, England 7-9 September 2007 Each and every person dreams. Our dreams reflect the culture in which we live, our culture shapes our dreams and in some societies, dreams have shaped culture. This conference explores the ways in which our dreams and culture interact and encourages submissions from a range of disciplines. Please submit the Call for Presentations form on the following page electronically to kate.adams@bishopg.ac.uk with a copy to research@bishopg.ac.uk by April 27th 2007. http://www.asdreams.org/england07/index.htm --- - Dream Fires at Vernal Equinox --- Dream Fires at Vernal Equinox 21st March 19.30- 21.30 p.m. Danish Association for the Study of Dreams (FFSD) At vernal equinox day and night are of equal length. Light and darkness meet, and we move along with Spring into a period of increasing light. -- From olden times such passages have been important to the culture, to the inner and outer growth, and to man's attachment to and respect for the rhythm of the earth. The Association is intent to reiterate at each vernal equinox this ritual, which is based on old traditions, renewing it with contemporary meaning. We shall use our dreams as a portal into the inner world and through the fire unite with the power of nature. Contacting the dreams and the fires will create a connection between people on this earth as well as a tangible and shared network of light and consciousness. We invite everybody to meet in small or large groups, public or private, on this particular evening. Or, of course, do it on their own. We suggest to follow below points so as to create a common reference, thus intensifying the bond and facilitating the sharing of experiences: 1. Time and date: Wednesday 21st March 19.30 – 21.30 p.m. 2. The participants to gather in groups. If you are alone, you might visualize the connection to other groups or participants. 3. A fire to be lit, or alternatively a candle symbolizing the fire. 4. The participants to share their dreams around the fire. This can be done in different ways like e.g. telling the dreams, drawing them or showing drawings of them. Meditation, songs, dance, and music are other options. 5. Dream incubation. Before the end of the ritual to focus on the dreams of the coming night. Each individual to visualize the fire before going to sleep. 6. Reflection. Anybody having the desire and energy to do so, is invited to share their evening by mailing experiences, thoughts, dreams, drawings, etc. to the Association. The material that we receive will be edited and maybe put on our website. We intend to present our Equinox Dreams Project at the North European Dream Conference in Lincoln, England next September. The theme of this conference is Dreams and Culture. We do hope that the above will inspire you to participate. If you have any questions, you are welcome to put them to us by mail to mail@ffsd.dk --- - Berkeley Dream Institute --- The Dream Institute 1672 University Ave. Berkeley, CA 94703 510-845-1767 How to get your name on the Dream Institute newsletter list - call and leave your name and address at 1-510-845-1767 The year began with a moving and wonderfully successful event—Jacqueline Thurston presenting, Lana Nasser performing—to bring sacred images from ancient Egypt to life. We had to turn eager folks away! Suggestions for future programs are most welcome. As the featured dream shows, the time for “new wine” is here. Dreams were recognized by most indigenous and traditional religions as a source of renewal. “Culture Dreaming” may become one of the new wineskins. The Dream Institute is the only California venue offering it. A new series begins this month; if you haven’t yet attended, make time to come to this dynamic event. NEW – STARTING THIS MONTH ART & DREAMING Emily Anderson starts Sat Feb 10 This workshop opens the space for one’s natural imagination and creativity to emerge through different art-making processes. Emily Anderson, M.A., is a multimedia artist and former co-director of the Oakland Art Gallery. Meets alternating Sat and Thurs: Feb 10 & 22, March 10 & 22, April 14 & 26. CULTURE DREAMING a new series begins Sat Feb 10 3-5pm Participate in this exciting new mode of dreaming for social change. After a brief meditation, we tell dreams as they emerge; we then look at cultural aspects of the “big dream” just co-created. Observers welcome. DREAM GROUP Richard Russo & Meredith Sabini begins Feb 15 An 8-session dream group to meet twice a month on Thursday evenings beginning Feb 15. See enclosed flyer. CONTINUING PROGRAMS – OPEN TO ALL Study Group for CULTURE DREAMING Feb 3 March 3 April 7 This began in January, continues through April. A focused group for those who’ve previously attended. To join now, please plan to attend all 3 sessions. Call to reserve. DREAM STUDIES OPEN FORUM Monday Feb 12 7:30-9:30 pm Mike Morrison and Kelly Bulkeley (GTU) present, “Caregiving in Time of War: PTSD and dreaming among military veterans” DANCE & DREAM Lana Nasser Sunday Feb 18 2-4pm This class combines Middle Eastern dance movements, breathing exercises, vocalizing/sound, and visualization to work with dreams in an embodied way. IASD LECTURE SERIES Wednesday Feb 21 6:30pm, lecture at 7 Dr. Alan Siegel will present. (IASD members & students $10) JFK DREAM-SHARING Tuesday Feb 27 7-9:30pm Open to current students and graduates of the Dream Certificate Program. Hosted by Judy McEnroe. OFFICE & LIBRARY Open Hours & WORK EXCHANGE Open Mon, Wed, Fri. Call 3 days ahead if you’d like to come. Work in the “Wisdom House” 4 hours/month—make copies, stuff and stamp envelopes to send out our newsletter in trade for an event or workshop of your choice. Time & day relatively flexible. Dream Institute of Northern California EVENTS DREAMS & TAXES Friday Feb 23 7-9pm refreshments served What if we reviewed and summarized our year’s dream log as we do our finances? Come and learn ways to creatively survey a year’s dreams, which you can continue at home. You will marvel at the recurring