This book surveys both the scientific and the spiritual terrain of altered states of consciousness, highlighting how extrasensory encounters can be soul-healing balm. It explores a wide range of cultural interpretations of out-of-body experiences, from shamanistic practices to the importance of dreams in ancient world cultures. A dozen or more interviews with health-related professionals present unique, holistic glimpses of our inner lives. Dreaming takes center stage, with the author presenting her most profound and insidious dreams. Part reference work and part guidebook, this book tells…mehr
This book surveys both the scientific and the spiritual terrain of altered states of consciousness, highlighting how extrasensory encounters can be soul-healing balm. It explores a wide range of cultural interpretations of out-of-body experiences, from shamanistic practices to the importance of dreams in ancient world cultures. A dozen or more interviews with health-related professionals present unique, holistic glimpses of our inner lives. Dreaming takes center stage, with the author presenting her most profound and insidious dreams. Part reference work and part guidebook, this book tells readers how to make the most of their dream experiences through a variety of techniques like incubation, talisman creation, tarot and more.
Kimberly R. Mascaro, PhD, LMFT, has practiced psychotherapy focused on dreamwork, anxiety, women's recovery, trauma, grief and loss for 20 years and has served as a faculty associate at Arizona State University for 11 years. She lives in California. See consciouschimera.com.
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Table of Contents Disclaimer Acknowledgments Preface Introduction One. Medicinal Dreaming Dreams Are Real Experiences 15 But What Is a Dream? 16 We All Need Medicine 19 Two. Consciousness and Shamanism Initiations 29 Tasks, Roles and Duties 31 Three. Oracles, Divination and Dream Medicine the Classical, Celtic, Nordic and Germanic Worlds Greco-Roman 39 Diagnosing in the Dream State 41 Nordic, Germanic, Celtic 41 Greece, Then and Now 42 Four. All at Once Time Five. Dreamwalking Six. Sleep Yoga, Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Yoga Nidrä57 Lucid Dreaming 60 Dream Yogä65 Seven. Hypnosis Self-Hypnosis 73 Eight. Intuitive Development The Nervous System 78 Regulation Nine. Italian Folkways Ten. Surprise Visitors Announcing Dreams 90 Disembodied Visitors and Visitation Dreams 93 Along the Recovery Road 102 Eleven. Animal and Plant Spirit Guidance Twelve. Feeding Spirit Allies Thirteen. Sleep Hygiene Fourteen. Dream Incubation Incubating Health 130 Incubation Techniques 136 Fifteen. Dream Reentry Sixteen. Facing Challenges When Nightmares Creep In 143 Recovering the Soul 148 Seventeen. Ancestral Work Altar Crafts and Shrine-Making 154 Eighteen. Amulets and Talismans Creating Your Own 159 Cleansing Amulets 163 Nineteen. You Are Your Own Dream Dictionary Lectio Divinä167 Dream Tarot 168 Tracking and Collaging 171 Conclusion Glossary Resources Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Disclaimer Acknowledgments Preface Introduction One. Medicinal Dreaming Dreams Are Real Experiences 15 But What Is a Dream? 16 We All Need Medicine 19 Two. Consciousness and Shamanism Initiations 29 Tasks, Roles and Duties 31 Three. Oracles, Divination and Dream Medicine the Classical, Celtic, Nordic and Germanic Worlds Greco-Roman 39 Diagnosing in the Dream State 41 Nordic, Germanic, Celtic 41 Greece, Then and Now 42 Four. All at Once Time Five. Dreamwalking Six. Sleep Yoga, Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Yoga Nidrä57 Lucid Dreaming 60 Dream Yogä65 Seven. Hypnosis Self-Hypnosis 73 Eight. Intuitive Development The Nervous System 78 Regulation Nine. Italian Folkways Ten. Surprise Visitors Announcing Dreams 90 Disembodied Visitors and Visitation Dreams 93 Along the Recovery Road 102 Eleven. Animal and Plant Spirit Guidance Twelve. Feeding Spirit Allies Thirteen. Sleep Hygiene Fourteen. Dream Incubation Incubating Health 130 Incubation Techniques 136 Fifteen. Dream Reentry Sixteen. Facing Challenges When Nightmares Creep In 143 Recovering the Soul 148 Seventeen. Ancestral Work Altar Crafts and Shrine-Making 154 Eighteen. Amulets and Talismans Creating Your Own 159 Cleansing Amulets 163 Nineteen. You Are Your Own Dream Dictionary Lectio Divinä167 Dream Tarot 168 Tracking and Collaging 171 Conclusion Glossary Resources Bibliography Index
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