All About Dreams Everything You Need To Know About

by Gayle Delaney

Falling, flying, making love to a stranger, being naked in public - we've all woken up, wondering `Why did I dream that?' In this lively and thorough guide to the world of night time fantasies, nightmares, and visions, dream specialist Gayle Delaney helps readers interpret, understand, and direct their dreaming. Drawing together dream history and the latest techniques, she lets readers in on the most fascinating new thinking about dream interpretation and explains how the ancients used and understood dreams.Delaney shows readers how to live their dreams and direct what they dream about and when. She also offers a complete resource guide of `dream-y' books and tapes, study groups, and web sites. From a fascinating survey of dream history - Aristotle to Jung - to the stunning new ways business, arts, science, and health care use dreamwork today, Delaney presents an enchanting - and practical - dream `bible' sure to find a place on the shelf of every curious, fascinated dreamer.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

310 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even in the introduction to this book I could tell it is good and not bogus like the millions of dream encyclopedias out there which are too narrow and compartmentalized in approach to help one effectively interpret dreams. I have been having MAD dreams lately and they are definitely metaphors for things going on in my life right now, and this woman is all about working with the individual person and the metaphors significant to them, instead of imposing some outside framework. Even though I've been able to interpret some of my dreams pretty clearly others are a little harder to understand and I expect this book to help. I now plan on thoroughly practicing her techniques to get a grasp of what works for me before I delve into The Interpretation of Dreams by Freud and other books I've checked out from the library.

[A.K. Frailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title says it all, and the book meets expectations well. I learned a great deal about the recorded history of dreams, what they traditionally signify, how various psychologists use them, developing theories about dream experiences, and how dream interpretation can help people more accurately understand their lives. I may not follow up with all the suggestions Gayle Delaney offers, but I have found some valuable takeaways that have already helped me better understand my dreams. This book is a great investment that may improve your understanding of your dream life and contribute to your awake life as well.

[Mary Mathews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gayle Delaney's dream interviewing and dream incubation methods have made my psychotherapy practice fascinating and powerfully effective. This book is a clear introduction to how you can begin mining the wisdom of your dreaming mind yourself. I have studied many methods of dream interpretation, but always return to Delaney's work. It is practical,hands-on,non-dogmatic and universally accessible.

[Ella Spang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Around a month ago I started having reoccurring nightmares. For about a week, I'd have dreams that involved some assault or stalking situation. I was obviously disturbed, and restless throughout the day, afraid to go to sleep at night. While browsing my school library, I saw this book and checked it out, eager for answers. What I got instead, was a short history of dreams and their interpretation, a guide on how to interpret your dreams effectively, and how dreams can be used in a productive manner in your life. And I think this is much better than a quick one size fits all interpretation that I might've initially wanted.

Gayle asks us to consider what we think of the symbols we see in our dreams. If it's a bird, what do we associate with birds? If we have a negative opinion, it likely signals something negative, if it's positive, it might be positive. Once we determine how we feel about the symbol, Gayle suggests that we think of things in our waking life that resemble the associations we've just listed.

If I think birds are beautiful and graceful, what in my life is also beautiful and graceful? A friend? A hobby? And then what happened to the bird, what became of it? What does that signal about our waking lives and the adaptations we should make to our lives in light of the information?

All in all, very interesting.

[Mauricio Salles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bom para saber um pouco da história, técnicas de incubação e histórias de insights.

[Guy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent companion to her book, Living your Dreams. Not quite as good, but still excellent.