Dream Work: Techniques for Discovering the Creative Power in Dreams

by Jeremy Taylor

Offers an invaluable tool for the exploration of the inner life contained within our dreams and individual, group,and community techniques for discovering more of the multiple meanings inherent in every dream. With extensive, annotated bibliography.
†

Genres: Counselling, Nonfiction, Psychology

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Jeremy Taylor, an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, has worked with dreams for over thirty years; he blends the values of spirituality with an active social conscience and a Jungian perspective.
Founding member and past president of the Association for the Study of Dreams, he has written four books integrating dream symbolism, mythology, and archetypal energy. The latest is: The Wisdom of Your Dreams: Using Dreams to Tap Into Your Unconscious and Transform Your Life. His earlier books - The Living Labyrinth: Universal Themes in Myths, Dreams and the Symbolism of Waking Life; Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill; and Dream Work, have been translated into many languages.

Jeremy appears regularly on local, regional, and national radio and TV, and pioneered on-line dream work as host of AOL's innovative dream work show. He has taught in the schools and seminaries of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA for 30 years and teaches at a wide variety of colleges and universities in the Bay Area and in South Korea.

He has led workshops (most recently) in Canada, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, England, and Peru as well as all over the United States.

Jeremy Taylor died January 3, 2018 of a heart attack less than 48 hours after his wife and life partner of 55 years, Kathryn, died. They are survived by their daughter Tristy.

Reviews

[Martha Love · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is important to bare in mind when you read this book that Jeremy Taylor is a worldwide amazing group dream worker! When you read this book, you are seriously learning from the master of dreams in this age. I say this from experience having had the privilege of learning from him in dream groups and this book is profoundly helpful to that process.

Martha Char Love,
author of What's Behind Your Belly Button? A Psychological Perspective of the Intelligence of Human Nature and Gut Instinct

[Andy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Looooong read. Not because the book is long. I find it dry. I'm more interested in being spoon fed an interesting primer summary of "dream work". This one goes into explanations of Jungian psycho-theory in an effort to describe various perspectives of dream interpretation.

From a college thesis perspective, this might be a great book. I'm just not that interested in pursuing a degree in dream therapy.

***********************

I've raised to 3 stars, even though I have a hard time staying awake while reading it. I think it's because it is deeper than I intended to go. The information is good and would be a good pick for someone wanting to really dig into the study of dreams.

***********************

I'm not going to finish this book. The last reading session I had, I realized I was only reading it so I could say I finished it. My brain was not interested in the information. I read about 3/4 of it. Maybe bit more.

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not just a "dream dictionary," this book gives valuable insights into the many layers of meaning that dreams can have.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Felt like a great intro into the field of dream work but vert broad. Biggest get is probably the annotated bibliography (and I love me an annotated bibliography!).

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book by Jeremy Taylor, who has been working with dreams for many years, offers a lot of helpful and advice and thoughtful commentary on dreams and dream work. As it leans toward (as it subtitle suggests) the creative side of dreams, it also provides some useful knowledge on remembering dreams, journaling them, and tips on discerning dreams many different levels of meaning. I also particularly liked his chapter on archetypes.

[Rosalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you can get past the new-age stylings, this book is super-enlightening! Jeremy Taylor says dreams are like secret messages from our subconscious. I guess that's kind of obvious, but it is really rewarding to pay attention to dreams instead of just ignoring them. Dreams that always seemed nonsensical are now clear to me.

[Adele]

A great primer on how to begin working with your dreams. Dreams are not just random firings of neurons, but a window in a subconscious world where myth, metaphor, and symbol are the currency.

[Sarah Rae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as refined as his most recent- the writing is a bit less fluid but the ideas are just as interesting and engaging.

[Ariel Lynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of it made sense. A lot more of it was confusing. I had to re-read most lines 2-3 times to get a vague idea of what was being said.