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E L E C T R I C D R E A M S
Volume 4 Issue #1
26 January 1997
ISSN# 1089 4284
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Bob Krumhansl
-- Send Dream Questions and Concerns to
Victoria Quinton
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http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mettw/edreams/home.html
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C O N T E N T S
++Editors' notes
++Dream Groups via Email - Chris Hicks
++Slow Wave - Jesse Reklaw
++Dream Airing Column - Victoria Quinton
++DreamTrek Column - Linda Lane Magallon
The Holiday Ornament -Dream Telepathy Game Results
++Article - ASD UPDATE - ASD links - Richard Wilkerson
++(NEW)Column: Jung and Dreams Column:
The Real Dream by Matthew Clapp
++Feature: Epic Dewfall Interview:
Man Against Eternity Tour
++Article -- A Healing Power, Update on
Castaneda's Projects - Mark Seven Smith
++Guest Column: Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams
Part III by Charles McPhee
++Column: Life, Art Dream : Projection
by Alissa Goldring
++Article: D R E A M S : a Source of Inner Truth
by Nathan Zafran
++Poem: Grateful for Second Chances
Dream Inspired Poetry of Karen Sosnoski
++Article - The Electric Dreams Education Program -
A Proposal by Richard Wilkerson
++NEW) Column: Madame Aionia's Astrological Dreaming Series:
Dreaming Through the Houses - January- First House!
++DreamSharing In Cyberspace I - Email and Mail Lists
Richard Wilkerson
++Dream Sharing Influences - This month: >>> Freud <<<
- Article by Matthew Parry
- Freud Resources online
G L O B A L D R E A M I N G N E W S - Peggy Coats
NEWS
- Dream Catchers - Dream Art Show
- Certificate in Dreamwork
- Personal and Practical Approaches to Your
Dreams
- Dream Incubation Retreat
- Volunteers Sought for Computer Room at ASD
Conference
- Call for Entries ASD Art Exhibition
- Dream Art Quarterly Meetings in SF Bay Area
- Novato Center for Dreams Closing
- New French Revue About Dreaming
LATE BREAKING NEWS ITEMS
- ASD Links - how to get one
- Roberta Ossana articles online
- Dreamwork from the Adler School of Professional Psychology
- Sufi Dreamwork with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
- National Dream Group Leader Training
RESEARCH & REQUESTS
- Strange, Weird or Crazy Dreams
- Dream Photography Project
- Online Dream Interpretation Interns Needed
- Dream Education Project
WEB SITE UPDATES
- ASD Links
- Dream Mandalas has moved
ONLINE EVENTS
- PowWow Get-togethers
- IRC Get-togethers
DREAM CALENDAR
- February - March 1997
D R E A M S D R E A M S D R E A M S D R E A M S
D R E A M S SECTION EDITORIAL BY BOB K. (For ED V4N1)
Challenges:
FEEDBACK FROM THE DREAMERS
Subject: A Flying Fish and A Book---Thanks
COMMENTARY ON DREAMS FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES
=Commentary by Narcissus on "The Magical Little Man" by Mark
(961228)=
=Commentary on "The Magical Little Man" by MarkM (961228)=
NEW DREAMS
PRECOGNITIVE/FUTURE DREAMS
[Stories from past experiences, or send them in before it
happens, if you can]
* Dream: Belated Precognitive Dream? by Nutcracker (961230)*
REPETITIVE DREAMS
[Significant by nature]
* Dream: Bug Dreams by TrishC (961231)*
DEFYING CLASSIFICATION
[Your stumpers may not be so mysterious to others]
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LINKS TO STAGES OF LIFE
BIRTH [Starts]
CHILDHOOD [Early development]
ADOLESCENCE [Maturing, testing]
ADULTHOOD [The main event for most]
OLD AGE [Wisdom, Approaching the Journeys end]
DEATH [Endings]
COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEAD [Beyond our terrestrial limits]
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ANIMALS [Basic Instincts]
* Dream: BUG DREAMS by TrishC (961231)*
= Commentary on Bug Dreams by Alex (970101)=
* Dream: Untitled II by Nutcracker (961230)*
* Dream: Mystical Happenings by Nutcracker (961206)*
AGGRESSION [By us or against us- crossing others paths]
* Dream: SHOT AT THE DOOR by Nancy (970110)*
= Commentary by BobK on SHOT AT THE DOOR (970126) =
BATHROOMS [Maintenance, Cleansing and Elimination]
BELONGING [What we are associated with or wish we were]
BRIDGES [How we get across an obstacle or go from here to there]
CELEBRITIES [The well known - famous and infamous]
See Jeff Bridges in: Love of A Life under ROMANCE.
See Holly Hunter (The Piano), Jerry O'Connell (Sliders), and some
girl that looks like Rosie O'Donnell in MENaces To Society under
the category ESCAPE.
See Leonard Nimoy and Gloria Marsh in My 3 Husbands under the
category RELATIONSHIPS.
See Jimmy Carter & Roslyn in Hello Mr & Mrs President under the
category POLITICAL SCENE.
COMPUTERS [Extensions of our minds, mind tools, communication]
[How come we didn t have this category sooner, seeing that we
are a computer assembled and computer distributed publication? Go
figure!]
See the dream UNTITLED under ANIMALS for a downloading theory.
From the Ed-Staff - C & V on Computer Dreams:
DISCOVERY [New insights and unexpected developments]
* Dream: "EGYPTIAN ASSUMPTION" by Andrew (961230)
=Commentary on EGYPTIAN ASSUMPTION by Mark (970101)=
* Dream: THE FACES OF THE CHOIR BOYS by Magyar (9701xx)*
=Commentary on : if 'the faces of choir boys' by magar were my
dream, by jay (further thoughts) (9612xx)=
* Dream: "The Arid Circle" by GWCOO (970101)
=Commentary by Jay V on The Arid Circle by GWCOO=
=Commentary by Narcissus on "The Arid Circle" by GWCOO=
=Commentary by John Hebert on The Arid Circle by GWCOO=
DRUGS [Healing or Hurting?]
EATING [Getting nourishment for maintenance, growth and pleasure]
ELEVATORS [Going UP or DOWN - Push the right button or else...]
* Dream: The Shoes by Nutcracker (961215)*
ESCAPE [Get me outta here!!!]
* Dream: MENaces To Society by Nutcracker (961230)*
FEAR [What scares us]
FOOD [The source of our physical nourishment]
FLYING [Confidence, Power, Freedom & Perspective]
*Dream: Flying...More and more Difficult by AL (970124)
GIFTS [Offerings from others]
HOBBIES [Our interests and desires]- COLLECTING THINGS
* Dream: Pez by Nutcracker (961208)*
* Dream: Pez II by Nutcracker (961208)*
* Dream: Pez III by Nutcracker (961219)*
* Dream: Pez IV by Nutcracker (961219)*
* Dream: Pez V by Nutcracker (961222)*
* Dream: Pez VI by Nutcracker (961227)*
HOSPITAL [A place for treatment, healing and repair]
Is the Airport terminal a hospital? Check out the dream: Shoes,
in the category ELEVATORS.
