Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Wake Up! explores the many dimensions of lucid dreaming in a half-hour entertaining and educational documentary. From the opening scene, where a dreamer is being pursued by a threatening figure, the film grabs your attention, much as a powerful dream would, and invites you in to experience and learn more.
Wake Up! is a masterful mix of dream imagery and interviews with prominent dreamworkers such as Stanley Krippner, Kelley Bulkley, Robert Waggoner, Fariba Bogzarin, Deirdre Barret, and Jayne Gackenbach. Wake Up! takes the viewer through discussions about the nature of lucid dreaming, tips on learning how to dream lucidly, lucid dreaming through history and in various cultures, lucid dreaming as a creative and spiritual exercise, and lucid dreams as a pathway to healing. I especially enjoyed the comparison of parallels between shamanic journeying and lucid dreaming, and using lucid dreams as a means to understand one’s own personal reality.
Wake up! was directed and produced by Kira Sass and Chris Olsen, and edited by Jordi MacFife. It’s a great addition to any dream library, and would make a good gift for someone who is just beginninng to explore the possibilities of lucid dreaming in their own practice. For more information, or to order the documentary, visit http://lucitopia.com/wakeup.
Tags: Chris Olsen, Deirdre Barret, dream documentary, Fariba Bogzarin, Jayne Gackenbach, Kelley Bulkley, Kira Sass, lucid dreaming, lucidity, Robert Waggoner, Stanley Krippner
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Dreamscaping — New Techniques for Understanding Yourself and Others
Stanley Krippner (editor)
ISBN-10: 0737302682
An anthology of dream wisdom on the cutting edge of dreams and dreaming, featuring Oliver Sacks – Marie-Louise von Franz – Jeremy Taylor – Robert L. Van de Castle – Gayle Delaney – Richard Wilkerson – Robert Bosnak – Eugene Gendlin – Kelly Bulkeley – Montague Ullman – Stanley Krippner – Mark Waldman – Fraser Boa and many, many others! From the back cover of Dreamscaping: "We are such stuff as dreams are made of . . ." Since the time of Shakespeare, dreams have fascinated women and men, shaping the lives of professionals and nonprofessionals alike. But in the last few years, dreams have re-emerged as a potent grassroots force. Throughout this country and abroad, thousands of individual groups have formed to creatively experiment with their dreams: in therapeutic encounters, in cyberspace, in dream appreciation seminars, and in the literary and visual arts. Dreamscaping brings together world-renowned authorities on dreams, providing readers with innovative methods for working with themselves, their partners, and groups. In this anthology, you will learn how to better recall your dreams, decipher their hidden meanings, create imaginative dialogues with dream characters, construct dream diaries, understand recurring dreams and nightmares, and apply dream messages to your life. You will also learn how dreams can be used to process the final moments of life. Dreamscaping also explores the most recent developments in research and theory, showing how dreams can be used to diagnose brain disorders, explore the stages of death, and even provide scientific evidence of the reality of telepathy and other psychic phenomena. From chaos theory to the Internet, from spiritual awakenings to psychological insight, Dreamscaping reflects a changing landscape that is beginning to reshape social consciousness throughout the world.
Tags: dream anthology, Dreamscaping, Eugene Gendlin, Gayle Delaney, Jeremy taylor, Kelly bulkeley, Marie Louise Van franz, Mark Waldman, Montague Ullman, Oliver Sacks, Richard Wilkerson, Robert Bosnak, Robert Van de Castle, Stanley Krippner
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
“Earth Dreaming” is a conference not to be missed! Celebrate planet earth, all her inhabitants, and dreams and dreaming! “Earth Dreaming,” IASD’s annual international conference, Friday, June 26 through Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Wyndham O’Hare Hotel, Rosemont, Illinois has something for every dreamer – the general public, as well as professionals. Participants will discover the meaning and mysteries of dreams and dreaming through workshops, lectures and special presentations. Explore the world of dreams in eight tracks: Arts and Humanities, Research, Clinical and Dreamwork, Extraordinary Dreams and Psi, Spiritual and Religious Dreams, Cultural and Anthropological, Education, and Earth Dreaming. The “Earth Dreaming” conference offers nearly 150 presentations by over 100 world famous authors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, artists, educators and researchers in the field of dream studies. Presenters include notables like Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Shamanic Practice, Stanley Krippner Ph.D., Co-Chair of the Dream Studies Certificate Program at Saybrook Graduate School, Robert Moss, author of The Secret History of Dreaming, and Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D. founding president of Pacifica Graduate School.
“Earth Dreaming” participants can also attend the Dream Arts Exhibition, browse at the IASD bookstore and purchase CDs of their favorite presentations, submit a psi-dream in the Dream Telepathy Contest, experience an “Earth Dreaming” dream hike, see the sights during the Chicago Getaway Afternoon, and then have fun at the ever-popular conference-end, costume Dream Ball. For information and to register for “Earth Dreaming” online please visit www.asdreams.org/2009. Questions? Call 1.866.DREAM12, or e-mail: office@asdreams.org
Tags: dream conference, Earth Dreaming, IASD, Robert Moss, Stanley Krippner, Stephen Aizenstat
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