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This fascinating and accessible book offers a comprehensive overview of dream interpretation theory and modern dream science, presenting an argument for dreamwork as a means to better understand emotional challenges and achieve personal growth.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: The Dream Journey 1. The Daimon Within 2. Synchronicity 3. Gender Issues in Dreamwork 4. Befriending Your Dreams
Part II: Dreams that Change Lives 5. Dreams and Creativity 6. Lucid Dreaming 7. Dreams and Psychedelic Drugs 8. End of Life Dreams and Visions 9. Prophetic Dreams 10. Nightmares
Part III Reintegrating the Dream Narrative 11. A False Translation 12. The Black Madonna 13. Stickholm is Burning 14. Sparks of the Divine 15. Istikhara 16. The Gods Within 17. The Way of No Words 18. Dreaming Awake
Part IV: Why We Dream 19. Asleep in a Cage 20. The Language of the Mind 21. A Narrative Model of Dreams 22. Affects, Archetypes and Cigarettes
Part V: Listening with the Third Ear 23. Finding Irma: Freudian Dream Theory 24. Irma Reimagined: Jungian Dream Theory 25. Dream Symbols 26. Active Imagination 27. Using Dreams in Therapy Conclusion
About the author
Greg Mahr is an experienced clinician and teacher. In addition to multiple scientific papers, he has published poetry and flash fiction in a variety of literary and medical journals.
Christopher L. Drake is a clinical psychologist and sleep researcher. He authored over 200 scientific publications and is a section editor for
The Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine. He received research grants from the National Institutes of Health and is a former Chairman of the National Sleep Foundation. His scientific interests include insomnia, shift work and lucid dreaming.
Summary
This fascinating and accessible book offers a comprehensive overview of dream interpretation theory and modern dream science, presenting an argument for dreamwork as a means to better understand emotional challenges and achieve personal growth.
