Once upon a dream, standing at an open casement window, resting my elbows on the sill, I noticed a silvery shining in the flowerbed below. My heart leapt, for there it was, something very precious to me, a gleaming silver statue of a goat, studded in turquoise gems, half-hidden in the foliage like a discarded
How many dream dictionaries have you got on your bookshelf? It’s so very tempting to look up a dream symbol, or to look up several symbols from the dream you had last night and try to link them together, but how helpful is this approach really? In this episode we look at why you might
“Let’s go back to basics today,” suggested the producer of a television show I’m on from time to time, “and give people some tips about those dreams we all share: teeth falling out, being naked in a public place, falling, being pregnant, being chased.” I thought I’d follow the same cue for today’s blog. Much
How many possible messages can you spot in a dream, and how do you know which is the right one? You might wake from a dream and feel that its message was obvious, but is it right? How easy is it to misinterpret a dream, or to settle for the message that jumps out at
You dream of a field of lavender in full bloom, swaying in the wind, beautiful yet overwhelmingly same-same, and perhaps a little too heady: what small change would make this dream more comfortable or inspiring? There are probably myriad possible answers, but let’s take an obvious one. You could add oases of lush roses to
Patti from Seattle is my guest for our tenth anniversary show, asking about her dream of parachuting over the oceans to Italy to meet a widowed man who invites her to his bed. What is the secret of Corsini Island, does Patti have enough battery power to fly home, and will she cover her betrayal
How much dreaming time do you lose by sleeping six hours instead of eight? Go on, have a guess, or work it out based on everything you know about sleep and dreaming so far. Since as long as I can remember, I’ve always needed lots of sleep, and generally fall asleep within minutes of closing
As we approach the tenth anniversary of The Dream Show, we look back at how it all began before sweeping into a theme of how past, present, and future intertwine in our dreams and in waking life. You’ll meet a shaman and a boy-beast from my dreams, and discover how I worked out what they
“You should do a podcast show about dreams,” said Belinda, a self-confessed geek friend, ten years ago. I groaned. Podcasting was only vaguely on the periphery of my awareness, and the thought of getting my head around yet another kind of technology for my business felt overwhelming. I was already doing quite advanced html work
We begin around 2,500 years ago, looking at how the Ancient Greeks worked with their dreams to diagnose physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual issues, and to effect cures through processes evocative of our present-day dream therapy and dream alchemy practices. We then take a side road to explore the symbolism of snakes before drawing up