* Dream: The Bear and the Bags by LM in PR (970111)*
HOUSE [Where our lives take place]
* Dream: BIG HUGE HOUSE LEVELS by VickyT (961231)*
* Dream: "Crying Woman Dream" by Eugene (970120)*
= Commentary on The Crying Woman: MY UNDERSTANDING by Eugene=
* Dream: Untitled 1/4 by Nutcracker (961203)*
HOTELS [Temporary Dwelling or Special Event location]
JOURNEYS [Missions away from our home base -explorations]
* Dream: Three Part Dream by J-ones from NORWAY (961228)*
= Commentary on: Three Part Dream from Norway by BobC (961228)=
* Dream: Out To Sea by Nutcracker (961228)*
* Dream: A Cheap Thrill by Nutcracker (9612220)*
LOST [Disorientation or abandonment]
* Dream: 'Crazy' by MadGrl (970123) *
= Commentary by Emarks on: Crazy (970123) =
LOTTERY DREAMS [Sudden Wealth - Randomness favors the
dreamer]
LOVE [All around us, yet so hard to find and keep]
NUDITY [What you see is what you get]
PERFORMERS [Entertainers]
* Dream: Pre-U2 by Nutcracker (961210)*
PROBLEMS [Situations or difficulties sometimes present choices]
* Dream: THE DEAL by MarkM (961228) *
= Commentary by MarkM=
= Commentary on ANOTHER DEAL by rcwilk (961228)
POLITICAL SCENE [Public issues through positions of power]
* Dream: Hello Mr & Mrs President by Nutcracker (961210)*
RELATIONSHIPS [Other parts of ourselves]
See a Dad related dream under ELEVATORS.
* Dream : My Dream question & Concern by Anonymous (970119)*
= Commentary by Narcissus on "Dream Question & Concern" by Anon=
* Dream: Don t Mess With Me by Nutcracker (961221)*
* Dream: My 3 Husbands by Nutcracker (961211)*
RELIGIOUS RELATED [The Ritual and the Spiritual]
* Dream: A Changing Pair of Feet by LT (9701XX)*
ROMANCE [Thrills and Chills, lost in another]
[Ice Cream and Love ... does it get any better??? ;)]
* Dream: Love of My Life by Nutcracker (961203)*
SCHOOL THEMES [Learning and learnings trials]
SOLUTIONS [The answers to problems or quandaries]
TORNADOS [Pretty well defined destructive power of nature]
TRAPPED [Temporarily helpless- Sometimes we are paralyzed or
imprisoned by jobs, relationships or expectations]
* Dream: A FLYING FISH AND A BOOK by AmaznBeast (961225)*
= Commentary on: A Flying Fish and A Book by BobK (961226)=
= Reply from AmaznBeast on A Flying Fish and A Book (961227)=
= Reply to Amazn =
* Dream: Woman/Child by Nutcracker (961222)*
VEHICLES [Means of transportation, reflection of lifestyle]
* Dream: SOMEONE IS STEALING MY CAR by Steve (970124)
WORKPLACE [Where we make a living]
See A FLYING FISH AND A BOOK for a trapped in the workplace dream
WRITING & WRITERS [Communication and creativity]
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Editor's Notes
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As I have a rather long proposal this month for themes for
Electric Dreams over the course of the year, I'll keep the
editor's notes brief. This will be hard to do as there are so
many offerings this month. If you would like to align your
articles, send in dreams related to the upcoming themes, or just
peek into the future, read my proposal on Electric Dreams and
Education.
Featured this month is the lucid dream gallery of Epic Dewfall.
Epic looks for art work on the wall of lucid dreams and then
creates images in paints and poetry of his discoveries. Read the
interview, visit his online gallery!
And while we are on the topic of art, did you know that you can
download a unique cover for Electric Dreams each month? This
month we have guest artist, Rob Childress whom you all know as a
creative force on the Oneiro-Network and lucid dream explorer.
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mettw/edreams/home.html
Have you been wondering what's been going on with
alt.dreams.castaneda and their meetings? Mark Seven Smith will
update you in his moving article of how Castaneda's work has
touched his illness. Speaking of updates, have you ever wondered
what the Eckankar Dream program was about? Nathan Zafran give us
a peek into the Master's Mind in DREAMS:a Source of Inner Truth.
We have a few new regular columns starting this month. In keeping
with the educational program, there is info this month on dream
sharing and email & mail list. Chris Hicks gives us an update and
instructions for the ED DreamWheels, and I am offering
information on a www site with a column about creating
dreamsharing groups via mail lists. For more, See the column
Dream Sharing in Cyberspace.
The educational themes continue in "Influences on Dream Sharing",
and information about the old dream geezer Freud, to begin a year
long dream sharing education focus. Also, we are fortunate to
have a new regular column on Jung and Dreams, from Matthew
Clapp. He will be guiding us down the many labyrinths of Jungian
thought this year and deepening our dreamwork. Madame Aionia
joins us this year with a look at Dreams through the Houses, a
way to mix the metaphors in dreams and astrology. Our Guest
Columnist, Charles McPhee, continues his explorations of lucid
dreaming as researched in his book
_Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams_ and provides some profound
questions about the nature of consciousness.
Our Regular columnist have wonderful ideas and projects worth
reading as well. Linda Magallon has the results of the Telepathy
experiment and reveals to us how close we came with our dream
hits. Alissa Goldring's Life, Art & Dream column explores the
world of Projection and offers a corresponding web site with
beautiful graphics from her dreams.
So that you can get the latest News on Dreams and Dreaming at a
web site right away, Peggy Coats is now mirroring the Global
Dreaming News at a beautiful new site
www.dreamtree.com/news
We will also continue to print the news here and on the Electric
Dreams site, but you can now check the dreamtree site for the
latest updates and changes between Electric Dreams Printings.
www.dreamtree.com/news
There are wonderful programs and workshops and cyber-events
coming up, so find your interests in the Global Dreaming News and
then print up the Events Calendar and put that right by your
computer! By the way, the GD news looks really good these days
because Peggy puts so much into getting it ready for you. And she
does this for you for free! You can help her out by looking over
the resources in your regional area and sending them to her. What
are your Community Colleges offering on dreams, your
Universities, your local churches? Who coordinates seminars and
lectures in you area, what kinds of materials are carried by your
library? See some really cool web site on dreams? - check out
the reference page
www.dreamgate.com/dream/resources
and if we don't have anything on this site, send her the URL and
maybe a short review of the site. pcoats@dreamtree.com
Please note that our Dream Section Editor, Bob Krumhansl, now has
a NEW email address, and all dream submissions should go directly
to him at
If you are on the ed-core@igc.apc.org mail list, you can still
just send the dreams into the mail list. Send comments on the
dreams to Bob, or send them into the ed-core mail list if you
want comments on your interpretations.
Bob has taken on a new project in the last few months to make
the dream section even more interesting by grouping the dreams
into various topic areas. To find out just what Bob does to get
these wonderful dreams ready for you, be sure to read his Dream
Section Editorial.
My apologies to Victoria Quinton and all who have contributed
to the Dream Airing Column. I crashed my AOL email file for Dec-
Jan and just haven't been able to pull all the material together
again. If you expected to have something printed in this issue
of Electric Dreams and it wasn't, it is probably my fault. Please
re-send the material with a request for printing. Thanks also to
Victoria for all the translations this month!
-Richard Wilkerson
rcwilk@aol.com
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Slow Wave
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Slow Wave is a collective dream diary authored by unconscious
minds from around the world, and illustrated by Jesse Reklaw. A
new strip is uploaded every week on the first minute of Saturday,
EST. That's 9 PM Friday in California, 6 AM Saturday in France,
and 3 PM Saturday in Sydney, Australia.
Be sure to see the New Slow Wave Comics for January
http://www.nonDairy.com/slow/wave.cgi?jan97
Also, stop by and read about the new contest to give a theme to
early issues of the related zine, Concave Up.
http://www.nonDairy.com/concave/contest.cgi
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Dream Airing Column - Victoria Quinton
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If you send material in for publication, but can't find it, its
because Richard lost all the e-mail! Please re-send and the
Dream Airing Column will be back next month.
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I'm asking people on this list that have used Mind Machines
(light and sound machines) that send you into altered states of
consciousness... and what degree of brainwaves is associated with
dreaming and which one is associated with LUCID dreaming...
thanks Kevin ipkiss@i-55.com
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Did you know that there is a group of people in West Africa,
Liberia, to be more precise, the VAI people, who are the only
Africans to have their own written language? It was "given" to
one of the elders in a dream.
I was the field director for this research project 20 yrs ago.
The VAI language from a dream has been written up under the
official study name of "The Cognitive Consequences of Literacy
among the Vai People of Liberia" - the co-directors were Dr.
