The Wisdom of Your Dreams Using Dreams to Tap into Your Unconscious and Transform Your Life

by Taylor, Jeremy

• ISBN13: 9781585427543
• ISBN10: 1585427543
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-15
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

Jeremy Taylor, a renowned expert on the subject of dreams, has studied dreams and worked with thousands of people both individually and in dream groups for more than forty years. His discoveries reveal how dreams can help us better understand our past, provide resolutions to our problems, and serve as inspirations to us creatively.

Author Biography

Jeremy Taylor, an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, has worked with dreams for more than forty years, blending the values of spirituality with an active social conscience and a Jungian perspective. He is the author of The Living Labyrinth: Exploring Universal Themes in Myths, Dreams, and the Symbolism of Waking Life and Dream Work. Taylor is also a published poet and a prizewinning screenwriter. With his wife he leads Myth and Dream tours all over the world.

Table of Contents

Brief Introduction and Acknowledgments	p. ix
An Initial Word About Anonymity and Confidentiality	p. xiii
What You Should Know About Dreams: Ten Basic Assumptions	p. 1
Exploring the Many Layers of Dreams-The Basic Assumptions in Action	p. 10
Dreams and the Evolution of Consciousness	p. 31
Techniques for Improving Dream Recall	p. 61
Dreams, Nonviolence, and Social Change	p. 89
Working with Dreams in Groups	p. 115
Recurrent Dreams and Recovering Memories of Childhood Trauma in the Dreams of Adulthood	p. 152
Lucid Dreaming and Shamanism	p. 180
Dreaming and the Evolution of the Archetypes	p. 214
Dreams and the Evolution of Human Consciousness	p. 231
Suggestions for Further Reading & Other Resources	p. 296
Some Basic Hints for Working with Your Dreams by Yourself	p. 308
An Exemplary Dream Group Meeting: Dream Work (More or Less) Verbatim	p. 314
Index	p. 328
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