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This book is a roadmap to greater self-knowledge through dream interpretation. Dr. Mark Thurston has combined insights from the hundreds of Edgar Cayce readings on dreams with his own background in dream interpretation to give us a clearly written, easy to understand spiritual handbook. The author explains:

* How to find and use the most important ideas presented in your dream.
* The part feelings play in overall dream interpretation.
* How to work with and break down the symbols in dreams.
* The keys to knowing if your dream is telepathic.
* How to get specific answers to problems.

Properly used this book can be a window inward to enrich your life through drem interpretation. ... Read more

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The best book on dream analysis you may ever find!
Mark Thurston is right on the mark! The techniques discussed in this remarkable book are not for those who need a comic book style approach to one of the most complex subjects in our personal lives.

Nonetheless, here are the finest approaches to understanding yourself, defining your ideals, exercising your spiritual abilities, and aproaching the spiritual center of the universe.

It's all within us. Unity. Our dreams may be the only way to see through a window to a realm hidden from us. We are locked in flesh, in this material world, in the lowest of vibrations, beset by our passions.

What we need, and what this excellent book will present to the dedicated and persistent reader is an entree to an understanding of herself, of her relations with others, of how close she is approaching her highest ideals.

Yes, the Cayce material is difficult. So many aspects of improving ourselves are difficult. If it were easy, everyone would already be a saint.

In all my study of dream analysis since I was a teenager, this is the finest, despite its low cost and humble binding. You want to spend hundreds of dollars reading Jungian analytic techniques? Great! Jung knew much about the life of the mind, symbols, dreams.

Not to put too fine a point upon it, you need this book if your are serious, not just dillettantish, about understanding your dream life. Your dream life is unbelievably rich, brilliant, revealing. You can do it!

If you like Edgar Cayce, this is for you
I was expecting more of a dictionary to be able to look up images that occur in my dreams. This book is organized as a series of rambling discussions of different dream experiences and the author's selection of Edgar Cayce reading/sayings to clarify the dream experience. Perhaps, if an editor shortened the book by half, it would be more readable for someone like myself.Also, I did not find the Edgar Cayce remarks to make a lot of sense. But if you are an Edgar Cayce "person", perhaps the commentary will make more sense. ... Read more

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Small blue softcover illustrated handbook on dream interpretation ... Read more

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Anthropological perspectives on dreams around the world. ... Read more

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Films with dream sequences, or a dreamlike quality, allow directors to create their own rules of logic and nature to meet a variety of artistic needs. For instance, an opening dream immediately establishes what a character is feeling; a later dream—or series of them—provides viewers with a glimpse of the climax, and a concluding dream ties up loose ends. (In real life, of course, dreams do not occur at such convenient times or serve such useful purposes.)

This book explores why science is lost or distorted in the process of representing dreams on film and why audiences prefer this figurative truth of art over the literal truth of science. Part One discusses changes in form and considers the history of dream theory. Additionally, the physiology of sleeping and dreaming, dream structure, sleep deprivation, dreams under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and waking up, as depicted on film, are examined.

Part Two investigates changes in content, and delves into the psychology of sleeping and dreaming, dream interpretation, altered states of consciousness, visions and prophecies, dreams as wish fulfillment, sex and death, nightmares, and reality versus illusion. The author uses theories by Freud, Jung, and current experts in her analyses of dream sequences and their use in film. ... Read more

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So Much Became Clear
As someone interested in filmmaking I started reading Dreams on Film to learn how dreams are used as a technique in movies. But the book's payoff surprised me. I got an easy to understand overview of how science views the psychology of dreams, from Freud and Jung to modern researchers. Really fascinating. The more I read the more I began to understand my own dream life (sleeping I mean). If you are intrigued by the mystery of dreams don't waste your time on scientific publications, this book lays it all out and entertains along the way. It'll open your mind to your own dreams and illuminate the dream scenes in some of your favorite films. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in what it means to dream.
Gary Broughman, author of the novel Which One of You?Which One of You?

Be sure to read it!
Anyone who wants to know anything about sleeping and dreaming in the movies MUST read this book.It is insightful and extremely well written.It was a fun read that was also educational.I can't wait to read Halpern's other book "Reel Romance."

