Private myths; dreams and dreaming

Dream Interpretation--History : Dream index - within general index, p372-375; Dreams of famous people- Chapt. 12: Some famous dreams, p292-318.. Analytical Psychology and Dreams : 'Stevens relates 'dream work' to other creative capacities such as language, poetry, storytelling, memory, play, symptom -formation, magic, and ritual.'. Freud, Sigmund. 1856-1939 : From Gilgamesh to Freud; Freud, Jung and after, p8-34; p35-82; see also index.. Jung, Carl Gustav. 1875-1961, Dreams of : From Gilgamesh to Freud; Freud, Jung and after; Per index: Analysis of Jung's dreams, Jung's theories of dreams, relationship with Freud, p35-82; see also index.. Rem Sleep : '...authoritative as it is wide-ranging, including discussions of REM sleep, elaboration of the newest neuroscientific techniques in sleep research, and an assessment of the century-long legacy of analytic practice to dream interpretation.', see index.. Psyche, Objective : Includes the evolution of the psyche, its nature and reality, see index.. Signs and Symbols : Index has specific examples of symbols. The different views of Freud and Jung re symbolism, see index under symbolism; symbols.. Imagination : Entry for imagination, rituals of, see index.. Brain : See also, p99-105 - Archetypal priorities in the brain, see index.. Archetype (Psychology) : Index entry for: archetypes, specific examples of, see index.. Neuropsychology : Science and the soul, p345-353.. Ritual : see index.. Gilgamesh Epic : Chapt. 2: From Gilgamesh to Freud, p8-34.. Consciousness : see index.. Descartes, Rene. 1596-1650 : see index.

First published in London by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1995

Every night we enter a mythic realm, a dark, primordial world of fear and desire that may well offer the key to understanding ourselves, our society, and our history. Stevens uses psychological and neurological perspectives to show how dreams owe their origins to personal and evolutionary history.

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