A few years ago I was introduced to the notion of Lucid Dreaming in a presentation on the subject by Stephen LaBerge and Fariba Bogzaran, both highly respected phychologists. While I found the presentation fascinating, I realized that I have never ha
Read more…From Soul and God, Chapter 2 of Liber Primus (page 233 of the Red Book)
I must learn that the dregs of my thought, my dreams, are the speech of my soul. I must carry them in my heart, and go back and forth over them in my mind, like the words of th
Read more…I have been going through profound changes for the last three years that have included a number of losses. I have glibly referred to my situation on occasion as "my dismantling." I'm coming out the other end, but managing my mood is still an effort.
Read more…Hi all, there has not been a lot of activity on this group recently and I don’t know how many folks are around, however I have a dream I’d love to get any feedback on. This is from two nights ago—the product of a very jet lagged brain. Here is the
I wonder if anyone else has the same struggles I do?
I have OSA. Try as I might, I simply cannot seem to remember any of my dreams. It's the most frustrating thing -- not having dream recall. As I wondered why, I began to research the answer to t
Read more…Just discovered this interesting interview with author, dream teach and creator of 'Active Dreaming', Robert Moss, featured on Creative Play radio with Alliance member and Jungian Mary-Alice Long and Steve Dahlberg. Enjoy!
Read more…Hello all. I hope I'm following the format correctly in posting a dream here for analysis. I've really dove into depth psychology over the past few months, and I believe its affected the content, if not the understanding of my dreams. I have a coup
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This is the first time I'm joining a group so please bear with me if I'm not quite doing this as per protocal. I had a dream last night that involved an animal (which happened to be a long time very significant image for me) turning i
Read more…"Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly"
Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmi
My daughters were on a street that looked like any other street in San Juan. We were waiting for a tricycle to take us home. Then one stopped before us driven by a nice old man, with a rounded face and cheerful eyes. My girls and I managed to squeeze
Read more…Help! Like most of you, I worry about the state of the economy throughout the world and, also, about what seems like a huge transfer of wealth to the upper-income society here in the U.S. What is the future for middle- and low-income people, and how
Read more…Dear Group, I really enjoyed the recent discussion of Bill's short dream. I am undergoing a period where my dreamlife has become quite active and have had several "big dreams" in the last year. Here is one that I have struggled with. It is a little l
Read more…I've heard different viewpoints about sexuality, the sex act, or various aspects of sex in dreams. In general, my first tack is that sexual energy can be symbolic of life force and creativity. I know that it depends on the dream context and life of t
Read more…Wow! This reminds me of a class I had in grad school- It's fascinating and stretching my brain! Thanks!!
I will throw a piece in here if I may. I went to a presentation by John Beebe
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I believe I am going to incorporate this dream of 1/28/11 into a short presentation I will be giving to my cohort next week at Pacifica. I have not worked with it very much at all as my dream life is fast and furious, along with much movement
Read more…Thought this was a great article with an interesting approach and wanted to share it here:
The Function of Dreams in a Private Mythology by Dan Gronwald: http://mythicdreams.org/hello-world/
What do you think?
Read more…In case you're not aware of the IASD, the International Association for the Study of Dreams, they have a lot of resources at their site. They also offer an annual conference: this year, its in June in the Netherlands. I just posted the details in the
Read more…There's been a lot of talk about Stephen Aizenstat's DreamTending, but there are lots of ways to work with dreams--which ones do you like and why?
Read more…Those of us who are fascinated by dreams and working with them must be doing some amazing dreaming ourselves, yes? Want some help gleaning meaning from the symbols and tone and postures of a particular dream? Here's the place to gain insight from aro
Read more…In case you haven't seen it, some new "fun on dreams" just posted in the Forum: http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/forum/topics/depthpsych-dreamtweets-share?commentId=5433794%3AComment%3A6611
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