This title helps you learn how humanity has viewed dreams through the centuries, and what their significance is for us today. It is an exploration of the many types of dreams including lucid dreaming, dream archetypes, nightmares, recurring dreams, erotic dreams and dream logic. You can begin a voyage of discovery as you learn what particular importance your dreams have for understanding yourself and the way you live your life.

The broad scope of the dream material analyzed in this book allows the authors to touch upon many subjects associated with the nature of the psyche, not only those relevant to pregnant women. The careful interpretation of the amplificatory material drawn from a wide range of cultures also makes this an inspiring aid for the understanding of dreams, valuable to psychologists, doctors, midwives or anyone else interested in this human subject.

The Art of Lucid Dreaming is a quick and easy guide to helping you wake up in your dreams. When you are aware and lucid in a dream, you can ask your subconscious mind for guidance, perform healing magic, seek creative solutions to problems, or explore the dream realm more deeply than ever before. With more than sixty practices and fifteen tailor-made programs to help you get started, this hands-on book encourages you to discover your personal dream type so you achieve lucidity as quickly as possible. Focusing on how to get lucid, stay lucid, and take control in your dreams, this book shows how to transform your nightly slumber into an exciting spiritual adventure that fills your life with meaning.

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This practical handbook provides a complete program of study and practice for every student to awaken consciousness in the Internal Worlds: those dimensions we all visit each night, but only faintly remember, if at all. "The aspirant tries to be conscious of his own dream; hence, he becomes a spectator and actor of a dream with the advantage of being able to abandon the scene at will in order to move freely in the Astral World. "Then the aspirant, free of the limitations of the flesh, outside the physical body, will have discarded his old familiar environment and penetrated a universe ruled by different laws. "The discipline of the dream state of Tantric Buddhists methodically leads us to the awakening of our consciousness." By the application of the techniques provided herein, any sincere person can achieve the awakening of the consciousness, and thereby come to know the truth of the mysteries that exist beyond the reach of our physical senses.

"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it." --John Steinbeck Scientific research confirms what people have always known: answers, ideas, and inspiration do come to us in dreams. Harvard psychologist and world-renowned dream specialist Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D., offers this rich collection of examples of how the world's most creative practitioners in art, music, film, science, literature and other fields have used the revelations of their dream life to inform their work. Dr. Barrett offers insights showing us how to encourage lucid, meaningful dreaming, and how to apply the meanings of our dreams to solving problems--from the everyday to the extraordinary. This is the stuff dreams are made of. In the visual arts, Jasper Johns couldn't find his unique artistic vision until he dreamed it in the form of a large American flag. Salvador Dali and his colleagues built the startling new genre of surrealism out of dreams. Kubla Kahn dreamed the design for his stately pleasure dome; thousands of years later, Lucy Davis, chief architect at a major firm, continues the tradition of dreaming designs into life in her extraordinary buildings. Film is a fertile avenue for dreams: "Twice I have transferred dreams to film exactly as I had dreamed them," confides director Ingmar Bergman, as have Federico Fellini, Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Robert Altman, and John Sayles. From Mary Shelley's terrible nightmare, which became Frankenstein, to Stephen King's haunting dream as a little boy, which led to his first bestseller, countless writers have consulted the Committee. Musicians from Beethoven to Billy Joel and Paul McCartney have whistled the Committee's tunes. In science, physiologist Otto Loewi dreamed the medical experiment that earned him the Nobel Prize. In sports, Marion Jones dreamed she'd broken a world record, then brought the dream to life. Gandhi translated his dream of resistance into a movement that changed the world. Since Freud, we take it for granted that our dreams reflect our past. In The Committee of Sleep, Barrett reveals how dreams can also tell us about our future potential--and how to reach it. Read this book, sleep on it, and see what transpires Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D., is on the psychology faculty of Harvard Medical School. She is the author of the widely acclaimed The Pregnant Man: And Other Cases from A Hypnotherapist's Couch.Supernormla Stimuli, anf Waistland. She is Past President of both the International Association for the Study of Dreams and The Society for Psychological Hypnosis. She is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Dreaming, and has published numerous professional articles and chapters on dreams. Her commentary on dreams has been featured on NBC, Life Magazine, Self, and other national venues. She has lectured on dreams in the U.S., Russia, Kuwait, Israel, England, and Holland. "This fascinating and balanced compendium is the first critical examination of the tricky subject of the role of dreams and dreaming in creative life--a question which has been pondered since antiquity. Dr. Barrett draws vividly and eloquently on the world's literature as well as her own clinical experience; one leaves this book with much more respect for sleep and dreaming." --Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist From Mars

This little book provides an excellent background on dreams; what they are, where they come from and what they are intended to do. It demystifies the process of interpreting these nightly messages and provides a down to earth, comprehensive and step-by-step approach to working with dreams that eliminates the confusion found in other books of the genera. Apart from demonstrating how to successfully deal with the narrative of the dream a significant portion of the book is dedicated to dream art. Dream art refers to those sketches, drawings, doodles and whatnot that people put together to help illustrate the dream. This book will explain what to look for, in this more creative aspect of the dreamer's presentation of the dream and how to employ these revelations to garner a better understanding of the dreams overall meaning. The book also includes a discussion on the topic of recalling dreams and offers several concrete suggestions to help facilitate the process. Finally, the book expounds upon common symbols, themes and motifs found in dreams. This section is not offered as a dream dictionary - as the book makes it perfectly clear that dream symbols are utterly unique to each dreamer - but rather as a catalyst to help one begin to conceptualize the work in a symbolic way. As the author points out the title of the book is about dream work, but it should be approached as dream play to be most productive.