Masterful and provokative
Leslie Halpern's "Dreams on Film" is a masterful and provokative book that explores the dreamlike quality of movies.Drawing upon her expertise in both psychology and film studies, Halpern creates a spellbinding analysis of what makes films function the way they do, and she answers many of the questions that we have upon leaving a darkened theater: Why do certain movies literally cast a spell over us?In what ways are dreams and movies a fundamentally similar experience?How successful are certain films in depicting the dream state?This book will be an important addition to any movielover's library.I highly and passionately recommend it.

Thought provoking, entertaining and easy to read
I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this book, but was impressed from the beginning!It is not only easy to read, but had me thinking about so many films that I had seen that are discussed in the book. I'm now interested in seeing other movies that the book analyses.There are a variety of wonderful movie photos throughout the book to enhance the text.Areas covered include nightmares, dream symbols, interpretation, and more.You can see that the author has put a lot of thought and research into this book.I highly recommend it!

Who Knew?
My son is a Film School graduate and I picked up this book with him in mind. I'm a mental health/philosophy nerd and was pleasantly surprised to find much of interest for myself. Dream Theory and film representation is explicated and we get to talk about Freud, Jung and the Bible. I now have an expanded DVD rental list and I'm sending a copy of this book to my son. There's a college course here but don't let that spoil your fun. ... Read more

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We spend a third of our lives asleep. Dream Your Problems Away will help you use your mind's power 24 hours a day, to utilize what we wrongly considered "down-time" to improve your waking life, every day...and every night. The book surveys ancient dreaming methods-dream incubation, shamanic dreaming, and yogic approaches-to help you to overcome your daily challenges through your dreams. From a comprehensive presentation of the "dreamworld" through a variety of self-hypnosis and meditation exercises, this fascinating book takes you on an adventure that is both life-changing and life-affirming. You'll learn about dream symbolism, lucid dreaming, dream lovers, how to increase your creativity, heal yourself, and even see into the future while you dream. ... Read more

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Great book.
This was an informative book.It made the mystical world of dreams seem much more accessable. ... Read more

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A mostly objective study, with a pinch of mysticism
The second half of the book is occupied by a dictionary of dream symbols.As usual, this is interesting as a starting point when attempting tounderstand particular dreams.

The first half of the book consists of astudy of dreams, and adopts a fairly sober and objective style. There areoccasional appeals to mysticism, strangely dressed up in the context of amonotheistic God (it seems that the author wishes to hedge herbets).

Overall, though, this is a good, informative, interesting read. ... Read more

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Dr. Joseph Katz, a distinguished analyst, shows readers how dreams are powerful and unfailing sources of wisdom and creativity. Through examples, Dr. Katz offers perceptive interpretations and demonstrates how tapping into the power of dreams has given people greater self-knowledge. He also reveals the prophetic power of dreams and shows how to remember dreams better. ... Read more

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Just the right size for the nightstand, this chunky, jewel-like book is an instant reference guide to the most common dream elements. Packed with enchanting full-color illustrations, it draws upon the work of Freud, Jung, and other dream theorists to reveal our hidden wishes and insights in a comprehensive and easy-to-use dictionary format. Also included are tips for interpreting dreams. 1,001 Dreams is ideal for early-morning dream decoding and the perfect gift for any dreamer. ... Read more

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Good little supplemental volume
If you are already skilled at psychological dream interpretation and analysis, this small but thick volume(~4"x5")is a good bedside companion. It has 1001 dream symbols to help you quickly locate a particular symbol and provides a brief interpretation to each one and it's up to the dreamer to analyze their dream appropriately for their needs.

I refer to it immediately when waking from a dream. I remember the dream but need to tie in the significance of a certain symbol. In this regard, very handy to synthesize all the elements for reflection when the immediacy for understanding and the dream itself is still fresh in my mind.

It if useful for both Jungians and Freudians. This is not a book for those who prefer prediction or superstition meanings.

