What if our dreams could offer spiritual insight for personal growth and social transformation? Leading dream expert Kelly Bulkeley brings us time-honored methods to stimulate our innate dreaming capacity, including the latest research on dreaming and strategies from seasoned, vivid dreamers.
A carefully researched, accessibly written portrait of dreaming as a powerful, unpredictable, often iconoclastic force in human religious life
Focusing on modern dream psychology, this book offers a clear overview of essential theories related to how dreams are formed, their functions, and how they can be interpreted. It serves as an accessible introduction for students at all levels, making complex ideas understandable and engaging.
Thinking about Religion with and Beyond Cognitive Neuroscience
Exploring the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and religion, this book posits that profound questions about the mind and consciousness can be better understood through a collaborative dialogue between the two fields. It delves into how insights from neuroscience can inform religious thought and vice versa, suggesting that such an exchange can lead to a deeper understanding of human experience and existence.
The essential guide on how to teach about dreaming.
Exploring the spiritual and scientific dimensions of dreaming, this book connects ancient religious wisdom with modern psychological research. It draws from various fields, including philosophy, sociology, and neurology, to enhance understanding of the complexity and creativity inherent in human dreams. Aimed at readers seeking fresh insights into dreaming and the interplay between imagination, religion, and science, it serves as a valuable resource for those intrigued by these themes.
Set against an alternate history where NASA's Apollo program flourishes beyond the Moon, the story unfolds on a secret mission to Mercury's enigmatic north pole. Astronauts confront bizarre discoveries that challenge their understanding of reality and existence. Blending elements of surrealism, space Western themes, and intricate philosophies, the narrative explores dark theology and the psychology of dreaming, all while incorporating period-specific technologies from the 1960s to 1980s. The journey becomes a race for survival as they seek a way back to Earth.
The Scribes of Sleep analyzes the dream journals of seven remarkable people - Aelius Aristides, Myoe Shonin, Lucrecia de Leon, Emanuel Swedenborg, Benjamin Banneker, Anna Bonus Kingsford, and Wolfgang Pauli - and employs an interdisciplinary approach to shed light on their meanings, drawing on data science, depth psychology, and religious studies.