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Alcheringa 2000 : let us dream our future ! For the past two years, a collective dreaming project has occurred at the winter solstice, called Planetary Dream. Sponsored by Oniros, the French dream organization, and the European Association for the Study of Dreams, Planetary Dream is part of an ongoing effort to unite dreamers globally in the year 2000. Planetary Dream 1998 will be held December 20-21. The theme is Transcendence (flying). Instructions to participate and incubate this special dream can be found on the EASD site : http://perso.club-internet.fr/oniros/EASD/   To celebrate this event, a ®Free trance psychedelic flying partyŻ will take place in Paris the night of the 18th of December...

Dreamtales from David Dahl
The Blue Deer and Other Dream tales by David Rains Dahl is a recently published collection of over 60 short-short stories inspired by dreams and engaging a variety of themes - all told with intense visual imagery and metaphor. A book of dream-sharing, mystery and surprise. The book costs $9.95 and is published by Capra Press PO Box 2068 Santa Barbara CA 93120.

Dream Certificate Program
Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts, in Santa Cruz, CA, is offering a 200hr. certifiacte program in Dreamwork, beginning Jan. 13, 1999. This in depth training in Jungian Based dreamwork is for both lay people and licensed clinicians. Classes include lectures, demonstrations, direct experience and supervised practice in the art and craft of working with dreams. For more information and brochure, call the office at (831) 476- 2152.

Introduction to Dreamwork courses in London, England
Dreams are the most personalised form of the Oracle, and often the most miraculous, in that they are created-each night -specifically for every one of us. One function of our dreams is to point out our blind spots and correct narrow or one-sided viewpoints; because of this it helps to tell them to a sympathetic listener who can provide objective insight and feedback. Using symbols and metaphoric imagery, dreams employ a language that-with a little help and practice-anyone can learn. In fact, the very act of working to understand your dreams is usually supported and rewarded by the Oracle, who seems to respond when it knows that its messages are being heard. Although much goes on in your dreaming life that is not meant to be interpreted, working with dreams over time is an excellent way to connect with a sense of meaning in your life.

Nora Leonard will be running courses in dreamwork beginning in January of 1999 in West Ealing (London, England). The introductory course runs for 6 weeks, two hours per week, and covers such topics as: keeping a proper dream diary; learning to ask the right questions of a dream; how dreams portray our current situation in metaphoric terms; the need to bring in individual associations and amplifications to dream imagery; recognising and dealing with mythological motifs; how dreams often picture our own inner dynamics as outer relationships and situations-for example using our own parents in dreams as images of how we"mother" or "father" ourselves. Theory will be translated into practice using dreams brought to the sessions by course participants. The classes will be kept to 6-7 participants so that each member gets a chance to present their dreams.

The cost will be 60 pounds sterling for the 6 weeks. Please phone 0181-998-2366 or email nleonard@vatamoen.u-net.com   for further details.

 


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     RESEARCH    &   REQUESTS

 

Dream Researchers and Students! Read on for information about the journal Dreaming, and about ASD's 1999 University of California, Santa Cruz. The annual ASD conference is the world's largest gathering of dream researchers and academics, and includes researchers from many disciplines.

1) The journal Dreaming. The latest issue of Journal Citation Reports, which assesses the world's 6000 main journals, gives Dreaming's 1996 Impact Factor (that is, average number of citations in science, social science, arts and humanities journals in 1996 to articles published in Dreaming in the previous 2 years) as 0.543, and their Immediacy Index (that is, number of times in 1996 that Dreaming articles published in 1996 were cited) as 0.176. Dreaming is being cited more than the journals Adolescence, Applied Nursing Research, Aids Patient Care Studies, Africa, American Criminal Law Review, Adult Education Quarterly, Anthropology Quarterly, Ageing Society, American Political Quarterly, American Journal of Psychotherapy, and American Journal of Art Therapy. These are just a few of the journals starting with A, let alone other letters, that Dreaming exceeds in level of world citation. It also exceeds GLQ-Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Journal of Mind and Behavior, Canadian Psychologist and Australian Journal of Psychology. The journal publishes work in many academic disciplines, but for those involved in sleep or psychology the journal's Immediacy Index (0.176) is comparable to that of Journal of Sleep Research (0.194) and exceeds the British Journal of Clinical Psychology (0.151) and Personality and Individual Differences (0.105). Dreaming's Impact Factor (0.543) is comparable to that of Personality and Individual Differences (0.876), and Journal of Sleep Research (0.862), and is higher than half of the 90 journals classed by JCR as general psychology. Obviously this success and quality is costly, in terms of the editor-in-chief, editorial board members and referees' time and commitment, and the last ASD Board meeting agreed 12000USD ($12,000) for the costs for journal administration for 1999, in addition to the publishers costs for printing and distribution.