Doesn't back up its expectations-a gift book, perhaps
A fun read for younger fans who have friends over and are just playing with understanding their dreams.Nothing deep here or particularly interesting.Just to glance through.

take it with a grain of salt
i found this book entertaining, as all of these type of books wouldbe.this is my very first dream book.i found that by itself, it is not enough to actually decipher you dreams.it is mearly symbols.i might pick up another book that will acompany this, that would explain senarios and not just icons.overall, a decent book IF another would explain the rest of the dreams.definatly just a fun book to look at and this is small....4"x4" so perfect for you night table.

definitely 1001 elements described
A very full book - Each item(e.g. wheel) has a short paragraph as to what it may mean (e.g for Wheel - The prominence of a wheel may be a dynamic call to action...)Freudian and Jungian interpretations are included.After looking through the book though I pretty much decided that my dreams are my dreams and I need to just listen to myself and figure out the meaning.Some of the ideas in the books seem contrived and ultimately aren't for me.Good try on a very complex topic though. ... Read more

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It All Begins Here: Interpreting Your Dreams
Easy to read and understand.Opens up your mind todifferent possibilities. ... Read more

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For years readers have written Mary Summer Rain requesting interpretations of literally hundreds of their dreams. In her previous books, Earthway and Daybreak, she addressed this need, adding a short list of interpreted dream symbols. This book offers a single-volume reference defines more than 20,000 dream symbols and offers a succinct interpretation of each. ... Read more

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Changed the name
They reprinted this and changed the name to Mary Summer Rain's guide to Dream symbols or something like that.Same book different title.The best dream book out there.I love it.

A Reference on Dream Interpertation.
Even though I realize that sometimes it's useful, I'm not really big on dream interpertation. Many times we have dreams and they don't mean anything other than we have a vivid imagination. Other times, we have dreams and we just know they mean something. Sometimes I've flipped through "dream books" in an attempt to figure out if it really meant anything. Now, I wouldn't take everything Mary Summer Rain says for truth, but I have to admit that this "dream book" of hers is a handy little reference and is much easier to understand than other texts I have referenced. It also seems to make sense.

It's In There!
Like the spaghetti sauce commercial says, "It's in there!"I had one of those dreams where I was trying to solve a problem having to do with a spacecraft heatshield and a mechanical engineer.A friend of mine had this book on her livingroom table, so I looked up these things, not really expecting them to be listed. To my pleasant surprise, they were.I was able to interpret the dream from what I found in this book.I've looked at a number of other dream interpretation books, and this one seems exceptionally complete.

I have many dream books and this is the best book ever print
I have many dream books and this is the best book ever printed on dream interpretation.It is easy access and quite accurate for interpretating your dreams ... Read more

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What, if anything, do dreams tell us about ourselves? What is the relationship between types of sleep and types of dreams? Does dreaming serve any purpose? Or are dreams simply meaningless mental noise--"unmusical fingers wandering over the piano keys"?
With expertise in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Owen Flanagan is uniquely qualified to answer these questions. And in Dreaming Souls he provides both an accessible survey of the latest research on sleep and dreams and a compelling new theory about the nature and function of dreaming. Flanagan argues that while sleep has a clear biological function and adaptive value, dreams are merely side effects, "free riders," irrelevant from an evolutionary point of view. But dreams are hardly unimportant. Indeed, Flanagan argues that dreams are self-expressive, the result of our need to find or to create meaning, even when we're sleeping.Rejecting Freud's theory of manifest and latent content--of repressed wishes appearing in disguised form--Flanagan shows how brainstem activity during sleep generates a jumbled profusion of memories, images, thoughts, emotions, and desires, which the cerebral cortex then attempts to shape into a more or less coherent story. Such dream-narratives range from the relatively mundane worries of non REM sleep to the fantastic confabulations of deep REM that resemble psychotic episodes in their strangeness. But however bizarre these narratives may be, they can shed light on our mental life, our well being, and our sense of self.
Written with clarity, lively wit, and remarkable insight, Dreaming Souls offers a fascinating new way of apprehending one of the oldest mysteries of mental life.Amazon.com Review
It is a long-held notion of evolutionary theory that everyaspect of behavior has an adaptive purpose, making the organism thatexhibits it more fit for survival. That view hits a wall when it isbrought to bear on dreaming, an act that seems to have no discernibleadaptive advantage.

