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Learn how to interpret your dreams through the powerful insights in this book and the author's visionary analysis of actual dreams. And discoverhow to decode the metaphorical messages of your own soul. ... Read more

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A "Must Have" Guide to Dreams
This is one of the best dream books I have read in years.It goes beyond listing symbols and giving interpretations.The chapter on "Creating Your Dream Journal" gives easy-to-do steps for people who want to learn how to remember their dreams, ask for guidance in their dreams; or analyze their dreams and learn from them.There is also a great explanation of the difference between dreams and nightmares and how we can protect ourselves from getting "stuck" in bad dreams.A great book for teens, too.

A fabulous must read book.
I have been fascinated by dreams for as long as I can remember.After reading Dr. Barrick's book, I was amazed at her insight and the deep understanding she gives.I have to say it is one of the most profound books I have ever read and I have read a lot of books.

A few things I learned from the book: Dreams are like messages from your soul and higher self. They come from the unconscious realm, which is the repository of all of your memories in this and other lifetimes.Think about the whole concept of the fact that we sleep every night and dream.It is all so fascinating.Dr. Barrick teaches you how to remember and interpret your dreams.Each element of the dream is a part of ourselves and every person in the dream is you!When you start to interpret your dreams from that perspective and then put yourself in the position of that person in the dream and see their perspective, the lessons and understanding are very profound.She also talks about lucid dreaming, which is where you learn to be awake in your dreams.One example she gives is of a person who had a recurring nightmare about a tiger.He was afraid of this tiger, who appeared bigger than life.To make a long story short, when the person was lucid or awake in his dream one night, he asks the tiger who he is.The tiger turns into his father and he proceeds to have a conversation with him.After dialoging in the dream, the recurring nightmare stopped.

One other thing I noticed is that Dr. Barrick appears to be a Transpersonal and Jungian psychologist, not a behavioralist.

A title of Nightmares would be more appropriate
This book is a tired, re-hash of fundamentalist "new age" thinking without the new.A psychologist by trade, Barrick seems to be trained in the B.F. Skinner school of behaviorists.If your behavior doesn't meet her standards, you can literally go to hell.Save your money. ... Read more

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In Your Dreams is the updated, revised, and expanded edition of Mary Summer Rain's Guide to Dream Symbols (ISBN 1-57174-100-3, 1997, 40,000 sold). This quick reference guide is essential for anyone exploring the power of dreams for personal transformation. Featuring more than 20,000 dream symbols—from Aardvark to Zucchini—this guide distills the essence of our night dreams into concise definitions that reveal the spirit in even the most mundane of images. Mary Summer Rain is the author of more than 20 visionary books, with combined sales totaling more than one million copies. ... Read more

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Dream Dictionary
This book is exactly what it saids, a dream dictionary. It is packed full of images from your dreams and what they might mean. I say might because like Tarot Cards, images can mean different things to different people. Used as a guide, this is one of the best dream books out there. I have looked up some images and not found them. So, although it is very extensive, there are images missing from the dictionary. If you are really into looking up your dreams, this is a good one to have.

Dream DICTIONARY
This is an excellent book to have in one's dream interpretation library. Buy it, along with Isabel Hickey's "Dreams: Your Magic Mirror". Remember folks, NO book is going to cover all dream symbols. Several other reviewers slammed this book for being exactly what it should be - a dictionary. You will not find a 'complete' dream interpreted for you. Nor is there such a thing as a 'typical' dream that 'everyone' has. There are dream symbols that are 'typical', but each dream is individual, just as each dreamer is individual. So, you are going to have to do some work when you wake up - look up the various parts of your dream and think about how they fit together. The meaning should become clear to you.

In Your Dreams - apparently not mine...not at all what I was seeking
I purchased "In your Dreams" hoping to get answers to questions such as...why do I have dreams about my teeth falling out?Why do I have dreams that I lost my school schedule and have been missing classes for 3 months?I was figuring a 1 to 3 page chapter on various common dreams that people have.I looked up "teeth" in this book and the only thing it says is: "symbolize the manner of an individual's speech which reflects their inner personality".Huh?What?This book is literally a dictionary of words and single sentences of definitions.Not at all what I was hoping for.

