Image from Google Jackets

Visions of the night; dreams, religion, and psychology

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (SUNY series in dream studies)Albany, NY State University of New York Press c1999Description: x, 217p.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-7914-4284-5
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 1091 .B94 1999
Contents:
Chapters:. Introduction: The varieties of religious dream experience. 1. Root metaphor dreams. 2. Dreaming and conversion. 3. Where do dreams come from. 4. Sharing dreams in community settings. 5. Dreams and environmental ethics. 6. Dreaming in a totalitarian society: A Winnicottian reading of Charlotte Beradt's "The Third Reich of Dreams". 7. Dreaming is play: a response to Freud. 8. Gods, REMs, and what neurology has to say about the religious meanings of dreams. 9. The evil dreams of Gilgamesh: interpreting dreams in mythological texts. 10. Wisdom's refuge in the night: Dreams in The Mahabharata, The Ramayana, and Richard III. 11. Dreamily deconstructing the dream factory. The Wizard of Oz annd A Nightmare on Elm Street. 12. Dreams within films, films within dreams. 13. Dreaming in Russia, August 1991. Postscript on Dreams, Religion and psychological studies. Bibliographical Essays [Freud, Jung, Clinical theories, Research, Nightmates, Children''s dreams, Gender and sexuality, Popular psychology, Lucid dreaming, Paranormal dreams, Cross-cultural studies, Key resources]
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Zeller Library P.Bul (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available B03344

Ecology: the link between dreams and a society's attitude to the environment

Chapters:. Introduction: The varieties of religious dream experience. 1. Root metaphor dreams. 2. Dreaming and conversion. 3. Where do dreams come from. 4. Sharing dreams in community settings. 5. Dreams and environmental ethics. 6. Dreaming in a totalitarian society: A Winnicottian reading of Charlotte Beradt's "The Third Reich of Dreams". 7. Dreaming is play: a response to Freud. 8. Gods, REMs, and what neurology has to say about the religious meanings of dreams. 9. The evil dreams of Gilgamesh: interpreting dreams in mythological texts. 10. Wisdom's refuge in the night: Dreams in The Mahabharata, The Ramayana, and Richard III. 11. Dreamily deconstructing the dream factory. The Wizard of Oz annd A Nightmare on Elm Street. 12. Dreams within films, films within dreams. 13. Dreaming in Russia, August 1991. Postscript on Dreams, Religion and psychological studies. Bibliographical Essays [Freud, Jung, Clinical theories, Research, Nightmates, Children''s dreams, Gender and sexuality, Popular psychology, Lucid dreaming, Paranormal dreams, Cross-cultural studies, Key resources]

Paperback

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

About the Institute

The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the study and dissemination of the views of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. His works focus on psychological insight, development of consciousness, and growth. More information

Find a Psychotherapist

By Name or Location

Join our Mailing List

Contact Us

C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles
10349 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Office open: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Phone: (310) 556-1193
Fax: (310) 556-2290
E-mail: administration@junginla.org