What good does it do us to dream? Cognitivescientist Owen Flanagan addresses this and related questions inDreaming Souls, an endlessly interesting excursion into thephilosophy of mind. He proposes, first, that dreaming is simply aby-product of the ordinary awareness that allows us to live asconscious beings, an unintended rejoinder to our waking states.Nature selected mammals to have rigid skeletons in a calcium-richenvironment, Flanagan notes, but "cared not one bit about theircolor"; in the same way, he suggests, dreaming may simply be "anexpectable side effect of selection for creatures designed to have andutilize experiences while they are awake, and which continue to haveexperiences after the lights go off." All this is not to say thatdreams are unimportant, Flanagan adds, even though they may not beespecially trustworthy; dreams may be a useful means of mind reading,something we constantly do while we are awake, interrogating ourselvesconstantly in order to gauge our thoughts and responses to the worldaround us. Dreams enable us, too, to mine below the narrative self ofdaily life, the person we present to others, a mask that may be quitedifferent from who we really are. ("The self," Flanagan observes,"trades in fiction rather than fact.")

Flanagan proposes nodefinitive answers to the question of why we dream, but his ideas arestimulating and well-argued, and they open the door to furtherinvestigation. --Gregory McNamee ... Read more

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The title is very misleading!
The book is well written and the thesis is very basic: dreams are noise organized by your brain in a desperate attempt to bring chaos to order but some insights can be gleaned from the noise and how your brain organizes it. What I find disturbing is that, as far as I can discern, Flanagan does not believe in souls. He does not subscribe to the homunculus theory of something other than the human brain that gives us consciousness. He vacillates on the issue of God etc. and has a tendency to use the word "robust" a little too often but his style is accessible to the reader. So, why the title? Maybe a trivial consideration but I think it is important to convey to a potential reader through the title an incredibly compacted summation of the contents of the book. I like that he shoots Freud out of the water to a large extent because it is time to dispense with the psychoanalytical drivel that seems to have permeated so much of the average persons concept of the mind. All this having been said, I enjoyed the book and I would recommend it.

LIKE AN NREM DREAM -- NOT GOOD
Reading this book, you want to like Owen Flanagan.He starts out proving he's conversational.He brings his own personal experience or that of his friends to the table when discussing dreams and thought.He transitions from one topic to another in a manner that initially hints that some surprise or awesome entertainment is just around the corner of your reading, titillating you, -- but then he doesn't deliver.He overintellectualizes his subject; he stretches a topic as if it is important and central to the entire original conception he's propounding about the nature of dreams, only to let you discover that it isn't that important, it isn't that central, in the very end.There had been plenty of "talk" (or writing) one could have done well without, one discovers.

The book lacks scientific and philosophical clout. Not that the whole thing is a complete wash, no.There is some useful information.You learn that dolphins sleep with only half of their brain; you learn dreams are generally unpleasant and that adult dreams rarely contain sex.Finally, we learn there are no dreams where whole works of art come to the dreamer completely intact, though they can inspire one artistically.But the philosophizing on difference, on how we can cognitively know we're dreaming from how we know we're awake, was jejeune and illogical.I found one common fallacy in his argument -- begging the question -- which astounded me since in that very same context he had pointed out to his readers another common fallacy that people often use when thinking about dreams and awakeness.To find (even) one common fallacy in his work was a huge disappointment.It confirmed my perspective that Owen Flanagan's on-the-surface personable, conversational writing style was more important to him than the logical flow of his own ideas as a philosopher.

One undergraduate of psychology reviewing this book on Amazon stated he thought Flanagan's 195-page book could be reduced to a 10-page pamphlet.I agree.The style of writing for this work is an odd admixture of conversation and highly technical jargon where words like "pleiotropic" and "PGO waves" are tossed into the discussion without definition, context, or purpose.Reading this book felt like the NREM dreams Flanagan vividly describes in his text:longer-than-the-actual spent time, repetitive, and compulsively nattering on small or insignificant details or events.I think the book could be improved by having more signal and less noise.

Focus on the physiological
"Dreaming Souls" clearly lays out an anti-Freudian way of viewing dream content.Flanagan's focus on dreams as "free-riders" that coincidentally join us each night when we sleep is a fascinating way to interpret the latest in sleep science.

He offers his Laws of Dream Science to help explain the bizarre nature of our dreams without giving them undeserved (in his opinion) importance to our everyday lives.His IUD scale measures the incongruity, uncertainty, and discontinuity found in most dreams.The descriptions of our physiological processes during sleep are presented in easy-to-understand language, with diagrams and an occasional photograph to help discuss these complex ideas.

