Dreams: Unlock Inner Wisdom, Discover Meaning, and Refocus your Life

by Rosie March-Smith

Explore the psychological function and meaning of dreams, and unlock their power for self-improvement.

Have you ever dreamt you were being chased? Or that your teeth were falling out? Does fire, water or lost love recur in your dreams? With expert advice and guidance, find out how to decode and interpret your dreams to reveal how the images, stories and emotions you experience in sleep are deeply connected to your waking life.

Explore psychotherapeutic interpretations of key dream images and themes, and discover how to work with your dreams to address issues and imbalances in your life, as well as improve your psychological well-being.

Use your dreams to identify and overcome obstacles, realize latent talent, get to the root of how you really feel about the people in your life and much more.

Find out how, when, and why we dream, how to keep a dream journal, the significance of nightmares and recurring dreams, and the secrets of lucid dreaming.

Bursting with expert insight and with beautiful illustrations throughout, Dreams will open your eyes to this ancient practice of self-help, and reveal the gateway to self-discovery.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

224 pages, Hardcover

Published October 15, 2019

Reviews

[Megan Esposito]

The beginning part about how to dream journal was helpful but the "dictionary" is unorganized and lists very specific dream scenarios such as "seeing a butterfly at a funeral" or "maggots in fruit at the farmers market". Thank you?

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

"THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS IS THE ROYAL ROAD TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS." SIGMUND FREUD

"WHO LOOKS OUTSIDE, DREAMS; WHO LOOKS INSIDE, AWAKES." CARL JUNG

"DREAMS ARE OFTEN MORE PROFOUND WHEN THEY SEEM THE MOST CRAZY." SIGMUND FREUD

"DREAMS ARE THE TOUCHSTONE OF OUR CHARACTERS." HENRY D. THOREAU

"FIVE MINUTES ARE ENOUGH TO DREAM A WHOLE LIFE, THAT IS HOW RELATIVE TIME IS." MARIO BENEDETTI"

[Audrey Schroeder · Rating 4 out of 5]

It convinced me to start a dream journal 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Becki · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the book is --gorgeous-- and there is some interesting content, it is not what I was expecting. Some of the stories given for further explanation seem apocryphal. Perhaps it's just not what I was looking for. The dream reference guides are not as broad as I had hoped. For example: I have a recurring animal in my dreams and I had thought that this book would address it, but the animal section focused mainly on being attacked or stalked by animals.

Perhaps this just wasn't the resource I needed, but it did feel as if it didn't fit the synopsis as well as it could have.

[Ayesha Pierpoint · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first part of this book is interesting as it talks about the history of the human race discovering their dreams and recording them. After that, unless you have dreamt the very specific examples of dreams the book provides, it's not as useful as it appears from the cover that states "unlock inner wisdom discover meaning and refocus your life". I wasn't able to discover the meaning of any of my dreams.

[Tuton Mallick · Rating 4 out of 5]

বই: Dreams
লেখক: Rosie March-Smith
প্রকাশনা: DK
পৃষ্ঠা: 224
রেটিং: ৪.০/৫.০

স্বপ্ন আমরা কম বেশি সবাই দেখি। কেউ স্বপ্ন মনে রাখতে পারে; কেউ পারে না। এই বইটি মূলত বিভিন্ন স্বপ্নের ব্যাখ্যা নিয়ে। বাংলায় আমরা যাকে বলি খোয়াবনামা।
বইয়ের প্রথমে একাংশে স্বপ্ন সম্পর্কে বিভিন্ন মনোবিজ্ঞানী দের আলোচনা তুলে ধরা হয়েছে। কেউ কেউ স্বপ্নকে ভবিষ্যতের দিক নির্দেশনা হিসেবে দেখেছেন কেউবা বর্তমান সময়ের ব্যক্তিগত জীবনে ঘটে যাওয়া ঘটনার উপর unconscious mind এর চিন্তার প্রতিফলন হিসেবে দেখেছেন যেখান থেকে আপনি জীবনের দিক নির্দেশনা অথবা আপনার মনের অবস্থা বুঝতে পারবেন।

বইয়ের আরেক অংশে স্বপ্নকে কিভাবে সঠিকভাবে পর্যবেক্ষণ করবেন স্বপ্নের অর্থ বের করার জন্য সেই পদ্ধতি বলা আছে। আপনার স্বপ্নকে কিভাবে প্রশ্ন করে উত্তর বের করবেন তাও বলা আছে। এরপর মূল অংশে বিভিন্ন বিষয় ভিত্তিক স্বপ্নের ব্যাখ্যা ও আপনার করনীয় কি তার ধারণা দেয়া আছে।

বইটি আমার পড়তে ভালোই লেগেছে। একটি জটিল মনোস্তাত্বিক বিষয় খুব সহজভাবে ফুটিয়ে তুলেছেন। যাদের মানুষের মনস্তত্ত্ব নিয়ে আগ্ৰহ আছে তারা পড়তে পারেন।
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[Malvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the better books on this topic that I got a chance to read. It does not try to make dream interpretation somewhat a psychic matter. It does provide different beliefs and perspectives of dream reading and the psychologists that contributed to the scientific foundation of dream interpretation. The book also guides you on how to record more details of your dreams by asking the right questions and even to continue it with your imagination. It has plenty of illustration which makes the book more pleasant to read. The case studies in every few pages are also helpful. I wished it was a little more details on each symbols and topics.

