Review: Meaning of Dreams
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 3, 2012
I picked up this book thinking it would be like a dream dictionary, which it isn't. Intead, I discovered an interesting treatise on the background of dreams, why we dream, and how we can begin to analyze a dream from its many parts. For example, the dream of the wife with the crummy marriage. It would never occur to me that the dream landscape (a kitchen) was important. But of course the more I thought about it, what do we all find in a kitchen? Warmth, family, sitting around the table in community, and being nourished. This makes me realize how little I even think about where my dreams take place. Of course, the element of the dream about the soggy cookies was a lot easier to figure out.Also, as someone who has had sleep disturbance for years, it was interesting to read about the connection between dreaming and REM (which I get very little of). If you want to pick up some solid info about how dreams work and how to begin analyzing your own, I recommend this read.