ed-smal.gif (7720 bytes)Electric Dreams Vol 5.4 April 1998

Editors' Notes
Richard Wilkerson rcwilk@dreamgate.com


Hello to the online dream community! I have some Spring projects I want to mention right off:

1. All ED Subscribers:

We will be offering experimental illustrated issues. Dane Pestano  danep@cableinet.co.uk  is the HTML ED Designer and is putting together a copy you can view offline on your own favorite browser. That's right, offline! Many of you may not realize that your browser can read a file in your own computer just as easily - more easily - as it can on the Net.

Simply subscribe to the address below and we will send you (once or twice a month) a zipped copy and instructions on how to read it. (Just unzip it and load it into your browser). Send to TO:
edreams-web-request@best.lists.com
in the body of your email put only

subscribe your-email

If you write articles for us, be sure to send him a graphic next time!


2. All Dream Web owners:
A. We are starting a "Friends of Electric Dreams" Web Ring. This is a way to link together and create a better online community. Ring Master Victoria Quinton has two addresses for you to try to sign up:
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=edreams;addform

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~mermaid/edring.htm

More instructions will be coming as the ring forms!


B. Please fill out the Dream Web Survey. (In the Dream Airing Section) This information will be presented at the next Association for the Study of Dreams conference and available online about June 1998 at www.dreamgate.com/dream/history/  

3. All Electric Dreams subscribers:

I found a service on the web that offers free chat rooms, drawing boards, bulletin boards and other services that we could use as an online community. Please stop by via you web browser and sign on, it only takes about 10 minutes.

1. Go to http://www.communityware.com/asp/community.asp?id=4894

2. Click the "register" button in the new user section (lower right corner).

3. Read the user agreement and click "I agree" when you are ready to continue.

4. Complete the registration form and click "submit."

5. Don't forget to bookmark this community in your browser.

If you want to put a sponser name in, use my dream persona name, dreambat13

It's really easy and best of all it's completely FREE.


What else is up this month?

Linda Magallon is helping to develop an online faq on dreams and dreaming. This month she has included one on Mutual Dreaming, the topic of her last book.

Jill Gregory, from the Dream Library and Archive, answers questions about dreams and oobee.

In February Tony put his dream book online and has the discussion mail list open for chat
(ed-core@lists.best.com )
Electric Dreams is also publishing this work in parts. This month is part III, The Message.

Tony will explain this concept and show how to practice and bring this into your waking life. For the full text go to

www.dreamgate.com/dream/dubetz/

Do you have dreams about deer? Nutcracker does, and if you would like to travel with her and Dr. D. down the mythological path of deer imagery, your deer dreams will never seem the same. Be sure to read Deer Dreams.

If you are looking for a dream interpretation journey in the spirit of Easter, look no further than Dr. Deus' Divine Messages. In this issue Dr Deus will be dealing with many aspects of this yearly "Resurrection" celebration. As Dr D says "... plenty for a real spiritual feast which shall transport the reader through Time and Space, from Hell to Heaven and from Death to Life."


For those of you who are new to dreaming online and all of the above just seemed like an unknown language, take heart, our next issue will focus on all the ways new folks can participate in dream sharing in cyberspace.

I wanted to thank Linley Joy for moderating the dream groups online for nearly a year. Linley will be heading off to pursue career choices that don't allow her the time to continue the groups. I really think you are wonderful for moderating and supporting the online dream community in this way and wish you the best!

And so, we now need a new moderator for the dream groups -anyone who is interested, contact me. Also, if you would like to join a group, drop me a line and I'll send you instructions. 

Are you interested in the events, conferences and projects that are concerned with dreams and dreaming? If so, be sure to read Peggy Coat's Global Dreaming News. This forum will update you on what is happening in the world of dreams, both online and off. If you have information you feel should be on this news, contact Peggy at pcoats@dreamtree.com  or stop by the newly upgraded www.dreamtree.com

Dreams & comments - Where are they? We will be sending them separately next week.

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Richard Wilkerson
rcwilk@dreamgate.com