Dream interpretation: Runes; Tarot; I Ching. This is an examination of the world of dreams, and a guide to how we understand their significance. You can learn to interpret your deepest thoughts, feelings and desires by analysing the visionary inner world that is the key to the future. You can use the Tarot to foretell your own destiny by allowing the cards to tune into your worries, hopes and ambitions, and explore how to use runes and the I Ching. This intriguing book studies the world of dreams, their meanings, the symbols they may contain, and how we can use them to access our subconscious. Every culture in every historical period has interpreted the importance of dreams in different ways, but all agree that dreams have vital significance, and could even hold knowledge of the future. Ancient methods of divining dreams, including runes, I Ching and Tarot, are explained and instructions are given on how to use them to interpret your own night-time revelations. With intelligent and accessible text, and illustrated throughout with evocative images, this is an insightful examination of dreams and divination.

Why we dream: the definitive answer tells the remarkable story of how Joe Griffin discovered how and why dreaming evolved in mammals and helped us unravel what our dreams actually mean. Thanks to Griffin's work we now know what dreams are doing for us: they keep us sane, or, in certain circumstances, can drive us mad (psychotic). And this knowledge opens up wonderful new possibilities for humanity: greater creativity; improved mental health and deeper understanding of who we are. Griffin and Tyrrell convincingly show that dreaming is vital for mental health and that the brain state we associate with dreaming (the REM state) also has crucial importance for when we are awake. This understanding of the REM state explains not only how our brains construct a model of reality, but also explains hypnosis, how creative behaviour works, and why we develop mental illnesses such as depression and psychosis.