The Holy Spirit's vocabulary
This book is a handbook to understanding the way The Indwelling Spirit of God communicates with your sleeping subconscious mind and your ever-awake, ever-lasting soul, to teach, shape, warn, guide and comfort you as you journey inward and up.

This book is the first thing I touch in the morning when I wake, my small portal to Heaven.

Disappointment.
I decided to purchase this book because some of the reviews of this book were pretty good. Unfortunately, I regret to state, I should of listened to the negative reviews for this particular book. I found this book to be lacking.I have been studying a dreams for many a year, but everything I find is either to be exactly of the definition of a word (such as a dictionary) or to be completely useless.

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Instructive...
Men interested in exploring their own feminine aspect will benefit from this text because of its insights into individuation from a woman's perspective. Also, the book is a small treasure of insights into the craft and art of dream interpretation.

A Jungian page-turner?You bet...
Having read Nancy Qualls-Corbet's first book, The Sacred Prostitute, I am familiar with the author's passionate research into her subject matter and her ability to make the learning curve an eye opener.Awakening Woman:Dreams and Individuation is a true story in which the analysis process is fascinating.The writing and collaboration of the analyst and the analysan seems flawless to me in how it holds/flows together as one.Nancy, the analyst, takes "Leila's" beautifully honest,courageous journal entries and pointedly symbolic dreams as they arise within the telling of the story and explains to the reader in simple, brief paragraphs the symbolic language of the unconscious and the processing of that rich material.Reader-friendly Jung that keeps you turning page after page as any well-written mystery!The book is a testimony of the truths held otherwise as captive psychological jewels never to be worn until first woven into the ongoing dialogue of the dream plane. Brought into light (consciousness) they become integrated into the living of one's "Me".This book once again lays open the evidence of freedom that comes from Jungian dream therapy. ... Read more

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Destined to become a classic work on women's psychology, consciousness, and dream interpretation, Wisdom of the Heart presents new insights into the special language of women's dreams and leads the reader to discover her own feminine nature and attain a true inner wisdom of the heart. ... Read more

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This book changed my life.
A therapist I was seeing at the time recommended this book to me. It was a revelation. I have suffered from nightmares and confusing dreams all my life, and instead of a book that tells you "such and such means...THIS" it showed me how to discover for myself what particular themes and images meant to me as an individual. I think this book would benefit men, to some extent, as well as women.

Truly wisdom from the heart
This is a amazing book. I feel one can tell this author wrote this book from her heart. It reaches through to our own inner wisdom that comes from the heart in the form of our Self (Jungian's term for the unconscious). I appreciate all that she wrote. Her written wisdom has moved me to tears, as well as to write this review. Having read many dream books, I can say I have enjoyed reading a dream book based on women's dreams. Her thoughts on women's dreams reached into my own deep inner wisdom to reveal that 'aha', experience. I highly recommend this book not only for its in depth look into dreams but its revelation and appreciation of women's struggle in a predominately patriarchial society.

A Beautiful Balance of Intellectual and Intuitive Wisdom
This book was not what I expected, and I'm glad.I was looking for something simple to help me figure out a dream I had, and I was prepared to put up with some flakiness.In this book, I found neither simplicity norflakiness.In addition, although the author has a sound intellectualbackground as a psychologist and Jungian analyst, she applies her knowledgein a way that honors the dark, wordless voice of intuition at the sametime.

I am a beginning student of clinical psychology and find thatoften psychological theories can be used like statistics--you can twistthem to say whatever you want or intellectually hone in on one aspect ofyourself or others in order to avoid another (at least I do this whenlooking at myself).This book awakened me to that tendency and allowed meto look gently but honestly at my own shadow and hiddenstrengths.

