Dreams about dogs
According to a recent survey, the top Google search for dream symbols is ‘dreams about dogs’. Why do we dream about dogs, and what do these dreams mean? Before we go there, according to Google’s February-March 2022 report on my website, there was a big jump in people looking for information on dreams about the end of the world. We’ll go there in this blog, but let’s begin with dreaming about dogs. The survey, done
The Power of the Dog
Director Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay for the 2021 film, The Power of the Dog, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, and Benedict Cumberbatch who starred in the film as a 1920s cowboy oozing a toxic masculinity designed to protect his deepest sensibilities, each drew from their dreams to enhance the authenticity and vitality of their work. So, what did they do? With the help of LA-based Jungian Dream Coach
Flying dreams revisited
Waiting for a train, I glanced up at the station clock. It was a beautiful, antique, analogue clock, its hands set at 7.30. I glanced away and noticed another clock, a little further away. It was showing a completely different time. I noticed a third, and fourth clock, each indicating various times of the day. I checked back with the original station clock, where it was no longer 7.30 but mid-afternoon. Someone asked me if
Year of Wonders
Twenty years ago, I read Geraldine Brooks’ book, Year of Wonders, an international bestselling fiction based on the true story of an English village, Eyam, in Derbyshire, that went into voluntary lockdown in 1666, to stop the spread of the bubonic plague to nearby villages. Somehow – perhaps on a bolt of fabric delivered from London – plague “seeds” as the villagers imagined them, had found their way into Eyam and into the blood of
Dream map
If you’re lost, unable to find your way home, or looking for directions to take you to where you want to be, you need a map. Imagine an old-fashioned paper map, one you can unfold or roll out to examine in detail. A map that literally provides a big picture of where you are and how that relates to where you want to be. Maybe you know where you are right now on the map,
A dose of dream alchemy
If you’ve decided to do a dream alchemy practice, should you complete the prescribed dose before starting a second? Is it ok to combine practices? Tim, one of our Dream Academy students, posed this question, and she also wondered if it’s wise to park any interesting dreams that come up during the time that you’re focussing on doing a dream alchemy practice. Tim thought her question might make an interesting blog, so here it is!
Dreams and synchronicity
What does it mean if a symbol from your dream appears as a synchronicity the next day, or as multiple synchronicities in the days to follow? Let’s start with an imaginary example: Cass buys houses to renovate and sell for profit, but recently she had a run of bad luck. She lost money on a couple of houses then invested in another one and worked long hours doing all the renovating herself to save labour
Create a dream practice
Maybe you have a regular yoga, meditation, writing, music, journaling, or exercise practice, but do you have a dream practice? What do you do with your dreams when you wake up in the morning? Do you catch a wisp of a dream, ponder for a moment, and then jump out of bed and get on with your day? Do you vaguely consult a dream book, or the internet, and then give up because the proffered
How can I stop bad dreams and nightmares?
Why do we have bad dreams? Should we pay them attention? How can we stop them? Let’s face it, no-one wants to experience bad dreams, whether they’re of the full-on horror variety that leave you terrified to go back to sleep, or whether they’re more of the anxious, stressful variety that disrupt your sleep and leave you feeling a lingering sense of unease. There are ways to stop bad dreams and nightmares from recurring, and
Garden of Dreams
Here’s an extract from my 2020 book, Bird of Paradise–Taming the Unconscious to Bring Your Dreams to Fruition. And if this entices you to keep turning the pages, you’ll find more details about this, my seventh book, here. Introduction: Garden of Dreams This book that you have before you is part whimsical memoir, part healing balm, and part alchemical guide to navigating your human journey by observing some of the deeper mysteries of the human