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Virtual University offers Dream Course in July -
Slow Wave Going to Canada
Dream Workshop led by Gina Pearlin
Vision Quest: A Wilderness Rite of Passage with Sparrow Hart
Recurring Dreams: A Journey to Wholeness -
Awaken 98 New Dream Software

 

Virtual University offers Dream Course in July http://www.vu.org/calendar.html 

Dreams: The Key to Your Inner Self A 6 week course starting July 13; participants can earn 1 CEU

Dreams may speak to us about many things but disguise their message in a hidden language. This summer class will explore the nature of dreams, where they come from, what they mean, and how to work with them to gain a deeper understanding of the self. In addition, the class will examine dream symbols and themes, why people dream, and how dreams relieve stress and help balance the psyche. Students will learn to look for key elements of their dreams, how to recognize archetypes and feelings in dreams and how to remember, influence, and interpret dreams. The importance of keeping a dream journal will be discussed, and the class will also take a look at how writers and artists can harness dream images to power a piece of writing or work of art. Students will find examples of artworks based on dreams and will learn how to write, draw or use collage to illustrate a dream. Instructor Nori J. Muster earned her Master's degree at Western Oregon State College in 1992 and has worked with adolescents at risk for several years. She is the author of "Betrayal of the Spirit" (1997, Univ. of Illinois Press), which chronicles her experiences as a member of the Hare Krishna movement. Nori has been studying dreams and keeping a dream journal for 20 years. CEU enrollments for Summer classes. Enrollment deadline is 11pm Pacific, Friday, July 10. Summer classes start July 13.

Slow Wave Going to Canada
Jesse Reklaw, illustrator for Slow Wave, the weekly dream-comic strip, will attend the Small Press in Ottawa eXpo on Saturday, July 4th 1998. Come have your dream sketched and meet other talented creators of small press and indie comix, zines and chapbooks. Day of Show Admission: $1.00 / Show Hours: 10am 'til 5pm / Location: National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. More info: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4758/SmallPOX.html  

Dream Workshop led by Gina Pearlin
July 12, Sunday 12-4 pm at Twin lakes College of the Healing Arts in Santa Cruz, CA. Call the office at 476-2152 for information and registration. Guided trance, artwork and writing will be used to explore and understand your dreams. Bring your dreams, questions, and sense of humor and sense of adventure to this experiential workshop. Gina is a hypnotherapist trained in contemporary, Jungian based dreamwork. Her approach to the dream is eclectic, drawing from many sources. She teaches a certification program in Dreamwork at Twin Lakes College. For more information, contact glass@cruzio.com  

Vision Quest Wilderness Rite of Passage with Sparrow Hart.
The Vision Quest is an ancient rite of passage belonging to all people. It can take place at any age or stage of life, and involves the heroic journey of leaving familiar surroundings to enter the wilderness, not only of nature but of our own interior, to encounter the self and obtain the support and counsel of the profound, vital forces that reside there. The purpose of the Quest varies for each person, but involves a search for guidance and renewal, an opportunity to let one's old life and self die to be reborn to a new identity or new life purpose. The eleven day Quest assists each person in making a meaningful, successful passage through a transition, crisis, or phase of life.The first four days are spent in preparation for the Quest, including instruction in the phases of initiation, the four shields model of Self and psyche, archetypes and allegories of the heroic journey, emergency and survival procedures, the dynamics of fasting, and instruction in self-initiated ceremony. During the Quest, each participant spends four days and nights alone, fasting on the earth. The last three days include a celebratory feast, elders' council, and other rituals to ground and integrate the lessons gained. Fee: Before June 15: $550; Before July 15: $650. Before August 15: $750. Request brochure for more information. A phone interview with Sparrow Hart is required. Ideally, participants should sign up a month in advance in order to prepare for the journey. Sparrow Hart has led over forty Vision Quests for individuals and small groups in Vermont, New Mexico, and California. He is founder of Circles of Air and Stone in Putney, VT, a program devoted to empowering people through rites of passage and initiation. As counselor, teacher, and workshop leader, he has worked for over twenty years to integrate modern and indigenous therapeutic approaches to personal transformation. He is creator of numerous workshops including the Mythic Warrior training for men. Sponsored by The Dreamwheel, 191 Sudbury Road, Concord, MA 01742 (978) 369-2634 E-mail: Dreamwheel@compuserve.com  

Book Review: Recurring Dreams: A Journey to Wholeness by Kathleen Sullivan 1998, Crossing Press ISBN 0-89594-892-3

Recurring Dreams, in the words of its author, is not an autobiography, but a "dreamography", which "tells about the restoration of a human life through the workings of a dream." In 1980, Kathleen Sullivan began a journey of transformation; a journey which was catalyzed by a single powerful and disturbing dream which refused to be returned, unexamined, to the world of sleep. Launched into a process of inner exploration by her need to unravel the dream's meaning, she began to notice that a mysterious character was repeatedly appearing in her dreams. This character was, on a literal level, a forgotten acquaintance she had gone to high school with many years before. On a deeper level, however, Victor Biento represented an important and undeveloped aspect of her psyche. Over the next 16 years. as her relationship with this dream character evolved and changed, so, too, did her relationship with herself. Her dreams became not only a tool for personal growth and guidance, but a spiritual discipline which began to permeate all areas of her life.