Finally, I greatly appreciated the way Dr. Signell validates"women's" ways of understanding without devaluing men orportraying women as their victims.Using dreams as a starting point, sheshows how both women and men project onto each other and haveunacknowledged expectations of each other.For example, while modern womenhave made great strides in being independent and working towards genderequality, many of us still contain rather large seeds of the puella eterna,the eternal girl who expects deference and chivalry from men.We may longfor the chivalry, but if we get it we rebel, feeling we are being treatedas a child or a helpless kitten and then have endless discussions withfriends about how hopeless men are.Dr. Signell helps women find "therat" in our own psyches in a way that is not judgemental or blaming. She suggests that women can improve their relationships by understandingand accepting themselves, but she does this without the usual insinuationthat women can singlehandedly make a relationship work.

At times I foundmy dreams and the material in this book to be inspirational and at timessobering. I recommend reading and dreaming slowly so you can let theinspiration grow and integrate the sobering stuff gently, without beingoverwhelmed and and running away.

Thank you Dr. Signell.I hope youwrite another one soon!

Empowerment for women & the Feminine through womens' dreams.
I loved this book.It calls women back to owning their power, to being their own authority, and to living their life on their terms.It calls women to trust themselves and their feelings. It validates womens' feelings and truths.This is the only dream book I've read that puts importance onthe dreamer's feelings about the dream and the dream symbols, not justsymbol interpretation (of which the author has an excellent knowledge).Ithas many examples of womens' dreams that the author walks through whichhelps one learn the art of dream interpretation.Many of the womens'dreams spoke to me personally. I found the archetypal symbols in the dreamspowerful and exciting and they bring to light the connection of all women. The Feminine has been ignored and distorted and devalued for so long - somuch of it has been buried and forgotten, but clearly never gone asevidenced in these dreams.Bringing the truth of women and the Feminineback into the light is best accomplished through the sources who know best- women. Our dreams are an excellent guide in this. ... Read more

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disappointingly generalised
Too much on the general issues about menopause as putting woman on socialscrapheap.Few dreams analysed.For me; a strangely impersonal account ofwhat should be compelling reading. ... Read more

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When you dream, your unconscious mind is sending discreet messages that hold the keys to your personal happiness. You can use dreams as tools for better understanding yourself, solving problems, or even increasing creativity and productivity. You can enhance relationships and gain insight into your well-being. In fact, if you learn to program your dreams correctly, you may be able to experience the ultimate whole body experience, and travel back-or forward-into time.

Complete with dozens of dream-related exercises and journal entries, The Everything Dreams Book will enable you to fulfill the potential that is locked within your personal world of dreams. ... Read more

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Wow!
I have the updated version of this book and it is really awesome! I'm very interested in dreams and what they mean. I also love the glossary that tells you what your dreams mean. That is very awesome! The dreams that I'm always having are blackout dreams and they're driving me crazy! A blackout dreams is you know you're dreaming but when you wake up you can't remember what it was about or what had happened in your dream.

I really love this book because it is very interesting to read.

Sweet dreams.

Fascinating Material
This book covers a lot of different topics about dreams. Everything from lucid dreaming to out of body experiences to healing dreams, it's covered here. There are also chapters on how to remember and interpret your dreams (even "interviewing" the person having the dreams to help them better remember their dream). There's also a big "dream glossary" at the book's back, along with "inserts" discussing what particular symbols can mean. Even if the symbols you dream about have a different personal meaning for you, it's still helpful.

The book also features exercises in each chapter to help you better categorize the dreams you have. It gives lots of explanations about particular dream symbols (along with the previously mentioned dream glossary) and also gives examples of each in the form of people's stories. I found this to be an interesting book and while it didn't answer all of my questions about "dreamtime," I'm not sure any one book can. I did find this to be one of the better dream books available and would recommend it to others.

Useless most of the time
This book is a big disappointment. I can never find references to what I am looking for in this book. I wouldn't recommend buying this book at all.

