The Top 100 Dreams

by Ian Wallace

We all dream, but our dreams often seem to be bizarre and confusing experiences that make little sense to us, no matter how much we try to analyze them. The key to understanding our dreams is looking beyond individual symbols and being able to see the bigger picture in the stories that we choose to create every night. There are 100 of these dream themes that are consistently reported by dreamers everywhere in the world, regardless of country or culture. These top 100 dreams appear again and again because they reflect fundamental life patterns. By recognizing them, you

will begin to achieve a much deeper understanding of your dreams and yourself. This book describes the 100-most common dreams; it explains why you dream them and suggests how you can use them to help you realize your most cherished hopes and aspirations in everyday life. Each dream is methodically interpreted and linked to a perfectly explained real-life situation.

Genres: Nonfiction

290 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

3. Ian Wallace

Reviews

[Mindbait]

A dream psychologist with years of experience in dream analysis breaks down what some of the most common dreams mean, and how to use that information.

While I liked the idea of this book in theory, in practice, you got only a brief blurb for each dream and trying to link your own experiences to the explanations felt a bit like a horoscope (yeah, I guess if I squint hard at this explanation it might sort of fit my experience, after a fashion).

I think that is down to the format rather than the source material though. Wallace provides some interesting background info and. Having read the book I watched some interviews with him, and again he spouts interesting info at every turn.

I think possibly a book looking at the broader dream imagery and historical backgrounds of those and maybe less of the "self-help" angle would make for a better read to my tastes.

[Darren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scientific Research is Key

Having talked with Dr Wallace about my dream on the Steve Wright show many years ago, I bought his book, and since then, it has been a constant companion. I’m happy to know the science behind his work.

[Sarah Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting, explains much!!

[marmalade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the explanations and I'm particular the way we use metaphor in our language to express many concepts which relate to our dreams in a similar way. For
Example when we are happy we may use the term 'floating on air' or 'light as a feather' or 'on cloud nine' meaning happiness we often relate to air metaphors. Dreams of flying can relate to the same feelings we describe when we speak in airy metaphor.
I didn't read every single dream but I will keep these for reference

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn't believe how similar some of the dream descriptions were to my own dreams. How odd to think that lots of other people have almost identical dreams! Fascinating.