A Duke University professor, Flanagan adroitly explains difficult concepts in simple terms that even a C-student freshman could understand (which may or may not be a good thing for you).Despite this small complaint about style, the substance of this book is so overwhelmingly important that anyone the least bit interested in sleeping, dreaming, Freud, or consciousness should read it.

Leslie Halpern, author of Dreams on Film: The Cinematic Struggle Between Art and Science and Reel Romance: The Lovers' Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies.

a seminal work on dreams i would give it a 4.5 if i could
owen flanagan does it once again in a great naturalistic work that sketches a controversial but logical theory in a controversial field.With experience in the philosophic, neuroscientific, and psychological fields owen is more than capable of proving his theory that dreams are not spandrels of sleep, they are fitness enhancing and although a biproduct of evolution are self expressive.He tackles all the neccessary and interesting questions from all his fields and creates an overal complex but clear and illuminating work that is a extreme pleasure to read

Interesting new information about the subject.
I really had mixed feelings about Owen Flanagan's book Dreaming Souls.Certainly anyone who expected the operant word to be "Souls" would definitely be disappointed.The focus of the book, as the subtitle "Sleep, Dreams, and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind" suggests, is the evolutionary function of sleep and dreams.In general he seems to feel that sleep and its stages probably has a vital evolutionary purpose, but dreaming is simply an emergent property, or spandrel--a Gouldism--that humans have put to various purposes throughout history and across cultures.I could certainly agree with that possibility.

Although the author has a very intimate and conversational style--indeed he seems a pleasant individual and one feels he is talking right to the reader face to face--at times it becomes a bit too much.For instance there was a tendency to repeat key words to the point that one felt brain washed!I counted the use of "dreams" some 14 times on a single page (p. 53)--and least you feel I'm a little picky, the next page continued the pattern, using "dreams" or "dreaming" another 14 times.While the following page only exhibited 10 repeats, 9 of them were in the first paragraph of 11 lines.This gets a little burdensome. I also felt that Professor Flanagan tended to overuse the technique of rephrasing his statements for emphasis a little too frequently.Usually with the first colorful simile or metaphor I've gotten the picture and enjoy the cleverness.By the second I've definitely gotten the idea, but by the third I've skipped on to the next paragraph!

I was impressed with the author's very broad background in the social sciences.He seemed particularly well read among the philosophers.He was also quite current on some of the newer research on dreaming and the physiology of sleep.For instance, he mentions the possibility that dolphins and some birds may sleep with half the brain--something we might all find useful at times.This would definitely have survival value by virtue of an awareness of the approach of predators.The author's suggestion that it might have arisen among dolphins because the breathing process may be fully under voluntary control and a heavily sleeping dolphin might stop breathing seemed unlikely to me.It would be more so that a fully sleeping dolphin might simply sink and drown!

I found the newer information on REM and NREM sleep interesting.I, like many who have studied the subject in the past, believed that all dreaming occurred during REM.I also didn't realize that there were different types of dreams during REM and NREM.Most particularly the physiological data on the brain site activity during the two phases was a surprise to me.The location of the REM site in the brainstem would have suggested to me that this was the older, more primitive form of sleep, since this area of the brain is considered the older portion of the nervous system.This is apparently not the case, as studies of various animals with different levels of nervous function indicate.

The author's footnotes were very informative.I don't always read end of chapter notes, but one of them caught my eye about mid-point in the book, and I actually went back and read those from the earlier chapters.The bibliography is quite good, with volumes ranging in date from 1910 to 1998.There were a number I added to my own wish list for the future. Journal articles included were from "Philosophical Review,""Journal of Neuroscience," "Science," "Psychological Review," "Brain," "Trends in Neuroscience," "Nature," "Behavioral Brain Research," and so on, mostly from the 1990s.Many of these might be a little more intimidating for the average reader--many may simply be unavailable unless the reader has access to a university library--but for anyone doing a school research paper they might make an additional source for study and follow-up. ... Read more

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Jung's Seminar on Children's Dreams
Children's Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 by C.G. Jung stands as an important document for anyone interested in children's dreams. The book gathers many voices, those of the seminar participants, and that of Jung, in his role as teacher.

