Clare R. Johnson - The Art of Transforming Nightmares

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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The Art of Transforming Nightmares: Harness the Creative and Healing Power of Bad Dreams, Sleep Paralysis, and Recurring Nightmares 2021 by Clare R. Johnson, PhD.

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First e-book edition 2021

E-book ISBN: 9780738763019

Cover design by Shannon McKuhen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Johnson, Clare R., author.

Title: The art of transforming nightmares : harness the creative and

healing power of bad dreams, sleep paralysis, and recurring nightmares /

by Clare R. Johnson.

Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Worldwide,

[2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: This

book is all about transformation: turning the darkness and fear

associated with nightmares into healing and illuminating gifts. It shows

you how to befriend your dreams and nightmares and, as a result,

transcend fear in all areas of your life Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020038056 (print) | LCCN 2020038057 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738762906 (paperback) | ISBN 9780738763019 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Nightmares. | Dreams.

Classification: LCC BF1099.N53 J64 2021 (print) | LCC BF1099.N53 (ebook)

| DDC 154.6/32dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020038056

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This book is dedicated to all nightmare sufferers

and all healers of mind, body, and soul

Contents

List of

: Understanding Nightmares

: What Are Nightmares and How Can They Help Us?

: Understanding the Symbolic Language of Nightmares

: Illuminating the Darkness of Bad Dreams

: Exploring the Dark Shadow for Healing and Transformation

: Rediscover Your Inner Child Through Nightmares

: Nightmare Solutions for Healing & Transformation

: The Nightmare Quiz and Nightmare Solution Programmes

: Healing from Recurring and Traumatic Nightmares

: Sleep Paralysis and the Art of Transforming Fear

: Spiritual Nightmares & Transcendence

: Nightmares That Transcend Time, Space, and Death

: The Luminous Shadow: Spiritual Nightmares

: Unique Nightmare Solution Programme Template

: Examples of Unique Nightmare Solution Programmes

Practices

: What Are Nightmares and How Can They Help Us?

: How to Release Fear and Become Calm

: Keep a Nightmare Journal

: Who Are You When You Dream?

: Top Ten Tips for Getting Lucid in Your Dreams and Nightmares

: Create a Soothing Bedtime Ritual

: Pre-Bed Meditation to Calm the Mind 36

: Understanding the Symbolic Language of Nightmares

: The Nightmare Reflection Technique

: Reenter the Nightmare

: Connect Your Nightmare to Waking Reality

: Experience Your Nightmare as an Alien from Outer Space

: Free Association la Freud

: Ten Key Questions for Unwrapping a Nightmare

: Exploring the Dark Shadow for Healing and Transformation

: The Lucid Imaging Nightmare Solution (LINS)

: Creative Nightmare Responses

: How to Identify Your Shadow Selves

: Become the Monster

: The Nightmare Transformation Technique

: Rediscover Your Inner Child Through Nightmares

: Lucid Dream Magic

: Artistic Nightmare Options for Adults and Kids

: Coping with Sleep Terrors

: Enlist a Power Animal for Help and Protection