2) Full abstracts for all articles that have been published in Dreaming, plus article discussions, are now available on the ASD website, at http://www.asdreams.org/idxjournal.htm  

3) ASD 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, JULY 6th-10th 1999, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ

THE CALL FOR PAPERS IS AVAILABLE FROM http://www.asdreams.org/asd-16/asd16_call99.htm  

DEADLINE 10 DECEMBER 1998

Here is a selection of some of the Hawaii 1998 conference scientific and social scientific papers: content analysis of martial arts practitioners' dreams; dream content and self-esteem; thin boundary ratings and dream content; lots of papers on the relationship between nightmares and trauma, and the treatment of both; dream content of psychiatric inpatients; quantitative analysis of dream publishing activity over the 20th century; dreams of cardiac patients; dreams of insomniacs; suggestibility in the reporting of dream recall frequency; update on the activation-synthesis theory; effects of bodily stimulation on dream content; dreams and the visual system; dream content coding on the Schneider/Domhoff website; various cross-cultural papers; meaning in series of dreams.

There were also presentations on the research use of long term dream journals; childhood nightmares; the anthropology of dream theories in Bali and New Guinea; lucid dreaming; dreams in literature and in films; a sociological presentation on the disapproval of dreams in the films of Disney; universal dreams; and the etiology of nightmares. Also of note work from other disciplines, such as Milton Kramer's historical/psychoanalytic paper on how the Irma dream may not have been about Emma Eckstein, and Kelly Bulkeley's historical paper on the reported dreams of Socrates about his death, and dream interpretation in ancient Greece.

REGISTRATION FOR THE 1999 CONFERENCE IS AT A REDUCED RATE UNTIL 1/1/1999, DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ON http://www.asdreams.org/asd-16/registration99.txt  

4) Suggestions have been made for at least one 2 hour research symposium, as an addition to the many research paper, panel and symposium sessions, in which informal discussions could take place, which would have some of the characteristics of the post-talk/dinnertime exchange of information that is present for small groups at other times of the conference. The aim is that the discussion may precipitate future research projects, and may be of benefit to student researchers. Further information on this is available from m.t.blagrove@swansea.ac.uk

 

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   WEBSITE & ONLINE  UPDATES

Do you know of interesting new websites you'd like to share with others? Or do you have updates to existing pages? Help spread the word by using the Electric Dreams DREAM-LINK page www.dreamgate.com/dream/resources/online97.htm . This is really a public projects board and requires that everyone keep up his or her own link URLs and information. Make a point to send changes to the links page to us.

DreamMap web site up and running. On the http://www.dreammap.com  web site you can download the DreamMap software (supported versions include Mac 68k, Mac PowerPC, and Windows95/98/NT). DreamMap is a dream text journal and visualization tool that helps the dreamer explore links between groups of dreams. Another new item on the new dreammap site is that you can read the epistemology of the DreamMap software, including the different iterations and the content analysis framework underlying the dreammap software. Dreams and the Genetic Code by Bradley York Bartholomew http://www.magiccomputers.com.au/bartholomew/  

Keep Dreaming and Stay Young!
It has been known for decades that the fetus spends the majority of its time in REM sleep. Likewise there is a well-established theory that much of the pre-language behavior of the neonate, as well as the mechanisms for the emergence of language, are "pre-wired" into the brain. It is suggested that it is in fact fetal dreams which are crucial for the development of these innate factors, and that through its dreams the fetus is being rehearsed in the behaviors it will indulge in after it is born. Not only may REM sleep be the essential factor for the development of the central nervous system (CNS) in utero, it is also likely that dreams are responsible for maintaining the CNS throughout the lifespan. It is known that the amount of REM sleep decreases with age, so if the proportion of REM sleep could be kept constant at the young adult level, the process of aging may be slowed.

