Aboriginal cosmology 59
‘As above, so below’ maxim 57
acceptance 58–9, 167
African legend 4–5
alam-al-mithal 47
alarm clocks 2
alchemy 20, 38, 51–2, 71–2, 120, 129, 165
Alighieri, Dante 83
Alister Hardy Archive 85, 93, 101
Allen, James 43
Alzheimer’s disease 30
Anders, Bill 100
anger 12, 27, 69, 75, 158
antidepressants 3
anxiety 27, 31, 69, 141
Apollo missions 99–100, 199–200
Aristotle 51, 177
artificial light 25, 29
Auschwitz 143–4, 154
authentic self 166
Awakening Through Dreams
(Hamilton) xvii
awareness xiii, 2, 10, 12–13, 20–1, 33, 38, 45, 48, 50, 52–3, 63, 66, 73, 102, 108–9, 134–5, 146, 153–4, 166, 179–90, 197, 200
Bach, Richard vii, 101 Baring, Anne 5
Beingness 58, 112, 151, 184
Beradt, Charlotte 170–2
Bertolo, Helder 49
beta-amyloid 30
Bettelheim, Bruno 172
‘biblical’ dream 54–5
Big Bang 118
Billington, Dave xii biological theatre 33
birth 32, 49, 62, 76, 86, 102, 104, 125, 143, 160, 270
Black Elk 123–4
Black Light xvi, 64, 84, 96, 189, 190,
191, 194–5
Blake, William 107
blindness 49–50, 104–5
body clock 25, 26
body temperature 29, 30–1
Book of Zohar 60
brainwaves 10, 180
Branson, Richard xvii
breathing exercises 44, 53
‘breathing under water’ dream 38–9
Broglie, Louis de 119
Brugaletta, John J. 103
Buber, Martin 45, 139
Buddhism 13, 16, 108, 141, 179
Butler, William 63
Campbell, Joseph 5, 51
Cartwright, Rosalind 37
Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) xvii, 270
Chaplin, Charlie 102
Chardin, Teilhard de 150
Chittick, William 108
Christian tradition 13, 16, 54–5, 69, 73–4, 80–1, 118–19, 143–4, 148–9, 157, 192
chronos 148, 150
circadian rhythm 25–6, 29
circulatory system 32
claustrophobia 131, 146
coherence 52–3
collective experience 18
Collins, Michael 199–200
colour 66, 80, 83, 99–115, 117, 125, 152–5
companionship 44, 86, 160
compassion 134, 141, 145–6, 150, 166, 184, 197, 200
consciousness xvi, 1, 12–13, 16, 20, 25, 38, 40, 45, 50, 58–60, 65, 73, 83, 87, 99, 100, 117–37, 150, 153, 173, 177, 179–84, 195, 197
contemplation 10, 119
continuum 59, 85, 148
Corbin, Henry 47
cortisol 53
Cosmic Light 93–4
Cosmic Tree 60
creativity xv, 12, 17, 20, 23–5, 40, 43, 46–52, 56, 58, 64–5, 71–3, 88–9, 128, 130, 145, 152, 154, 163, 182, 185, 192
Damasio, Antonio 65
darkness 15, 24, 29, 32, 58, 64, 66, 72–3, 80, 90, 96–7, 106, 115, 157, 189–94
death 25, 70, 86, 93, 125, 160–3, 174
DeepDream 151
defeat 74, 75, 88
depression 27, 32, 75
Descartes’ Error (Damasio) 65
Descartes, René 65
Dharma-Dhatu 108
Dinesen, Isaak 99
distraction 21, 25, 60
distress 31, 34, 70, 145, 148, 158–9, 201
Divine 119
domains of potentiality 20
Dorn, Gerhard 72
dream being 151–2, 196
Dream Dial 28
dream-fish 145–6, 151–2, 154–5
Dream Research Institute (DRI) xii, xvii, 6, 17, 270
dream yoga 13, 179
‘The Dreaming’ 59–60
dreams/dreaming:
on demand 182–3
Earth 1
guidance on waking life given by 19
infinite depth of 19
