Dystopian Dreaming

While sitting in the audience and taking notes during the recent IASD conference in Berkeley, I found myself marking several instances where something... [Read more of this post]

What I Learned at the 2012 IASD Conference

Here are excerpts from notes I took during the recent conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, held in Berkeley, California,... [Read more of this post]

Shakespeare Dream Quotes

In honor of the April 26, 1564 baptism of William Shakespeare and his death on April 23, 1616, I have gathered a few of the best quotes about dreams from... [Read more of this post]

Australia IASD Presentation on Youtube

The First Australian Regional Conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams starts on April 19, and I have prepared a video talk... [Read more of this post]

New Issue of the Journal DREAMING

The latest issue of Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams (volume 20, number 4; December 2010) came out recently with several excellent... [Read more of this post]

Proud to Be a Primate

“Our goodness is as deep as our darkness”—that was Kimberley Patton’s gloss on the findings of Franz de Waal, a primatologist who spoke on Saturday... [Read more of this post]

Detecting Meaning in Dream Reports: An Extension of a Word Search Approach

A new article I co-authored with Bill Domhoff is appearing in the latest issue of the APA journal Dreaming (vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 77-95).  The abstract... [Read more of this post]

The 7 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. ... [Read more of this post]

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    scientific studies of dream meaning using a system of content analysis

    American Academy of Religion

  • DreamScape (1984) trailer

  • Salvador Dali Dream Sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” (1945)

  • Word Searching as a Tool in the Study of Dreams, or, Dream Research in the Era of Big Data

  • Dreaming of Nature and the Nature of Dreaming

  • Orson Welles Tries to Pretend He Had a Lucid Dream

  • Agent Cooper’s Dream in “Twin Peaks” (1990-1991)

  • The International Association for the Study of Dreams

    DreamsStudies.org - Dream Studies Portal

  • The Tornado Scene in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939): Dorothy’s Dream Begins

  • Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) trailer