The Complete Dream Book, 2nd edition: Discover What Your Dreams Reveal about You and Your Life

354 Pages·2006·1.38 MB·English

by  Gillian Holloway

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For Pat, Larry, Dev, and Doug
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Acknowledgments
The road to completing this book was marked by the timely appearance,
or sustained encouragement, of several people. My deepest thanks to
the following:
To my friend Larry Stewart, the mastermind behind the inquiries and
database upon which much of this work is based. It was his focus, as well as his
ability to alternately push and pull me toward technology, that enabled me to
develop a much broader view of contemporary dream patterns.
To my family, which takes the eccentricity of my interests in stride, and
encourages my enthusiasms without reserve.
To Harold Hansen, for suggesting I contact Sourcebooks and Deb
Werksman with this project. That was a wonderful and productive intuition.
To Deb Werksman, for being so efficient and enthusiastic an editor that
the process of working with her was filled with happy surprises. My thanks to
Ewurama Ewusi-Mensah for editing the second edition of the book, and to
Sourcebooks for their continued enthusiasm and support.
To Kristin Higson-Hughes, the editor of my weekly column in Woman’s
World, who is endlessly diplomatic and a very fine dreamworker. Her writing
and focus continue to instruct me on giving readers the goods.
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To my own circle of dream friends—Peggy Coats, Lea Harwood,
Marilynne Keyser, Kendra Key, Lisa Medieros, and Tracy Stone—for sharing
and exploring dreams with reverence and fearlessness. I am enriched by their
wisdom, courage, and humor.
To the students, clients, correspondents, and research participants who
have shared their stories and dream adventures with me. These are the teach-
ers who have catalyzed new theories, and the consumers who have demanded
more practical information about their dreams.
To my teacher Jon Klimo, who continues to inspire me to look more
deeply into the mysterious, and to speak more bravely about what I see.
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Contents
Introduction: Getting the Most from Your Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Chapter 1: The Dream You Can’t Forget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 2: Recurring Elements in Your Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Chapter 3: Sex, Romance, and Relationships in Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Chapter 4: Who’s Who? Understanding the Characters in
Your Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Chapter 5: Dream Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Chapter 6: The Human Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Chapter 7: Your Dream Home and Other Dwellings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Chapter 8: Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Chapter 9: Modes of Traveling: Planes, Boats, Trains, and Buses . . . . . . .213
Chapter 10: Water and Other Dream Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Chapter 11: Animal Imagery in Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Chapter 12: Nightmares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Chapter 13: Psychic Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Index: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
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Introduction: Getting the
Most from Your Dreams
Psychologists have long asserted that unforgettable or recurring dreams
are related to childhood experiences. Certainly our history has an
effect, but I find that these types of dreams are also shaped by the way
individuals cope with challenges, and how we respond to problems and stress.
People who meet challenges primarily through achievement and excellence
often dream of failing examinations or appearing in plays and forgetting their
lines. These dreams are shorthand for their worst fear: I may not be able to
perform adequately in this situation to make sure all goes well, or this
challenge may not be impacted by my efforts no matter how great they are.
We feel uniquely at a loss when the problems we face are not manageable
through the means we like to use, or the way we feel best equipped to respond.
What appears in your dreams says a great deal about your style of coping and
achieving goals, as well as the pressures you may be facing. Anxiety dreams
arise when the challenge you face isn’t a good match for the coping style you
are trying to use.
After the release of my first book, Dreaming Insights, I received letters
from all over the United States from people who were curious about a
particular dream that haunted them. I also did many television and radio
interviews, and took call-in questions from the listeners and audiences. I was