In a very inspiring book from the book list by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D. called Love Medicine and Miracles I found out that he had a Jungian approach and worked with the subconscious mind so I was inspired to read more about the subconscious and began to read The Dimensions of Dreams: The Nature, Function and Interpretation of Dreams
This is a book about dreams and the various theories that have come up about dreams and how the different schools interpret them.
Major schools are presented like Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Calvin Hall, Medard Boss, Fritz Perls, Montague Ullman and others along with theories about the naturalistic scientific study of dreams using laboratory settings and instruments.
The presentation is throughout filled with cases taken from the original originator of a theory, but these cases do not stand alone and are discussed in the light of what other theories can offer as well as supplemented by the practical experiences of the author himself.
The above is only half the book, the rest covers chapters on dreams and the body, including diseases and the effects of Rolfing and bodywork, and chapters on dreams and parapsychology, meditations, psychotherapy and many more, continuing throughout the style of blending cases with theory and commenting on them to make a very interesting read that one can relate to ones own experience and which can assist one in coming up with new ways to look ones dream themes and patterns.
The book has been translated into several languages and has been published in English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish and Polish. Since the author is Danish it has actually come out in servereal editions the first one published in 1989 with most international editions in the late nineties probably being translations of the fourth edition that came out around 97. The one I have is in Danish and is from 2007 (5th edition).
One can read reviews on _http://www.amazon.com/Dimensions-Dreams-Nature-Function-Interpretation/product-reviews/1843100681/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 and if one is interested in a other languages than English one could try _http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Vedfelt&sts=t&x=0&y=0
If there is a point of critique it has to be the usual one that there is a link missing to a hyper-dimensional theory and the duality of STS and STO. Still there are dreams in the book which one could interpret that way. Dimensions for the author are more like different perspectives on a dream, but I think that is already a very good start.
This is a book about dreams and the various theories that have come up about dreams and how the different schools interpret them.
Major schools are presented like Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Calvin Hall, Medard Boss, Fritz Perls, Montague Ullman and others along with theories about the naturalistic scientific study of dreams using laboratory settings and instruments.
The presentation is throughout filled with cases taken from the original originator of a theory, but these cases do not stand alone and are discussed in the light of what other theories can offer as well as supplemented by the practical experiences of the author himself.
The above is only half the book, the rest covers chapters on dreams and the body, including diseases and the effects of Rolfing and bodywork, and chapters on dreams and parapsychology, meditations, psychotherapy and many more, continuing throughout the style of blending cases with theory and commenting on them to make a very interesting read that one can relate to ones own experience and which can assist one in coming up with new ways to look ones dream themes and patterns.
The book has been translated into several languages and has been published in English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish and Polish. Since the author is Danish it has actually come out in servereal editions the first one published in 1989 with most international editions in the late nineties probably being translations of the fourth edition that came out around 97. The one I have is in Danish and is from 2007 (5th edition).
One can read reviews on _http://www.amazon.com/Dimensions-Dreams-Nature-Function-Interpretation/product-reviews/1843100681/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 and if one is interested in a other languages than English one could try _http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Vedfelt&sts=t&x=0&y=0
If there is a point of critique it has to be the usual one that there is a link missing to a hyper-dimensional theory and the duality of STS and STO. Still there are dreams in the book which one could interpret that way. Dimensions for the author are more like different perspectives on a dream, but I think that is already a very good start.
