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Our dreaming mind

Author: Robert L Van de Castle
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A sweeping exploration of the role that dreams have played in politics, art,religion, and psychology, from ancient civilizations to the present day.
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Van de Castle, Robert L.
Our dreaming mind.
New York : Ballantine Books, 1994
(OCoLC)647013000
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert L Van de Castle
ISBN: 034536435X 9780345364357 0345396669 9780345396662
OCLC Number: 29595398
Description: xxv, 547 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Preface: My personal odyssey in the land of dreams --
pt. 1: The treasure chest of dreams. ch. 1. Dreams: portals between our inner and outer worlds --
ch. 2. Dreams that have changed the world --
pt. 2: Early thinking about dreams. ch. 3. Dreams from the dawn of history through Artemidoris --
ch. 4. Dreams and demons: the second to the eighteenth centuries --
ch. 5. A romantic era: the nineteenth century --
pt. 3: Dream theories in the twentieth century. ch. 6. Sigmund Freud: Dreams as disguised sexual wishes --
ch. 7. Carl Jung: Dreams as many-splendored things --
ch. 8. Other twentieth-century dream theorists --
pt. 4: Experimental studies of dreaming. ch. 9. Early research approaches to dreams --
ch. 10. Contemporary dream research: The era of REM studies --
pt. 5: The dimensions of dreams. ch. 11. What's in a dream? The use of content analysis --
ch. 12. Dreams throughout the life span: the effects of gender, society, stress, and aging --
pt. 6: The twilight zone of dreams. ch. 13. Somatic contributions to dreams --
ch. 14. Paranormal dreams: Psychic contributions to dreams --
ch. 15. Finding our inner light: Lucid and spiritual dreams --
Appendix A: Dream resources --
Appendix B: Working with your own dreams.
Responsibility: Robert L. Van de Castle.
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A sweeping exploration of the role that dreams have played in politics, art,religion, and psychology, from ancient civilizations to the present day.

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