Traces historic interest in dreams and their influence on culture while examining contemporary theories about their function and meaning.

This book looks at our fascination with the netherworld of dreams, the impact they have had on history, what we can gain from knowing more about our dreams, and what they might mean.--[book jacket].

Dream Reader is a uniquely comprehensive survey of contemporary approaches to understanding and working with dreams. The general reader interested in exploring the world of dreams could not obtain a better introduction and grounding than from this book. Academic psychologists, therapists, and professional dreamworkers alike will find it to be an incomparable survey and sampling of the growing literature on dreaming. In Part I, Shafton summarizes sleep laboratory discoveries, then considers theories about dream generation and meaning that have arisen from these discoveries. Part II discusses major Euro-American schools of dream interpretation in the twentieth century: Freud, Jung, Existential, Cultural, and Gestalt. Also included are chapters dealing with various topics of interest: the dream styles of people of both genders, and of people with certain psychiatric diagnoses; non-interpretive approaches to dreamwork; dream incubation; lucid dreaming; dream re-entry; dreams of the blind; post-traumatic nightmares; and many more. Dream Reader provides an integrated review of the whole literature of dream psychology—the clinical, academic, and also the serious popular literature. It also presents sizeable extracts from the original sources for the reader's own critical evaluation.

From the author of the popular Fortune-Telling Book comes a beautifully illustrated primer that opens the secret world of dreams and imparts her magic to dreamers everywhere. Full color.

"Exploring dreams from cultures worldwide and throughout history, The Dream Sourcebook draws on theories of Jung, Freud, and others, clearly explaining terms, theory, and symbolism. It explains how to set up a dream journal and offers suggestions for forming dream-sharing groups. It will help readers get a good, creative night's sleep and show them how to remember and understand their dreams upon waking."--Goodreads.com

Sultanas Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopiaa tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world."The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.

A joyful celebration of African-American women, this compelling book combines over 80 quotes and excerpts with dramatic paintings and drawings. From the words of Harriet Tubman to the inspiration of Alice Walker, the writings in this volume impart the pearls of hard-earned wisdom and sharp-edged wit of Black women. The first sourcebook of its kind, Voices of the Dream provides an important cultural resource and will be a gift to be cherished.