Writers commonly quote the experience of William James who, while under anaesthetic dreamt he found the secret of the universe. What he was left with was the doggerel ‘Higamus Hogumus women are monogamous – Hogumus […]... More

The theme of the dream can incorporate anxious emotions such as the example below, or any aspect of experience. One woman, an epileptic, reports a dream that is the same in every detail and occurs every night. In general dreams recur because there are ways the dreamer habitually responds to their in... More

Before we can properly understand how to work with dreams to recover our lost selves, we must see just why we do not, in general, remember our past. Imagine a tulip bulb in the earth, unseen, unexpressed.... More

                         I dedicate this feature                         To the Former Me       […]... More

If you are practised in prayer, or a form of meditation in which you can allow unconscious or spontaneous insights or feelings to arise, then all you need to do is bring your dream to that state and seek such insights. If you are not practised, then learn to allow your conscious critical self to bec... More

Almost immediately he seemed to be moved from within to come over to me: he put his hand just in front of my right ear and said, 'Did you know you have an ear condition?' I told him I had not even thought of such a thing, which was true. He then said 'Well, there is something wrong with your ear. I... More

Because out of body experiences occur while the person is apparently asleep, they can be considered as manifestations of sleep phenomena, but they do not have the same characteristics as a typical dream. Even so […]... More

This has been put as a series of questions. What is the background to the dream? The most important aspects of your everyday life may have influenced the dream or feature in it. Briefly consider any aspects of your life that connect with what appears in the dream. Example: "I have a plane to ... More

While we sleep and dream the brain produces full muscular impulses in connection with the movements we are making in the dream. Adrian Morrison at the University of Pennsylvania, investigating narcolepsy, a condition producing sleep […]... More

Do dreams take us to many places and many dimensions? Freud’s view of dreams saw them as primarily expressing sexual and childhood difficulties or repressions. Jung saw them as an expression of a personal potential […]... More

Where do the fears come from that haunt us in our dreams? Many dreams lead us to feel an intensity of emotion we may seldom if ever feel in waking life. If the emotions felt […]... More

Lucidity Part 5 Sleep is a strange country. In it we lose sense of self in unconsciousness. Or dreams take us into realms of extraordinary experience in which we are still largely unaware. But throughout […]... More

We all dream every night, so we each have what could be called a Magical Dream Machine. To gain a feeling of this, imagine yourself entering one of those game machine areas where youngsters can […]... More

The man you dreamt of last night, more than likely represents the male you have the most important emotional bond with, or a male you either associates with love or else a man you would […]... More

LSD psychotherapy was one of the most successful forms of therapy, yet it was shut down because in many ways it offended the safety of many in the establishment. It also tore the lid of […]... More

Lucidity Part 4 Sometimes in the practice of deep relaxation, meditation or sensory deprivation, our being enters into a state akin to sleep, yet we maintain personal waking awareness. This is like a journey into […]... More