lucid xvi, 12–13, 17, 23, 37–9, 48, 62–4, 92–7, 106, 110, 133, 136, 173–4, 177–97, 199
purpose of 10, 11–12
re-accessing 23
symbolic felling of 3
therapeutic value of 18
transformative power of 21
‘us’ 59
wave-like regularity of 10
Dreamtime 59
drifting off 29
Dylan, Bob 5
Earth, rotation of 25–6
‘Earthrise’ 99, 100
Eckhart, Meister 123
Edinger, Edward 58
ego-consciousness 38
Ein Sof 60
Einstein, Albert 51, 58, 119
electroencephalogram (EEG) 11, 32, 179–80
Eliade, Mircea 59, 61, 73
Emerald Tablet (Trismegistus) 52
emotion 12–13, 17–18, 23, 35, 37, 40, 48–53, 65–6, 69–72, 76, 90, 96, 105, 108, 110, 115, 126, 133, 143, 146, 150–1, 158, 163–4, 177, 183–6
empathy 12, 50, 103, 141, 150–1, 160, 200
empowerment 39, 81, 146, 166, 168, 196, 200
emptiness 10, 56, 84, 95, 152
equilibrium 4, 27
everywhere 58, 59, 62, 114, 193, 201
evolution 11–12, 26, 78, 80, 121–2, 130
extra-sensory perception (ESP) 90, 91
facial expression 12
fear 6–7, 34, 157–75
feeling-tone 73
Fenwick, Peter and Elizabeth 161–2
fertile void 185–6
flame of life 94
flat-Earth perception 118
‘flying’ dreams 62–3, 182
folk tradition 158
Four Directions 124–5
‘four dreams’ sequence 132–6
freedom 157–75
Freud, Sigmund 51
functional MRIs (fMRIs) 11
Gabriel 15, 16, 147
gadget-free hour 27
gestalt 45, 100
Gibran, Khalil 79, 193
Gillen, Francis 59
global warming 2–3
God’s circle 123
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 83, 115
‘The Golden Key’ (MacDonald) 152–3
‘goldfish’ dream 145–6, 154
gratitude 4–6
gravity 62, 101–2, 128
Great Depression 36
Greek mythology 25, 39
guilt 69, 75
gut feeling 37
Hafiz 96–7
hallucination 31, 112, 180
Hamilton, Nigel xi, xv–xvii, 121
healing presence 139–55
heart/brain connection 53
heart intelligence 53
HeartMath 52, 53
Heháka Sápa (‘Black Elk’) 123–4
HELP xvii
Herzog, Werner 150–1
hidden depth 9–21
The Hidden Life of Trees (Wohlleben) 57
Higher Wisdom 16, 166
Highest Will 166, 173, 175
Hillman, James 51
Hindu tradition 60, 183
hippocampus 29
Hobson, Allan 121
Hollow Tree 56
‘Holy Choir’ dream 28
homeostasis 29
Honeybunch 35, 36
human-driven change 3
human growth hormone (HGM) 30
Huxley, Aldous 111–12
hypnagogic 29
hypothermia 31
I and Thou (Buber) 45
Ibn al-‘Arabi 193
icons 141–2, 148
Illusions (Bach) 101–2
Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) 34
Imaginal Mind xv, 43–4, 46, 50, 52, 55, 66
Imaginal World 25, 47, 150
imagination 13, 24–5, 34, 37, 43, 47–52, 58, 62, 65, 105, 115, 118, 128, 151–2, 185–6, 196, 200
immortality 52
immune system 10, 27, 30
Infinite Absolute 60
inner light 83–5, 93, 96, 111, 142
insight 6, 48, 52–3, 66, 96, 121, 127, 133, 177, 181, 196–7, 199–201
intelligence 53, 57, 65, 105, 140, 141, 149, 181
International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) xvi
The Interpretation of Dreams (Freud) 51
intuition 37, 50–1, 79, 114, 119, 126, 130, 166
Islamic tradition 13, 47, 196
