Night Vision: A Field Guide to Your Dreams

by Theresa Cheung

Night Vision is a visual field guide to the richly rewarding art of dream interpretation. Have you ever dreamt that you were flying? That you missed your flight? Or that you got a radical new haircut? Keep a copy of this beautifully illustrated book by your bedside table to help you understand what your dreams are trying to tell you.

First you need to learn the techniques, including how to get a good night's sleep, how to recall your dreams and understand the symbolic language through which they unfold. Then you can start over 50 common dream themes are explained with accompanying illustrations. Understand what your mind is telling you when you're asleep, and you'll unlock your true potential when you're awake.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

Published October 13, 2020

About the author

Theresa Cheung is an internationally bestselling author and public speaker. She has been writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past 35 years, and was listed by Watkins Mind Body and Spirit magazine as one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people in 2023. She has a degree in Theology and English from Kings College, Cambridge University, frequently collaborating with leading scientists and neuroscientists researching consciousness.

Theresa is regularly featured in national newspapers and magazines, and she is a frequent radio, podcast and television guest. She hosts her own popular spiritual podcast called White Shores and her own weekly UK Health Radio show: The Healing Power of Your Dreams.

Reviews

[Ophelia Feyre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book Review: Night Vision: A Field Guide to Your Dreams by Theresa Cheung.
Illustrations by Lea Chassagne.
Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality.
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing.
Release Date: 12th October, 2020

As someone with a great interest in the magick of dreams, this books covers everything I want from a book about dreams. It is split into two parts. The first section covers the basics; from what are dreams and why do we dream? To Freud and Jung, dream journaling and various techniques for making the most of your dreams.

The second section focuses more on the interpretation of our dreams and looks at specific dream categories and themes.

Personally I like how Cheung covers everything you need to know, to have a good solid foundation of understanding, in small sections with sub-headings. Each ‘topic’ is allocated a double page spread, therefore, the information is easily digestible and not overwhelming.

One of the main reasons I wanted to find out more about dreams was to explore them in terms of my Craft. For example using shellwork to influence lucid dreaming and prophetic dreams. Cheung does cover aspects of this although it is not overtly ‘witchy’. She discusses the idea of using our dreams for personal growth. Dreams are a way in which we can explore parts of ourselves that may otherwise be hidden and they can offer more self-awareness.

It’s worth noting that the book is not linked to Wicca or Witchcraft, therefore does not offer any spells or rituals to enhance prophetic or lucid dreaming. However it does offer some strategies to help encourage them, for example journaling or writing down your dreams as soon as you wake up.

As I mentioned the second part of the book is focused on the interpretation of dreams. Therefore this section may not be something you read all at once, or in order. Personally, I will be using this section as more of a reference guide to come back to when I have a dream that I want more information about. I think it will be much more interesting and informative when you have a specific dream you are curious about.

It’s a great book for anyone who wants to get started in exploring dreams and doesn’t just focus on the interpretation of dreams like most dream based books out there.

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Sny sú série obrazov, zvukov myšlienok a pocitov, ktorý prežívate v mysli počas spánku.”

Vítam vás pri knihe mesiaca marec. Ako hovorí samotný podtitul, čaká nás fascinujúci svet snívania.

Prvé, čo vás upúta, je nádherné spravovanie po ilustračnej stránke. Jednoznačne sa jedná o jednu z najkrajších kníh aké som v poslednom čase objavila.

Obsah knihy je taktiež kvalitne spracovaný, nejde o žiaden snár s výkladmi typu; ak sa vám bude snívať o daždi, otehotniete a pod.

Publikácia pristupuje k problematike vedecky, so zdravým rozumom a vysvetlí vám aké benefity môžete mať s pamatania si snov, ich zapisovania a snahy o vlastnú interpretáciu. Inak povedané, vy priraďujete význam tomu tancujúcemu dinosaurovi v bikinách a prostredníctvom dešifrovania daných vnemov komunikujete so svojím podvedomím s cieľom terapeutických benefitov.

Kniha, ale nie je len o tom. Sny môžu mať tvorivý potenciál, ale o tom bližšie v samotnej publikácii. Dozviete sa viac o spánkových cykloch, zistíte ako by mala vyzerať správna príprava pred nočným odpočinkom a pod.