themes that emerge. Bring your dream journal. Follow-up meeting will be arranged. With Meredith Sabini. SPRING EQUINOX RITUAL Sunday March 25 2-4pm In March, Winter turns to Spring, a time of rebirth. Save this Sunday afternoon for live music, storytelling, and dream-sharing around our outdoor firepit. * * * * * Call for Art We are always looking for art from local (Bay Area) artists to display at Fox Commons Art Gallery, which is housed in The Dream Institute. You can send slides, or call to bring your work by. MARCH 7 : IASD Bay Area Lecture Series Robert J Hoss - Dream Language 6:30 - 9:00 PM 10: ART & DREAMING Emily Anderson 10am-1pm 12: DREAM STUDIES OPEN FORUM 7:30-9:30pm $5-15 25: EQUINOX RITUAL 2-4pm $10-20 --- - IASD Bay Area Lecture Series - Dream Institute --- The International Association for the Study of Dreams Presents The Bay Area Lecture Series March 7 at the Dream Institute in Berkeley Dreams and Personal Transformation with Bob Hoss, M.S. Author of Dream Language and Executive Officer of IASD The great luminary of the dream world, Carl Jung, observed that if dreams have an ultimate plan in mind, it is a natural tendency towards establishing balance and wholeness. Jung described this as a process of transformation, a cyclical and evolutionary process that can last throughout a night of dreams or a lifetime. Our dreams both reflect the stages of this transformation, and help to bring it about. In this lecture and workshop you will learn how to recognize transforming imagery even in your everyday dreams, how to understand what the dream means to you in your life's situation, and how to work with it to change your life. You will learn a simple Gestalt based technique to reveal hidden feelings, conflicts, fears and desires that may be holding back your progress in life; followed by a closure technique designed to use your dream to project a potential path to wholeness. A worksheet will be provided. Bob Hoss, M.S., is the author of the book Dream Language, Executive Officer and former President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. As a scientist with training in Gestalt work, he has been teaching dreamwork for over 30 years. He is on the faculty of the Haden Institute for dream leadership training, and the adjunct faculty of Sonoma State University. He frequently appears on radio and TV and his book was recently featured nationally on ABC TV and in Readers Digest. Currently Bob Hoss is hosting a thirteen-week radio show, Dream Time the Radio Show on Voice America's health channel. This show features interviews with IASD experts. Visit Bob Hoss's website at www.DreamScience.org Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at: The Dream Institute 1672 University Avenue Berkeley, California Pre-lecture social: 6:30 p.m. Lecture: 7-9 p.m. Admission (payable at the door): $15 (Members and students with valid ID, $10) -- - Dream Art Show in Oakland, California -- You are invited to a show of paintings by Betsy Wood, March 5th to April 30th See slide show of dream paintings by Betsy, interwoven with improvisational dance, music and song by Lana Nasser. Sat March 31st, 3pm. Refreshments. RSVP Questions Betsy 510-891-8282 -- - Women's Dream Workshop, Sonoma California -- Sharing from the Source: Dreams of our Times A Workshop for Women Saturday, March 31, 10am-1pm at Shambhala Sonoma Meditation Center, Sonoma, CA 255 W. Napa St., Suite G, Speer Building To register: Please call 707-824-2885 $25 suggested donation -- - Workshop and Dream Art Exhibit - Santa Fe, MN -- The Dreaming Arts Study have both and exhibit and workshops available in March Offering Workshops in Santa Fe In each Tuesday studio workshop, dreams are turned into illustrated journals and hand bound books through guided explorations of universal themes and archetypes. "The Art of the Dream" workshops access the roots of creative consciousness through poetry, prose, collage and image- making. Newcomers and out-of-town dreamers are most welcome. Please make reservations advance 988-1086. Bring a dream. $50. includes all materials Contact http://victoriadreams.com * * * BOOKS, MOVIES, RESEARCH * * * --- - Dream Videophile has Dream Movies --- Interested in films with dream-themes? Deirdre Barrett, PhD and others have reviewed dozens of films and have them listed and reviewed. Join the dream-movie craze and see them all! http://www.asdreams.org/videofil.htm * * * REMINDERS * * * --- - Dreams Studies - Want to help? --- You can help dream research gain a better understanding of the amazing realm of dreams through participation as a subject! Do you qualify? See the IASD Bulletin Board for a list of research projects looking for subjects. http://www.asdreams.org/research/research_idx.htm --- - Various calendars --- Nicole Gratton (Canada): http://www.nicole-gratton.com/calendrier_01.htm Robert Moss (USA): http://mossdreams.com/xcalendar.htm Jeremy Taylor (California): www.jeremytaylor.com/pages/schedule.html International Association for the Study of Dreams http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/bb2005/viewtopic.php?t=1851 --- - Strephon Says: Podcasts and blog --- Strephon Kaplan-Williams is an international expert on dreams and dreamwork. Now in retirement age Strephon gives his podcasts. http://strephonsays.com --- - Ritual DaFuMu for Peace --- The World Dreams Peace Bridge, on the 15th of each month, is holding a monthly DaFuMu - a collective dream of good fortune - to support peace. For more information go to: http://www.worlddreamspeacebridge.org/dafumumonthly.htm To join the World Dreams Peace Bridge discussion group, just send an e-mail to worlddreams- subscribe@yahoogroups.com . END NEWS ================================================ o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Cover : "Lost in the Woods Scene" Kata Dales http://dreamgate.hypermart.net/ed-covers/ed14-3cov.jpg o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Artists' Bio Kata Dales of Altar Girl fame and Ross Kerr, infamous