Electric Dreams Vol 5.11 December 1998
Editors' Notes
Richard Wilkerson rcwilk@dreamgate.com
This is our Holiday issue and we have some real dreamy gifts this month. If you are looking for something to give, how about donating some time to answering questions that kids and other folks new to dreams and dreaming ask us each month? I've copied a few in the Dream Airing Section this month from the Association for the Study of Dreams web bulletin board. Stop by and help us out!
Perhaps you noticed and pondered the dream
quote at the beginning of the issue? "Dreams contextualize emotion." This
summary phrase from Ernest Hartmann goes to the core of his new book _Dream and
Nightmares: The New Theory..._. Our dreams make connections which give context to our
feelings. From this notion Hartman unfolds what might be called the Unified Dream Theory.
I ran into Ernest in Cyberspace and have a special interview for you with him.
Note: if you do decide to buy the book, please do so from the ASD site so the money (or
some of it) goes to supporting research in dreams and dreaming.
If some of the talk in the interview about neural nets seems confusing, I've added a quick summary of the issue in Dreams and Meaning in Science: Neural Nets.
Linda Magallon compares dreams and dreamers. Boy what a difference! Be sure to read about this in Dream Trek.
Nancy Huseby Bloom suggests some ways to stay active with your dream techniques and hatch some great plans for the New Year in her Watch Your Dreams column. Get you intentions ready and start incubating those dreams!
Victoria Quinton, who for many moons kept our Electric Dreams staff meetings fun and joyful, has returned with an Interview with Habib. Be sure to see her full collection of interviews as well with other dreamer online http://www.alphalink.com.au/~mermaid/ed_ivs.htm
Peggy Coats has a wide variety of dream news and activities for you. I'd like to call special attention to the Planetary Dream project which will be December 20-21 and involves the dreaming global community.
Also note that December 1 is the deadline for presentations for next year's Association for the Study of Dreams conference in Santa Cruz, California.
Bob Krumhansl will be telling you all about the dreams this month, and you can see them in the DREAMS section. Includes dozens of dreams from Cyberspace and an editorial on our dreamy blessings.
If you would like to CONTRIBUTE DREAMS or comments on dreams to the next issue there are several ways sign up on the ed-core@lists.best.com mail list drop off dreams on the web form at http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/temple send the dream with title and pen name to me at rcwilk@dreamgate.com
All dream sharing is considered anonymous unless you specifically request a name or address.
And of course, our DreamWheel Dream Groups via email continue as always. If you would like to join an email dream group, drop me a line at rcwilk@dreamgate.com
OK, next month we would still like to see Millennium dreams. I think would include apocalyptic dreams, futuristic dreams, and dreams that deal with time and cycles. Send'm in.
See you next year!
-Richard
Richard Wilkerson
rcwilk@dreamgate.com