Zaujímavosť na koniec, každý sníva, aj keď tvrdíte, že nie, nie je to pravda, len si ten sen ráno nepamätáte.

[Lauren (Pip) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was kindly given to me as an ARC through NetGalley, all opinions are my own.
This book was extremely useful and illuminating. I like that it bases its foundations on both psychological theory and biological science. I was nervous going into this book that it would not be rooted in fact or scientific proof and rely too much on fanciful deductions, but it wasn't. The actual dream analysis was a little more 'out-there' but I found the first half of the book particularly interesting, intensified mainly by the scientific explanation mentioned. I am not familiar with Freud or Jung, but that was also fun to read, and accessible for a beginner to psychology. The illustrations are pretty and well done, and I thought that it was set out in a neat and organised way that made it easy to read. Overall 4/5.

[The Shakti Witch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Over 50 dream themes including technology and social media make for a terrific modern dream interpretation book to add to your collection. Author Theresa Cheung draws on dream interpreters who have gone before her such as Jung and Freud and provides the reader with an interesting look at sleep and how to get a good nights worth. Of particular note is the explanation on the stages of sleep and types of dreaming that take place throughout this. The beautiful illustrations by Lea Chassagne add to the sophisticated layout and overall design.

*eArc provided by the publisher and NetGalley

[Jane Pennington · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a visual treat. It's full of lovely illustrations and the premise is to give readers an insight into what their dreams may mean. It's not the woo woo dreams are predictors of the future, but the deeper psychological insights about what yor dreams may be trying to tell you. It's well thought though and we'll produced. I don't really think it brings anything new to the table, but it's a nice well produced book.
Many thanks to the author, publishers and Netgalley for a free ARC of this ebook.

[Michaela Clay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book covers the basics of dream history and symbolism. While I learned most of this in my high school psychology class, there were some aspects that I had not heard and found interesting. However, it was very general and someone looking for more in depth information wouldn’t find this useful as most descriptions are two pages or less via scenario. I didn’t like the artwork or the fact that the themes were not alphabetical.

[Claudia Torkan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Možno skôr 3.5*

Vskutku zaujímavá, i keď útla knižočka. Páčil sa mi začiatok, priblíženie spánkovej fyziológie tak, aby to bolo zrozumiteľné aj pre lajkov. Taktiež kvitujem časti, kde nám autorka čo to povedala o rôznych výkladoch a o tom, čo sny znamenali pre rôzne kultúry.

Je zaujímavé sledovať, ako sa sny môžu líšiť v závislosti na tom, čomu ľudia v daných častiach sveta veria. A hlavne, nie je sen ako sen.

[May · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly such a cool book! It covers the basics of dreams, and dream work. Then discusses and helps one to analyze dreams. It is written is an easy to digest manner! And the art work honestly takes the cake! Really enjoyed reading and definitely going to buy for myself, as I was just renting this one.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I expected more from this "guide"...This seemed to be walls of text with very general (and surprisingly literal) ideas of what different kinds of dreams may mean. I was hoping for more specifics, more details, just...more. I didn't care for the artwork either.

[Karina Montalvo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este libro fue un regalo y leerlo en alemán fue todo un reto. No suelo leer este tipo de textos, pero fue muy interesante que, a pesar que busca interpretar sueños, habla de la historia y la ciencia detrás de los sueños y no los ve como premoniciones.

[Meghan Bundrock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stunning artwork! Meh on the content.

[Rebecca Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing too informative in this book but it is beautiful and feels good to hold and read before bed.

[Cindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easy read dream anakysis with beautiful illustrations

[Meera Chakkera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book

[Emily Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

My ex situationship gave me this book to borrow and all I can say is he was a very spiritual person and it was a cute gesture because dreams really are cool and dope and weird and scary at the same time

[dylan hart · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the first half of this book, I enjoyed reading about the science behind dreams and some of the history of dream interpretation. However I cannot say the same for the second half of the book, reading about all of the dream themes became extremely tedious and repetitive. I was debating whether to give this book 3 stars but the second half sucked so much i have it 2