Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-516) and index.
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.
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