One appeal of the book is its didactic format. The participants in the seminar present children's dreams that Jung assigned to them at the beginning of the semester, which they amplify and for which they suggest meanings. Jung listens to their presentations. In his comments following the presentations Jung often returns at first to the simple facts of the dream, and then further amplifies the dream using relevant archetypal symbols. With a remarkable breadth of knowledge at his fingertips, Jung navigates through the world of myths and symbols with great ease, unearthing their hidden meanings along the way.

In response to a reductive interpretation of a dream, Jung may expand it so as to account for the many dimensions of a dream; when working with a dream with no clear ending, he may look for the potential for development enfolded in it; and when cumbersome amplifications lead away from a dream, again and again Jung brings the focus back to the original text of the dream.

The seminar spans four winters. We can trace a development through the series, which reaches its fullest expression with the third session (1938-1939). Readers will find gems here and there in Jung's spontaneous comments throughout the notes.

Humbled by dreams, Jung confides: "We will never understand this secret of life and this cosmos, it is much too complicated, and the same is true for dreams. They fall like nuts from the tree of life and yet they are so hard to crack," (p.332).

Jung as pioneer
Without Jung's research and intense desire to know the realm of the psyche, greek word for soul, we would never have the ability to see cognate the workings in our modern world. Jung's descriptions of the archetypes allows us to formulate the properquestions which were posed by all great civilizations of the past. Most greeks never read Plato, nor were concerned about the dialogues. Same in our culture, most universities and the established psychology institutions do not accept Jungand even go so far as to discredit *the mystic alchemist*, as writing *dubious spiritualism*.
Those few of us who do embrace the spirit of man as part of the one true spirit of God, we find Jung to be aGod send in these times of trouble and darkness (Gas now $4.20/gal!!!).
With america being about 60% atheist and the learning institutions about 90%+ atheist, Jung has not so far been given afair hearing, nor ever will. Jung emphasizes throughout all his writings, *without depth (spiritual) experience, my concepts are just ink on paper) As we know atheists have no spiritual experience thus are officially excluded from all of Jung's intuitive insights.
Having said that, this new 2008 book of his 1936-1940 seminar has shown aside to Jung which i have not seen as yet in my 20 yrs of Jungian study.
Though Jung shows aprofound insight into the general laws of the psyche when it comes to specific detailing certain dream symbols in the draems of the children, I have reservations and even will go so far as to say I have strong disagreements on many of Jung's assumptions of the dreams meanings.
Jungas we know was head strong and once he waslocked into adiscursive mode likeold Socrates, there was little anyone could say edgewise when Jung had the floor.
Jung himself though would wanted us , his heirs to not just swallow everything he said , but in fact to question everything he said. Jung intensely desired his closest students to raise new insights built upon his researches.
Trust me, this new found perspective within me, has even surprised myself. For 2 decades Jung has beenfor me aicon and amaster, at times unapproachablly deep so asnot to be questioned. Jung always towered over my mind where I felt very small next to him. I think it was my recent peak at Philo of Alexandria that brought my mind closer to Jung's level.
Now I do find myself at odds with some of his dream allegories. .
Keep in mind Jung was writing in 1936, when as yet there were hardly any solid references which Jung could draw from. In the past 80 years we have access to awider range of info, at least for those like myself who know how to use that info.
Jung in his old age,once commented to Von Franz , he would have re-written all his books, except Answer To Job. Now I can understand why he made that statement, after reading afew of his comments in this dream seminar. Now I can see that Jung was human after all. Though obviously still god-like, bright shinning,to my level of consciousness.
In spite of my at odds with Jung here, looking over the signifiance ofcollected works for blind modern man , we know that God does not leave mankind in total darkness, but can speak to whomever will listen. Jung listened and fulfilled the role of prophet. A timely function that the church neither would nor possibly could fulfill. She is engrossed too much with dogmas and doctrines to be able to seeand reflect the light of the soul's journey. The *sexual instinct* (I prefer to define asthe romantic instinct for love . sex is something animals like dogs perform, humans have the POTENTIAL to make love) continues to be misundestood by the church. Jung finally brings Freuds great error into perspective. Which is that sex among humans should ideally be aways to acheive spirituality, that is birth of love in the soul.
Paul Best
June 28,2008
* I am more than sure, of all my reviews which have mostly votes of *no*, this one will never geta yes, but only accumulate countless *No* votes.
Was Jung's ideas ever welcomed? I expect no less.
EDIT:
Having read up to page 100, I went and skimmed through the other 400 pages.
Now its clear why prinston came out very late with this book. Its not Jung at his best, in fact rather dubious and rambling. There's questionable dream material to begin with. Take the dream on page 135 froma4 to 5 yr old boyand he gives one figure in the dream as having a*lazy smile*.can you imagine a4 yr old boy describing a dream image as *A MAN WITH A LAZY SMILE*
Many other places as well. Jung even says things that where next sentence he backs off and re-arranges the idea.
I began having questions on some of Von Franz's material as of last week, after I completed the collection of all her books. She says things which I find to be contradictory and confusing.
I am beginning to re-evalute all of Jung. Something which I would never have imagined in my lifetime. Jung was a*god* for me.
Amazing how the mind when fed on ancient mysticism as presented by Philo can open ones eyes and shed light on Jung.
Jung indeed offers much insight into man's illness. Yet months before Jung passed away he told Von Franz, *I have hit aceiling, I can go no futher*
I know why he became *stumped* and hita *dead end*
Jung continually emphasized that his work was no more than abeginning and that others after him would have to take up that path which leads to truth and knowledge of the soul's illness.
So far no one has taken up Jung's torch and am afraid to say, no one will. Most Jungian material is at best rehashing of Jung's ideas. And frankly, most of JungianISM books are rubbish. The material misleads and distorts Jung's position. A disaster Jung predicted would happen after he passed away.
That includes the Jung training center and the analysts in California. A institutionwhich has nothing to do with Jung's true spirit. The spirit of gnosis as opposed to to the current Jungians as displaying *word juggling/manipulations*= *head information* . *Dry bones* No flesh, no breath of spirit.
BOOK NOT RECOMMENDED
June 29,2008

