No Dreams? How About Movies?
I just returned from four days in Berkeley California at the annual conference of the IASD– International Association for the Study of Dreams. As usual the conference was fascinating and…
The Girl With Special Powers
A thirty year old man recently told me the following dream: “I’m in a room. It seems to be a pizza place. There are four tires stacked in the corner….
There’s a Shark Following Us
What would it mean if you had a dream of being pursued by a shark? As usual there is no one single answer. Don’t bother running to the dream dictionary…
Zombie Dreams
Zombies are very popular these days. They’re big in pop culture, comic books, movies… they’re all over the place. The zombie must be an important symbol in our collective psyche…
Dreams of Biting Cats and Dogs
Have you ever had a dream of being bitten by a cat or dog? This is a very common and important type of dream that usually has the following characteristics:…
Specific Body Locations in Dreams
Sometimes a dream will feature a very specific part of the body. As the dreamer relates the dream he or she may describe the spot very precisely. Usually there is…
The Spider and the Scorpion
Here is a common pattern that appears in dreams: an animal appears and terrifies the dream ego, then another animal appears and attacks the first animal; at this point the…
How Do Dreams Give Advice?
Have you ever had a dream in which you are given some very specific advice? It happened to me a few nights ago– I dreamed that I was told (not…
To Summon or Not to Summon
Hello dreamers and dreamworkers asleep and awake, My favorite quote from Carl Jung is the one he had inscribed above his door: “Vocatus atque non vocatus, deus aderit” ….”Summoned or…
Fields, Fields, Everywhere!
Those of you who are tuned into noticing Limiting Fields in dreams will agree with me I’m sure–this is one of the most common dream motifs of all, and one…