reclusive writer and musician, have teamed up to bring you "Lost in the Woods," a comic which explores how both dreams and technology change the ways in which we think about ourselves and relate to others! Let's see if we can catch up with them now! I've just discovered Kata's "secret den of artistry." She's busily sketching out a cover for some sort of e-zine, but seems to have a free moment.. "I've been doing comics since FOREVER, but Ross and I are the ultimate team. I suppose one way you could look at our collaborative effort is that I focus on the emotional intricacies of human relationships and Ross babbles about things like 'discursive networks' and 'the ethical implications of technological integration' until I get him to shut up. In addition to doing the art I have to make sure Ross doesn't alienate our readership entirely." Ross is sitting in his dorm room eating cereal and bashing on his computer keyboard intermittently. He responded to me—at least, I think he was speaking to me—when I asked him a few questions about the comic. "I approached Kata one day and told her about a dream I had in which I was reading a book that combined words and pictures in a sort of sequential narrative. She told me that I must have been living under a rock for the past century and proceeded to force me into reading 1,000 issues of shojo (girls' Japanese comics). After that incident, I dropped the sprawling postmodern masterpiece I had been writing in favor of making a comic with Kata. I don't regret it in the least, because no one knows how to read anymore." That's all for now! Tune in at http://www.lostcomic.net for more wacky adventures in cyberspace! o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o An Excerpt From The Lucid Dream Exchange Robert Waggoner interviews author David L. Kahn (c) Lucy Gillis 2007 o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o An Excerpt From The Lucid Dream Exchange By Lucy Gillis In LDE 42 Robert Waggoner interviews author David L. Kahn. Lucid dreamer David L. Kahn has recently completed a book about dream interpretation, "A Dream Come True", which recognizes the value of precognitive material and lucid dreams. The book is currently being reviewed by some publishers for possible publication. (You can purchase the self-published version on-line at http://stores.lulu.com/lucidreverie) David has been a lucid dreamer for nearly thirty years. He lives near Minneapolis with his wife Chris, son Jacob, and daughters Kristin, Amanda and Heather. Robert: When did you first learn about conscious dreaming or lucid dreaming? David: I was around ten or eleven years old. I saw a television show that had a piece on lucid dreams, explaining what they are and how you can make conscious choices in them, including to do things that would not be possible in real life. I was glued to the TV. The show had an example of a girl that was running on a beach while being chased by a person on a horse. She could not see who the person was, because the rider was wearing a black hood. She realized that this was a dream, stopped running, and turned to face the person on the horse. The horse stopped running and the rider took of her hood. She saw that the person on the horse was herself. Robert: Can you recall your first lucid dream experience? Please, tell us about that. David: The very first time that I realized that I was dreaming while the dream was occurring, I was perhaps 8 or 9. At that time I had never heard of a lucid dream and I wasn't aware that I could change the dream. My first true lucid dream was the same night that I watched the TV show. In the dream I was at school with my friends when I realized that I was dreaming. I took off and flew very fast over the school yard for a couple of minutes until I awoke. Robert: What about that lucid dreaming experience (or those early experiences) did you find interesting? David: I was surprised by how real the dreams felt. The dreams seemed as real as waking life, sometimes even more so. The colors became very rich and images became sharper. Sometimes I was surprised to find out that I didn't have total control. How can I know that I'm dreaming, but be unable to walk through this wall? There were also times that I recall telling my friends in the dream that they too were dreaming, so quickly I realized that there are different levels of lucidity. Robert: At that time, what methods did you use to bring conscious awareness into the dream state? Has that changed over the years? David: I did a lot of work with lucid dreams during my teen years. I was fascinated by Stephen LaBerge's work. I read his books and had an audiotape of his at the time. I had some success with MILD, but mostly I found incubation to be something that worked for me if I put enough effort into it. I also experimented with reality checks during the day, and I even bought a subliminal message tape. Mostly I just tried to keep lucid dreams on my mind, often with books or tapes. That made a big impact on the frequency of my lucid dreams. I recall one night as a teen having a lucid dream, waking up, then going back to sleep and having another lucid dream. In both dreams I attempted to fly my way out of my body. I didn't succeed, but I did have strange circular flights. These days I still tend to use dream incubation as my main method of inducing lucid dreams. Robert: As you had more lucid dreams, were there any lucid dreams that made a deep impression on you? Tell us about them. David: Nearly all of my lucid dreams have made a major impact on me, but there is one that was a major turning point in my life. I had this dream about twenty years ago, when I was in my later teens. I was in an empty room. There was a window on one of the walls. Nothing caused me to question my reality, but I became lucid. The colors became very rich. I walked over to the window and looked out onto an open meadow with a single tree in the middle of the meadow. My vision focused in so that I could clearly