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Electric Dreams Volume 06 Issue 05
"All day long I have exciting ideas and thoughts. But I take up in my work only those to which my dreams direct me." -C.G. Jung
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Volume 6 Issue #5
MAY 1999
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C O N T E N T S
++ Editor's Notes
++ Dream Airing: Notes, letters to the editor
Plz note Alan Siegel on AOL May 7
++ Column: Dream Trek: Dream Cycles
Linda Magallon
++ Interview: The Dream Songs of Vesica Piscis
A Special Place Between: An Interview with Kingfisher
Richard Wilkerson
++ Article: Dream in Addiction Treatment
Jennie Parker
++ Article: Reverse Speech ? New Technology for Rapid Self-Discovery
Jon Kelly
G L O B A L D R E A M I N G N E W S - Peggy Coats
NEWS
>>>>Dreamgates ASD Regional Workshop in Bermuda
>>>>ASD Conference Update
>>>>Sierra DreamQuest Retreat
RESEARCH & REQUESTS
>>>>Call for Dream Art
WEBSITE & ONLINE UPDATES
>>>>NADIS: The Numinous Archives Dream Interactive System
DREAM CALENDAR for March-April 1999
DREAM SECTION: This will be published in a week or two.
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It must be the season of the Dream!
Do you have dream seasons? Perhaps you have been missing out on one of the most interesting inner systems of large ebbs and flows. Be sure to find out more in Linda Magallon?s Dream Cycles.
NADIS: "Numinous Archives Dream Interactive System."
On of the most exciting aspects of dream sharing in cyberspace is
the ability to show how the dream flows through so many channels and levels. Kingfisher, a dream inspired artist/musician/shaman has shown this again with NADIS, a dream machine that ties in with his music and art as well as research and other indescribable projects. You can read all about this in the Kingfisher Interview.
Clinicians - Heads Up! Jennie Parker explores the use of dreams in therapy, with a focus on addiction, recovery and dreams. If her research is correct, dreams can provide therapists and patients with a wide host of early warnings, relapse warnings, and symbolic substance abuse revisionings that make therapy a healing encounter and provide a workshop of dream tools for the addict to use for his or her recovery.
Paul is Dead. Or is he just Dreaming?
Have you listened to your dreams backwards lately? Jon Kelly explores the undiscovered meanings in his article on Reverse Speech ? New Technology for Rapid Self-Discovery. When asked, ?Why are you seeking counseling?, one client responded with the reversal, ?Give me a verse to aspire?.
Be sure to check this out.
Dream Events!
Be sure to see the dream events in Peggy Coat?s Global Dreaming News. I especially want to call your attention to the ASD Conference.
Have you signed up for the ASD International Dream Conference in Santa Cruz yet? Each year the Association for the Study of Dreams throws the biggest dream party you have ever seen. There are several days of workshops, lectures, renowned authors, anthropologists, dream balls and other special events. Really, there is nothing like this on earth for dreamers and dream concerned individuals. http://www.asdreams.org/asd-16/
Alan Siegel will be talking about the conference and more this MAY 7th on America Online. For more information on specific times and dates go to the AOL altmed and select therapies, dreamwork.
Read more about the conference and other dream events in the Global Dreaming News.
Where is the DREAM SECTION? Well, we just get overwhelmed sometimes trying to organize all the dreams coming in. This section will follow in a week or two.
You can always see the *unorganized* dream section by stopping by the dream-flow archives at
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Understanding your dreams and nightmares
Alan Siegel on America Online! Friday MAY 7th
How do dreams that relate to the Columbine High shooting, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and the nightmares that follow such events effect our lives?
Alan Siegel, Ph.D. is an adult and child psychologist practicing in Berkeley and San Francisco. He is the president elect for the Association for the Study of Dreams and became nationally known for his work with the Oakland fire trauma victims and the author of Dreams That Can Change your Life, a groundbreaking guide to
using dreams to navigate life's transitions and crises. He is the co-author of Dreamcatching: Every Parents Guide to Exploring and Understanding Children's Dreams and Nightmares. (www.dreamcatching.com)
For specific Times, see the Dreamwork section on AOL
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DREAM TREK
By Linda Lane Magall?n
Dream Cycles
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I awoke, sobbing, but there was no comfort. Nightmares were "just dreams." "Go back to sleep," I was told. And so the nightmares continued far beyond childhood and deep into adult life. It was the Ice Age of my dreams. My Inner Child, my dreaming self, was the victim of abuse, living in purgatory. She ran from monsters, slipped towards the bottomless cliff and bobbed helplessly in the tidal waves.