I would have liked to have seen more dreams in this book
I thought this book would have more dreams interpreted in it. The book is laid out nicely, but I was dissappointed. ... Read more

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In this book, Mark Solms chronicles a fascinating effort to systematically apply the clinico-anatomical method to the study of dreams. The purpose of the effort was to place disorders of dreaming on an equivalent footing with those of other higher mental functions such as the aphasias, apraxias, and agnosias. Modern knowledge of the neurological organization of human mental functions was grounded upon systematic clinico-anatomical investigations of these functions under neuropathological conditions. It therefore seemed reasonable to assume that equivalent research into dreaming would provide analogous insights into the cerebral organization of this important but neglected function. Accordingly, the main thrust of the study was to identify changes in dreaming that are systematically associated with focal cerebral pathology and to describe the clinical and anatomical characteristics of those changes. The goal, in short, was to establish a nosology of dream disorders with neuropathological significance. Unless dreaming turned out to be organized in a fundamentally different way than other mental functions, there was every reason to expect that this research would cast light on the cerebral organization of the normal dream process.
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Best ever book on neuroscience and human dreaming
This book is the first definitive investigation of the neurological basis of dreaming in humans. In a brilliant review of the world literature, it re-organises the main categories of neurological dream disorder (especiallythe surprisingly common loss of dreams, given the new name: 'anoneira'). Italso details the results of the investigation of several hundred patientswho have a wide range of brain lesions, and shows that site of lesion issystematically correlated with particular changes in dreaming. Mostimportantly, it demonstrates that the neurological basis of dreams is NOTthe same as that of REM sleep - overthowing several decades ofsleep-research dogma. The link between REM and dreams had previously beenused to argue that dreams must be 'random mental noise' and withoutmeaning, but this result undercuts this argument. Inthe final chapterSolms offers a model of the neurological basis of the normal dream process,which has clear implications for various dream theories (eg Freud's). Thebook also introduces a scientific method for the investigation of theneurological basis of dreams in HUMANS, which must be an advance onprevious investigations on non-human animals.Because you can't ask animalswhether they were dreaming, or what they were dreaming about, much previousresearch has focussed on the (discredited, see above) link between REM anddreams. This book is a milestone in dream research, and is highlyrecommended. ... Read more

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After decades of myth making, C.G. Jung remains one of the most misunderstood figures in Western intellectual history. This comprehensive study of the origins of his psychology provides a new perspective on the rise of modern psychology and psychotherapy. It reconstructs the reception of Jung's work in the human sciences, and its impact on the social and intellectual history of the twentieth century. The book creates a basis for any future discussion of Jung by opening new vistas in psychology. ... Read more

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Excellent
One of the most original books I have found in many years, a critique on the history of Jungian Psychoanalysis as academic as possible; no wonder why the author was the only scholar handling the Jung's Red Book's publishing...

Uppermost Interest
As a conclusion, let me just say that I am convinced of the uppermost interest of this work for the Psychology's Story.

The best history of how Jung's ideas emerged
Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology is a landmark in Jungian scholarship. The author, Sonu Shamdasani, is a historian of psychology, with a specialization in Jungian psychology.
This book is both a gift and a challenge for Jungian psychology. As a gift, it provides a picture of an era in which new ideas were in the air. It carefully traces how those ideas emerged and eventually crystalized in Jung's psychology. As a challenge, it points to areas still unresolved, hopes Jung had for psychology that have largely gone unfulfilled by his successors.
Early in the book, Shamdasani says "once, when asked who he was, Miles Davis replied that he had changed the course of music several times in his life. Something similar could be said of Jung." By the end of his life, however, Jung felt that he had failed in his mission: "I was unable to make people see what I am after. I am practically alone . . . I have failed in my foremost task, to open people's eyes to the fact that man has a soul and there is a buried treasure in the field and that our religion and philosophy are in a lamentable state. Why indeed should I continue to exist?"
Perhaps by providing this history of ideas, filled both with how Jung came to his model of psychology, and with his hopes for the future of such a psychology, Sonu Shamdasani has provided a starting point for Jungians to help prove that Jung did not fail in his task. The appearance of his book is a monumental event in Jungian scholarship.

Tangible and Intangible
As I was once a prospective PH.D. candidate, I can defnitely appreciate the quality and painstaking research that went into this finely written scholarly work.However, having been coached by a very fine Jungian psychologist, Dr. H. Skipton Leonard, PH.D., I find this book more a history of psychological thought than an in-depth study of Jung and ensuing practical applications.