see fine details of the individual leaves. Each leaf was luminescent, glowing with a bright green color. I realized at that moment that each leaf was alive, but so too was the entire tree. I felt the connection between all living things. Robert: Interesting! What did you take from this lucid dream experience? What did it come to mean to you? David: I remember that dream as though it happened last night. It had a major impact on my life in subtle ways that may be hard to quantify. I see the world and the people in it differently. I am reminded of the Native American saying, "No tree is so foolish as to have branches fight amongst themselves." In addition to the metaphoric meaning, I literally have never looked at trees the same since. I notice the individual leaves, not just a single tree. When I hear the sound of wind blowing through the leaves, it has a calming affect on me. It is much like the peace you might feel while taking a walk on a beach listening to the crashing sound of waves. Robert: What experiments have you tried when lucid in the dream state? Please describe and tell us about some of those? David: One experiment that has stuck with me over the years took place in another of my teenage lucid dreams. I decided that I wanted to hear what music sounded like in a dream, so when I became lucid I made my stereo appear in front of me. I had a cassette tape in my hand and tried to put it in the tape player. For some reason the tape wouldn't fit, so I just jammed it into the tape deck and forced it shut. Then out of nowhere I heard music. It was unbelievable. The sound was coming from everywhere, as though it came out of the air itself. It was the most crystal clear sound that I have ever heard. Interestingly, prior to having this dream I had a few nights of failed attempts at having a lucid dream. In one of those dreams I was hearing music. The name of the song in that dream was called "Dreaming Again." It is as though my mind was attempting to help me achieve my goal. Robert: Have you ever tried "surrendering to the dream" or letting the dream show you something unexpected or unknown? Or have you had lucid dream experiences that were totally unexpected? What happened? David: It is interesting that you ask this. I had a recent lucid dream that was perhaps the longest lucid dream that I've ever had. It lasted several minutes. After becoming lucid, I repeated nearly identically the events of an out of body experience that I had many years ago. I walked through the same window and began floating up above the same house and trees. I then felt that I wasn't just floating, but I was being lifted under my arms by something that I could not see. I had a brief moment of doubt and began to drop, with a feeling in my stomach like being on a roller coaster. I realized that I had to let go of my doubt, and I continued to float. I then turned my arms so that my hands were facing up. I repeated several times, "Show me what I need to see." As I was saying these words, I felt myself being quickly turned in different directions. In one direction I saw a silhouette of a large tree in a sunset. Eventually I went over the ocean and was dropped on an island, where my lucidity continued as I explored the island. I realized a couple of interesting things after this dream. One is that I recognized the tree silhouette inside of a sunset as the wallpaper image that I have on my computer. Later that day I took a look at my computer screen wallpaper, which hadn't changed in months, and I noticed something that I had never seen before. I saw something very small next to the tree. I zoomed in on it and saw that it was a headstone. It wasn't scary. The feeling that I had is that something has been in front of my eyes all this time and I didn't see it until now. The other realization that I made is why I kept repeating the words, "Show me what I need to see." I had recently written a poem into a chapter about spiritual dreams in my book. My dream was telling me to listen to my own words. Here they are... Enlighten me to all I see The storm at night, the sun by day The black, the white, the shades of grey The waves, the serenity of a calm sea Dead branches for firewood, the living tree The garden flower that smells so sweet The cigarette butt tossed on the street The house, the cars, the money you've made The piles of bills you've left unpaid Your friends, your family, the people who care Those whose presence you cannot bear Are you trapped or are you free? Enlighten all it is you see Robert: Have you experienced lucid dreams that made you question the nature of reality? David: I have precognitive dreams fairly often in both lucid and non-lucid dreams. No matter how often that happens, I still find myself with a sense of awe. In a recent lucid dream, I had a very bizarre experience unlike any other dream that I've had. I was standing in front of a bathroom mirror when I became lucid. I noticed that the shower curtain was blue, and I also noticed geometric shapes on the shower curtain. I knew that I would be blue when I looked back at the mirror. Indeed my skin was very blue, except for my neck in the area that I recently had surgery. I looked away from the mirror for a few seconds, and when I looked back something very strange happened. I became the color blue. It wasn't just my skin color. I was actually the color, as though without me blue would not exist. This is one of my most difficult dreams to express in words, because it is hard to describe what it feels like to be a color. Robert: What questions did this bring forward about lucid dreaming and the nature of consciousness? David: More than ever I feel as though we have only touched the surface of what reality is, and where we can go with our minds. I have no doubt about precognitive dreams. I think anyone that experiences them has a knowing that they are real, even if it can't be proven scientifically (yet). I also have this sense that there is something guiding me that is beyond