Perceptions
A new dream-related site called Perceptions promotes the connection between creativity and spirituality, with a large emphasis on dreams and how they inform and shape our experiences and goals. The site is in association with Perceptions Newsletter, a bimonthly, snail-mail publication that regularly includes articles on dreaming as well as dream- inspired poetry. (Like the website, the publication is not exclusivelydevoted to dreaming, but does place a large emphasis on dreams.) They offer a links page that includes a small dream section, as well as a dream section in our online bookstore. We also have an online poetry forum. Our goal is to hare resources and support with regard to the individual creative and spiritual journey, of which dreams and dreamwork are an integral and invaluable part. http://members.aol.com/LvnNDreamn/perceptions.html  

 

To Surf, Perchance to Dream http://www.angelfire.com/tn/MythsDreamsSymbols/index.html  
Those who have an interest in dream interpretation can visit this website for free interpretations. Jerry Gifford, the author, primarily uses Jungian dream psychology when working with dreams. His webpage was mentioned in the New York Times Circuits section in the article by Tina Kelley 'To Surf, Perchance to Dream'.

Snake Dreams Online http://www.greatdreams.com/snakes2.htm  
Anyone who is sometimes troubled by dreams of snakes, might be interested in taking a look at this new dream page about snakes. There are also a couple about dragons. The page includes interpretations.

French Dream Site -- Demoiselle http://pages.infinit.net/aum/ .
This new dream site is collective site in French, established by seven women in Qu‚bec and France, all empassioned by dreams. The name of this site is: Les demoiselles du rˆve, because in French "demoiselle" has two meanings: lady and lullaby, which is the messenger of dreams in the Amerindians tradition.

The Daily Analyst http://callisto.worldonline.nl/~cb008448/  
Free Association in Everydaylife . . . Vrij Associren in het leven van alledag Explore your dreams, fantasies and anything else on your conscious mind . . . Onderzoek uw dromen, fantasie en al het andere in de geeste... <subscribe to dream interpretation by free association>your co-explorer is Willem Linschoten, psychiatrist. psycho-analyst (and.... Sigmund Freud is at the Freudmuseum in Vienna!!!) The Daily Analyst's old and new items daily on work-days. Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, HTML, Italian, Latin.

Experiment in Synchronicity http://www.webspawner.com/users/COSMIC/  
This website reviews an experience that conforms to a principle called 'synchronicity', the psychic relativity of space and time, through the dreaming function.

Exploring Sleep Paralysis http://www.eden.com/~sbonham/Sse.htm  
Sleep paralysis is a condition that happens during the onset of sleep or awakening. The sleep and awakening onsets are key for many people who like to have the experience of "leaving the physical body", with awareness, or also called "entrance into lucid-dream from the awaken state" by LaBerge's school. Sleep paralyis is one the phenomena one might experience in this situation, which might be accompanied by "dream-like hallucinations".However, the fact that the person is conscious and unable to move, can be frightening.

Author Sirley Marques Bonham was appalled when she first entered the sleep forum from the University of California Los Angeles, where she read the many accounts ofpeople having sleep paralysis, and thinking they could be going crazy. Some of them even ended up being treated for a pathology that didn't exist, due to the ignorance of the psychoanalyst, or sleep professional). It was from there that she learned about Jean-Christophe Terrillon, a Canadian bio-physicist who now works in Kioto, Japan. They had many discussions about these phenomena, before they deciced to write a paper together.

This paper was presented at the meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration in Charlottesville, North Carolina, last May.

Visit Sirley's website, THE DREAMER PAGE at http://www.eden.com/~sbonham/dream.htm .

 

Dream Inspired Collages http://home.pacbell.net/davekat/gallery0.htm  
Art in theAlchemical and Tantric Tradition by husband and wife Kathleen Eiswald and David Wells. Enjoy several galleries of beautiful collages.