Michael Cole and the late Dr. Sylvia Scribner. I recently
learned that Mike is at the Univ of CA @ San Diego The book they
published had a different title, and I'm sorry that I didn't get
one at the time!
elizabeth
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Hi Cyndi - I have fragments of an interview which I', printing
below, but much of it is out of context - sorry! -Richard
Mermaid: Firstly, would you be able to provide a brief
description of "Sea of Dreams"
Cyndi:Actually, the name of my column is called "Sea of Dreams,"
and the name of the webzine is called GTO World Wide, located
at:
http://www.well.com/ user/ buttrfly/
Cyndi:This is the first week for my column. :)
Hence your first interview as a columnist!
Cyndi: The editor, Rod Amis, contacted me after seeing my
webpage and offered me first a feature on his zine, then a
column of my own.
Mermaid: Terrific.
Cyndi: The format for Sea of Dreams is pretty simple; a reader
submits a dream for interpretation, and I give it my best
shot. My goal is to help others learn how to tap their inner
guidance via their dreams. My first GTO Reader interpretation
is now up at the above URL for GTO. I gave a brief intro this
week, and a small auto-bio of me pertaining to how I got
interested in dreams is located at the Staff Roster section of
GTO.
Cyndi: My main webpage is called "Cyndi's Dream Interpretation
Guide, located at http://members.tripod.com/~ZenCyn/
Cyndi: I was amazed that I hadn't found Electric Dreams before
now. What a great site!
If there is any other info you would like, or if you would
prefer the info first-hand, just let me know & I will be happy
to oblige.
Cyndi: I like your nick, Mermaid. Reminds me of swimming with
the dolphins, something I've always wanted to do one day.
It's mainly because I'm a Pisces woman, but I like the idea of
dolphins too.
Victoria 8*)
mermaid@alphalink.com.au
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~mermaid/
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DreamUp
-SOURCE OF CURRENT SYMBOLS AND INTERPRETATION:
Cooper, D. Jason, The Power of Dreaming
United States of America: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
Fontana, David, The Secret Language of Dreams London,
U.K.: Pavilion Books, 1994.
Jung, Carl G, Relationships Between the Self and the Unconscious
Spain: Ediciones Paidos, 1993.
Jung, Carl G., Man and his Symbols
Spain: Ediciones Paidos 1995.
Parker, Julia and Derek, The Secret World of Your Dreams
New York,U.S.A: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1990.
Sheppard Linda, Wake Up to Your Dreams
Tanous, Alex & Gray, Timothy, Dreams, Symbols And Psychic Power
United States of America: Bantam Doubleday Publishing Group,
Inc. 1990.
Van de Castle, Robert L., Our Dreaming Mind
United States of America: Ballantine Books, 1994.
-No, the developers do not have a direct Jungian background but
the
software was developed after 11 months of reaserch and with the
help of
profesional psycologists.
-PRICING: Yes the price is correct. At the moment the software
will only
be available via download purchase. Arrangements for billing are
in
their final stage. The posibility of packaging the product as an
alternate way of distributing is being considered, so will the
costs of
postage.
All information you sent me about DreamUp and the page is
correct.
DreamUp is a dream analysis assistant and dream journal software
developed for PC's. It's analysis tool is based on Carl C. Jung's
theory of the collective consciousnes.
DreamSoft, Inc., 9051-C Siempre Viva Rd., Suite MX-037-070, San
Diego,
CA , 92173
e-mail support@dreamup.com
Xavier Ferragut
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DreamWheel DreamGroups Update
Chris Hicks
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR JOINING THE GROUP
Hello new and seasoned Dream Wheelers and all interested parties!
The next online, E-mail dream group is about to begin.
For those of you who are new to the Dream Wheels, I will be
explaining the process as we proceed and sending you detailed
instructions, step by step.
DREAM WHEEL IN A NUTSHELL
Dreams are submitted. A dream(s) is chosen by random process and
distributed to the entire group via our automated mail list.
Group members ask *clarification* questions of the dreamer, who
then has an opportunity to respond. Once all the questions and
answers have been sent group members comment on the dream using
the "If this were my dream..." technique. The process and
techniques used support and encourage a non-threatening
environment that often leads to insights for both the dreamer and
the commentators!
ANONYMITY
As before, the level of anonymity is something that each member
can handle themselves by signing up to the mail list via the
email address you don't mind others in the group knowing. You
can choose whatever pen name you want, or just your first name.
If you do feel the need for more anonymity, drop me a line and
I'll set up a way for this to happen. Please respect the privacy
of the dreamers and other group members by keeping dreams,
questions, comments, and email addresses confidential.
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Step 1: Signing on to mail list
Send an email to: majordomo@igc.apc.org
subject: Plz sub me (or anything-its automatic)
In the body of the email type: subscribe dream-on
You will be signed on and get a message back in minutes saying
so. Once signed on you will receive all emails sent to the group
via the
dream-on@igc.apc.org
address. This same address should be used to send messages to
the whole group.
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DREAM WHEEL INFORMATION
DREAM WHEEL INFORMATION
Thank you for your interest in the Dream Wheel dream sharing
groups. I hope the following information is helpful. If, after
reading this, you have further questions or concerns feel free to
contact me, Christopher Hicks,
at: dreamwheel@michweb.net
A Dream Wheel is an online dream sharing group. The Dream Wheels
have their roots in the work of John Herbert, the "grandfather"
of online dream work. As part of his academic endeavors John
sought, and in fact is still seeking, to find if the "If this
were my dream" dream work technique, originally developed to be
used in face-to-face dream groups, could be used in the online
environment with positive results. Richard Wilkerson, Electric
Dreams General Editor, was inspired by the ground breaking work
of John Herbert. After participating in two of John's
experimental online dream groups Richard developed his own series
of experimental groups, called Dream Circles. He used the "If
this were my dream" technique. Although the technique used in
the Dream Circles was sound, the process was problematic. The
Dream Circles involved E- mailing an ever-increasing file from
group member to group member. Each time the file was mailed it
grew larger and larger. This made for many problems. The E-mail
Dream Wheels have a simplified process that makes participating
very easy, thanks to our automated mail list. The technique,
however, has remained mostly unchanged during the evolution from
Dream Circles to Dream Wheels. This is due to the fact that the
"If this were my dream" technique is a very sound one for working
with dreams in a group environment. This technique has two key
factors: safety and discovery. The "If this were my dream"
technique respects the fact that the dreamer is exposing a very
personal and vulnerable side of themselves in sharing dreams with
the group. This technique allows for the dreamer to retain
"ownership" of the dream and a certain level of "control"
throughout the entire group process. The emphasis on discovery
comes after the group has shared their questions and the dreamer
has responded (more on this later). It is at this point in the
group that the "If this were my dream" technique asks members to
accept the dream as if it were their own. The group members
share comments about the dream. All comments begin with the
remark, "If it were my dream", so it is clear to everyone that
the comments following are those of the commentator and are not
necessarily valid for the dreamer. From this point the technique
allows for discussion of the comments made and sharing of
reactions to these comments.
HOW DO THE DREAM WHEELS WORK ?
The Dream Wheels are running in different venues.
E-mail Dream Wheels
WWW Dream Wheels
Real time Dream Wheels
Small unmoderated Dream Wheels
E- MAIL DREAM WHEELS
There are four phases to the E-mail Dream Wheels.
Ph a s e On e : In phase one dreams are submitted (all dreams
can be submitted to me, Christopher Hicks, at:
dreamwheel@michweb.net). For each dream we ask that a short
title be included. As well, we ask that the dreamer send the pen
name they want to use. Many people simply use their first names.
Although a formal request for dreams is made at this time there
is a "standing request" for dreams at all times. With the number
of new venues increasing we need dreams for groups at all times!
Any dreams can be sent at any time. Dreams are chosen for the
Dream Wheels by random process.
