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Visions of the night: dreams, religion, and psychology
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This wide-ranging exploration of the spiritual and scientific dimensions of dreaming offers new connections between the ancient wisdom of the worlds religious traditions, which have always taught that dreams reveal divine truths, and the recent findings of modern psychological research. Drawing upon philosophy, anthropology, sociology, neurology, literature, and film criticism, the book offers a better understanding of the mysterious complexity and startling creative powers of human dreaming experience. For those interested in gaining new perspectives on dreaming, the powers of the imagination, and the newest frontiers in the dialogue between religion and science, Visions of the Night promises to be a welcome resource.

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title Visions of the Night Dreams Religion and Psychology SUNY Series - photo 1

title	:	Visions of the Night : Dreams, Religion, and Psychology SUNY Series in Dream Studies
author	:	Bulkeley, Kelly.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 \| asin	:	0791442837
print isbn13	:	9780791442838
ebook isbn13	:	9780585300450
language	:	English
subject	Dreams, Dreams--Religious aspects, Dream interpretation.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	BF1091.B94 1999eb
ddc	:	154.6/3
subject	:	Dreams, Dreams--Religious aspects, Dream interpretation.

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Visions of the Night

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SUNY series in Dream Studies
Robert L. Van de Castle, editor

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Visions of the Night

Dreams, Religion, and Psychology

Kelly Bulkeley

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Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany

1999 State University of New York

Printed in the United States of America

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior permission in writing of the publisher.

For information, address State University of New York Press,
State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bulkeley, Kelly, 1962
Visions of the night : dreams, religion, and psychology/Kelly
Bulkeley.
p. cm. (SUNY series in dream studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-4283-7 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-7914-4284-5 (pbk.:
alk. paper)
1. Dreams. 2. DreamsReligious aspects. 3. Dream
interpretation. I. Title. II. Series.
BF1091.B94 1999
154.6'3dc21 98-53601
CIP

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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To the Sleeping Lady

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Contents

Acknowledgments

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 and A Nightmare on Elm Street

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12. Dreams within Films, Films within Dreams

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13. Dreaming in Russia, August 1991

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Postscript on Dreams, Religion, and Psychological Studies

129

Bibliographical Essays

131

Freud and Psychoanalysis

131

Jung and Analytic Psychology

134

Alternative Clinical Theories about Dreams

137

Sleep Laboratory Research on REM Sleep and Dreaming

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