I awoke, euphoric, from soaring through the sky. It was the Spring of the amazing and new. Here and there, an extraordinary dream blossomed. I was being shown glimpses of a future potential of a healthy, mature dreaming self. The treasure, the hidden heritage was in sight. My dreaming self was a Super Hero at the peak of dream experience. But a solitary one.
I awoke, perplexed, from a mundane dream. My dreams were conflicted. The deeply etched trauma of childhood rose to the surface. Dreamwork techniques helped me wade through the flotsam and jetsam bobbing on the waves. Until they were cleared away, it was hard to spirit surf on the Summer sea of unconscious.
I awoke, laughing, from a humorous dream. The Autumn days were long and golden. Dreams were colorful, delightful. Playmates abounded. My dreaming self played in an interactive Indian summer camp with other dreamers. I feasted on a harvest of new dreams.
I awoke troubled again. It was the winter of discontent. But this time I was pleased to discover that, after a summertime of playful exercise, my dreaming self didn't struggle so hard. The anti-play elements were in full swing, the dark clouds rolled in. My dreaming self was engulfed with forgetfulness, but she didn't have nightmares.
This time, I wasn't the only one. My fellow dreamers complained of interior torment and outer troubles. "I haven't had a flying dream in months," they said. "I don't remember my dreaming self having a good chuckle in a long time," they said. "A lucid dream? What's that?" they said. The tide had turned. I was beginning to think that the land of dreams was experiencing a global Black Out. The challenge became, how to keep the Inner Child healthy, growing, developing, even in the midst of the Dark Age. I became a hermit of dreams.
Today, I awoke from a flying dream. Spring has returned. Tomorrow I start packing for summer vacation.
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The Dream Songs of Vesica Piscis , a Special Place Between:
An Interview with Kingfisher
by Richard Wilkerson
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INTRODUCTION:
Kingfisher is an artist extraordinaire that respects dreams as part of the creative process. His new web site, The Vesica Piscis Labyrinth, is a wonderful contribution to music, art, poetry, cultural commentary, mythology and "herstory" on the web, as well as to the online dream community. The site is centered around Kingfisher's Vesica Piscis CD, released last month by First Light Music.
Of particular interest here is NADIS, the "Numinous Archives Dream Interactive System." NADIS is an interactive "dream machine" that resides in the south chamber of the Vesica Piscis Labyrinth. It is place where users can log their own dreams, and by means of a unique search engine search the archives by keyword, then save and title their results. Both the concept for and the word "NADIS" came themselves from one of Kingfisher's lucid dreams.
INTERVIEW
[RCW] : [Richard C. Wilkerson for Electric Dreams]: It is clear from your web site that the Vesica Piscis album is influenced by a multitude of levels and realms. One important realm you identify is the dream world. Do you have an intention of looking for songs in dreams or do they just happen?
[Kingfisher]: I don't expect to have a dream and write a song about it. Usually the song is in fragments, and the dream rather pulls them together, almost as if the music was a kind of premonition. I'm not really sure which causes which.
[RCW]: So you have developed a kind of personal dreamwork that interfaces with your waking life work?
[Kingfisher]: Yes, I would say so - indeed, they've become so interfaced as to become one and the same. But I hesitate to say "I" developed the interface. The music and dreams support one another, and the work grows organically. The thrust of my conscious intention has been to stay out of the way.
[RCW] : You have been writing poetry and songs since the age of 10. Where any of these inspired by dreams?
[Kingfisher]:I've always been a dreamer, but they only became an overt part of my waking work after my first trip to Avalon in 1993.
[RCW] : What is the first dream you remember?
