A Dream Before Dying
Life’s profound problems often get resolved in the sleep that comes before the final rest, these authors say By Anne Underwood Newsweek Magazine July 25, 2005 issue As a hospice chaplain for 10 years, the Rev. Patricia Bulkley confronted the raw emotions of the dying-their terror at the approaching... [Read more of this post]
What do Dreams of Snakes Mean?
Below is a chapter about the history of snake dreams, using psychology and religious studies to explore their meanings. It comes from my book Spiritual Dreaming: A Cross-Cultural and Historical Journey. If you are interested in how to interpret a dream of a snake, you might take a look at this... [Read more of this post]
Dream-sharing among the Founding Fathers
John Adams and Benjamin Rush: dream-sharing among the Founding Fathers, told in Joseph J. Ellis’ Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation John Adams-Benjamin Rush 1: Dream-Sharing of the Founding Fathers “Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that... [Read more of this post]
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]
Joe Lieberman’s Farewell Dream
“He [Lieberman] was feeling loose now, so much so that he began telling aides about a dream he’d had the other night in which long-dead Democratic Connecticut Governor John Dempsey had walked across a stage and waved at him. Lieberman was puzzled by the dream. It was hard not to wonder what his... [Read more of this post]
Hillary Clinton's 1994 Dreams
1994 dreams of Hillary Clinton: article from Detroit News On May 19, 1994 The Detroit News published an article on the front of its “Accent” section titled “I Dream of Hillary,” along with a sidebar article on the recently published book Dreams of Bill by Julia Anderson-Miller and her husband... [Read more of this post]
2008 Election Dreams: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain
In early 2008 Toronto novelist Sheila Heti initiated a website of people’s dreams of the two Democratic Presidential candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Soon thereafter she added dreams of Republican candidate John McCain. (www.metaphysicalpoll.com) I’ve written three commentaries... [Read more of this post]
Joe Lieberman’s Farewell Dream
“He [Lieberman] was feeling loose now, so much so that he began telling aides about a dream he’d had the other night in which long-dead Democratic Connecticut Governor John Dempsey had walked across a stage and waved at him. Lieberman was puzzled by the dream. It was hard not to wonder what his... [Read more of this post]
