Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: Dreams: Your Hidden Resource

Introduction: Wake Up to a World of Meaning

1  What Dreams Can Do for You

Famous Dreamers

A Short History of Dreaming

Can Dreams Come True?

The Nature of Sleep

Teen Dream Exercise: Sleep Habits

A Story: The Dream Weaver

2  Dream Explorers around the World

Dreamers of the Forests and the Plains

Dreamers of the Jungle

The “Dreamtime” of Australia’s Aborigines

Dream Incubation

Teen Dream Exercise: Dream Explorer Essay

Teen Dream Exercise: How I Want to Use My Dreams

3  Interpretation of Dreams

Personal Dream Symbols

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Teen Dream Exercise: Color Symbolism

Teen Dream Exercise: Word Association

Teen Dream Exercise: Animal Symbols

Teen Dream Exercise: Mind-Mapping Technique

Teen Dream Exercise: Dream Interpretation Using the Tarot

4  Dreams and Everyday Life

Using Dreams for Specific Purposes

The Healing Power of Dreams

Teen Dream Exercise: Have a Healing Dream

Dream Up the Life You Want

Teen Dream Exercise: Using Your Dreams to Improve Your Life

5  Dream Recall

Increasing Your Dream Memory

Keys to Dream Recall

Teen Dream Exercise: Mind-Calming Visualization

Teen Dream Exercise: Dream Recall

Teen Dream Activity: Make a Dream Pillow

Factors That Affect Dreaming and Dream Recall

6  Keeping a Dream Diary

Ways to Record Your Dreams

Teen Dream Exercise: One Week’s Sample Dream Diary

Teen Dream Exercise: One Week’s Visual Dream Diary

Teen Dream Exercise: My Dream Diary Experience

Teen Dream Exercise:Target Dreams

Advice from a Master Dreamer

The Dream of the Blue Light

7  Creating Your Own Dream Dictionary

Universal Symbols

Teen Dream Activity: Create Your Dream Dictionary

Teen Dream Exercise: Universal Symbols and You

Teen Dream Exercise: The Dream Interview

8  Different States of Dreaming

Out-of-Body Experiences

Teen Dream Exercise: Out-of-Body Dream Experience

Flying in Dreams

Teen Dream Exercise: How to Dream of Flying

Lucid Dreaming

Teen Dream Exercise: How to Have a Lucid Dream

Dream Control

Teen Dream Exercise: My Attempts at Dream Control

Dreams Within Dreams

Telepathic Dreams

Teen Dream Exercise:Telepathic Dreams

Precognitive Dreams

Teen Dream Exercise: Precognitive Dreams

Recurring Dreams

Teen Dream Exercise: Recurring Dreams

Sex Dreams

Teen Dream Exercise: Sexual Dreams

Nightmares

Teen Dream Exercise: Waking Fears

Teen Dream Exercise: Conquering My Fears

9  Dreams and Spiritual Development

Angels

Guides

Power Dreams and Power Objects

Teen Dream Exercise: Spiritual Life

About the Author

About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company

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