Our Dreaming Mind"When a book appears that is timely, scholarly, comprehensive, and well-written, it stands as a landmark." MONTAGUE ULLMAN, M.D. Author of WORKING WITH DREAMS In this brilliantly researched study, Robert L. Van de Castle, Ph.D., an internationally recognized dream authority, examines the vital role that dreams have played throughout history. OUR DREAMING MIND delves into the most provocative experiments that scientists are conducting on the dreaming mind in this century. Vast in scope and startling in its revelations, here is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of dreams, written with clarity and grace. Dr. Van de Castle shares with all readers the amazing riches he has discovered throughout a lifetime of research and reflection on dreams. |
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User Review - vpfluke - LibraryThingThis is a nice all-embrasive book on dreams. It covers the history of the experience of dreaming. Andthose who have done research on dreams. It is not an interpretative guide to ones dreams, but might be a good adjunct. Read full review
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User Review - Jane Doe - KirkusDespite its two-column, textbookish format, an unpedantic survey by a self-described ``dreamworker'' of how dreams have been regarded throughout history, with emphasis on the author's own experiences ... Read full review
Contents
Chapter 3Dreams from the Dawn of History through Artemidoris | 45 |
The Second to the Eighteenth Centuries | 70 |
The Nineteenth Century | 88 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Our Dreaming Mind |
| Author | Robert L. Van de Castle |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | May 28, 2009 |
| ISBN | 034536435X, 9780345364357 |
| Length | 547 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams |
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