my own subconscious. There are too many synchronicities, and somehow they have never steered me wrong. If it was just coincidence, I would think that I'd be steered wrong at least on occasion. Robert: I understand that you have almost finished a book on dreaming, and have a chapter on lucid dreaming. Tell us about the book. David: The book is called A Dream Come True. It discusses many different interpretation techniques that I believe would be affective for both experienced and non-experienced dreamers. My belief is that many, perhaps most, dreams include some precognitive material and that the dream cannot be fully interpreted without seeing the past, present and future aspects of the issue you are dreaming about. I also discuss recognizing angles and 3-dimensional space within dreams as a means of recognizing what may be precognitive material. The more basic interpretation sections of my book include such topics as understanding why your dream takes place in your childhood bedroom, recognizing oversized objects, etc. Robert: On the chapter on lucid dreaming, tell us a bit about your viewpoint; what are you trying to get across to readers? David: The information that I provide about lucid dreaming is something that experienced lucid dreamers would easily understand. I felt it was important to include a chapter on lucid dreams early in the book, because I have included various lucid dream examples in other chapters ranging from spiritual dreams to precognitive dreams. I think experienced lucid dreamers would find some similarities in their dreams and gain further ideas about what they can do with their own lucid dreams, while less experienced lucid dreamers would gain a better understanding of the value of lucid dreaming. In an example that I use in a chapter on "Actions and Figures of Speech", I tell a story of a series of synchronistic events that occurred both in and out of my dreams. An interesting part of a lucid dream is included in which I ask a dream character for help in dealing with a financial issue that I was having. The character replied, "Ask the old man." I don't know why, but I awoke with the thought that "ask the old man" could be an acronym (ATOM). I thought about atoms, and realized that the night before I had been reading about molecules in a book by Dr. Wayne Dyer. I have a lot of respect for Dr. Dyer's work, and he happens to be nearly the same age as my father. I realized that he is "the old man." With this I knew that my answer was to ask myself what Wayne Dyer would do in this situation. Instantly I heard myself say, "Surrender and trust that the universe will take care of this." So, my dream wasn't so much giving me financial advice as attitude advice. Although in the end, the synchronistic events mentioned in this chapter of my book did end up manifesting some real life solutions. Robert: It seems like nowadays many people have heard about lucid dreaming, and have a basic conceptual understanding. Does it seem odd that individuals that are used to having individual dream experiences would have so many similar common lucid experiences? What might that suggest? David: Non-lucid dreams certainly seem to have a lot of common themes, as indicated in Patricia Garfield's book The Universal Dream Key: The 12 Most Common Dream Themes Around the World. It would make sense that there is at least some commonality among lucid dreams as well. What I find interesting is that lucid dreams seem to have their own similar experiences, often different from those of non- lucid dreams. Flying dreams, dreams of light, deceased family or friends, the richness of colors, and so forth don't seem to fit into the standard mold of dreams. It seems that many of the differences between standard and lucid dreams are spiritual in nature, as though by reaching certain levels of consciousness we become more open to those experiences. The most spiritual of lucid dreams have a feeling of coming from someplace other than my own mind, and I have heard this described by others. Robert: What kind of lucid dream experiments could move forward the understanding of the potentials of the dream state and lucid dreaming? What would you like to see? David: It would be interesting to look at precognitive dreams or remote viewing dreams by two or more people simultaneously having lucid dreams (or at least in the same night) in order to see if there is a difference in the degree of accuracy. On a personal level, I am interested in dreams of light. I am curious about experiences of others that may be similar to my tree of life dream. Perhaps next time I should try to communicate with the tree, or even to become the tree. Also, after my experience of becoming the color blue, I am curious as to what else we might become. I think many of us have become animals, different people, or even floating consciousness in our dreams. What would it be like to become a beam of light, water, gravity, or a geometric shape? Robert: Thanks David, for your observations into lucid dreaming. Any parting thoughts? David: Trust the guidance of your dreams and then manifest their messages into reality. That is how my book, articles and this interview came into being. I felt guided, and over time I began to rid myself of doubt as my dreams had shown me. Also, realize that sometimes there are signs right in front of your face... Dreams Represent Explanations Acronyms Metaphors Symbols ************************************** The Lucid Dream Exchange is a quarterly newsletter featuring lucid dreams and lucid dream related articles and interviews. To subscribe to The Lucid Dream Exchange send a blank email to: TheLucidDreamExchange-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You can also check us out at www.dreaminglucid.com o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o THE VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Drumming, Dancing and Dreaming for World Peace Jean Campbell March 2007 o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o