resources & works consulted

Want to learn more about sleep and dreams? Here are some of my favorite books, including those that forged the foundations of The Complete Book of Dreams.

Sleep

At Day’s Close: Nights in Times Past by A. Roger Ekirch

Sleep and Wakefulness by Nathaniel Kleitman

The Promise of Sleep by William C. Dement

The Secret Life of Sleep by Kat Duff

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

Dreams

Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of Testimonies by Emma and Ludwig Edelstein

Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction by J. Allan Hobson

Dreaming in the World’s Religions: A Comparative History by Kelly Bulkeley

Dreaming the Divine by Scott Cunningham

Dreams by Carl G. Jung

Dreams, a Portal to the Source by Edward C. Whitmont and Sylvia Brinton Perera

Dreams: Visions of the Night by David Coxhead and Susan Hiller

Dreamtime and Dreamwork: Decoding the Language of the Night edited by Stanley Krippner

Healing Dream and Ritual by C. A. Meier

Healing Night: The Science and Spirit of Sleeping, Dreaming, and Awakening by Rubin Naiman

Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert A. Johnson

Living Your Dreams by Gayle M. Delaney

Our Dreaming Mind by Robert L. Van de Castle

The Art of Dreaming by Jill Mellick

The Committee of Sleep by Deidre Barrett

The Dream and the Underworld by James Hillman

The Healing Power of Dreams by Patricia Garfield

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

The Practice of Dream Healing by Edward Tick

The Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss

The Tibetan Art of Dream Analysis by Nida Chenagtsang

Turning Nightmares into Dreams by Barry Krakow

Understanding Your Child’s Dreams by Pam Spurr

Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey by Alice Robb

Working with Dreams by Montague Ullman and Nan Zimmerman

Writers Dreaming: 26 Writers Talk About Their Dreams and the Creative Process by Naomi Epel

Lucid Dreaming

Dream Yoga by Andrew Holecek

Dreams: How to Connect with Your Dreams to Enrich Your Life by Tree Carr

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold

Learn to Lucid Dream by Kristen LaMarca

Children’s Dreams

Children’s Dreams by Kelly Bulkeley and Patricia M. Bulkley

Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936–1940 by Carl G. Jung

The Dream Book: A Young Person’s Guide to Understanding Dreams by Patricia Garfield

Understanding Your Child’s Dreams by Pam Spurr

Dream Symbols

Dictionary of Symbols by Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant

Oneirocritica by Artemidorus

The Book of Symbols by Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism

Astrology, Tarot, and I Ching

Essence of the Tarot: Modern Reflections on Ancient Wisdom by Megan Skinner

Planetary Apothecary by Stephanie Gailing

Planets in Play by Laurence Hillman

The Book of Astronomy by Guido Bonatti translated by Benjamin N. Dykes

The I Ching, or, Book of Changes translated by Richard Wilhelm and Cary F. Baynes

The Rulership Book by Rex E. Bills

You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas

Healing Remedies

Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit by Gabriel Mojay

Dreams, Symbols & Homeopathy by Jane Cicchetti

Flower Essence Repertory by Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz

Flower Power by Anne McIntyre

The Complete German Commission E Monographs by Mark Blumenthal et al.

The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall

The Encyclopedia of Bach Flower Therapy by Mechthild Scheffer

The Phoenix Repertory by Dr. JPS Bakshi

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