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On this page you'll be able to find all sorts of information
about dreams.
Also you can join the 'Dream Explanation' Mailinglist.
What Are Dreams?
Dreaming is an imaginative process of the mind that occurs during REM in
sleep.
There are many sorts of dreams, among which also nightmares.
Dreams are, according to some psychologists (most famously, Sigmund Freud),
rich in symbolism
and offer a window into the unconscious mind. Interpretation
of dreams is a regular part of psychoanalysis.
It is said that one may control
the course and content of dreams by a technique called lucid dreaming.
However,
this could distract one from the dream-matter provided by the unconscious
mind.
Most mainstream academic psychologists do not believe that dreams have a
coherent meaning.
Carl Jung's view of dreams was more precise than this: that
dreams have meanings, but their meanings are idiosyncratic,
complicated, and
not susceptible to more than vague, uncertain, and sometimes superficial interpretations.
In particular,
interpretation needs to be based on the thoughts of the individual
dreamer, and not on any formula.
The art of interpreting dreams from a superstitious, rather than psychological, point of view is known as oneiromancy.
A dream is also a long-term hope, e.g. in I have a dream. In advertising lotteries it is pointed out that one's dream(s) can come true.
The term is also used to ridicule someone who has hopes for something unlikely, or mistakenly believes something. This usage is especially associated with the term "pipe dream" which literally refers to a fantasy induced by opium.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep
REM
The term REM sleep (for Rapid Eye Movement sleep) is still used to describe
the phase of sleep in which we dream.
During a night of sleep, a person usually has about four or five periods of
REM sleep, which are quite short at
the beginning of the night, but long at
the end. It is believed that REM sleep, and in particular dreaming, is necessary
to process the experiences we have had during the day.
Information Links
The Dreams Foundation
(One little 'but'; put off your sound, if you can't stand someone breathing
all the time. Got me nerved out after a few seconds already!)
Electric Dreams
Freaky
Dreams
(Free dream analyzer)
The Dream
Inn
The Interpretation of
Dreams (3rd edition) by Sigmund Freud
Sleep, Dreams and Wakefulness
Working With Colour In Dreams
The
Dream Explanation Mailinglist
(This site's own Dream Explanation Mailinglist)
Asd-enews
(Monthly updates from the Association for the Study of Dreams)
Electric Dreams
(An online dream ezine about dreams and dreaming)
Dream Dimensions
Dreamtree
- Dream Sharing
Dream Wheel
Lucid Dreams Mailinglists
Dreams in which you know you are dreaming
and can thus influence the dreams
Beginners
Lucid Dreaming
Conscious Dreams
Lucid Dreaming
Lucid Dreaming 2
Lucidity
Minstrels
Of Consciousness