On May 14, 2006, Mary Whitefeather Joyce had the following dream: We are all (many people for miles) are standing outside, not sure where, a place I have never been to. We are all holding hands in a prayer for PEACE. We are all dressed very colorfully, wearing colors of the rainbow. There are children everywhere as far as I can see. There are many with drums. There are 4 large pau wau size 24"-28" drums in a circle and within 4 corners as though they represent the 4 directions. As soon as I hear the drum beats i wake up!EOD A few weeks later, when she created a Solstice Drumming Ceremony for the International Association for the Study of Dreams' annual membership conference in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Mary Whitefeather met Jean Campbell and other members of The World Dreams Peace Bridge. She soon became a member of the Peace Bridge herself. It was a great Valentine's Day surprise then to discover, on February 14, 2007, that Mary Whitefeather's dream from May 2006 seemed to be predictive. That day she wrote a message to the Peace Bridge discussion list, saying she had been asked to create "the world's largest ever drumming circle" at the World Children's Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on June 25. Further, she asked the Peace Bridge to cosponsor this event, and we agreed to do it. There's more. We are asking you to do it with us! Check the Drum Dance and Dream for World Peace web pages at www.worlddreamspeacebridge.org/drumming (link available after March 10, 2007) Quite literally, Dr. Ashfaq Isaq, whose International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) sponsors the World Children's Festival has asked us to gather the tribes...all of the tribes...to drum, dance and dream for world peace on "Peace and Leadership" day at the World Children's Festival. The drumming event will be at Fourth Street on the Mall, directly in front of the US Capitol. And for those who cannot come to Washington, there are drumming groups forming all over the world to join us on a day to create a peaceful future for the world's children. One of the workshops presented that day has also grown from a dream. World Dreams Peace Bridge member Jeremy Seligson will present a Peace Train Workshop, coming a few days early to the U.S. from his home in South Korea, before traveling to the IASD conference in Sonoma. Stay tuned for further developments.Joy o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Dream: Game of September Stan Kulikowski II o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o DATE : 15 feb 2007 06:24 DREAM : game of september =( yesterday was a wednesday. after a few days of spring weather a cold front moved in with a noticeable chill. i lit the fireplace which had been unused the day before. it was valentines day. my mother only enjoys candy bought the day after when it is marked down, so i must wait to buy it for her on sale which takes much of the joy out of the holiday with no one else to celebrate with. at least the mail order wine company had shipped me a special heart shaped bottle of pinot grigio which i had enjoyed seeing in the refrigerator for over a week. we cooked weenies over the fireplace and drank the wine. i got to bed around 01:00 and went to sleep without any problem. )= it is after dinner and i have that slightly overfull feeling that you get when finished from a memorable meal well prepared. the few people from our neighborhood are gathered here on the back porch, stretching and talking politely together in small groups. our host is a slightly elderly man of very dominate character. he laughs a little too easily and a little too loud but it is easy to forgive him for being just barely overbearing, especially after such a good meal as he has prepared for us. i meet with the young wife of our host over by the card tables. she is a thin blonde woman, a trophy wife of considerable beauty but she has accepted her position in life in no small degree as an accessory of a very famous man. i had once felt sorry for her but have gradually grown accustomed to her plight. today we have determined to learn together the game of september. sitting down together at the nearest card table, i shuffle the huge deck of cards from the small boxes bought from the local voodoo shop. it takes some time to arrange the many cards dealt into manageable hands. she has an opening card which she plays face up in the shared book area near the draw pile of undealt cards. i think a little before i decide before i place a 'story' card next to the opening. i am worried that she will pick up the card to put in her hand, but instead she immediately places a feminine card next to it, so the play now reads 'her story'. fortunely, i have a 'happy ending' card to fix the plot structure so no one can pick up the developing sequence from here on. it will take some time to add the content cards onto this line, but we have the basis of a solid tale growing here. i draw two cards from the undealt pile and think about discarding some into my personal book area of the table. it is a little early to get down on the board this way, but i would feel a little easier with fewer cards in my hand to manage. perhaps i should hold off on scoring my personal card matches until i see how the shared story unfolds and can make better judgements on the perspectives of the plot view. some of the cards are smaller, shaped like little blue clouds, and this makes it difficult to hold them with the larger trump cards. before i can decide on my next play, we are distracted from our game and called over to her husband's side for the telling of a mutual joke that has been told too often but it requires her attendence as always does. he knows the game of september better than almost anyone here, but rarely enjoys playing with novice beginners, so his wife and i have been left to learn how to play by ourselves, making the mistakes that the inexperienced often must suffer before they can see