Lyndon B. Johnson’s Dreams
Lyndon B. Johnson’s dreams, told in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream Lyndon Johnson 1: Paralysis “[H]e began having, night after night, a terrifying dream, in which he would see himself sitting absolutely still, in a big, straight chair. In the dream, the chair stood... [Read more of this post]
Dreams Shed Light on Obama’s Value
Originally Published in The San Francisco Chronicle (Insight Article) August 17, 2008 “I am something of a dreamer” – so confesses Barack Obama in the closing pages of “Dreams from My Father,” the title of which signaled his strong interest in dreaming, both metaphorical... [Read more of this post]
Learning Spiritual Lessons from the Dreams You Never Forget
By Kelly Bulkeley (This article appears in the recent issue of Dream Time, the Magazine of the Association for the Study of Dreams) The religions of the world have found a way to disagree on almost any subject you can think of. They’ve clashed over everything from the nature of the soul to the... [Read more of this post]
Dreams Shed Light on Obama's Values
San Francisco Chronicle Insight Article Originally Published August 17, 2008 “I am something of a dreamer” – so confesses Barack Obama in the closing pages of “Dreams from My Father,” the title of which signaled his strong interest in dreaming, both metaphorical and literal.... [Read more of this post]
The Evolution of Wonder: Religious and Neuroscientific Perspectives
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion November 23, 2002 – Toronto, Canada Person, Culture and Religion Group Session: [Slide 1: specific regions of the cortex involved in word recognition, using PET scan] Who knows what this image represents? (Don’t answer... [Read more of this post]
