Sacred Sleep: Dreams & the Divine

by Scott Cunningham

Book by Cunningham, Scott

Genres: Wicca, Paganism

193 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Scott Douglas Cunningham was an American writer. Cunningham is the author of several books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects.
His work Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published; he was a friend of notable occultists and Wiccans such as Raymond Buckland, and was a member of the Serpent Stone Family, and received his Third Degree Initiation as a member of that coven.

Reviews

[Lia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This nonfiction book explains how ancient cultures such as Egyptian, Sumerian, Greek and Roman interpreted dreams and the religious meaning behind them. It mentions how different American Indian tribes including the Navajo and Papago believed dreams were very important. Dream rituals are also included and Cunningham explains how to attain "sacred sleep." The gods/goddesses that symbols in dreams were believed to represent are added at the end of the book. This novel was very interesting and informative. It teaches of dreams being pathways to spirituality and shows a side of dreaming that I have never head before.