A unique perspective on an emerging Analytical Psychology
This book is a unique perspective on the dreams of children, although it must be noted that they are the dreams that adults had as they recall them from their childhood.What is unique about this book is that the introductory lectures about dreams by Carl Jung may be the single best presentation of the classical Analytical Psychology perspective of dreams.Secondly, the book is a powerful presentation of the unique contribution made by Jung.One unique contribution is the illustration of how the forces of the psyche already at play in the young child and how they contribute to the unfolding development of an individual's identity.A drawback is the case presentation method (a plus for others), which can make the material somewhat choppy because of the varied presentations.Overall, however, it is solid and unique contribution to the field of Analyical Psychology and all perspectives work from that group of psychologies under the umbrella of depth psychology.

Jung at Work
This book shows Jung at work using his methods of dream interpretation. Jung liked the seminar method and had ongoing seminars during the academic year from the early 1920's until 1940.The children's dream seminar has long been available only to close students of analytical psychology and was given between 1936 and 1940.In this seminar he takes dreams of adults who recall their dreams from childhood.So, do not expect to see dreams from children.He shows his magnificently wide range of knowledge of different subjects as he amplifies the meaning of the dreams put forth by seminar participants. The translations from German are by Ernst Falzaeder, a well known psychoanalytic historian, and are excellent. The book is the second to be published by the Philemon Foundation which is undertaking to publish all the unpublished works of C.G. Jung. HIghly recommended for anyone interested in the study of dreams and analytical psychology. ... Read more

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dreams cyclopedia
very intresting to read very enjoyable worth reading..i would give it ten out of ten very well put together its fun and entertaining and informative at the same time..defo worth it every penny..buy it and enjoy reading..sweet dreams..

Interesting Layout
I was surprised by the size of this book, small but fat, and packed full of interesting and very accurate dream symbols. I've been studying dreams for over ten years now, and I've been through a slew of various dream dictionaries, but this one is by far one of my top 5. It gives simplified and to-the-point descriptions of symbols, and although there are only 350 symbols (unlike the larger but less descriptive 10,000 symbols books), it serves to create enough of a pathway for the reader to get the general meaning of most of their dreams without having to resort to analyzing every single symbol (something that tends to happen with the larger books). It's the perfect portable size and very durable, so you could bring it to parties or use as a reference on the go. ... Read more