Adler, Margot. Drawing Down the Moon. Boston: Beacon Press, 1986. (A compelling survey of contemporary Pagan religious practices.)
Artemidorus. The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica). Translated by Robert J. White. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Press, 1975. (This English translation of Artemidorus’ classic work clearly demonstrates the breadth and genius of this ancient author. Fascinating reading for anyone with the slightest interest in dreams. Informed commentaries illuminate the somewhat obscure text.)
Benedict, Ruth. Patterns of Culture. New York: Mentor, 1960. (Dreams among Native American peoples.)
Borbely, Alexander. Secrets of Sleep. New York: Basic Books, 1986. (Drugs, alcohol, and their effects on sleep and dreaming.)
Brier, Bob. Ancient Egyptian Magic. New York: William Morrow, 1980. (Divinely inspired dreams in ancient Egypt; Egyptian dream books; dream interpretation; dream spells and rituals.)
Busenbark, Ernest. Symbols, Sex, and the Stars in Popular Beliefs. New York: Truth Seeker Press, 1949. (A dream spell is included in chapter 2.)
Clifford, Terry, and Sam Antupit. Cures. New York: Macmillan, 1980. (Remedies for insomnia.)
Contenau, Georges. Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria. New York: Norton, 1966. (Invaluable for divine symbolism and numbers relating to the deities.)
Corriere, Richard, Werner Karle, Lee Woldenberg, and Joseph Hart. Dreaming and Waking: The Functional Approach to Dreams. Culver City, CA: Peace Press, 1980. (Chapter 6 contains a remarkably detailed account of Iroquois dream work.)
Coxhead, David, and Susan Hiller. Dreams: Visions of the Night. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1989. (A short, beautifully illustrated introduction to the spiritual significance of dreams. Much information concerning the importance of dreams to Native American groups.)
Cunningham, Scott. Magical Aromatherapy: The Power of Scent. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1989. (Essential oils that produce sleep when inhaled.)
———. Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner. St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1988. (A guide to the religion of Wicca.)
Dalley, Stephanie. Myths From Mesopotamia. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1991. (Information concerning Gilgamesh and Mesopotamian deities.)
Davis, Patricia. Aromatherapy, An A-Z. Saffron Walden, England: C. W. Daniel, 1988. (Essential oils that induce sleep.)
Delaporte, L. Mesopotamia: The Babylonian and Assyrian Civilization. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. (Early account of Mesopotamia. Book 111, Chapter 1, contains information concerning the importance of dreams in Babylon and Sumer.)
de Lys, Claudia. A Treasury of American Superstitions. New York: Philosophical Library, 1948. (Dream books.)
Dill, Samuel. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius. New York: Meridian, 1956. (Fine information concerning the worship of Aesculapius and the organization of His temples. In discussing dream interpretation the author displays his bias by describing such practices as “disgusting/’ “idiotic/’ “foul,” and “profane.” Still, his chapter titled “Superstition” is a valuable source of information.)
Domhoff, G. William. The Mystique of Dreams: A Search for Utopia Through Senoi Dream Therapy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. (Chapter 6 is a fascinating investigation of the nature of dreams and of dreaming.)
Edwards, I. E. S., ed. The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena and Prehistory. Volume 1, Part 1. Cambridge (England): Cambridge University Press, 1980. (Background information concerning the prehistory of Egypt.)
———. The Cambridge Ancient History: Early History of the Middle East. Volume 1, Part 2A. Cambridge (England): Cambridge University Press, 1980. (Background information pertaining to historic Egypt.)
Ehrenwald, Jan, ed. From Medicine Man to Freud. New York: Dell, 1956. (Chapter 3 examines healing magic related to sleep and to dreams.)
Evans, Christopher, and Peter Evans, ed. Landscapes of the Night: How and Why We Dream. New York: Viking Press, 1983. (Chapter 5 contains a fine summary of dreaming in antiquity.)
Farb, Peter. Man’s Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State. New York: Avon, 1969. (The significance of dreams among the Iroquois and Ojibwa.)
Farrar, Janet, and Stewart Farrar. The Witches’ God: Lord of the Dance. Custer, WA: Phoenix, 1989. (An introduction to aspects of the God as worshipped in both past and present Pagan religions. Part III consists of alphabetical listings of over a thousand gods.)
———. The Witches’ Goddess: The Feminine Principle of Divinity. Custer, WA: Phoenix, 1987. (A guide to the myriad faces of the goddess, including a listing of over a thousand goddesses from around the world.)
