“I dream of people I’ve never met, faces I’ve never seen. Who are they, and why are they in my dreams?” Most people remember dreaming of friends, relatives, work colleagues, people from their past, and people they’ve seen around but haven’t spoken with, and most of us have chatted with celebrities and other famous people
Cynthia, from St Louis, Missouri, is my guest with a dream about finding herself in the back seat of a car, traveling downhill fast, with no driver. Summoning pure will, she got the car to slow down, turn in the required direction, and stop. She got out, settled herself into the driving seat, and noticed
“I was scared of the lion in my dream last night,” said seven-year-old Jade, “I don’t want to have that dream again.” Usually buoyant, and blessed with a loud exuberant voice, she whispered the ‘lion’ word, afraid, at some level, that mentioning the lion might conjure him up in waking life. I asked Jade about
Alexandra, from England, is my guest with a dream about a half dead cat and two dead mice in a dark, dusty cellar she hasn’t visited in twenty years. Alexandra hasn’t seen David, her dream brother, for all these twenty years, and when she knocks on his door and enters his rubble-filled, cobwebby room in
One of the first questions I ask when a client finishes telling me a dream is, ‘How did you feel in the dream?’ People usually mention the big emotions they encounter in a dream: fear, anger, sadness, but otherwise focus on telling the dream story. If you keep a dream journal, and you haven’t studied
My guest this episode is Gillian, from the south coast of Australia. Gillian has had a recurring dream theme about forgetting to look after a baby, or neglecting a baby in some way, so when she had a dream about a baby with a positive ending, she was excited to discover what it meant. In
Have you ever had a dream where you met the divine, or touched upon a sense of life’s deepest spiritual mystery, or were filled with indescribable awe? A numinous dream is one that arouses spiritual or religious emotions, inspires deep awe, or carries a sense of the sacred or mysterious. You might wake from a
We begin with a dream about a plane journey, or, to be more accurate, a dream about a plummeting plane. What does the dream mean, and what can we learn from journeying into our dreams? Next up, a dreamer takes a more fantastical journey into a television set, ending up inside a video game. How
“I’ve had a recurring dream for 20-25 years,” said Josh, calling into a breakfast radio show last week, “and I’ve always wondered what it means.” I was talking about dreams and chatting with callers on Sarah Howell’s breakfast show on ABC Sunshine Coast. I always enjoy engaging with listeners about their dreams on radio, even
Have you ever thought of joining a dream group, or founding one? We begin this episode exploring the practicalities of running a dream group, and perhaps, by the time you’ve finished listening, you’ll be inspired to get going and set up a group of your own. You’ll be on the move. I’m on the move,