In addition to dream submission, Phase One is also the time for
group members to subscribe to the automated mail list. This mail
list makes communication in the group very easy! Once subscribed
to the automated mail list all messages sent to the group E-mail
address are automatically sent to everyone in the group. As a
member of an E-mail Dream Wheel all one must do is send and
receive E-mail.
Ph a s e Tw o : In Phase Two members send clarification
questions to the group address for the dreamer. These can be
questions that ask a dreamer to describe a setting, character, or
action in more detail. The purpose here is to clarify the dream
and grasp it as clearly as possible. An example of an
appropriate question: "What shade of red is the jacket you are
wearing?" The Dream Wheels do not support members in asking
questions that ask the dreamer to make an interpretation. An
example of a question *not* to ask: "What do you think it means
that you are wearing a red jacket?" Questions relating to waking
life events and circumstances that may relate to the dream can be
asked here, but are really more appropriately asked in Phase Four
of the group. This is primarily due to the fact that in Phase
Three members will be making commentaries by taking the dream as
their own. Therefore the waking life circumstances of the dreamer
are not relevant at this point. The dreamer is given the
opportunity to respond to the questions in this phase as well.
To maintain the safe environment and the dreamer's ownership of
the dream they have the choice to not respond to any of the
questions sent.
Ph a s e Th r e e : In this phase members make their
commentaries. This is done by accepting the dream as if they had
dreamt it. All commentaries are prefaced with, "If this were my
dream", or "If it were my dream". Commentaries are written in
first person present tense as an additional reminder that any
comments are projections of the commentator and may not be valid
for the dreamer. An example: "If this were my dream, I am
standing on the edge of a steep hill. I feel like this hill
might be symbolic of some fear in my life...". Another example,
"If it were my dream, I am walking with my mother. She is
smiling at me. My mom's smile may represent my inner sense of
calm and satisfaction that I have been feeling lately...".
Although this technique does lay out some clear guidelines it
also leaves enough room for people to find their own style of
commenting on the dreams. Some people go through the dream line
by line, adding in their comments along the way. This style is
excellent in that it truly honors the dream and all its detail.
However, it can be time consuming. Others chose to absorb the
dream and write their commentary without the original dream text.
Both ways work and it is up to each member to find their style
within the technique's guidelines.
Ph a s e F o u r : This phase is where the group is "opened up"
to discussion. The dreamer, if she/he chooses, shares their
reactions to the commentaries--what fit into place and what
didn't. The commentators can also share their reactions to the
various comments made. This is where, if the dreamer wishes,
questions about waking life circumstances can be asked in an
effort to help facilitate the discovery aspect of the group.
There is not any specific structure in this phase. It is here
that the group is "wrapped up". Since each new Dream Wheel uses
the same mail list it must be cleared after each group. Everyone
is unsubscribed from the list.
WORLD WIDE WEB DREAM WHEELS
The WWW Dream Wheels follow the same technique as the E-mail
Dream Wheels. In fact, the process is very similar as well. The
Phases are the same, one through four. Since the group is on a
web page in the form of posted messages the movement from one
phase to another is accomplished by instructional postings made
by the group moderator. To see the detailed instructions go to:
http://www.iag.net/~hutchib/.dream/
And click on the "Wheel" button. There you will find
instructions on how the Dream Wheel groups work on Dream Link.
Generally the Dream Wheels on Dream Link begin somewhere around
the beginning of each month.
REAL- TIME DREAM WHEELS
These groups are very new! So new, in fact, that the how's and
when's are still being worked out. The real-time Dream Wheels
are conducted via the Internet with the Pow Wow software, which
allows for real time communications between people. This
software is available free from the following Web site:
http://www.tribal.com
For more information about the Pow Wow software and the Real-time
Dream Wheel groups email me. If you want to be a part of this
excursion into the wilds of Cyberspace then drop me a line!!!
SMALL UNMODERATED DREAM WHEELS
Another new Dream Wheel group is the unmoderated groups. These
are smaller groups comprised of people who have voiced an
interest in working in smaller, more intimate groups that run
indefinitely with the same members. The techniques and methods
used to work with the dreams are decided upon by each individual
group. These groups are free to use the "If this were my dream"
technique, or to experiment with other techniques. The small
unmoderated groups demand that every member be an active
participant. To request placement in an unmoderated group email
me.
ANONYMITY
The level of anonymity is something that each member can handle
themselves. For the E-mail Dream Wheels this means that each
member can subscribe using an E-mail address they do not mind
others in the group knowing. For those that prefer their E-mail
address remain unknown additional measures can be taken (contact
me for more information on this). When sending questions and
comments participants can use whatever pen name they wish, many
simply use their first name.
For the Dream Wheels on the Dream Link Web site anonymity is
handled in a slightly different way. When posting questions or
comments participants simply fill in the desired pen name in the
appropriate field (see Dream Wheel instructions at Dream Link).
JOHN HERBERT'S RESEARCH
John Herbert is currently working on a dissertation related to
online dream work. His work was briefly mentioned in the opening
section of this document. John continues in his research today.
He is a frequent participant of the Dream Wheel groups and brings
all the wisdom and insight he has gained from years of study and
experience. As participants of a Dream Wheel group you may be
contacted by John at some point. Participation in John's
research, as he will tell you, is voluntary. You are not
obligated in any way to answer any questionnaires or surveys.
However, I will add, very subjectively, here that John's research
may prove what I already know in my heart, that people benefit
from participating in online dream groups. I have seen and felt
the reality of this! Yet, someone saying they "know" something
may mean little to the world of academia, where statistics and
quantifiable data rule over intuition and "gut" feelings. I
anxiously await the conclusion of John's research and have,
myself, consented to allow John to use my experiences in two of
his groups. I encourage anyone contacted to consider working
with John. John Herbert can be contacted at:
jherbert@sunvalley.net
DREAM S - DREAM S - DREAM S
In order for any Dream Wheel group to exist we must have dreams
from people willing to participate! As a dreamer one is asked
questions about the dream by group members. The dreamer is then
given the opportunity to respond. It is integral to the group
that the dreamer respond to the clarification questions.
All dreams (old, new, simple, complex) are welcome!!! Dreams
that feel like they have significance or meaning but that remain
a mystery are especially appropriate for the groups. The dreams
for each group are chosen randomly. Each submitted dream should
include a short title.
Send all dreams to me, Christopher Hicks, at:
dreamwheel@michweb.net
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Important Note:
The Dream Wheel groups are for the adult sharing of dreams and
the dreaming experience. They are not intended to serve as
psychological or psychiatric counseling or therapy in any way.
If you are seeking such assistance you should contact a trained
professional in your community.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your interest in the Dream Wheels! Come join us in
our explorations of the Dreamtime!!!
Take Care,
Christopher Hicks
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The Dream Wheels are co-sponsored by the ezine Electric Dreams:
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mettw/edreams/home.html
And the IIDCC Dream Gate:
http://www.dreamgate.com
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Much thanks and gratitude to:
+God, for everything
+Past dream theorists and dreamworkers, for exploring the
possibilities
+John Herbert, for his "Trail Blazing" work with online dream
groups
+Beck and Linton Hutchinson, for providing us with a permanent
home on the World Wide Web
+All the wonderful Dream Wheelers, for helping make Dream Wheels
the wonderful thing they are
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DREAM TREK By Linda Lane Magallon
The Holiday Ornament
Dream Telepathy Game Results
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Saturday, December 7th, 1996, was the date of the latest
Fly-By-Night Club dream psi game, "The Holiday Ornament." That
night I concentrated on a telepathic target and mentally "sent"
it out into dream space.
True to the Fly-By-Night Club theme, the "Holiday Ornament" is a
flying object: a tiny hang-glider. It is made of wood, cardboard,
metal and string. The colors of the hang-glider figure are
yellow-gold with red, green and black trim. The control bar is
golden-colored and the kite wing is white, red, goal, green and
blue and tends towards a triangular or heart shape. The ornament
resides in a cubical box with a pastel floral-and-rainbow scene.