[MK · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has strong fortune-telling elements, such as stories related to dreams and dream diagnosis.
The illustrations are tender and nice, but I thought the content lacked credibility for a DK book.

There is no scientific basis for “Dream Diagnosis,'' which involves reading the psychology of people, places, and actions that appear in dreams.

If you have insomnia or want to sleep better, you should read this more scientific book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Bermet Amat ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light reading with delightful illustrations. I scrolled through the PDF version in half an hour, particularly because I already have a deep knowledge on the topic of the subconsious and dreaming. But this book is a wonderful introduction for a beginner in this theme, I think.

I personally enjoyed illustrations the most, I loved designer's decisions, an aesthetics of color palette and a subtle play of a typed text with pictures. A cute source of inspiration for visual artists, I believe. Calm, gentle, coherent, attractive pictures with well structured words.

[Buffy · Rating 4 out of 5]

If youre looking for a complete dream dictionary, this isn't it. But it's a really pretty book and I like that it explores the idea that dream meanings are not objective - it can vary depending on your own life experiences. A lot of books will tell you straight up "if you dream about x, it's because y" and it's obviously not that simple. This book has good information on dream theory and learning to interpret your own dreams.

[Aditi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was fascinated by the "dream directory " in this book. It takes the reader into different dream descriptions and winds each up with a possible interpretation of the dream. I found the interpretations to be focused on extracting meaning and value for the dreamer in-flesh in the Now. I will keep coming back to this book as I restart a process of writing and recording my dreams down and re-regard them as sacred and symbolic.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this beautiful, substantial book on the New Nonfiction shelf at my library. It’s lovely. In case I ever dream about cats or rainbows or trains, (??? we’re in America), I know where to turn. Why I keep dreaming that I cannot successfully send a slice of pizza as a fax, that’s going to have to wait until the second edition, I guess.

[Helen Pugsley · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a little too mystic for me. I'd rather marry mysticism and psychology. I mean, medicine started out "there's ghosts in your blood. Do some cocaine about it." and evolved into "we're going to micro dose you with meth so you can breathe while you fight off the common cold."
~Digression~
Wasn't helpful, wasn't useful. You'd probably be better off using Google but if it helps you, great!

[Maria Dedelis · Rating 2 out of 5]

The beginning was quite promising, but the whole concept of dream guide completely spoiled - the dreams presented here are very specific and although I respect the author being an experienced therapist, I can't not feel her brief, concrete, everything-will-be-alright advice a little irritating. A bit of a disappointment, really.

[Taz · Rating 2 out of 5]

some base-level dream theology at the start followed by extremely specific dream signs throughout. found it very unnecessary to read about symbols that i hadn’t experienced (which were a lot because most were quite niche) but found the descriptions to be vague, open-ended and not saying much in explaining the ‘why’ of recurring dream signs.

[Harmeet · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was expecting a deep, insightful guide based on it's title. It's more life a beginner's book on the topic. The section on dream journal provides a structured guide. This section is practical, and actionable.

[Ahmad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a great one on the topic out there.

[Vanessa Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

The dream meanings were either too general or too specific to help people who don't know much

[BookDrunkard is on storygraph as bookdrunkard78 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the illustrations, but wasn't impressed with thy book overall. Not quite what I thought it would be, wouldn't recommend, as I feel there are better books on the topic

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too specific. The illustrations were beautiful otherwise this would get one star.

[Celine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fine as a basic intro to dreams. The journal for me doesn’t cover enough but then I’ve been dream journaling for a while and have expanded my practice quite a bit.

[Melissa Hanson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Picked this up on discount at a bookstore. It’s entirely unhelpful. The dream dictionary is limited and has truly odd examples.

[Emmalee Mayer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very general overview about what dreams are and some either very specific or very general themes and interpretations for them. Not incredibly helpful if you're trying to learn more about specific dreams you're having, but it's good as an introduction to dreams and dream interpretation.

Not to mention the illustrations are beautiful. This would be a good coffee table book or intro for someone who doesn't know much about dreams

[Keysha Gibbons · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was ok some interesting parts and some not so interesting
dnf all of it as I read the parts that interested me most