Jeans, James 72
Jewish tradition 60
Johnson, Robert 78, 149
Julian of Norwich 118–19, 137
Jung, Carl 4, 5, 33, 38, 58, 72, 73, 76–8, 100, 121, 122–3, 126, 136, 149, 162
Kabbalah 60
kairos 148, 150
Kandinsky, Wassily 117
kangaroo care 32
Karnazes, Dean 31
The Katha Upanishad 60
Kekulé, August 119–21
Khan, Hazrat Inayat 74
Khunrath, Heinrich 38, 52
Klee, Paul 114–15
knowledge 10, 11, 20, 23, 39, 51, 107, 197
Kübler-Ross, Elizabeth 108
LaBerge, Stephen 187–90
‘Lake’ dream 24–5
Lao Tzu 155
lazurite 109, 115
left brain 13–14, 50
life energy 69–70, 71, 163
light/dark cycle 25
limbic system 37
liminality 45, 52, 54, 61
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 9
lived experience 48, 151
living-waters perspective 47
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World 150
‘Log Cabin’ dream 35–6
logic 37, 39, 51, 53
long-term memory 29
‘lost child’ dream 127–8, 131
Lucid Surrender xvi, 17, 38, 177–97
MacDonald, George 114, 152, 153
McGilchrist, Iain 50
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 11, 159
Magnum Opus 72
Maier, Michael 1
mandalas 123, 125–6
‘manta-ray’ dream 186–90
materialisation of thought 72
meaningfulness 94, 95
meditation 29, 53–4, 173, 180, 182, 194, 260
melatonin 29, 40, 110
memories xvi, 9, 12, 20, 29–33, 40, 47, 49, 65, 75, 77–8, 151–2, 177, 191
mental health 3, 27, 32, 75
metabolism 30
metaphoric thought 51
mind’s eye 44
moonlight 24, 29
mortificatio 165
movement in a repose 76
Mundus Imaginalis, see Imaginal World
music 32
mutual relation 45, 47, 50
mystical perception 112
Nassef, Chris xii
Native Americans 4, 6–7, 123–5
near-death experiences (NDEs) 161
neuroplasticity 30
NHS
nightmares xvi, 2, 6, 34, 157–75
90-minute cycles 26, 31
nocturnal therapy 33
non-rapid-eye movement (NREM) 12, 30, 31
noradrenaline 32–3
Norbu, Chögyal Namkhai 179
Novalis 110–11
objectivity 33, 42, 48, 52, 179
observer effect 51
Oglala Lakota tribe 123
ouroboros 120
out-of-character behaviour 34
outside-the-box thinking 50, 63
overnight therapy 33
The Overstory (Powers) 57
‘painting’ dreams 128–30
paradox 32, 40, 67, 119, 159–60
parasomnias 35, 158
Pascal, Blaise 53
perception 43, 48–50, 58–9, 65, 84, 90, 93, 105, 112, 118–19, 126
personhood 57
Phaedrus (Plato) 160
philosopher’s stone 76
Philosophical Investigations (Wittgenstein) 104
photosensitivity 29
pineal gland 29, 30
Plato 160
population growth 2–3
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 33–4
Powers, Richard 57
pre-cognition 90, 93
presence 139–41
Priestley, J.B. 94–6
primordial night 58
protoconsciousness 121
psyche 2, 4, 38, 56, 57, 78, 122, 126, 130–1, 133
psychosynthesis 166
psychotherapy xi, xvi, xvii, 33, 133–4, 140–1, 148, 192, 270
Ptolemy 118
Puhle, Annekatrin 94
Quaker tradition 94
quantum mechanics 51, 62
rapid-eye movement (REM) 4, 11–12, 30–1, 32, 33–4, 37, 48, 104, 121, 159, 180, 182
rational consciousness 40
