2008 August | dream studies portal

Christianity and Dreams: From Visions to Temptations

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 26, 2008 | No Comments

In many parts of the English-speaking world, Christianity is known for not valuing dreams. The fear is diffuse, the stuff of legends, vaguely suggesting that paying attention to dreams is somehow pagan or consorting with the devil. In the past, however, Christianity considered dreams to be a viable way to receive visions from [...]

Filed Under: Dream Interpretation

Track Dreams with the Moon

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

Everytime the moon is full, I get dozens of visitors who are looking for information on the connection between the full moon and dreams. It’s like clock-work. Oh, it is clock-work.
So, here’s a great way to research how the moon’s cycles effect our dreams. Check out Erin Langley’s site: dream-people.net. This [...]

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Filed Under: Eco-Dreaming

PsiberDreaming: the Future of Dreaming

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments

This is a great dream studies even hosted online by the International Association for the Study of Dreams. September 21 through October 5, 2008. Two weeks of online presentations about some of the more fringe aspects of dream research, including psi research, lucid dreaming, ancestor dreams, dreaming & archaeology, and dreaming & the [...]

Filed Under: Psychic Dreams

Dreams of Trauma Survivors – a Clinical Perspective

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 9, 2008 | 4 Comments

On the topic of the dreams of trauma survivors, I saw another great talk in Montreal by Ann Goelitz, a clinical social worker from New York. In a nutshell, Goelitz’s work compares the emotional content of dreams of trauma survivors to the general population.
Goelitz found that trauma survivors” dreams are empirically more emotional, and [...]

Filed Under: Theories of Dreaming

An Evolutionary Theory of Dreaming

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 1, 2008 | 13 Comments

Thinking about thinking is hard, and thinking about dreaming is harder. Believe it or not, there is only one evolutionary theory of dreaming seriously at work these days in academia. Indeed, a theory supporting the biological function of dreams has a steep hill to climb, as we don’t really have a complete theory [...]