Bortscht, Dreams, and Healing History
“Here’s to the ones that we’ve lost, here’s to the ones that we’ve got, and the (dreams) bring back all the memories…” Maroon 5 Welcome to June, Last week I had my first flashback. Up till now I had been privileged to understand the nature of flashbacks, (whether waking ones or nightmares), only from the […]
What Are Dreams (Actually), and Where Do They Come From?
(travelblog.org: vulcan osorno at dawn) Hello fellow dreamers, At the end of the movie, when Dorothy returns from her sojourn in Oz, her aunt and uncle and their 3 farmhands are there to greet her at her bedside. On waking, she is told by her Auntie Em and the kindly doctor (who looks remarkably like […]
Dreams and Imagery: Finding the Living Core of the Dream
“Myths are public dreams, and dreams are private myths” Mythologist Joseph Campbell Welcome Dreamers, At the core of our dreams are The Images. Beautiful, frightening, sensual, intriguing, they usually represent the heart of our dreaming landscapes. Lately I’ve been learning to pay more attention to the living nature of these images. Last summer at the […]
Preparing for Intuition: Opening Channels Through Dreams and Synchronicities Part 1: The Listening Heart
“Intuition is a leap toward wholeness from fragmentation.” Anodea Judith Welcome dreamers! Although it may seem counter-intuitive to speak of “preparing” for intuition, we actually can enhance our intuitive abilities. A good intuitive is someone who pays close attention to their inner voices and visions and to their outer surroundings. After we tune in and […]
Dreaming: A Spiritual Experience
“I do not generally associate technology and magic, but I see that spirits use any means necessary to communicate with us in ways we can accept. They use dreams and they use Google. The combination is breathtaking. And a little humorous”. Deena Metzger Welcome dreamers, In tending to our dreams we tap into a timeless […]
Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! The Animals in our Dreams
“The animals which are our totems are mirrors to us. They reflect lessons we need to learn and abilities we can most easily develop…(they are) a medicine for healing your self and your life, and a power that can be accessed to help manifest your dreams”. Ted Andrews Welcome dreamers, Animals are one of the […]
Visits From the Other Side: When Our Beloveds Visit Us In Dreams
by: Carla Golembe Life is a dream walking, death is a going home. (Chinese proverb) Welcome Dreamers, First, I have to tell you about the painting. My friend Carla is an artist; when her beloved cat Zippy died, she promised him that she would paint him. Here he is, visiting her in her dreamtime, as […]
Things That Go Bump In the Night
“I don’t use drugs: my dreams are frightening enough”. M. C. Esher Nightmares. We’ve all had some version of them, from a single mild disturbance to all out panic and repetitive horror shows. This next series of blogs will begin to address the “full catastrophe” of this ubiqitous phenomenon. (to quote one of my favorite […]
Shamans and Sages: The Why, the Who, and the How of Dreamwork
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. Zhuangzi Welcom dreamers! In two days I am off to the annual conference of the International Association for The Study of Dreams (www.IASD.org) in Berkeley, CA. […]
Understanding Our Dreams: Are Dream Dictionaries Friend Or Foe?
A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul. ~Erich Fromm Welcome Dreamers! When we have a strange or wonderful dream, we want to know “what does it mean?” when we awaken. Sometimes our dreams are bizarre, “hallucinations without drugs” types, and sometimes they are full of everyday […]