re-enactment 146, 183
reactivity 33
rebirth 56, 78
reflection 2, 12–13, 18, 33, 45, 52, 86, 150, 178, 180
regeneration 30, 120
relativity, theory of 58, 119
Remarks on Colour (Wittgenstein) 104
respiratory system 32
Revelations of Divine Love (Mother Julian) 119
right brain 13–14, 50–1
Rilke, Rainer Maria 56
Rogers, Carl 140–1
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) 26, 27
Rublev, Andrei 141, 142, 148
St John of the Cross xvi
sandpainting 125–6
sea of dreams 9–21
sea shells 9–10
Seattle, Chief 7
Second World War 89, 102, 143–4, 170–2
sedimentary history 78–9
‘seeing’ dreams 49
sense of self 23, 30, 32, 66, 76, 122, 135
sense perception 43, 50, 93, 126
sensory input 30, 49
Shadow 73
shamanism 59, 60–2
Shamanism (Eliade) 61
Siberian tradition 61
sleep cycle 10–11, 23, 24, 30–1, 35
sleep debt 28–9
sleep disorders 35, 158
sleep disruption 26
sleep-friendly bedrooms 27
sleep god 25
sleep health 3, 23, 27
sleep hygiene 27
sleep/wake cycle 26, 29
Socrates 160
something-from-nothing cosmology 118
soul-longing 110
soul stamina xi
space-time 50, 51, 59, 101, 112, 119
Spaceship Earth 102
spatial properties 3, 49, 92
spirit-child 59
spirituality i, xv, xvi, xvii, 16, 19, 38–9, 52, 61, 71–2, 87, 107, 112, 119, 130, 144, 146–7, 159–60, 169, 173, 183–4, 195
stimulants 25, 27, 46–7, 86
Stoßtruppen 170
stress 25, 33, 53, 129
subjectivity 1, 10, 13, 39, 48, 50, 52, 151, 179
suicide 27, 101
supra-sensory perception 105–6
Swedenborg, Emanuel 39
symbolism 3, 25, 35, 36, 39, 44, 71, 125, 129, 136, 162
symmetry 17, 121–7, 142
synergism 31–2
Tabula Smaragdina (Trismegistus) 52
Taylor, Sajada xii
telepathy 91
thalamocortical sleep spindles 29–30
‘Theatre of Secrets’ 38
The Third Reich of Dreams (Beradt) 171
‘three dreams’ sequence 166–70
3D 11, 125, 127–8, 130–1, 135, 163, 181
Thurston, Mark 166, 199
transcendence 112–13
transformation 71–4, 78, 103, 144, 162–3, 165–6
transpersonal awareness xvi, 20, 38
‘tree’ dream 46–7
trees 2, 43–67
Trismegistus, Hermes 52
two selves 181
‘Two Trees’ (Butler) 63–4
unconditional presence 141, 153–4
underwater breathing 38–9
unfinished dreams 69–71, 74
universal Soul 184
virtual reality 121, 149, 181, 183
visitation dreams 91–2
visualisation 45, 49, 52, 54, 80, 105, 122
Voss, Ursula 181
wakefulness 40, 44, 159
waking consciousness 25, 40, 121
waking dreams xvi, 70, 80, 85–9, 145–6, 161, 163–8, 181, 185, 187, 197, 201–3
waking life xi, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 23, 30, 34–5, 37, 43–67, 86, 87, 89, 91, 96, 103, 106, 108, 121, 145, 159, 164–7, 170, 172, 174, 182–3, 197
Walker, Matthew 12, 29, 33
water, spiritual quality of 39
‘waterfall’ dream 163–6
Welwood, John 141, 153–4
‘white stone’ dream 79–80
wholeness 122, 125, 127
Wittgenstein, Ludwig 43, 104
Wohlleben, Peter 57
womb sleep 32
wood wide web 57
yoga 13, 133, 173, 179
Zajonc, Arthur 83, 109
Zen 77, 131