The box is filled with cotton balls, a fact which probably
accounts for the many mentions of the color "white" by dreamers.
The figure is 2" tall; the kite wing is 3" tall.
Ana Marie: Dec. 4, 1996
I see Linda come along with a wrapped gift. This immediately cues
me to become lucid. I greet Linda and open the package thinking
it might be the ornament. To my surprise there are several layers
of wrapping paper. I note the colors: the first layer has pink,
peach and a light gray color to it, the second layer is silver
and the third layer is a striped gold paper. When I get to the
third layer I try to feel the item with my hands. I guess it is a
dreamtime pillow because it feels like a dreamtime pillow I just
bought in Santa Crux in waking life. In the dream I take notes on
a piece of paper and tell Linda, I am doing this to help me
remember. I tell her I will call her when I wake up (on a real
phone).
Correct: The cotton balls feel like a "dreamtime pillow."
Exzor Tribble: Dec. 7, 1996
I started out with noting a large X-Mas tree. I believe it was a
real tree. I seemed to be drawn to the top of it on several
occasions, though I do not recall specifically what was on or at
the top. I think it was white. I somewhat recall possibly an
angel.
As I watched more I seemed to notice a box on the floor which
then caught my attention. The only thing that I recall,
concerning the box, is that what was in it was something that was
possibly made of paper or cardboard. It seemed that the item(s)
within the box was made to either be cut out, or something along
that line, and put together.
Correct: Box made of paper-cardboard. I also cut out a piece of
paper towel as the backing (to block out light from the side)
when I made color Xeroxes of various parts of the ornament.
(Later I will scan and post the images onto the FBNC web site.)
Mary Pulliam: Dec. 7, 1996
...Gift box with a gold ribbon, cube shaped box. Ornament within
was just a simple, shiny glass ball with alternating red and
green stripes separated by bands of textured, golden glitter. The
texture was very pleasant and crispy to touch.
Correct: Cube shaped gift-box. Figure has red patches and green
stripes and holds onto a band of golden-colored metal.
Karen: Dec. 7, 1996
...While I'm on the plane, there is no place to sit, so I must
sit in the aisles of the grocery store until a seat opens up.
While we are awaiting take off, a horrible explosion and red fire
occurs, we look out the window and it was another plane, on the
runway near us, not us. It was a small plane, not a big jet like
ours...our plane had no damage.
Correct: A flying object, but this sort of hang glider has "no
place to sit." Red color.
...me riding an old motorcycle by a Mexican restaurant that is
run by a woman with the same name as my grandmother. As I lean my
transportation at the door of this restaurant, it is not a
motorcycle, but a very old bike made partially out of wood and
some old metal, perhaps green-colored metal.
Correct: Hang-glider leans to fly and is made of wood; control
bar made of metal. Ornament is not new. Magallon is a
Mexican-American name.
BayouAngel: Dec 7, 1996
As I laid down to sleep and repeated over and over, "I dream of
the Holiday Ornament" ... I found myself focusing in on a box and
flew straight towards it. Inside of the box was a heart shaped
RED ornament with multi-colored jewel -like trimmings.
I flew into the box and into the ornament and found myself
sitting in a room with some people that I know in this life, and
some that I don't...in this life, but possibly from another.
I saw a WHITE man-made tree with ornaments that were all just
numbers hanging from it...
Correct: Colors red and white; heart shape kite wing. The
ornament "flies."
DoctorStrange: Dec. 8, 1996
I tried hypnagogia in the early morning hours and got a very
spontaneous, clear image of a small stylized xmas tree, made out
of wood, painted gold. Two Xmas tree shaped pieces of wood
slotted together. The ornament looked handcrafted.
If I can trust my impression of size, I say it only seemed about
3-4 inches tall. You would hang it by a golden loop attached to
the top. A view from the top, or the bottom would make the
ornament look like a golden X.
Correct: Size of kite wing, wood, gold color, "loop" string.
Trekstor: Dec. 8, 1996
1. something decorated with cowrie shells; and
2. a red and gold satiny object.
Correct: #1-"Cowrie shells" may be referring to the cotton balls;
#2-red and gold colors.
VOGELEIN: Dec. 10, 1996
I was exploring an ancient temple which had lain undiscovered in
some remote area of the world. I was inside the temple, which
consisted of large cavernous rooms, constructed from huge
ponderous stone. At present I was looking down into a square pit
- about two feet on each side - which was sunk in the stone floor
of the room in which I was standing. I was somewhat confused,
because I thought that I had earlier discovered a stone statue of
a god, about two feet high, at the bottom of this shaft. However,
I now could not remember if I had taken the statue out of the pit
and put it somewhere else, or if it was still at the bottom of
the hole...
...My companions had decided not only to examine the temple, but
to renovate it. All around me were piles of debris from where the
walls and ceilings had been stripped of the stone
plasterboard-like material which had covered the interior. The
place was a mess. Apparently it had been the intention of my
companions to tear off the old material from the walls and
ceilings, and completely replace it with new material...
Finally, however, I entered a large room, a room which somehow
seemed like the center of the temple...
The statue - about two foot high - was made of white stone,
almost like sandstone. The features of the statue had been worn
away so that it was impossible to tell exactly what it was
supposed to represent, although it clearly had the general form
of a human being. However it was not the statue itself which now
most demanded my attention, but what was behind the statue.
I was transfixed as I watched what was happening on the wall. It
seemed as if the whole wall were moving, as if it were alive. And
right behind the statue, some kind of figure began to rise up, as
if out of some slot behind the mantel. As the figure rose, I saw
that it appeared to be a flat piece of bronze, about six feet
tall, in the shape of a stylized human being. However although it
was made of metal, it was clear to me that the flat figure was
alive, and that it must be the god which inhabited this temple...
Correct: I (giant figure) opened the lid (moving wall) of the
cubical cardboard box (square pit) and took the 2" hang-glider
figure (2' statue) out of the cardboard box (temple) which was
filled with white cotton balls (plasterboard debris).
http://members.aol.com/caseyflyer/fbnc/fbnc01.htm (Fly-By-Night
Club)
http://members.aol.com/dreampsi/archive/index.htm (DreamPsi
Archive)
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ASD Update - Linking up Civilization!
Richard Wilkerson
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Please check the Global Dreaming News for more information,
including the call for art for the next conference and the call
for volunteers in the computer room at the next ASD conference.
Links. The ASD WEB site now has links. Thanks to Jayne
Gackenback's continuing efforts for over a year, and the generous
donations of suggestions and annotated links by the Electric
Dreams community, the site now sports 4 categories of links and
has joined in helping the Net project of linking the Globe
together with a true hyper-real cross reference pathway.
There is a very lengthy Statement of Ethical Concerns preamble.
My understanding is that this is a temporary longer statement
taken from the general ethics position of ASD and will shortly be
replaced by a less wordy but to the point statement from the
ethics committee.
The Links are broken into four categories right now, Dream,
Sleep, Related and Commercial.
Dreams include a selection of web sites on dreaming, links,
dreamsharing, content analysis and more.
The Sleep section links to Sleepnet, sleep medicine and other
sleep research sites
The Related section includes such categories as Dream Inspired
Art & Jung and Dreams.
There are subcategories here including Miscellaneous things like
Herbet's paper on dreamwork, lucidity institute, clinical sleep
research, and some dream art galleries. There is also a Books and
Articles About Dreams On the Net section.
The final section is called "Commercial" Really this means
commercial "carriers and Servers and ISP's " , Including Taylor
and Herbert's work on AOL and Donna Campos's work on Compuserve.
There is also a Mail List group of dream related majordomo's and
listserv lists.
Jayne tells me that the groupings are a kind of first
experiment and later links and groups will follow soon.
-Richard .
