Llewellyn's Little Book of Dreams

Llewellyn's Little Books #3

by Michael Lennox

A pocket-sized guide to dreams and interpretation for improved understanding of your journey through life. Dreams are intensely personal, and they offer unparalleled insight to the depths of who you are and where you are in your journey. Llewellyn's Little Book of Dreams is a simple and concise reference guide, using language that speaks directly to the dreamer.

Discover the basics of dream interpretation and the history of Freudian and Jungian approaches. Explore the contemporary scientific understanding of sleep and dreams, as well as tips for remembering dreams, dream journaling, and using dreams to enhance your creativity. With expanded dictionary style entries on common dream archetypes, this book provides symbolic meanings and ideas for connecting dream images to your personal life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality

249 pages, Hardcover

Published September 8, 2017

Reviews

[Jade]

Such a good little reference book, Llwellyn always deliver in these sorts of things. Though the backstory of dreams and introduction IMO was a teeny bit long I did find the descriptions fitting, I would have liked more variety a little bit though.

[Eve L-A Witherington · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, Dr Lennox talks of his being inspired and enthralled by dreams and what dreaming entails. After studying Psychology and developing his knowledge on the subject of the brain and our more scientific make up he talk of how our clever brains can allow us to dream what we do.

He talks of the five stages of sleep we go through and the chemical process that goes along with that. As well as touching on the types of sleep we can go through from nightmares to anxiety influenced dreams and how they can impact our memory.

Dr Lennox covers what animals, colours and certain objects in our dreams can mean for us in what we recall when dreaming and he advises us to relax before sleep and leave pen and paper ready for any dreams to written down to allow us to self asses with assistance of his little handy guide here.

A very informative little book I guarantee will get multiple use by me as someone who often manages to guess little future snippets from my dreams a lot of the time!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

[Anna Webster · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little dream encyclopedia is BEAUTIFUL. I was fortunate enough to have won my copy in a giveaway on Goodreads, and the first thing that really struck me about the book was its exterior (as much as people tell you to "not judge a book by its cover." Inside there are several sections: everything from the basics of dreams, their types, how science currently thinks they work, and exercises to help you cultivate your dreams and your own ability to decipher what they are trying to tell you. My favorite part was the archetype section, which you could use as a reference if you noticed a symbol or feature of a dream. The only reason that I only gave this book four stars out of five was that I would have liked the archetype section to be a little bit more extensive with regard to what it included. The more symbols that can be decoded, the better, right? But overall, this book is a great new-age-y quick read and reference, or even a perfect gift for someone in your life who is into the more new-age and mystical!

[John Greenwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting introduction to the world of dreaming. However I felt like this book could have been much improved through better editing. The introduction was quite drawn out and took away from the main content. There were lots of exercises to try, with the aim to improve your relationship with, and therefore understanding of your dream experience. I tried some of the tasks, and immediately felt more connected, and engaged with my dreams.

The book then finished with a dream interpretation dictionary, some of which was great, but again let down by editing - becoming repetitive in places, and generalising too much at times.

On the whole the this book was a great little read, which I would recommend to anybody interested in exploring their dreams.

Thank you to the author and publisher for this book, which was won as a Goodreads Giveaway.

[Elizabeth Grieve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the usual 'dictionary' of dreams, this is a good introduction to those interested in finding out more about why we dream and how it works. There are also exercises to help with identifying the theme of dreams and interpreting the meaning. I found it a good read and would make a great gift for someone newly interested in interpreting their dreams.
Note- thank you to the publisher for the advance digital copy of this book.

[Angy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a good little guide for dreams that I'll keep handy with me. Of course, it does not answer every question one would have about dreams, but it also admits that it can't! Very insightful overall and covers a lot.

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a decent guide to the basics. Jungian based. A hard and fast every-person-in-your-dream-is-an-aspect-of-your-personality interpretation. Though the author admits the definitions provided wouldn't apply to all dreams, I found them narrow without leaving much room for subjectivity.

[Trish · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are exercises you can do after each chapter.