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Dreaming in the World's Religions - A Comparative History (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,756
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Dreaming in the World's Religions - A Comparative History (Hardcover): Kelly Bulkeley

Dreaming in the World's Religions - A Comparative History (Hardcover)

Kelly Bulkeley

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aA pleasure to read, well written and full of fascinating examples. It is unique in combining a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of the religious meanings of dreams with a state-of-the-art treatment of the insights that cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary psychology bring to our understanding of them.a
--Wendy Doniger, author of "Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities"

aOffers a sophisticated, yet easily accessible and engaging discussion of how and in what way dreams and a broad range of the worldas religions have enjoyed mutual influence throughout history.a
--Nina P. Azari, Editor-in-Chief of the "Encyclopaedia of Religions and Sciences"

From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharohas dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. In this widely shared view, dreams are a powerful medium of transpersonal guidance offering the opportunity to communicate with sacred beings, gain valuable wisdom and power, heal suffering, and explore new realms of existence. Conversely, the worldas religious and spiritual traditions provide the best source of historical information about the broad patterns of human dream life

Dreaming in the Worldas Religions provides an authoritative and engaging one-volume resource for the study of dreaming and religion. It tells the story of how dreaming has shaped the religious history of humankind, from the Upanishads of Hinduism to the Quraan of Islam, from the conception dream of Buddhaas mother to the sexually tempting nightmares of St. Augustine, from the Ojibwa vision quest to Australian Aboriginaljourneys in the Dreamtime. Bringing his background in psychology to bear, Kelly Bulkeley incorporates an accessible consideration of cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary psychology into this fascinating overview.

Dreaming in the Worldas Religions offers a carefully researched, accessibly written portrait of dreaming as a powerful, unpredictable, often iconoclastic force in human religious life.

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Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2008
First published: July 2008
Authors: Kelly Bulkeley
Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9956-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > States of consciousness > Sleep & dreams
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion
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LSN: 0-8147-9956-6
Barcode: 9780814799567

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