[Kingfisher]: My earliest dream recollections are more about feelings than images. Playground carousels, needles, autumn leaves, and time running backwards: sheer terror and helplessness. A giant gorilla, a fairy flitting about on vibrant, animated diagonal stripes, a little house with lace curtains and a stop sign on the door: an overwhelming giddiness.
[RCW]: When did you first start recording your dreams?
[Kingfisher]: I rarely wrote them down until about 8 years ago. The real intense ones I never forgot: meeting Jesus in a dream two days before my bar-mitzvah, drowning in a tidal wave after an earthquake when I was 19. There's a lot of early ones I remember, and by now they're all pretty much written down. Over the years, I've had several experiences with the dead as well, and with astral travel - I'm not sure I'd call those dreams, though. These days I regularly keep track of my nightly journeys in a journal.
[RCW]: Do you have a favorite dream?
[Kingfisher]: I love the dream that preceded NADIS. Assuming it was a dream! It took place in a beautiful village on an island, and mostly involved me drifting about and admiring the art and architecture. At the end I was greeted by an alien, who claimed he was from the distant future, and had built the village himself. He said he had gotten hold of and ingested some of my DNA - which he called "bone-shake" - and through some related process accessed my dreamtime. Sounds like sci-fi, I know! I was extremely lucid, and awoke quite shaken and excited. Before I actually awoke, though, I dreamt I awoke - you know, one of those. I sat up in my bed, but the bed was on the wrong side of the room. Where my bed was supposed to be was a table with a computer monitor on it, and a keyboard and mouse. On the screen were the letters N-A-D-I-S, and the phrase "log-on", which was flashing. I woke up thinking about the alien, and trying to decipher those letters. That's how NADIS was born. If you go to the site, the front page is just as it was in my dream. The alien dream in detail is in the NADIS archives, titled "Dream of the Fiones."
[RCW] : It seems you see dreams as, among other things, a force that creatively binds together disparate fragments into meaningful images. Is this how the Vesica Piscis notion came together?
[Kingfisher]: No, I don't see dreams themselves as some kind of creative, binding force per se. I don't believe there are any disparate fragments to bind - creativity comes into play in learning how things in actuality are already connected, in discovering meaningful images where none are apparent on the surface. Among other things, the Vesica Piscis symbolizes the unity of seeming opposites, much like the yin/yang symbol; but is unique in that the aspect of unity is expressed as a passage. Thus unity is not represented as a resolve or closure, but as open, alive, ineffable. Dreams, visions, and otherworldly experiences are the final element in a sort of internal combustion, a key just waiting to unlock a vast awareness.
What ultimately positioned the Vesica Piscis as the touchstone of this project is two-fold: that this passage, the pointed oval, is an archetypal symbol of the Divine Feminine; and that the symbol speaks to a place of transition, a place between worlds. As to the first, our culture, this monoculture of which almost all humans have become a part, is collapsing under the weight of 10,000 years of repression of the Divine Feminine - the nurturing, birthing, destroying, equalizing, Mother of Compassion. Misogyny, homophobia, Earth-trashing, the transcendental fascism we call mainstream religion - they all seem to be rooted in this same fearsome repression, like multiple faces of the same ugly coin. In response to that, the Vesica Piscis shines as the vibrant, breathing heart of a deep ecology, an inter-cultural, inter-species pursuit of compassion, surrender, and right action. I relate to the "place between" aspect of the Vesica Piscis on a more personal level: as a two-spirit person and a dreamer, mainly. I don't think I really have the chops yet to define myself as a psychopomp or a shaman, although my "straddling two worlds" experiences in those areas have drawn me to the symbol as well.
[RCW]:What is the notion about historically and mythologically?
[Kingfisher]: The term "vesica piscis" is first recorded in literature in 1809, but is no doubt much older. It translates from Latin literally as "fish bladder," but more likely refers to a bladder that takes the form of a fish when filled: a sewn skin that holds wine, for example, or the air sack of bagpipes.
The Vesica Piscis is made by linking two circles together, bringing the outside edge of each to the midway point of the other. The pointed oval at the center of the image is called a mandorla. The mandorla can easily be seen as a grail or chalice, which connects the symbol to Avalon. The Chalice Well in Glastonbury, England - where most people believe Avalon to be - is covered by a wrought iron lid in the shape of a Vesica Piscis.