Festugiere, Andre-Jean. Personal Religion Among the Greeks. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1960. (The importance of dreams in ancient Greek culture; remedies received from Asklepios in dreams. Chapter 5, a discussion of Lucius and Isis, is quite illuminating.)
Finnegan, Jack. Archaeological History of the Ancient Middle East. New York: Dorset Press, 1986. (Background information concerning Babylon, Assyria, and Egypt.)
Garfield, Patricia. Creative Dreaming. New York: Ballantine, 1990. (A lucid look at dreaming in ancient cultures, with suggestions as to how we can utilize certain aspects of these practices in our own dream work.)
———. The Healing Power of Dreams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. (Techniques for using dreams as revealers of unknown health problems and to assist in recovery.)
———. Women’s Bodies, Women’s Dreams. New York: Ballantine, 1988. (The significance of dreams during every phase of a woman’s life, including menstruation and pregnancy.)
Gill, Sam D. Native American Religions: An Introduction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1982. (Dreams and dreaming among some Native American peoples.)
Glass, Justine. They Foresaw the Future. New York: G. P. Putnam’s, 1969. (A fascinating history of fulfilled prophecy. Includes chapters on augury in ancient Egypt and Rome.)
Haining, Peter. Superstitions. London: Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1979. (Dream spells.)
Handy, E. S. Craighill. Polynesian Religion. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 34. 1927. Reprint. Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1985. (Hawaiian dream lore.)
Handy, E. S. Craighill, and Mary Kawena Pukui. The Polynesian Family System in Ka-’u, Hawai’i. 1958. Reprint. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1972. (Traditional Hawaiian dream lore.)
Hartmann, Ernest. The Biology of Dreaming. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1967. (This somewhat dated survey contains valuable insights into drugs and their effects on dreaming.)
Highwater, Jamake. Ritual of the Wind: North American Indian Ceremonies, Music, and Dances. New York: Viking, 1977. (The importance of dreams to the Pueblo peoples.)
Hippocrates. Hippocratic Writings. Edited by G. E. R. Lloyd, translated by J. Chadwick, and others. London: Penguin Books, 1983. (The ancient Greek system of diagnosing the nature of ailments according to dream content. An invaluable collection of Hippocratic writings in clear translations.)
Herodotus. The Histories. Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1965. (Background information concerning Graeco Roman Egypt.)
Hooke, S. H. Babylonian and Assyrian Religion. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. (Dreams in the ancient world; divine symbolism.)
———. Middle Eastern Mythology. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1975. (A valuable introduction to Mesopotamian mythology.)
Jayne, Walter Addison. The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations. 1925. Reprint. New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1962. (Dream incubation in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Babylon, and Assyria. Much information concerning dream deities.)
Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani. Ka Po’e Kahiko. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964. (Dreams and dream interpretation in old Hawai’i.)
Kramer, Samuel Noah. History Begins at Sumer. New York: Anchor, 1959. (Background information concerning the Sumerians.)
———. Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millenium BC. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1961. (Invaluable insights into the nature of Sumerian religion.)
———. The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. (Chapter 4 is an excellent introduction to Sumerian religion. A few divine dreams are also recorded in this classic work.)
Lawson, John Cuthbert. Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion. New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1964. (Dreaming among both ancient and contemporary Greeks; a dream spell.)
Lewisohn, Richard. Science, Prophecy, and Prediction. New York: Premiere, 1962. (Dreams in ancient Egypt; theories of the origins of dreams.)
Lincoln, Jackson Steward. The Dream in Primitive Cultures. London: The Cresset Press, 1935. (Part III of this fascinating study discusses dreams and the Navajo, Crow, Blackfoot, Ojibwa, Kwakiutl, and other Native American peoples. The information is in-depth and specific. Highly recommended.)
Loewe, Michael, and Carmen Blacker. Oracles and Divination. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1981. (Dream interpretation in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.)
Longworth, T. Clifton. The Gods of Love: The Creative Process In Early Religion. Westport, CT: Associated Booksellers, 1960. (Sexual aspects of Pagan religions.)
Lurker, Manfred. Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. London: Routledge, 1989. (A comprehensive survey; the best of its kind for finding explicit information concerning deities. Highly recommended.)
MacKenzie, Norman. Dreams and Dreaming. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1965. (An invaluable survey of dreaming in ancient cultures around the world. Dream incubation [particularly in Greece and Rome] and the history of dream books are also thoroughly covered.)
McCall, Henrietta. Mesopotamian Myths. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1990. (Gilgamesh information.)
Meier, Carl Alfred. The Dream in Ancient Greece and Its Use in Temple Cures (Incubation), in the Dream, and Human Societies. Edited by G. E. Von Grunenbaum and Roger Caillois. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. (A valuable survey of ancient Greek dream incubation.)