Told in an anecdotal and chronological fashion, and interspersed with theoretical information and excellent dream working exercises, Recurring Dreams is a finely woven mix of insightful experience, psychological theory and practical suggestions for dreamers to enrich their relationship with themselves through their dreams.

Awaken 98 New Dream Software
Using the metaphor of a two sided dream notebook, Awaken 98 contains up to seven pages for recording and analyzing dreams. Pages include those for describing the dream, recording the dream, searching for symbols, general questions as well as personal reflective questions about the dream, interpretation of the dream, and ways to honor the dream. Any page can be easily hidden or shown as desired so that the process can be simplified to any desired depth of analysis. Awaken 98 is highly configurable in many other ways. Key features of Awaken 98 include: Wizards for stepping through the entire dream analysis process or in just filling out one page. A symbol dictionary which is fully editable and contains icons for each symbol. Personal associations can be made to any symbol and are kept as part of the symbol dictionary. Pages with extensive text editing use the Rich Text Format, which allows the setting of different fonts, colors, styles, paragraph indentation, borders and the embedding of pictures in a single page. Password protection and encryption of files and database for protection of privacy. Super search capabilities allows for searches through all of the notebooks with the ability to target any or all pages and to use synonyms as well. Browse through the notebooks by one of many factors, including feelings, categories, incubation questions, symbols, personal issues and of course date and title. Drag and drop toolbars. Master lists which can be easily edited for questions, categories, feelings, and other items. A trial version is available at www.awake-software.com  or www.awaken98.com . On- line tours show typical screen shots of Awaken 98 in action. Awaken 98 is priced at US$34.95 for the floppy disk version. An electronic downloadable version will be available for a price of US$29.95. Technical support via email is provided free with all orders. More info is also available at www.awake-software.com


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     RESEARCH    &   REQUESTS

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Help a Dream Student
I am sending you this email in search of some useful and exciting information about dreams. I am currently a student at California State University of San Bernardino, and I am enrolled in a Philosophy class, which has directed us to search for information about dreams. I was hoping to receive some useful information about the following: Why do we dream? Can we dream while we are awake? What happens in our minds when we dream? And any other information that I can present to the class. If you would please email me back, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Jennifer O'Kelley jokelley@acme.csusb.edu 

Dreams of Fish, Worms, Wolves, Cats and Salamanders
I am collecting dreams for a book! Any dreams you might like to share of fish, worms, wolves, cats and salamanders, and also numinous dreams of any kind would be welcome. Series of any of these would be especially interesting. Please tell your dream(s) and then a little about what that symbol means for you. If you wish to show the work you have done, including drawings, to arrive at that meaning(s),that would be great, too, though not necessary. Several meanings for a particular symbol are OK, since dreams are many-layered. I would also like to know how old you were when you had each dream. You can email me patkamp@pacbell.netor  use the online form www.dreamgate.com/dream/kampmeier/  

Dreams of Children or Early Childhood
I am looking for dreamers to participate in a qualitative research study. I am specifically looking for dreams of children or dreams remembered from early childhood. It does not matter if they are pleasant or scary. I am working on an innovative parenting program, and I am hoping to improve parent /child relationships through the sharing of dreams. wilddreams@email.msn.com  or visit my website at http://www.wilddream.com . Thanks! Lynn.


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   WEBSITE & ONLINE  UPDATES

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Do you know of interesting new websites you'd like to share with others? Or do you have updates to existing pages? Help spread the word by using the Electric Dreams DREAM-LINK page www.dreamgate.com/dream/resources/online97.htm . This is really a public projects board and requires that everyone keep up his or her own link URLs and information. Make a point to send changes to the links page to us.

The Dream and the Enlightenment Corrected URL http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/EUROL/kongresse/dream/dreamwelcome.htm .
An international collection of references to texts on dreams from the enlightenment. A wonderful research tool.

The Endless Dreamer
www.endlessdreamer.com  Personal Life consulting for women and spiritual holidays which include dream related inner work.

Sleep Research Site:
Includes some famous classic dream articles: http://sommeil.univ-lyon1.fr/index_e.html  

http://sommeil.univ-lyon1.fr/index_e.html  
The Four Great Dreamers

http://sommeil.univ-lyon1.fr/articles/ecn63/ecn63.html  
A Study of the Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Dreaming, M. Jouvet and D. Jouvet

http://sommeil.univ-lyon1.fr/articles/pbrjou65/contents.html  
Paradoxical Sleep - A Study of its Nature and Mechanisms , M. Jouvet