14 Weirdest Dreams in Hollywood
The April 2010 issue of the British film magazine Empire includes a feature in which I interpret the dreams of 14 movie actors and directors, including Robert Downey, Jr., Kate Winslett, Peter Jackson,... [Read more of this post]
Dream Book Review: Jung’s Seminar on Children’s Dreams
Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 by C.G. Jung, edited by Lorenz Jung and Maria Meyer-Grass, translated by Ernst Falzeder with the collaboration of Tony Woolfson (Princeton... [Read more of this post]
Sleep, Dreaming, and Human Health
Dominican University’s Albertus Magnus Society will present a lecture titled “Sleep, Dreaming, and Human Health” by Dr. Kelly Bulkeley, visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley,... [Read more of this post]
Dreaming in Christianity and Islam
At a time when Christianity and Islam appear to be mortal enemies locked in an increasingly bloody “clash of civilizations,” new insights are needed to promote better mutual understanding of the two... [Read more of this post]
What do Dreams of Snakes Mean?
The following is a book excerpt from Chapter 2 from Spiritual Dreaming: A Cross-Cultural and Historical Journey. Animals of various kinds appear in spiritually meaningful dreams. Birds, dogs, bears, wolves,... [Read more of this post]
Penelope as Dreamer: The Perils of Interpretation
Many scholars, not to mention most members of the general public, are deeply skeptical about the possibility of dream research ever producing results of real, legitimate significance. There is good reason... [Read more of this post]
The Worst Things Ever Said About Dreams
1. The most evil type of man is the man who, in his waking hours, has the qualities we find in his dream state. (Plato, The Republic, IX.571-576) 2. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s... [Read more of this post]
The American Dream
“The American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream... [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... [Read more of this post]
American Dreamers: Defining “Conservative” and “Liberal”
Defining “conservative” and “liberal” This is how I define the two terms in my book, American Dreamers: What Dreams Tell Us about the Political Psychology of Conservatives, Liberals, and Everyone... [Read more of this post]