the overall patterns of common strategies. "how goes your game?" he asks her in his overly expansive manner with extravagant public gestures. he seems much like a falstaff holding court with the local gentry in attendance. "we have just started." she smiles back at him, waiting for him to launch into his telling of one of the jokes as he always does whenever he has gathered together an audience. she is familiar with her role as playing the innocent simpleton with large eyes and affected manner. i wonder if we will ever get back to our game abandoned on the card table and if it will be her story that unfolds there. to discover one's destiny in such a manner is no small thing but i doubt that it will be such an easy thing to accomplish. =( awake at 06:15. this dream has a very solid feel to it even though none of the characters are known well enough to me to have names. yet they seem like very familiar persons that i should have known better. the woman with whom i play cards seems rather like kathy ollie, a somewhat shy woman i knew many years ago. she was the wife of a behavioral psychologist who taught at the university in amherst but he was not at all like the overbearing husband in this dream. the game with the voodoo cards seemed to have more significance to me than it should. the telling of tales with the play of cards is afterall what tarot decks are used for, but this game seemed to have more the interactive play of canasta in its structure with a larger deck of many more distinguished cards and suits. i do not quite know what to make of a dream with a newly invented game in it, but it has a satisfied and complete feeling of complexity to it so that i wish that i had played longer at it and so know more of its details. )= -- . i have come === to chew bubble gum stankuli@etherways.com | | and to kick ass --- and i am all out of bubble gum. -- they live o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o The Socratic Approach to Dreams DreamRePlay (Copyright 2007) David Jenkins, PhD o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o As you listen to a dream, It is almost impossible not to be bubbling over with questions and interpretations. Part of the art of dream work is learning how to transform your own ideas into good questions about the dream. This column shows some ways to do that. Framing Your Question In some forms of dream work, you offer your thoughts to the dreamer. You might say "I wonder if the dream means that you are concerned about your work?" That was the thought that you had about the dream and therefore you asked that question. For many reasons, this is not a good idea. One problem is that the dream might mean something completely different to the dreamer and therefore your idea, honest and intelligent as it may be, is nonetheless intrusive and prevents the dreamer from thinking for herself. Many dream workers would instead say, "If it were my dream, it would mean I was concerned about my work." That preface, "If it were my dream...," is powerfully effective in emphasizing that this is the listener's opinion and allows for the fact that it may not fit for the dreamer. But, the problem is that it still takes the dreamer away from her dream and her thoughts and shifts the focus to the listener and his interpretation of the dream. If your opinion makes sense to the dreamer, your counsel will be highly valued. If it doesn't, you are breaking the flow of the dream work. There is a way of avoiding the dangers in offering your opinions. The Jenkins Rules of Dream Work Rule #1­Every opinion can be converted into a neutral question. Rule #2­Deal with the problems within the dream. (Help the dream-self rather than fix their waking life) Working Backwards In these examples, you will see how to work from your "raw" thought to a question that stays with the dream. Jane's Dream: I dreamed I was lost in a huge, empty building. I couldn't find the way out. Let's suppose that you "know" that Jane hates her day job and really wants to be an artist. You "know" that this huge building represents her impersonal downtown corporation. You also "know" that if only Jane would pluck up the courage to leave her job, she would get lots of work as a freelancer. Therefore all she has to do is to get out. This dream is a gift from heaven for you. You are dying to say, "Look, Jane, the building represents your job. You have no friends there and that's why it's empty. The dream is telling you to leave your job." Listener, beware! For one thing you might be wishing to leave your own job. Secondly, this conversation is not about you. Even if you are completely right, the task is for Jane to find her own way out – and that is your clue. In the dream work, you need to focus on finding a solution to Jane's dream-problem. If you are right, that solution will apply – better than any well-meaning advice you can give her. First of all you know that you want Jane to leave her job. You believe that is equivalent to leaving the building. Convert that into a question: "Do you want to leave the dream-building or do you want to stay there?" Now you have a perfect question. You have taken your prejudice and converted it into a neutral question that works for the dream-Jane and yourself. You’ve followed both Rule #1 and #2. If Jane says, "I am happy in this building, I just want to find out where everyone else went," then you have some very important information. You know that this dream is nowhere close to your belief systems about Jane and her waking job. If Jane says, "I hate this building, I want to get out of it but I can't find an exit," you have moved the dream work forward. Now you can start to focus on getting Jane out of the building. You might ask "What floor are you on?" "Can you see any stairs or an escalator?" These are questions that orient Jane to the task of getting out of the building. If you are right about your assessment of Jane's work situation, then, as you gradually work through the dream issues, Jane