Meet a man you thought you knew...
Shamdasani's "cubist history" of Jung's core projects places them in their historical and intellectual context.His meticulous research incorporates an extensive review of the writing of Jung's contemporaries, Jung's own papers, Jungian commentary, and even some of Jung's personal marginalia.The scholarship alone is staggering.

Be warned: this is no anecdotal hagiography for the converted but a serious exploration of the man and his thinking.Shamdasani's style takes no prisoners.If you are heavily invested in Jungian ideas, or those allegedly attributed to Jung, you may discover the intellectual rug pulled out from under you without ceremony.Brace yourself.

But do engage, as I dared to.By his apparent scepticism of all psychologies and patent love of opening once tightly sealed black boxes, Shamdasani allows you to re-discover Jung and marvel at the unparalleled breadth and depth of the work of one of our great minds.If you square up and look this author and his subject in the eye, I'd be surprised if you are not profoundly shaken or at least significantly stirred, as I have been.
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spectacular post-Jungian dream interpretation
Fantastic work.Very entertaining considering this is hardcore, non-fiction depth psychology.The dreams Broadribb describes are wierd and wonderful.Much of this will hit very close to home, and anyone interested in interpreting their own personal dreams - or other peoples' dreams - should read this.The greatest thing about this type of book is that it provides a window into other peoples' deepest secrets and fantasies.Like any good book on dream interpretation, there is a voyeuristic aspect, but this book is very pg-rated and will prove relevant to good spiritual dreams from God as well as the darker dreams.See also _Visions in the Night_ by Joel Covitz.

Book offers mix of ideas, information
The title of this book caught my attention immediately. I've always been interested in dream theories (such as those provided my Freud and Jung) so this seemed to fit right along with what I'd been reading. However,"The Dream Story" proved to be an even better and more practicalbook than those by Frued and Jung. I found a lot of the information useful,and the philosophies (though some were esoteric) were interesting to toyaround with. There's some information about children's dreams, which wasquite fascinating. I wish he would have included more of that. All in all,I'd say this is an entertaining book, not overly techinical, but stillchocked full of information and ideas. ... Read more

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This present book is one of very few monographs in the world literature devoted to various aspects of children's dreams. It reviews the extant literature on the topic, as well as provides the results of the author's own research concerning children's understanding of the sleep process and dream phenomenon. The book presents data from the literature and compares them with the results of the author's own research. The findings obtained by the present author constitute a substantial contribution to modern psychological knowledge on the development of children's thinking and their dreams. They demonstrate, for example, that it is possible to find out what children dream about without asking them directly, merely by talking about sleep in general. This approach can be useful when direct conversation with the child about its dreams is not possible. Apart from data on children's knowledge about the process of sleep, the book also presents the basic facts on this process that are indispensable for understanding the relations between sleep and dream. The book presents results of research on how children understand two related concepts: sleep and dream.The monograph presents not only analysis of dream reports but also colour drawings made by children to illustrate their dreams. Since this approach is not discussed in the literature, the author offers several suggestions on how to use drawings in the analysis of children's dreams. The book discusses findings concerning the relations between children's daytime experiences and their nocturnal dreams. Presented are, among others, relations between dreams and such traumatic events as illness, war or parental divorce. The analysis of children's reports provided an answer to the question of development of knowledge concerning the nature and function of sleep during childhood. ... Read more

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Edwards and Polite focus on African American baby-boomers who have grown up possessing something no generation of African Americans has ever before experienced--entitlement. Surprising and often controversial, this groundbreaking book stands as vivid testimony to the increasingly complex world in which African Americans strive to succeed. ... Read more

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Very Inspiring Read
My mother bought this book when I was a child. She read it to me so that I would believe that I could accomplish anything in a world that is often hostile to people of color. I now read this book as an adult for inspiration when the going gets rough. Thank you for many years of inspiration. ... Read more

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Frued's classic theories of Dream Analysis. ... Read more

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Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the International Library of Psychology series is available upon request. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more