First published in 1991. An introductory guidebook to dream interpretation which will be of interest to analysts and therapists both in practice and training and to a wider readership interested in the origins and significance of dreams. This book should be of interest to dream psychology analysts, therapists, counsellors, and the general reader.

Natural and necessary expressions of the life force, dreams provide access into the unconscious areas of life. They give specific and appropriately timed messages which can assist the dreamer with problem-solving, artistic inspiration, psychological development and spiritual deepening. They are also important for healing.
In Dreams, A Portal to the Source, Edward Whitmont, author of The Symbolic Quest and Return of the Goddess, and Sylvia Brinton Perera, author of Descent to the Goddess and The Scapegoat Complex, both leading analysts, provide an extensive guide to dream interpretation. Among the topics covered are the language of dream images; the interplay betweeen archetypal and personal levels; the dream's dramatic structure; and body imagery in dreams.

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Providing an understanding of the nature of the archetypal form-patterns that express themselves in the similarity between substance and psychosomatic dynamics, this collection explores why this similarity is a basic factor in the healing process.

This book explores the use and development of man's symbolizing capacities-those qualities that make him distinctly human. Dr. Whitmont describes the symbolic approach to a dream, which takes into account a symptom's meaning in reference to an unfolding wholeness of personality. He then presents the view that the instinctual urge for meaning is served by the symbolizing capacities, and that this urge has been repressed in our time. In the field of psychology, this symbolic approach is most fully exemplified by the theories of C. G. Jung. The author's contribution includes many differentiations and speculations, especially concerning the problems of relatedness.

Three Essays. Notes Regarding The Dynamics Of The Self, By Gerhard Adler; The Magic Dimension Of The Unconscious, By Edward Whitmont; And The Moon And Matriarchal Consciousness, By Erich Neumann.