herself will link the dream to her job situation. Even if you are wrong, you are still helping Jane deal with whatever problems the dream is referring to. Some Examples I dream that there is a red pillow on my bed. Listener thinks: The red represents anger. Problem: It's too general to ask "Does red represent anger to you?" Some reds may be anger but not all. It also ignores both rules #1 and #2. Instead ask: "In the context of the dream, what does the red suggest?" You can also ask how the dream would be different if the pillow were some other color. I dream I am with a group of people and there is a man who is rude to me.. Listener thinks: She is far too sensitive. Problem: This may or may not be true and it may or may not be helpful.. Asking "Why are so sensitive?" is too loaded (as well as breaking rules #1 and #2); the dreamer will have to defend her right to be sensitive. Instead ask: "What do you really want to say to the man who is rude to you? In doing so, you will probably be given an insight into what triggers the dreamer's "sensitivity. " Conclusion Listening to a dream is a double process. If you are involved then the dream is stirring up your own mind. You need to catch these thoughts and bring them back to the dream. If you deliver them "raw." you are pushing the dreamer into your perspective and away from the dream. Your dream work will go improve considerably when you learn to ask good questions. You are training yourself to follow. A fascinating new level of creativity comes through when you allow the dreamer to lead. DIAL-IN DREAM GROUPS Whether you live far away or close by, a phone group allows you to get a sense of dream work in a very convenient way. With this new work, I hope to communicate the pleasure and the excitement of dream work to many people. email david at davidj@dreamreplay.com for information. DREAM GROUPS The Saturday drop-in group ($20) is from 10 am to noon at 2315 Prince Street in Berkeley. The nearest major cross street is Ashby and Telegraph. Please let me know if you are coming. web: http://dreamoftheweek.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Men doing dishes, don't go back in the house, turkey fish and police school - what's going on? …another dream section of the Electric Dreams magazine from Kat Peters- Midland! Dream title: a man doing dishes Dream date: A month ago Dreamer name: AJNTRC Dream text: I dreamed a guy I really liked (not dating) came to visit me from another state. He washed my dishes, kissed me on the cheek and called me beautiful. Dream comments: none Dream title: my dad tried to kill me!!!! Dream date: February 22, 2007 Dreamer name: cha-ney-ney Dream text: In my dream I'm back in my old house in Pennsylvania, the one I lived in before I moved to Alabama, which is where I live now. The house looked different...I just knew it was that house, and there was a huge bedroom downstairs with a huge sitting room added on to it and it has previous owners stuff in it...and it seemed like I'd dreamed of that same place before. I really wanted to move into that room but my mom wouldn't let me! Then my dad shows up out of nowhere and starts punching me and hitting me in the face and then started to strangle me. I manage to run outside and get away from him and he goes "Just let me explain...just let me explain!!!" I stood there just staring at him and then I took off and ran downtown to the CVS Store that was there. I ran inside and started screaming for my brother and all of a sudden he appears out of nowhere and was like "who did this to you...who did this to you????" Since I had blood running down my face from being punched and he takes me over to my aunt and he says to my aunt "keep her here...and whatever you do...don't go back to the house!!" and then I just wake up after that! Dream comments: that dream really freaked me out Dream title: Hope Dream date: 2/20 Dreamer name: Mae Dream text: Voice saying: Never give up hope, but don't have false hope Dream comments: My sister has cancer, she had the dream. Dream title: Turkey Fish Dream date: none given Dreamer name: La Fromage Dream text: My sister, her friend, and I are in the bathroom, baking cookies, and I decide to eat some of the raw cookie dough. I immediately feel sick to my stomach and go to the toilet and well... get sick. But instead of your average sick, I have puked up red, yellow and green fish. My sister's friend tells me that it is the raw turkey in the dough. "That kind of stuff happens when it's uncooked all the time." Dream comments: This was a while ago, I'm sorry for the graphic nature of it. Dream title: killing bad people Dream date: February 18 2007 Dreamer name: whats? Dream text: At first I was like in a police school learning about what to do and how to use a gun when a bad person has guns and they are trying to kill you. My superior was telling me how to identify a person who has weapons and he/she is trying to find targets. I felt like I could identify them thanks to my teacher. Suddenly they started shooting so I started shooting back with the gun my superior had given me. I killed many of them but one of them shot me. I tried to finish killing the bad people with all my strength. I could kill them because there were only two left, but then I closed my eyes. I woke up in a hospital, with my mom who was watching me. Then I ask what happened, she told me everything. Then it started to change and it disappeared. Dream comments: After my dream had change a little I start dreaming a different thing. But I still soar with the bullets that had passed my chest. Dream title: break up Dream date: 2/17/07 Dreamer name: anonymous Dream text: I dreamt that my boyfriend broke up with me and he told me that it was better to be friends. But he was a different person, it wasn't my boyfriend the one I with right now. Dream comments: this is like the second time I dreamt that he broke up with me but in different surroundings. 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