Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-516) and index
Contents:
Preface: My personal odyssey in the land of dreams part 1: The treasure chest of dreams. chapter 1. Dreams: portals between our inner and outer worlds chapter 2. Dreams that have changed the world part 2: Early thinking about dreams. chapter 3. Dreams from the dawn of history through Artemidoris chapter 4. Dreams and demons: the second to the eighteenth centuries chapter 5. A romantic era: the nineteenth century part 3: Dream theories in the twentieth century. chapter 6. Sigmund Freud: Dreams as disguised sexual wishes chapter 7. Carl Jung: Dreams as many-splendored things chapter 8. Other twentieth-century dream theorists part 4: Experimental studies of dreaming. chapter 9. Early research approaches to dreams chapter 10. Contemporary dream research: The era of REM studies part 5: The dimensions of dreams. chapter 11. What's in a dream? The use of content analysis chapter 12. Dreams throughout the life span: the effects of gender, society, stress, and aging part 6: The twilight zone of dreams. chapter 13. Somatic contributions to dreams chapter 14. Paranormal dreams: Psychic contributions to dreams chapter 15. Finding our inner light: Lucid and spiritual dreams Appendix A: Dream resources Appendix B: Working with your own dreams
