Dream Encyclopedia

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

Interpretation of Dreams – Influence of

Although mind and body may be a total unity, and the separation in language merely a convenience, despite its unity our being has a number of interacting systems within the unity. The action of the […]...More

Inspiration in Dreams

I had the following strange dream and experience. I was a young man living in Italy. The surroundings gave me the impression of it being during a period several hundred years ago. I was walking […]...More

Nicholas Humphrey

Sees human beings as needing to learn and modify strategies for social survival and interaction. He says of the human animal, ‘It depends upon the bodies of other animals not merely for immediate sustenance in […]...More

Hostility

Direct expression of that feeling. It is worthwhile considering who or what the dream suggests you feel hostile toward. In general the most powerful hostile feelings are those generated in our infancy toward parents. As […]...More

Hobson, J. Allan

In his book The Dreaming Brain Hobson presents a well researched theory of dreaming based on biological and psychological processes. Closely examining historical dream theories, and measuring them against present day findings, he unfolds his […]...More

Dreams are More than Dreams

A dream is not simply a mental image. It is fully physiological as well. The dream process creates full PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, VISUAL, SENSORY, SEXUAL, experience. It IS NOT simply a mental visionary thing. The whole […]...More

Dreamer – The

What we are doing in our dreams is an expression of how we see ourselves at the time of the dream, our stance or attitude to life, or what could be generalised as our self […]...More

Meeting in Dreams

Fox goes on to say that people have tried to explain away his experience by saying that he expected to meet his friend and so dreamt it. "But" he points out that "if expectation is to explain the experience, then I expected to meet Elkington and Slade, while Elkington expected to meet Slade and me. ...More

Displacement

Displacement of aggression from a threatening target to a less threatening one is a common human and animal practice. If we are angry at our partner we may kick the cat or nag at the […]...More

Desensitisation Therapy

desensitisation therapy This is a simple but effective form of therapy which helps people meet and feel comfortable with things they usually fear or are repulsed by. For instance if one were frightened of dogs, […]...More

Deja Vu

Many dreamers say they find a connection between a place they dream of – especially a house – and a place they later see while awake. Most of these description appear to be attempts to […]...More

Defence Mechanisms & Resistances

Although the dream process attempts to release difficult emotions, trauma and past experience, most people have inbuilt mechanisms which prevent this spontaneous healing activity. It is natural to pull our hand away from a hot […]...More

Computers and Dreams

Because of the ease with which computers can file, sort, cross reference and present information, a great deal of work has been done in analysing the content of thousands of dreams. See: The Content Analysis […]...More

The Dream as a code

The dream can be likened to a cartoon, which expresses or comments upon a situation by using images. The dream can also be likened to a strange language, which we have to translate to arrive […]...More

Chinese Dream Beliefs

The Chinese are a people who have a long history of investigated the subtle side of life, as can be seen in their knowledge of acupuncture and meditation practises. But they are also known for […]...More

Blindness and Seeing in Dreams

That we have a word such as unconscious in our vocabulary means that we acknowledge there are things we cannot ‘see’ about our own existence, about our own body, and about our own mind, intentions […]...More
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