When the Vesica Piscis is displayed vertically, the mandorla forms the shape of a fish. The word "fish" translates into Greek as "ichthys", which is an acronym for "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior." Early Christians adopted the fish symbol as their own, and used it as sort of secret code to identify themselves to one another and avoid persecution. The Vesica Piscis, and in particular the mandorla, has been much used in Christian art and architecture: as a frame for Jesus and the saints, or as the passage between heaven and earth through which Jesus ascends.
When the Vesica Piscis is viewed horizontally, however, the mandorla becomes a different sort of passage: the birth passage, the vulva of the Goddess, surrounded by the crescents of the waxing and waning moon. The mandorla as birth passage can easily be seen on the sheila-na-gig figures found on Irish churches, and in the squatting figures of the Hindu goddess Kali. The almond/yoni/fish/ocean/Goddess connection is present in several mythologies, from Egypt and Greece to India and China.
A medieval hymn calls Jesus "the little fish in the Virgin's fountain." Christian art sometimes shows Jesus inside a mandorla, superimposed over Mary's womb. Mary herself can be equated with the goddess Aphrodite Marina, who brought forth all the fish in the oceans; Marina's blue robe and pearl necklace, like the Christian Mary's, are classic symbols of the sea. On Cyprus, Mary to this day is worshipped as "Panaghia Aphroditessa." The connections between Christianity and the Goddess traditions it absorbed - and all but destroyed - drew me to the Vesica Piscis in yet another way.
[RCW]: When did Avalon and the ancient myths of Britain become part of your experience?
[Kingfisher]: In the spring of 1993, I took my first trip to Glastonbury. I have always had an affinity for the English countryside, and a passion for British history. I had just finished Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Mists of Avalon", and the idea of a different history, or herstory, that had always existed but never been told was fresh in my mind; I was excited to see the sacred isle at last. When I finally set foot there, though, nothing in particular happened. I found the place at once compelling and unsettling, and a good fit in an odd way. We stayed for a couple of days, and I vowed to return. As the next five years unfolded, my anguish over human injustice and environmental destruction grew, and I delved into eco-feminist writings and pagan practices; I began a more serious study of mythology and folklore, especially of the British Isles; and I discovered an ancient, rich world of queer spirituality that sang to a part of me that had been kicked shut, intimidated into silence since I was a child. Friends died. I fell in love. My lucid dreams went off the map. I wrote lots of music. And the legends of Avalon and the Vesica Piscis took on an ever deepening significance.
[RCW]: I found it interesting that in your "Sister Falling" dream you are pursuing many religiously charged images, such as the Oriental man being chased into the Barrow Downs. It's almost as if you have taken the "Eastern" and planted it in Celtic ground.
[Kingfisher]: The contemplative traditions of both Europe and Asia feel very similar to me at an essential level, although their practices and even their intentions can be very different. To my eye, the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth approximate a kind of radical Buddhist Judaism, without the later Christian dogma. If you zoom in, there's all sorts of osmosis going on. But Britain is imbued with the Celts, just like the land where I live is steeped in the lives of the Miwok and Maidu; it's the flesh-blood-dust-water of a place that finally ignites the spirit. And the spirit of ancient Britain ignited my dreams, especially after my trip to Avalon. California ignites me too. I think the things we need to accomplish, though - mindfulness, non-attachment, loving-kindness, honoring the Earth and body - are simply human endeavors. East, west, indigenous, find your fit. As to the Sister Falling dream: I was a Christian nun trying to talk an old Chinese man out of suicide; we struggled with an axe and I fell to my death. Go figure!
[RCW]: The songs on Vesica piscis album are quite fascinating. I felt as though I was really floating on a mist that is particular to the Glastonbury area, yet universal and accessible to all at the same time. (To readers: you can hear the Vesica Piscis songs at the web site) How much of this style is something new to you, or has it evolved over the course of the many years you have been writing and composing?
