Dream Encyclopedia

The work and effort of years of exploration are shown in these many features. Everything from archetypes to the magic dream machine.

Asclepius

A Greek god of healing, especially in relationship to dreams. The people of Epidaurus claimed their city was the birthplace of Asclepius. L. R. Farnell suggests he was a hero who was elevated to a […]...More

Active Sleep

During experiments to monitor the brain activity of animals and humans while asleep, it was noted that the brain seemed to move through a series of levels of activity. In deep sleep there are slow, […]...More

Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreaming

This was proposed in 1977 by Robert McCarley and J. Allan Hobson of Harvard Medical School. The hypothesis he proposed was that dreams had no meaning, and his ideas were based on purely physical grounds. […]...More

Word Play and Puns

According to Freud, one of the major processes of the unconscious is condensation. This means that within one element in a dream, such as the strange room we dream we are in, or the unusual […]...More

The Adventure of the Dream World

Dreams give us a doorway into a strange and wonderful world. Although it appears to have many of the features of our waking world such as people, animals, objects and places, it is nevertheless full […]...More

Symbols and Dreaming

Words are themselves symbols of objects, ideas, or feelings. Whether we look at mathematical equations, a film, a novel, or a business logo, each involves the use of symbols. When we look at a thermometer […]...More

Sleep the Need for

Although traditionally it has been accepted that we need a long period of sleep each day to maintain health, some research suggests this may not be so. We might assume that tired muscles and mind […]...More

Shadowy Figure

In the example, Gloria is meeting her own feeling of fear. This is obvious because the shadowy thing felt the fear also. In fact it is the feeling of fear. Such shadowy figures are our […]...More

RISC method

The premise of the RISC dream therapy is straightforward: If bad dream scripts make you awaken discouraged and downhearted, rewriting the scripts to improve the endings should lead to better moods. This method of dream […]...More

Rhijn, Van

W.V. Caldwell, writing about the way Van Rhijn has defined the levels of consciousness says there are four stages: The deeply unconscious physiological process, such as cell generation and digestion. Problems existing at that level […]...More

Personal Growth

Many of us get stuck in life situations from which we may never emerge. The situation might be one of never establishing a full and satisfying sexual relationship; constantly feeling hurt by the actions of […]...More

Nightmares, Abstract

According to the collection of dreams used as data for this book, these usually occur to children. They often appear as a dot, small object or shape, that is, or becomes, threatening and increases in […]...More

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

In his book Human All Too Human, Nietzsche said of dreams, ‘I hold that as man now still reasons in dreams, so men reasoned also when awake through thousands of years ….. This ancient element […]...More

Mesopotamian Dream Beliefs

In considering the beliefs of another culture, especially in the distant past, we have to remember that individuals and cultures have vastly different mental worlds they live in. The peoples of Assyria and Mesopotamia were […]...More

Meddis, Ray

Propounded a theory regarding the sleep instinct in mammals. See: sleep – need for....More

Masturbation

This form of giving pleasure to oneself is often very necessary to bring peace and relaxation. This may be represented in a dream by such things as using a pump, beating a drum, or any […]...More
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