Why Do People Dream?

When some groups dream, they assume that their spirits literally leave the body to travel, meet other spirits, and acquire valuable knowledge with dramatic consequence for relationships. This work is about Melanesian, Aboriginal Australian, and Indonesian peoples who hold this assumption.

Ever since the first person woke up yawning and stretching from the first sleep, dreams have intrigued humankind. At some point all of us have been mystified or terrified or delighted by a vivid dream, and we all wonder — what do our dreams mean? In her inspiring book, Dream Power, Los Angeles Times dream columnist Cynthia Richmond draws on her experience ..

Sigmund Freud, physiologist, medical doctor and psychologist, is generally recognised as one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers of the twentieth century. An Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, this classic work explores his theory that unconscious conflicts over repressed wishes have a tendency to manifest themselves in dreams, parapraxes (”Freudian slips”), and symptoms.

The Theatre of the Dream is a profound study of our dream world and its place in everyday life. The author argues that the dream is a theatrical re-recreation of certain unconscious experiences, which are both subjective and objective at the

After centuries of neglect, the church is rediscovering the realm of dreams and visions as a legitimate avenue for receiving divine revelation. In Dream Language, James W. Goll provides an insightful and helpful handbook to this fascinating and little-known world. Based on extensive study and filled with personal insights from his years of walking in this realm, the author builds a solid framework for how Christians today can receive, understand, interpret and apply dream revelation from the Holy Spirit. Whether you are beginning to walk in this realm already or simply want to understand more about it, Dream Language is the perfect guide.

Some of the most exciting, entertaining, and even fearful events we ever witness are not in movies or on television. They are in our dreams. Many people believe that God speaks to us in our dreams. Understanding the language God uses in dreams will open a whole new world of understanding His plan for each of us. Some dreams are directional, while some instruct us. Some will warn us, while others are the result of too much salsa on the taco! But how do you tell the difference? How do you know the meaning of things in your dream world? For instance, what do dragons or elevators mean? Is there significance in numbers, letters, houses, and water? Understanding the Dreams You Dream, Volume 2 offers answers to many questions like these. It can unlock the secrets to some of the most puzzling dreams. Most exciting, though, is the possibility that God’s will and His divine blessing for you may be locked up within your dream world.

In The Lure of Dreams Harvie Ferguson shows how Freud’s writings and, in particular, The Interpretation of Dreams contribute in their content and form to our understanding of the character of modernity.

Dreams and History contains important new scholarship on Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams (1900) and subsequent psychoanalytical approaches from distinguished historians, psychoanalysts, historians of science and anthropologists.

“A program for using dreams as a tool for healing loss The universal experience of grief dreams can help us heal after the death of a loved one. T.J. Wray and Ann Back Price show how dreams can be uplifting, affirming, consoling, and inspiring. The authors guide readers in ways to understand and value their dreams, how to keep a grief dream journal, and how to use dreams as tools for healing and consolation.