Visions of the Night: Dreams, Religion, and PsychologyState University of New York Press, 16.09.1999 - 217 Seiten This wide-ranging exploration of the spiritual and scientific dimensions of dreaming offers new connections between the ancient wisdom of the world's religious traditions, which have always taught that dreams reveal divine truths, and the recent findings of modern psychological research. Drawing upon philosophy, anthropology, sociology, neurology, literature, and film criticism, the book offers a better understanding of the mysterious complexity and startling creative powers of human dreaming experience. For those interested in gaining new perspectives on dreaming, the powers of the imagination, and the newest frontiers in the dialogue between religion and science, Visions of the Night promises to be a welcome resource. |
Inhalt
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Dreaming and Conversion | 15 |
Where Do Dreams Come From? | 23 |
Sharing Dreams in Community Settings | 31 |
Dreams and Environmental Ethics | 39 |
A Winnicottian Reading of Charlotte Beradts The Third Reich of Dreams | 47 |
A Response to Freud | 59 |
The Wizard of Oz and A Nightmare on Elm Street | 103 |
Dreams within Films Films within Dreams | 111 |
Dreaming in Russia August 1991 | 119 |
Postscript on Dreams Religion and Psychological Studies | 129 |
Content Analysis | 144 |
Gender and Sexuality | 151 |
Lucid Dreaming | 157 |
Dreams Psychology and the Humanities | 167 |
Gods REMS and What Neurology Has to Say about the Religious Meanings of Dreams | 67 |
Interpreting Dreams in Mythological Texts | 77 |
Dreams in The Mahabharata The Ramayana and Richard III | 93 |
Key Resources in the Study of Dreams | 173 |
Index | 213 |
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