New Venue for Talking About Sleep and Dream Research
I’ve just started writing a blog on sleep and dreams for the Huffington Post—let me know what you think! Initially I’ll focus on children’s dreams,... [Read more of this post]
Cosmo Romance Dreams
A couple of years ago a reporter from Cosmopolitan magazine sent me a list of dream types she had gathered from other women in her office. I can’t... [Read more of this post]
Dream Education = Religious Studies Education
This is an excerpt from a panel on dream education at the recent conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. My co-panelists... [Read more of this post]
Oregonian Commentary on the Politics of Dreaming
In today’s Oregonian newspaper I published a commentary piece titled “The politics of dreaming: Even in sleep, Americans show a partisan divide”... [Read more of this post]
Abraham Lincoln’s Dreams
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and in honor of his birthday I am reposting a brief essay about four dreams he reportedly experienced while... [Read more of this post]
The Art and Science of Dreaming
Why do we have dreams? Where do they come from? What, if anything, do they mean? These mysterious questions have puzzled humankind since the earliest... [Read more of this post]
Science Fiction and Fantasy Dreams
What are the best science fiction and fantasy stories featuring dreams? I’m writing an entry on this question for a new encyclopedia, and I’d... [Read more of this post]
Jared Loughner’s Dream Journal: A “Golden Piece of Evidence”?
Jared Loughner, the alleged gunman in the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was fascinated by lucid dreaming and kept a dream journal,... [Read more of this post]
Snakes, Dreams, and Jung’s Red Book
People have reported dreams of serpents and snakes throughout history in cultures all over the world. In terms of Jungian psychology, snake dreams have... [Read more of this post]
The Inception Files
It’s reasonable to expect a dream researcher would have a clear, informed opinion about the movie Inception. Unfortunately I don’t. Instead... [Read more of this post]