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The Real Dream
Jung and Dreams Column by Matthew Clapp
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"The dream shows the inner truth and reality of the patient
as it really is: not as I conjecture it to be; and not as he
would like I to be, but as it is." -C.G. Jung
Greetings. My name is Matthew Clapp; I am a student at the
University of Georgia studying Cognitive Science. I am not
an analyst, but an undergraduate. Nevertheless, I have a
great passion for psychology, and Jungian (Analytical)
Psychology in particular. This is my premiere article here,
and as such I hope to give an introduction to Jung's
approach to the unconscious; in particular the way the
unconscious manifests itself through the dream. So, those
of you who are already familiar with Jungian Psychology,
please bear with this introductory article. And, to those
of you who are just now coming to Jungian material as a way
of understanding your own dreams, well then, sit back over
the next few issues and perhaps we will, together, unlock
something new, and exciting about yourself that has been
unnoticed up till now.
What sets Jungian Psychology apart from modern psychology is
dream analysis. This is a subject that Jung approached most
seriously. On one occasion an analysand (a patient, or
client) came to Jung with a particularly interesting dream.
The analysand mentioned that in her dream she went to places
in the world that she had never visited. Before she knew
it, Jung had pulled a map of the world off of his bookcase
and had strewn it out across his desk. He asked the
analysand where she had been and then they set about finding
the geographic location of her dream on a map of the world.
This is a portrait of a psychologist that took the dream
most seriously. He realized that when the dream symbol is
made concrete through the outward connection of the
unconscious to the conscious an almost mystical realization
occurs. I say mystical only because of the way modern
industrialized society has denied the dream. Just like all
the knowledge of ancient Greece was merely rediscovered
during the enlightenment, so we are now rediscovering,
through Jung and other depth psychologists, what the age-old
shaman has know for eons. This knowledge, or rediscovery,
is that the dream is very much real, and should be treated
as such.
On another occasion, Jung had a very disturbed patient who
claimed to have been on the moon. Note that she thought
this to be a conscious reality, although it was a dream in
which she traveled to the moon. Jung reported years later
to analyst Marie Louis von Franz, that his patient had
indeed been on the moon. In a well known interview with
this remarkable first generation analyst, von Franz
commented that when Jung told her that his patient had
really been on the moon, she thought that Jung was crazy.
She was very rational and thought that for Jung to say that
the girl had "really" been on the moon was not reasonable.
And indeed, normal rationality fails in these cases. As
anyone who has ever dealt with a person on the ledge of a
building waiting to jump to their death, or a psychiatrist
who deals with schizophrenic patients will tell you: here,
you must throw away rationality as we understand it.
Beware, for the minute you try to rationally explain to a
person on a building ledge that there is no rational reason
to commit suicide, you will see the reality of the
unconscious in full force: the power to end life. Von Franz
later that she realized that the personal reality is very
real, and that Jung treated the unconscious and the dream as
not just a psychic reality, but as a physical reality as
well. Jung knew all to well that the psyche does not
always act according to the way modern psychologists would
like it to act. In fact, for some, it just gets in the way.
If there is one thing I would like the reader to understand
from this article, it is that: Jung cared for the soul, and
he did it through dreams. The secret that Jungian analysts
learned from Jung was that the dream is real, and as a
reality it should be respected. Next month look for more
about Jung's approach to the unconscious, through dreams.
Until then, if you are interested, there are many, many
sites about Carl Jung on the Internet. For a good starting
point on your Jungian Web tour, stop by the C.G. Jung Index
at:
Also, if you have any question or comments about this
article I can be reached at nautis@arches.uga.edu
Until next month, remember: There are only single
individuals who risk fight for survival. The pilgrims way is
spiked with thorns everywhere... or just therefore" Letters
Vol.II (Jung 1975, p.569).
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Man against Eternity:
The lucid dream wall art of Epic Dewfall
Interviewed by Richard Wilkerson
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"I think you'll need a calendar that holds the
heavens hues and all the clocks that time forgot
and the hourglasses too and start them all at once
to time my love for you..."
From Tic Talk
Epic's art work really speaks for itself, and the wonderful
world that he creates is impleached with poetry and text
that expresses itself in a way I haven't read since Henry
Miller's _Into the Night Life_. I was immediately struck by
the art's ability to express a particular balance of tension
and revelation that I often have with dreams and especially
lucid dreams. I kept saying to myself, "I'm on a sea of..."
but could never verbalize the sea. Perhaps this is due to
the flow of a transpersonal element I experience in the
work that never stops to become calcified, but just touches
the essential and move continual onward.
"I get ideas for my paintings from lucid dreams. About once
a month when I'm dreaming, I will realize I'm dreaming, and
when I do, I then walk around in the dream looking at art on
the walls. I usually find many paintings on every wall. By
the time one of these lucid dreams ends, I usually have one
or two good paintings memorized. I always recreate them in
pastel on 12 by 18 inch paper. I've been doing this as
a hobby since 1986." Epic Dewfall
Richard C Wilkerson (RCW): Epic, you mentioned that this
work has been going on now for over a decade. Did you have
lucid dreams before this process started? Were there any
particularly significant ones that you could share?
ED: My first lucid dream was on the job. I would fall asleep
on the job and in my desperate struggles to stay awake I was
having false awakenings. This was 12 years ago and before I
ever read about lucid dreaming. Soon after I read LUCID
DREAMING by Stephen Laberge. Ph.D. Then I was able to tell
people what was happening with proper names for the
phenomenon.
RCW: Do you have favorite dream books or influences?
ED: I listened to a book on audio cassette once about Edgar
Cayce and Dreams. Everything other than that I've ever tried
to read has never held my attention. But I've always learned
a lot from books just with fragmented, random openings.
RCW: Isabelle Allende says that in dreams she would
sometimes see her grandmother writing and look over her
shoulder and read the text. But she doesn't remember it as
clearly as you recall the paintings. Do you always find the
art on *walls* in your lucid dreams?
ED: No not always. 85% or so of them are from the walls of
my dreams as art hanging in traditional fashion within rooms
of strange houses and buildings and just as often the
familiar rooms of my home. But when a painting presents
itself in other ways I am lucid enough to know not to
dismiss them. I once rummaged thought pile of loose unframed
art on a table outside a building and came across #39 SLICED
UP MOUNTAINS. #57 CANOES ON TOP OF MONOLITHS was being held
up by an easel. #93 A HORSE FLOWER WANTING TO TOUCH A WOMAN
was from a book.
RCW: Many people who practice lucid control struggle with
the ability to stay lucid. Castaneda suggests looking at
one's hands, Laberge suggests spinning around. Do you have a
special techniques or advice for increasing the time you are
lucid?
ED: Just keep moving. A remarkable good coincidence with
getting art this way is that when I have found a painting I
really like I will wake up after I look at it for about 6
seconds. I suspect this is because I have stopped moving
from painting to painting and my stillness wakes me up. But
this is really more of a terrific benefit than a problem. It
allows me to wake up with a very clear vision in my memory.
If I were to keep lucid dreaming for another four minutes,
the painting I liked so much would have disappeared from
memory or at least not be so clear. Its quite a useful
coincidence.
RCW: There is an internal consistency in your work, yet each
piece you do seems so fresh. Your poetry also has a fresh
flow. What artists & poets have inspired you over the
years?
ED: I like a painting by Dali called METAMORPHOSE DE
NARCISSE, and the first four lines of a Blake poem called
AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE. My energy goes more to finding
beginners I like more than masters.
RCW: Jung and others have said that bringing dreams into
material form, especially art forms, is very transformative
both spiritually and psychologically. Have you noticed
changes in you personal, social or spiritual life over the
span of your creative decade that could be attributed to
this process?
ED: Most definitely. My early works are very filled with
unhappiness and disparity. I don't put them on the web site
because they are like old bandages and better left for the
historians to deal with. At first I made some paintings from
traditional inspiration but they are different. When I made
them up myself without the aid of dreams they were extreme
with ether too much unhappiness or too much happiness. But
when I stick to art from lucid dream inspirations they never
hit either of those two awkward extremes but show a balance
between the two. I think this activity has acted like a
directional beacon for me to follow toward health.
