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This book surveys both the scientific and the spiritual terrain of altered states of consciousness, highlighting how extrasensory encounters can be soul-healing balm. It explores a wide range of cultural interpretations of out-of-body experiences, from shamanistic practices to the importance of dreams in ancient world cultures. A dozen or more interviews with health-related professionals present unique, holistic glimpses of our inner lives.
Dreaming takes center stage, with the author presenting her most profound and insidious dreams. Part reference work and part guidebook, this book tells readers how to make the most of their dream experiences through a variety of techniques like incubation, talisman creation, tarot and more.
List of contents
Table of ContentsDisclaimer
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
One.ç¸edicinal Dreaming
Dreams Are Real Experiences�
But What Is a Dream?�
We All Need Medicine�
Two.ç·¾onsciousness and Shamanism
Initiations�
Tasks, Roles and Duties�
Three.ç¸racles, Divination and Dream Medicine
the Classical, Celtic, Nordic and Germanic Worlds
Greco-Roman�
Diagnosing in the Dream State�
Nordic, Germanic, Celtic�
Greece, Then and Now�
Four.ç·¼ll at Once Time
Five.ç·¿reamwalking
Six.ç¸leep Yoga, Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga
Yoga Nidr�
Lucid Dreaming�
Dream Yog�
Seven.ç¸ypnosis
Self-Hypnosis�
Eight.縄ntuitive Development
The Nervous System�
Regulation�BR>
Nine.縄talian Folkways
Ten.ç¸urprise Visitors
Announcing Dreams�
Disembodied Visitors and Visitation Dreams�
Along the Recovery Road�2
Eleven.ç·¼nimal and Plant Spirit Guidance
Twelve.ç¸eeding Spirit Allies
Thirteen.ç¸leep Hygiene
Fourteen.ç·¿ream Incubation
Incubating Health�0
Incubation Techniques�6
Fifteen.ç·¿ream Reentry
Sixteen.ç¸acing Challenges
When Nightmares Creep In�3
Recovering the Soul�8
Seventeen.ç·¼ncestral Work
Altar Crafts and 璖hrine-Making�4
Eighteen.ç·¼mulets and Talismans
Creating Your Own�9
Cleansing Amulets�3
Nineteen.縔ou Are Your Own Dream Dictionary
Lectio Divin�7
Dream Tarot�8
Tracking and Collaging�1
Conclusion
Glossary
Resources
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Kimberly R. Mascaro, PhD, LMFT, has practiced psychotherapy focused on dreamwork, anxiety, women's recovery, trauma, grief and loss for 20 years and has served as a faculty associate at Arizona State University for 11 years. She lives in California. See consciouschimera.com.
