WAY OF THE DREAMER
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Robert Moss WAY OF THE DREAMER |
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Bookshelf for Active Dreamers |
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Jeanne
Achterberg
A magnificent compilation of the surviving primary evidence on what went on in the Asklepian temples of dream healing. Important raw material for those of us who wish to revive the Asklepian way.
Dion Fortune
A spirited and practical manual by a genuine healer on a central aspect of shamanic work: the journey to restore vital energy to someone who has suffered "soul-loss" through pain or trauma or grief.
A lively introduction to the shaman’s way, which emphasizes the shaman’s intimate relationship with Death.
Max Freedom Long A quirky, fascinating account of Hawaiian huna beliefs and practices, especially interesting on psychic attachments ("aka cords") and how to deal with them.
Andreas Mavromatis An excellent scholarly analysis of the nature and uses of the "twilight zone" between waking and sleep, and its role in creative discovery and numinous encounters. (out of print)
Jeremy Naydler has rescued the deep wisdom of
P.D. Ouspensky A novella by the Russian philosopher/mathematician and sometime friend of Gurdjieff that suggests we can travel through time to visit our younger or older self – a possibility confirmed by journey experiences reported in Robert’s workshops.
Together with Seth Speaks, this is one of the clearest and most accurate descriptions of how we create (and can re-create) reality through our beliefs and how our present lives are related to other life experiences.
Nikolai Tolstoy A delightful account of a personal quest for the great Celtic shaman in the Western Borders of Scotland. Robert found Merlin in the same landscape. (out of print)
Marie-Louise von Franz Real psychology ("the study of the soul")
that focusses on how ancient understanding of the role of the personal genius or daimon
can help us understand our larger identity and purpose today. |
Dorothy Bryant
I.P. Couliano Provides gripping travelogues from many cultures that demonstrate how the shaman’s dream journey has been a primary source of human beliefs about the soul and the afterlife.
The classic, still indispensable scholarly work on the shaman’s way.
One of the landmark books on dreaming, that helped reawaken the Western mind to what dreaming may actually be.
The most accessible and personal work by a true shaman of the West, who married scholarship and rigorous science to the experiential investigation of other dimensions of reality.
Morton T. Kelsey An educational tool that will help you explain to people of strong Judeo-Christian beliefs that dreaming is at the heart of both traditions; the Bible is a book of dreams and visions!
A gripping account of the teachings of a modern Greek Cypriot magos and his science of mind expansion.
A seminal book in this field, worldly and witty (as well as other-worldy!)
Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty A splendid scholarly account of the central place of dreams in Hindu tradition, drawing especially from the Yogavasistha’s universe of dreams-within-dreams, dream creation and dreams that come true. (out of print)
J.B.Priestley Includes a pioneer survey of precognitive dreams, and speculation on how precognition is possible.
Tenzin Wangyal
Rinpoche A clear account of Tibetan approaches to different levels of levels of dreaming, which are associated both with levels of awareness and emotion and with transpersonal zones.
An excellent synthesis of recent scientific speculation, offering models for understanding dreaming within a multidimensional universe, including the emboldening suggestion that we can change both our future and our past.
A valuable survey of approaches to dreaming across the ages. |
A wonderful book that explains how the
body believes in our thoughts and feelings, and how we can heal ourselves (and
others) by working with authentic images of healing, which are often the gift of dreams.
Wanda Burch’s brave and
beautiful book She Who Dreams (New World Library, October 2003) is both the narrative of a
personal journey into healing through dreaming and an incitement to bring the gifts of
active dreaming into our everyday lives.
Though dated in style, this remains the best available manual on psychic
protection – a vital area of study for frequent flyers and spiritual healers - from
an advanced practitioner.
Jeremy Naydler
One of Robert’s favorite books on
dreaming, a novel that portrays beautifully what a dreaming culture – in which people
cherish and celebrate dreams every day – could be like.