RCW: Stephen King recently said that he used dreams in
writing to express things that he wouldn't want to just come
right out and say. Jung however, thought the best part of
symbolic imagery was its ability to express that which could
not be expressed any other way. Would you say your work
falls more under a preference to silence, or best possible
expression?
ED: I think its all about perspective. Within two seconds
you can have one thought. It's like a brick. You don't know
where you put it until a dream shows you the whole building.
A symbol has a silent feeling to it because you're just too
far back to see the words.
RCW: Do you have any suggestions for those who would like to
explore dream inspired art but need a little encouragement?
ED: I use Stephen LaBerge's Mild method but I add the words
"and look at art" to its incubation statement. Don't add the
words "and look for art". Because you would end up looking
for art instead of at art.
RCW: So what's on the planning table for your gallery next
year?
ED: I'll soon have to split the main page and turn the site
into a two page tour as I add new paintings and poems.
Other than that nothing will change. But I'm probably wrong.
I've learned that things must change. Things like electronic
devices couldn't work without it. I might get up the courage
to display some graphs of Usenet news love hate statistics,
I've done that prove a theory of mine that the slanted trees
and slanted row boats in my lucid dream art are graphically
showing us what the number pi looks like when you turn it
into a percentage and then show that percentage as an angle
within 90 degrees. This is not to likely though because
mostly I just want to maintain the sites quiet strength.
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You can view about one third of Epic Dewfall's collection at
http://www.synapse.net/~lucid/
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A Healing Power,
Update on Castaneda's Projects - Mark Seven Smith
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After six years of Silence, Carlos Castaneda published "The
Art of Dreaming"(HarperCollins, NY) and re-established the
Castaneda tradition of trickster shamanic travel begun with
drugs and meditations in the 1970's now with a safer 90's
process of lucid dreaming. Or is it lucid dreaming that
drives Castaneda's Dreaming? Those who claim to explore
these paths feel so strongly that the path is different that
they broke from the alt.lucid Usenet Newsgroup and formed
alt.dreams.castaneda.
In this update, Mark Seven Smith gives an account of his
personal journey and how it has influenced his 14 year old
battle with illness. Mark also includes a variety of links
and contact points for more information. -Richard
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Currently Carlos Castaneda is holding Workshops in Los
Angeles, and Mexico. There are bulletins at the Castaneda
home page, as well as information on the upcoming Workshops:
Castaneda home page:
http://www.webb.com/Castaneda
There is not as much focus on *dreaming* right now, as
there is on Tensegrity, the magical passes of the sorcerers
of ancient Mexico. Build energy and *intent* through
Tensegrity (sorcery passes) and the rest will follow of its
own accord.
At the Westwood Workshop, which I attended, much
emphasis was place on the attainment of *inner silence*, and
there for the first time, a device for the attainment of
inner silence was introduced. It is merely a drafter's
paperweight; rather heavy, so that you can feel its weight
pressing upon you; it is used by placing it on the abdomen
over the a point just below the navel (other locations such
as the solar plexus can be used, but are probably better
applied when one has some experience with this sort of
thing). But as you lay back, perhaps sitting up somewhat,
you also press certain points: these are detailed on the
Castaneda web site and I won't go into them here, except
that they have an incredible effect, that must be actually
tried to be understood.
Tensegrity Tools page:
http://ns.webb.com/Castaneda/ttools.html
The reason I bring this up, is because Carlos told us
that it is all right if we fall asleep while using this
device; and as a matter of fact it does seem to induce a
deep and restful sleep; a curious sort of sleep that seems
devoid of all dreams! But I have heard that we would either
have dreams, or would remember them, when we gather more
energy, and these would be dreams of power; they would be
*dreaming* proper (according to what Carlos wrote in "The
Art of Dreaming".)
As for me, I am battling a 14-year long illness that I
should be dead from; and yet I have survived because of
Carlos Castaneda's teachings; and this is what prompted me
to write. I am alive today because of the teachings of
Carlos Castaneda. I have short-bowel syndrome; because of a
botched surgery (appendectomy) I have been through over 17
major surgeries (I've lost count!) and I am the only patient
who has lived this long in this severe of a condition; I
have less than 1.5 ft. of small intestine, and I am supposed
to be living on a machine! I had been so convinced by all
the "specialists" that I was going to die without yet
another surgery (while they were telling my parents not to
get their hopes up, nobody lived beyond five years in this
condition, anyhow!) But I refuse...
Carlos Castaneda wrote, in his book "The Power of
Silence" that don Juan told him: "all we have is the power
of our decisions". And this is what has kept me alive! There
was a point I reached, where I said "no more machines! No
more surgeries!" I MUST live on my own, without
contrivances, without continuous medical intervention. And
through Castaneda's teachings, and especially Tensegrity, I
have found that way (much to the astonishment of all my
doctors, including the last time I was in the hospital; I
was told that I had less than two weeks to live! And that
was October of 1995, over a year ago!)
Carlos Castaneda is one of four apprentices of the
nagual, don Juan Matus. The other three apprentices are the
nagual woman Carol Tiggs, Florinda Donner-Grau, and Taisha
Abelar. They lecture at the Workshops as well, and two of
them, Taisha and Florinda, have books out, that are
especially good for women to read, or anyone for that
matter. These books are as incredible and as powerful as the
women who wrote them!
The sorcery passes of ancient Mexico are truly
*magical*. They work. It is incredible; and what's more,
they can be learned from the Tensegrity videos (that are
offered at the Castaneda home page). I didn't realize how
easy it would be, when I attended my first Tensegrity
Workshop; I figured that this would be impossible (even
though I had seen the videos already). What you get from a
Workshop is basically the chance to see Carlos Castaneda in
person; this is what first attracts people. But beyond that,
there is group or mass consensus; Carlos Castaneda had this
to say about the "Westwood Series", a series of magical
passes taught last year in July:
"It is of great importance to all the participants of
the July seminar and workshop to practice the Westwood
Series as exclusively as they can, for a period of one
month. In this manner, a much-needed kinesthetic consensus
could be obtained. Such a consensus is necessary because it
would reinforce the sorcerers' intent of freedom, without
intellectualization."
People gather together to practice Tensegrity in
groups; there are practice groups all over the world, and it
is possible to attend a group in your area, and pick up some
of the passes, and enjoy this "kinesthetic consensus", which
truly has a remarkable effect. If you order the videos from
Cleargreen (the corporation that sponsors and organizes the
Workshops Carlos Castaneda's Tensegrity), you can ask them
if there are any groups in your area. There is also an
Internet mailing list, that is for anyone who has attended
at least one Workshop, where you can find out more about
local groups. But there is one thing; Carlos Castaneda had
this to say about teaching others who had not yet attended a
Workshop:
"Yes, by all means [in response to someone asking if
they could teach someone the "Westwood Series"]. If you have
a group of people that practice Tensegrity together, you can
show them the movements and arrive in this manner at a
concrete kinesthetic consensus among yourselves, which means
a great deal in the overall attempt to reach a unifying
homogeneous purpose among all the practitioners of
Tensegrity.
"However, showing the movements to people that practice
together is not the same as setting up mini-seminars to
teach anybody. What is needed the most is consensus, but a
consensus under the auspices of sorcerers' intent. The end
result of the July seminar and workshop for those who
participated in it was a state of "energetic realization"
that cannot be duplicated. That state, which can be
described as you please, but which sorcerers abstractly call
energetic realization, is the sorcerers' intent."
Tensegrity Bulletins:
http://www.webb.com/Castaneda/cc0.html
The next Tensegrity Workshop will be in Long Beach;
California, USA. It will be a review; with special
elucidations on the passes and an emphasis on practical
applications. The Workshops are an incredible experience,
and I heartily recommend attending one if you get the
chance.