Smashing the myths Michael demonstrates the simplicity of Dream Interpretation. In this well structured book he starts with the basics and gently introduces how dreams give direct guidance on your health. That alone is worth the sticker price but it doesn't stop there With each chapter the arsenal for cracking the code in dreams is advanced until from your dreams you can answer the deeply philosophical questions, ""Why am I here?" and "What is my life purpose?" "

Michael writes from an unashamed spiritual perspective but with his feet firmly on the ground. With this book you can take steps to restore your power and regain control of all aspects of your life.

Your dreams want you to be in loving relationships, healthy, happy and successful. They are an illusion created to help you wake up from other illusions. You would be wise to listen to them.

Michael Sheridan

Reviews
Practical, easy to read and very enlightening. Dreams have never been more cogently presented than in this great book. A welcome and essential addition to the library of human knowledge. Neal Keyes A.W.E.A.C., Former Head Counselor, The Hanly Centre for Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Dublin

All dreams have multiple meanings. Michael's gift is to help us to interpret dreams in a meaningful way - messages from the subconscious regarding our health or our purpose in life. This is a great book, easy to read, and one you will want to refer to again and again. Denis Prone, Ph.D, Transpersonal Psychologist and Researcher.

Michael is an accomplished communicator, who succeeds in bringing simplicity to what are potentially complex and confusing areas of exploration. Paddy McMahon (Patrick Francis), Author, The Grand Design.

What are dreams made of? Here is an explanation of precisely that, not just in the physical sense, but also in the ethereal and astral. The author describes not only how the brain and body dream-as well as instructions for how to guide dreams-but also reveals what the different kinds of dreaming are, and what dreams signify for the ego and the spirit. English clergyman-turned spiritualist CHARLES WEBSTER LEADBEATER (1854-1934) was ordained as an Anglican priest, but later joined the prominent Theosophical Society and traveled to India to study alternative spiritual and occult practices, eventually settling into his life as a clairvoyant and author. His other works include Man Visible and Invisible and The Science of the Sacrament.

Did you know that dreams about houses symbolise exploration of the self. And that water symbolises fertility, creativity and potential. Dreams provide vital clues to hidden feelings, fears and desires; understanding your dreams can lead to greater self-awareness and self-healing. Each image that appears in a dream has a meaning and The Dream Dictionary is an invaluable, detailed guide to decoding these meanings. The book introduces the classic theories of Freud and Jung, to more recent ideas on dream analysis, it provides a wealth of background information on the study of dreams and on the images examined in the dictionary section. From abandonment to zodiacal signs, the comprehensive dictionary has more than 700 entries. Each entry gives a range of possible interpretations for a particular dream symbol, allowing you wide scope for deciphering your dream and for assessing its implications. Cross-referencing throughout, the dictionary allows you to examine all aspects of individual symbols.

This book has been written by one of South Africa's foremost psychologists, Professor Dreyer Kruger, to help readers understand their own dreams. In this fascinating and lucid introduction to the subject, he presents a variety of dreams along with the life context of the dreamer, followed by interpretations.

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Sigmund Freud, the father of modern Psychology, stunned the world with his work in dream analysis. His surprisingly simple yet powerful conclusions captivated the world's attention and started the exploration of the human mind. Although a scientist by trade, this introductory work by Freud is written for anyone to understand and does not require a background in psychology. This easy to follow volume is not only enlightening, but an entertaining guide that lays the foundation for analyzing dreams. Inside you will learn what causes dreams and how to figure out what they mean. For example, when a young woman falls asleep and slowly looses her grip on consciousness, the unshackled and unrestrained parts of her subconsciousness start peering out of the shadows of her mind. Her carnal desires slowly creep into her weakened state of mind. As she tosses in bed these thoughts start controlling her dreams. Now, alone in her mind, she is at the mercy of the world where her libido manifests itself in both subtle and overt ways. When she wakes up she might forget or ignore what has transpired. By doing so, she will close a valuable window that reveals her true desires. Yet if she explores this facet of her existence, she can arrive at a more intimate understanding of herself.

Tim Etchells' "Dream Dictionary for the Modern Dreamer is at once a mischievous glimpse into the contemporary subconscious and a playful, irreverent portrait of twenty-first-century life. The dictionary concentrates on those aspects of contemporary life and dreaming, which other dictionaries have neglected. Rather than concentrate on those archetypal features of human existence (chairs, tables, fire, love and falling), "The Dream Dictionary is the first significant reference work devoted to explaining the particular, the transitory and the specifically contemporary as in may appear in the world of our dreams. What is the meaning of a dream in which one touches, without meaning to, the hand of a fellow traveler on an underground train? What does it mean to dream of a telethon, a modem, or the former Soviet Union? Or that someone you love dearly is trying to barcode-scan your eyes? "The Dream Dictionary will answer all these questions and more.