"Deciphering Dreams is a study of day dreams,
recurring dreams, prophetic dreams, past life recollections,
universal symbols, and dreams appearing to be
positively silly and preposterous!"
Virginia Carlson
There are a few movies regarding dreams that are my favorite. FIELD OF DREAMS with Kevin Costner is based on a man's dream. DRAGONFLY with Kevin Costner presents a connection through dreams to another person that hovers over him for a year. PASSIONS OF THE HEART with Demi Moore is my favorite. She presents as a woman living in Italy as a mother of two. Her dreams become so invasive, she can no longer tell the difference between her two lives, one in dream time and one in real time.
In 350 BC, Aristotle believed that waking dreams prompted night time dreams. Galileo wrote many articles pondering the importance of dreams. Dr. Otto Loewl, Nobel Prize Winner, woke up and jotted down what he was dreaming ... the exploration of chemical transmissions. Robert Lewis Stevenson wrote, rewrote, and printed Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde in 10 weeks using his dreams. Mary Shelley's dream became Frankenstein. Isaac Newton believed the science age ignored important information found in imagination and dreams. Louis Agassiz, founding father of Modern American Tradition studied fossils. He had three dreams which assisted him in categorizing a yet to be discovered fish. Madame C.J. Walker (1at woman Millionaire) dreamed of a potion for African American women. Ramanujan was a math genius who received formulas from a Hindu Goddess during dreams.
In more modern times, we can record Elias Howe who finalized his invention of the sewing machine through a dream. Jack Nicklaus dreamed of a new golf swing. Paul McCartney woke up from a dream with the entire melody for his song, YESTERDAY. Stephen King states that several of his ideas come from dreams.
For further documentation:
Henry David Thoreau: Dreams are touchstones of our character.
Robert Lewis Stephenson: Dreams occur in "that small theater of the brain which we keep brightly lighted all night long."
Carl Sandburg: Nothing happens unless we first dream.
Thomas Jefferson: I like dreams of the future better than history of the past.
Thomas Edison: Best inventions come from dreams.
Carl Young: Dream symbols and images affect waking thought patterns.
One of the best inclusive, user friendly books on dreams is written by: Wilda B. Tanner, THE MYSTICAL MAGICAL MARVELOUS WORLD OF DREAMS. If only one investment is made, this book will teach how to develop procedure, understand inner landscapes, and define symbols It is also a dictionary.
Otherwise, contact me at decipheringdreams@yahoo.com to establish an appointment to sort through dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
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