Change the world one dream at a time
What if our night-time dreams offered the potential to create real, positive change in the world? Well, they do. Imagine that! Asleep, in bed, being gifted everything you need to make a difference in the world, dream by dream, night by night! I could argue that simply having a good eight-hour sleep each night, along with all the physiological, mental, and emotional benefits that dreaming brings (whether you remember those dreams or not) is a
See the light
“What do you dream about?” asked a recent client. “If you’re on top of your recurring and scary dreams, what comes next?” She had contacted me because she had a frustrating recurring dream theme that had been going on for years. She had the dream several times a week. It was interfering with her sleep, and she was feeling increasingly exhausted and anxious about the situation. I was able to help her understand her dream
Rape dreams
“Can you write a blog about dreaming of being raped?” asked Laurie, after she awoke from a shocking rape dream. Laurie is a regular client, and since all dreams are unique and deeply personal, she knew there was more to interpreting a rape dream meaningfully than doing a quick Google hoping for a dream dictionary one-size-fits-all answer. If you find an article that says, “To dream of rape means …”, you’re on the wrong track.
Magic eye
In a recent dream, in a fairy-tale setting, I knelt at a fireplace in an open courtyard, gently tending the clay tablets etched with exquisite symbols that I was baking in the flames. At least, that’s how the scene would have looked to some of the people watching. Other onlookers, in my dream, were astonished by the magic I was performing, reaching into the fire with my bare hands, extracting beautiful works of art born
Dreams about dogs
According to a recent survey, the top Google search for dream symbols is ‘dreams about dogs’. Why do we dream about dogs, and what do these dreams mean? Before we go there, according to Google’s February-March 2022 report on my website, there was a big jump in people looking for information on dreams about the end of the world. We’ll go there in this blog, but let’s begin with dreaming about dogs. The survey, done
The Power of the Dog
Director Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay for the 2021 film, The Power of the Dog, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, and Benedict Cumberbatch who starred in the film as a 1920s cowboy oozing a toxic masculinity designed to protect his deepest sensibilities, each drew from their dreams to enhance the authenticity and vitality of their work. So, what did they do? With the help of LA-based Jungian Dream Coach
Flying dreams revisited
Waiting for a train, I glanced up at the station clock. It was a beautiful, antique, analogue clock, its hands set at 7.30. I glanced away and noticed another clock, a little further away. It was showing a completely different time. I noticed a third, and fourth clock, each indicating various times of the day. I checked back with the original station clock, where it was no longer 7.30 but mid-afternoon. Someone asked me if
Year of Wonders
Twenty years ago, I read Geraldine Brooks’ book, Year of Wonders, an international bestselling fiction based on the true story of an English village, Eyam, in Derbyshire, that went into voluntary lockdown in 1666, to stop the spread of the bubonic plague to nearby villages. Somehow – perhaps on a bolt of fabric delivered from London – plague “seeds” as the villagers imagined them, had found their way into Eyam and into the blood of
Dream map
If you’re lost, unable to find your way home, or looking for directions to take you to where you want to be, you need a map. Imagine an old-fashioned paper map, one you can unfold or roll out to examine in detail. A map that literally provides a big picture of where you are and how that relates to where you want to be. Maybe you know where you are right now on the map,
A dose of dream alchemy
If you’ve decided to do a dream alchemy practice, should you complete the prescribed dose before starting a second? Is it ok to combine practices? Tim, one of our Dream Academy students, posed this question, and she also wondered if it’s wise to park any interesting dreams that come up during the time that you’re focussing on doing a dream alchemy practice. Tim thought her question might make an interesting blog, so here it is!