Upcoming Carlos Castaneda’s Tensegrity Workshops:
http://ns.webb.com/Castaneda/cct0.html
Tensegrity Videos:
http://ns.webb.com/Castaneda/video.html
Book List: current list of books:
http://ns.webb.com/Castaneda/books.html
--Mark Seven Smith
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THIS MONTH'S FEATURES:
NEWS
- Dream Catchers - Dream Art Show
- Certificate in Dreamwork
- Personal and Practical Approaches to Your
Dreams
- Dream Incubation Retreat
- Volunteers Sought for Computer Room at ASD
Conference
- Call for Entries ASD Art Exhibition
- Dream Art Quarterly Meetings in SF Bay Area
- Novato Center for Dreams Closing
- New French Revue About Dreaming
LATE BREAKING NEWS ITEMS
- ASD Links - how to get one
- Roberta Ossana articles online
- Dreamwork from the Adler School of Professional Psychology
- Sufi Dreamwork with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
- National Dream Group Leader Training
RESEARCH & REQUESTS
- Strange, Weird or Crazy Dreams
- Dream Photography Project
- Online Dream Interpretation Interns Needed
- Dream Education Project
WEB SITE UPDATES
- ASD Links
- Dream Mandalas has moved
ONLINE EVENTS
- PowWow Get-togethers
- IRC Get-togethers
DREAM CALENDAR
- February - March 1997
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========Dream Catchers - Dream Art Show =======
The works of Marsha Connell, Betsy Davids, Donna
Fenstermaker, Pamela Johnson, Dorothy Rossi and Diane Rusnak
are featured in this new exhibit of paintings, prints, books
and mixed media based on dreams at the Los Medanos College
Art Gallery from 21 Jan through 13 Feb. The gallery is
located at 2700 East Leland Road in Pittsburgh, California
(northeast of Walnut Creek in the east San Francisco Bay),
and is open Tue/Wed/Thur from 12:30 - 2:30 pm and from
6:30-8:30 pm. The opening reception will be held Wednesday,
5 Feb, from 6:30-8:30 pm. For more information, call the
gallery at 510-439-2185, ext 493 or 494.
====== Certificate in Dreamwork ==============
For those interested in dreams and therapy, the California
School of Professional Psychology offers programming to
provide the helping professional with new techniques and
perspectives in the management of his/her client-base.
Alameda, California Campus, 1005 Atlantic Ave.800-298-0317
In this new certificate, the participants learn about the
use of dreamwork in psychotherapeutic practice. Why
dreamwork? Several reasons - first, few therapists receive
formal training in working with dreams; second, skills in
this area enhance assessment, diagnosis and treatment-
related skills already possessed by practicing clinicians.
In a clinical context where much work has already been
accomplished at an accelerated rate, the dream as an
assessment tool can provide a snapshot of the emotional soul
and even physical health rounding out the clinical
interview. Future courses will explore higher level topics
such as the use of dreamwork with couples, groups, and the
community-at-large; the role of trance in dreamwork; medical
dreamwork; and special topics in the area of dream and self
research.
Foundations in Dreamwork. March 15th
In diagnosis, dreams can provide supporting information. In
the area of treatment, the dreams is a powerful template
that arises from within and offers insight and guidance in a
powerful, non- judgmental way. An exploration of the various
types of approaches to dreamwork is followed by the
conversation of the class into a dream group so that they
can experience the power and depth of the dream in their own
lives.
Dreamwork Case Studies April 18th
The workshop provides hand-on experience in working with
dreams from differing perspectives. The group acts as
feedback/support structure so participants can present cases
they are working on and utilize the dream group for
consultation.
Kathleen O' Connell, PhD., Instructor
CSPP CE, 1000 S. Fremont Ave, Alhambra, CA 91803-1360 Call
1-800-298-0317
============ Personal and Practical Approaches to Your
Dreams
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A conference jointly sponsored by the Association for
Research and Enlightenment; the Association for the Study of
Dreams and the C.G. Jung Society of Tidewater will be held
in Virginia Beach, VA, April 24-27, 1997. This conference
is a chance for a meeting of professionals and lay people
who are actively engaged in dream exploration. The emphasis
will be on useful methods of working with dreams- methods
found in the spiritual psychologies of Edgar Cayce, Carl
Jung, and other pioneers of inner life exploration. Morning
and evening presentations feature several leading
practitioners and authors of innovative dream methods,
including Robert Bosnak, Carol D. Warner, Rita Dwyer, Stase
Michaels, Raye Mathis, Kevin Todeschi and David Gordon.
Registration Fees: Members of ARE, ASD or CG Jung Society:
$150.00 Non Members: $180.00. For more information, contact
the ASD, PO Box 1600, Vienna, VA 22183.
Phone: (703)-242-0062 Fax:(703)-242-8888
=========== Dream Incubation Retreat =========
Dream Incubation is an ancient technique which uses dreams
to solve problems and answer questions in our everyday
lives. As a participant, you will bring a life problem or
choice to the retreat and then immerse yourself in the
incubation process. We will use a variety of learning
techniques - group work, meditation, art-play, lecture etc.
to refine and focus on your question. Then you will "sleep
on it" and bring your dreams back to the group the next
morning. Cost for the retreat is $160, which includes
lodging and organic vegetarian meals. A $50 non-refundable
deposit is due by February 20. Land of the Medicine Buddha
is a 55 acre retreat center in the redwoods south of Santa
Cruz. Along with meeting rooms, dining facilities, and
overnight accommodations, walking trails and meditation
areas are available for guests. Christine Boyer does
dreamwork with groups and individuals in the Santa Cruz
area, and is a regular guest host on "Dreams, Another Way of
Knowing" , a weekly radio show on KAZU 90.3 in Californias
Monterey Bay. To enroll or to receive additional
information, contact Christine Boyer at
(cboyer@wpo.borland.com) or phone(408)427-9861.
================== Volunteers Sought for Computer Room at
ASD Conference
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The Host Planning Committee for the 14th annual conference
of the Association for the Study of Dreams (this year in
beautiful Asheville NC June 17-21) is looking for a few
computer savvy people to help set up and monitor a computer
room for the conference. This volunteer work could reduce
your conference fees. Please contact Earl Koteen (AKA
Narcissus) at koteen@erols.com if you're interested.
======Call for Entries ASD Art Exhibition ======
Call for Entries Dream Art Exhibition in conjunction with
the Association for the Study of Dreams Conference XIV at
Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. All artist are
eligible to submit up to 10 slides of dream-related work.
Deadline is March 1, 1997. If you would like an entry form
sent to you, e-mail your address to: Joanne12@aol.com.
========= Novato Center for Dreams Closing =====
The Novato Center fro Dreams ceased operation on 1 January
1997. NCD has been serving the Bay Area Dream Community for
10 years. Jill Gregory, the founder, will continue putting
her energy into the Dream Library and Archives, which shares
the same space.
========New French Revue about Dreaming =======
"Dreaming" is a new French magazine dealing with dreams and
lucid dreams from a new and interdisciplinary perspective.
It does not represent any school or interest group; it is a
forum for exchange for all those who are passionate about
dreams. The site is at
http://www.mnet.fr/freecyb/REVER/index.html
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LATE BREAKING NEWS ADDENDUM
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===== ASD Linkage information ===========
As mentioned in our Web update, ASD Site now has links -
So how do you get your links on the ASD site?
For over a year the issue of how to decide when and where to
link has been tossed back and forth without results. Thanks
to Jayne Gackenbach's continual efforts in this area and the
genereous donations of annotated suggestions by the Electric
Dreams community, ASD WEB has now joined the cyber community
of netizens and includes links to dream related sites. To
add your links to this page, they must first be reviewed by
the Electronic Committee, headed by Jayne Gackenback. You
can contact here at the ASD web site.
www.outreach.org/gmcc/asd
=========== Osanna Wisdom Online ============
Every two weeks new articles are added by Roberta Ossa