Holding tightly, I sail right up the face of the great wave. The dream reveals my personal fear, relating to outer circumstances in my life at the time. Simultaneously, a collective wisdom tells me I must be strong and hold my course in the face of great difficulty. Hope beckons in the bright sails of those heroes who have gone before. This course involves personal and intellectual exploration of the unconscious, largely through the vehicle of dreams.
Class meets twice a week.
The first meeting of the week will be devoted to didactic presentations in the form of lectures, discussions of the reading, films, guest speakers, and the presentation of student creative projects toward the end of the term. The second session of the week will always be devoted to dream-sharing and dream work in various modes. Obviously, this demands some willingness on your part to explore and share important aspects of your inner and outer life with others. In the process, you will learn to keep a journal, with a special emphasis upon dreams, and you will learn that your dreams are meaningfully related to other aspects of your life. You will learn skills and concepts which will enable you to work with your own dreams and you will learn to be a good, nonintrusive facilitator of others understanding their dreams.