Dreamwork Quotes

“What we love teaches us how to love.”
― Renee Coleman

“For Freud, the semiotic trajectory of the dreamwork determines a phantom architectonics: a cartography of nowhere, an architecture of nothing (or the unconscious), and an archaeology of imaginary depth that always takes place on the surface. As a practice and sensibility, psychoanalysis remains attuned to superficiality; it constitutes a search for depth on the surface of things.”
― Akira Mizuta Lippit, Atomic Light

“It’s not about us, it’s about you. Talented people really can change the world, and all the people we have quoted in this book are talented. You have barely begun to explore your potential. The things you are capable of achieving will astound the world. Do it! Make it happen. Seriously, your capabilities are extraordinary. If you put your mind and your will to it, you will achieve the wonders of the world!”
― Brother Spartacus, The Citizen Army

“[W]hether it’s a regular dream or a lucid dream, it may simply be taking place at a psychic level. But what we’re really aiming for is engagement, through active imagination, at the imaginal level.”
― H.M. Forester, The Imaginal Veil

“Bosch was not possessed by a deranged spirit but the possessor of a cool, calculating mind. His supreme mastery of the arts is proved by his ability to paint cerebrally constructed devils, of which the component parts each has its own meaning. This, in short, is genius, and modern art historians who see Bosch as a surrealist have been led astray by it. Bosch had a keen eye for the demonic element in what he observed (e.g. in colours and human faces) and he understood and knew exactly how to make use of it and achieve the desired effects.”
― Dirk Bax, Hieronymus Bosch: His picture-writing deciphered

“Dreaming requires every bit of our available energy,' he replied. 'If there is a deep preoccupation in our life, there is no possibility of dreaming.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“Dreams… they are the portal to our souls.”
― Megan Mary, The Dream Haunters