Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1 Knowledge 5
Chapter 1 What You Need to Know About Dreams 9
Sleep States 11
Why We Dream 13
Layers of Consciousness 15
Types of Dreams 16
What Dreams Tell You About Your Health 18
Remembering Your Dreams 20
Chapter 2 When Dreams are a Problem 21
Types of Recurring Dreams and Nightmares 22
Resolving Nightmares 22
How to Re-script a Dream 23
Chapter 3 Dreams and Gender 25
How Men and Women Dream 25
Common Dreams for Pregnant Women 26
Common Dreams for Menopausal Women 27
Chapter 4 Sex and Romance 28
Sex with Other People 29
Confronting Sex Dreams 31
Images of Animals Linked to Sex and Desire 33
Dream Landscapes and Places Linked to Sex and Desire 34
Sex Dreams Case Studies 36
How to Work with Your Sex Dreams 38
Chapter 5 Ten Common Dreams Explored 39
The Top 10 Dreams 40
Chapter 6 Children's Dreams and Nightmares 68
Common Children's Dreams and Nightmares 73
Coping With Night Terrors 78
Adolescent Nightmares 78
Children's Dream Case Studies 80
Keeping a Child's Dream Diary 85
Children's Dream Dictionary 88
Part 2 Intuition 99
Chapter 7 The Collective Unconscious and Archetypes 103
The Self 104
The Persona 105
The Shadow 106
The Anima and Animus 108
Chapter 8 Major Archetypal Characters in Dreams 112
The Divine Child 112
The Great Mother 114
The Wise Old Man/Woman 116
The Trickster 119
The Damsel in Distress/Princess 121
The Hero/Heroine 122
Overview of Archetypal Dreams and How to Use Them 126
Chapter 9 Death, Grief and Loss Dreams 127
Visitation Dreams 127
Types of Death Themes 128
Common Types of Grief and Loss Dreams 131
Common Patterns in Visitation Dreams 132
Messages 136
Resolving Loss 140
Grieving for Our Pets 142
Celebrating the Dead 142
Healing Through Visitation Dreams 144
Chapter 10 Spiritual and Para-psychological Dreams 146
The Science of Time 147
Dreams and Waking Up 147
The Dreaming Explained 148
Soul Retrieval/Medicine Dreams 150
How Do You Recognise Spiritual Dreams? 150
Psychic Dreaming 151
Precognitive Dreams 152
Dream Sharing 153
Lucid Dreaming 155
Out-of-Body Experiences 156
Chapter 11 Common Spiritual Guides 158
Deceased Spiritual Guides 159
Ancestors and Spiritual Guides 160
Past Lives Guides 165
Human Spirit Guides 167
Religious and Ascended Masters Guides 168
Angel Guides 169
Animal Spirit Guides 173
How to Work With Spiritual Guide Dreams 178
Chapter 12 Unfamiliar Souls and Spirits 179
Unearthly Spirit Beings 179
Case Studies 179
Part 3 Application 181
Chapter 13 Practical Dream Work 185
Dramatic Dream Structure 186
Dream Interpretation 187
Steps to Understanding Dreams 188
Emotions 188
Relevance of Recent and Past Events 188
If You Can't Remember Your Dreams 189
Dream it Forward 191
Chapter 14 Dream Methods and Techniques 192
Freud and Free Association 192
Symbol Amplification 193
Hot Chair Technique 195
Title, Theme, Affect, Question (TTAQ) 196
Word Play 197
Group Dream Work 198
Chapter 15 Explore Your Dreams Further 200
How to Work Closely With Your Dreams 200
Dream Incubation 202
How to Improve Dream Recall 203
Lucid Dreaming 204
The Acorn Theory 210
Weaving the Magic of Dreams Into Our Lives 211
A-Z Dream Dictionary 213
Frequently Asked Questions 279
Author Biography 288
Acknowledgements 289
Bibliography 290
Index 291
