Index

A

Adler, Alfred, 21

animal dreams, 15–17

B

benzene, 14–15

Bonny, 15

C

Calpurnia, 14

conscious mind, 18

content types, 10

cultural roles of dreams, 12–14, 23

D

decoding dream messages, 12–14, 18–24, 31–38

definitions, 10

Dement, William, 34

dream analysis, 10, 28, 40

dreamcatchers, 23, 41

dream diaries, 21–24, 43

dreaming in color, 9

dream researchers, 9–11, 21

dreams generally, 7–11

dream symbols, 10, 21, 26, 32, 36–38, 42

dreamwork, 21–24, 39–43

F

Faraday, Ann, 23, 24

Freud, Sigmund, 20–21

G

Ganzfeld testing, 28–30

H

history of dreaming, 12–17

Howe, Elias, 14

Howe, Julia Ward, 14

I

insights from dreams, 14–15

J

Joseph, Egyptian pharoah, 13–14

Julius Caesar, 14

Jung, Carl, 21

K

Kekulé, F. A., 14–15

L

latent content, 10, 32

lucid dreaming, 34–38

M

manifest content, 10, 31–33, 41

O

out-of-body experiences, 26–27

P

precognitive dreams, 29

R

rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, 10, 15–17, 19–20, 39

remembering dreams, 23

S

Senoi, 12–13

sleep deprivation effects, 18–19

sleepwalking, 16

symbolic dreams, 13–14, 26

T

telepathic dreams, 25–26

“The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 14

theories of dreaming, 20–22

U

unconscious mind, 10, 18

W

warning dreams, 14, 32, 34, 38

wish fulfillment process, 20–21