In Your Dreams: Falling, Flying and Other Dream Themes – A New Kind of Dream Dictionary
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Almost everyone wakes up in the morning and thinks ‘Why did I dream that?’ Until now, dream dictionaries offered only frustratingly inaccurate and overly generalized definitions of dream symbols. Now, the pioneering author of Living Your Dreams examines the most common dream themes – falling, flying, being chased, missing the bus, standing naked in the road, among others – and provides readers with practical tools for discovering the distinct meaning of thei... More >>
In Your Dreams: Falling, Flying and Other Dream Themes - A New Kind of Dream Dictionary
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Rating: 3 / 5
Rating: 1 / 5
It starts with a short, very to-the-point and understandable explanation of Delaney’s dream interview technique, in which one describes elements and actions in the dream and answers questions about them to arrive at one’s OWN meaning for them, rather than a cookie-cutter explanations.
This is followed by a section of common dream themes, elements, and settings, with a set of interview questions for each to get a jump-start on figuring out your dream. For those of us who procrastinate on actually DOING dream interpretations, this is a great help. She gives a few examples of actual dreams and interpretations for each, as well as an etymology of traditional meanings for such a dream. The questions are highly useful, the etymologies somewhat interesting but not very applicable. I would have preferred to see a third less etymology and half again as many dream examples, but the etymologies are easily skipped.
Useful and a quick read, this would be the perfect Delaney book to start with.
If you can find it, her audio course “Your Sleeping Genius” (1999) includes elements of several of her books and is also excellent.
“Sensual Dreaming” (1995) is fascinating and highly readable, but focuses solely on sexual/relationship dreams and a bit longer. “Breakthrough Dreaming” goes into greater depth – so much so that important points may slip by unnoticed if you aren’t looking for them. I think her writing style has grown more direct; “Breakthrough Dreaming” was one of her earliest efforts.
Rating: 4 / 5
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