Mercatante, Anthony S. Who’s Who in Egyptian Mythology. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1978. (Egyptian dream deities and dream spells.)
Moscati, Sabatino. The Face of the Ancient Orient. New York: Anchor Books, 1960. (Background information concerning Egypt.)
Oates, Joan. Babylon. London: Thames and Hudson, 1979. (Background information regarding The Epic of Gilgamesh.)
Opie, Iona, and Moira Tatem, eds. A Dictionary of Superstitions. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1989. (Dream spells.)
Oppenheim, A. Leo. “Mantic Dreams in the Ancient Near East,” in The Dream and Human Society. Edited by G. E. Von Grunebaurn and Roger Caillois. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. (An informed survey of dream interpretation in Mesopotamia.)
Pausanias. Guide to Greece. Three volumes. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1971. (This translation of Pausanias’ classic record of ancient Greek temples contains references to Isian dream sanctuaries. Fascinating reading, though it is over two thousand years old.)
Plutarch. De Iside Et Osiride (Isis and Osiris). Translated by J. Gwyn Griffiths. Wales: University of Wales Press, 1970. (Plutarch’s long neglected account of Isian and Serapian worship in the Roman world receives an informed translation. Plutarch includes many old world sites connected with their worship.)
Price, A. Grenfell, ed. The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as Told by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779. New York: Dover, 1971. (Ancient Hawaiian culture.)
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ‘Olelo No’eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication No. 71. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1983. (Interpretations of common Hawaiian cultural dreams.)
Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1986. (Hawaiian orthography.)
Pukui, Mary Kawena, E. W. Haertig, and Catherine A. Lee. Nana I Ke Kumu, Volume 1. Honolulu: Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center, 1983. (The significance of dreams in ancient Hawai’i.)
———. Nana I Ke Kumu, Volume 2. Honolulu: Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center, 1979. (An astounding range of information relating to Hawaiian dreams and to dream interpretation.)
Radford, Edwin, and Mona A. Radford. Encyclopedia of Superstitions. New York: Philosophical Library, 1949. (Dream spells.)
Rogers, Spencer L. The Shaman’s Healing Way. Ramona, CA: Acoma Books, 1976. (Dreams among the Paviotso people of North America.)
Romer, John. Ancient Lives: Daily Life in Egypt of the Pharaohs. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. (An immensely enjoyable, easily read recreation of daily life in a small village of Egyptian artisans circa 1600 BCE. Chapter 10 examines the significance of dreams and, from the extant material, the author ingeniously uncovers the hopes and concerns of this distant people.)
Rose, Jeanne. Herbs and Things: Jeanne Rose’s Herbal. New York: Perigee, 1983. (Herbs for insomnia.)
———. The Modern Herbal. New York: Perigee, 1987. (More remedies for insomnia.)
Sandars, N. K. (translator and commentator). The Epic of Gilgamesh. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1975. (A fine translation with valuable discussions concerning the history of the poem as well as its major themes. Highly recommended.)
Shafer, Byron E., ed. Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991. (A look at aspects of both state and private religious practices and beliefs in ancient Egypt.)
Shuttle, Penelope, and Peter Redgrove. The Wise Wound: The Myths, Realities, and Meanings of Menstruation. (A pioneering study of menstruation. Chapter III discusses its influence on dreams.)
Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Three volumes. London: Taylor and Walton, 1844. (Invaluable for the attributes, appearances, and symbolism of Greek and Roman deities.)
Taylor, Dena. Red Flower: Rethinking Menstruation. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1988. (Chapter 3 examines the role of dreams just before and during menarche and menstruation.)
Thompson, C. J. S. The Magic of Perfumes. New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1927. (Chapters 2, 6, and 22 contain valuable information concerning the use of perfume and incense in ancient Egypt.)
Tierra, Lesley. The Herbs of Life: Health and Healing Using Western and Chinese Techniques. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1992. (Herbs for insomnia.)
Underhill, Ruth. The Papago Indians of Arizona and their Relatives The Pima. Washington, DC: The Bureau of Indian Affairs, ND. (Papago concerns that dreams cause illness.)
Von Grunenbaum, G. E., and Roger Caillois, eds. The Dream and Human Societies. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. (A survey of dreaming in many ancient and modern cultures.)
Wallace, Anthony F. C. The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca. New York: Vintage Books, 1972. (Chapter 3 contains an account of Iroquois dream work.)
Witt, R. E. Isis in the Graeco-Roman World. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1971. (Dream incubation in the temples of Isis; dreaming in ancient Egypt and Rome.)