[Kingfisher]: The style of music on this album is definitely something I've evolved into. I've written a lot of music, a lot of different kinds of music - I have, after all, been playing and writing for 30 years. It's uncommon to see an artist release their first full-fledged album at 40 - but it's almost as if until now I was afraid to say what I meant, to be real, to fully surrender to the process. I wasn't aware of this fear, of course - I was being as real as I could! I guess I'm just a slow cooker, a late bloomer. This project definitely has a "coming out" aspect. Thelma and Louise driving off a cliff comes to mind! I didn't like that film, but at this moment that last scene strikes me as a beginning. Funny I missed that.
[RCW]: Do you have any advice for other artists who would like to access their dreams for inspiration?
[Kingfisher]: I don't think inspiration is about effort, it's about making room. Make a point of remembering your dreams - keep a journal. Learn to do that and see what comes. Relax and have fun!
[RCW]: Kingfisher, thank you for your time and the wonderful project offerings.
[Kingfisher]: Thank you, Richard, for your delightful questions. It's been great fun.
The Vesica Piscis Labyrinth, the NADIS system, the music, and access to ordering CDs are all available at http://www.kingfish.net
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Kingfisher * Sadhana Music * Songs of the Kelabim (BMI)
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http://www.kingfish.net * http://www.nadis.net
"All day long I have exciting ideas and thoughts. But I take up in my work only those to which my dreams direct me." -C.G. Jung
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Dream in Addiction Treatment
Jennie Parker
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It is common practice to use dream content to work with emotionally loaded, core issues in the therapeutic setting, but these strategies are not discussed often enough in the treatment of addictive behaviors.
My own experience (research, occupational and personal) has shown how the dreams of those with addictive behaviors are valuable resources of information about how the person is adapting to treatment and the recovery process. This is because dreams reflect the process of adaptation while the person moves from active addiction to a substance free life.
During this time, the person can be shown how to use their dreams to develop their own ability to interpret their psychological state. Sharing their dreams can help them to build relationships with others, for example in dream groups, and avoid the isolation that so often precedes a return to addictive behavior. The approach discussed below demystifies ?dream work? so that the dreamer becomes their own expert, becoming increasingly aware of their own emerging ability to understand themselves. I suggest that dream work used in early treatment can have an empowering effect on the recovering substance misuser.
While many workers prefer to use the latent content of a dream, and metaphor, for interpretative purposes, the manifest content presents a good starting point. Working with dreams at this level is also useful because the manifest dream often mirrors current waking feelings and concerns. As part of the accepting that there is a substance problem the person often moves through various stages of acceptance, ambivalence and. It follows that their dreams will reflect where they are in this process.
Jeremy Taylor suggests that every dream, including the nightmare, comes in the service of the individual?s change and growth. Thus any dream that is recalled, regardless of its emotional valence, is remembered because the information contained in the dream can help self development. I have found that people, especially women, admit to being able to express aspects of themselves that they feel particularly ashamed off through telling their dreams. This may be because they can minimize the impact of their shame as it ?only occurred during a dream?. Giving dreams cathartic value regarding motifs of shame, guilt, rage and other so called ?negative? emotions, while allowing a fragile sense of self to maintain its integrity.
This paints a very different picture from traditional approaches to dreams and addictive behaviors
. The common portrayal of the alcoholic?s dream is one where the dream is an indication of sickness - the alcoholic dreams of drinking alcohol, which represents imminent relapse.
There are some exception to this view. For example Shelly Marshal is open to the idea of 12 step work during dreams (i.e. Alcoholics anonymous programme). Likewise Wayne McEwing believes that as recovery progresses dream content reflects the spiritual changes happening within the person. However, these are American ideas and have yet to become firmly established in the United Kingdom in addiction treatment, in fact the idea that ?using dreams? can come in the service of wholeness and spiritual growth is opposed by some researchers.
As my ideas are not (at present) based in ?empirical research? so it is often hard to defend them with some academics.
The lesson that I have learnt is that sometimes the world of hard empirical evidence cannot be carried over into the world of clinical practice. Life isn?t so black and white, there are lots of grey areas. I am a researcher but I accept, as a therapist, that all people are individual, and just because 7 out of 8 studies show that using dreams are associated with relapse, it doesn?t mean that I can translate that into my working practice to set up a self-fulfilling prophecy for my clients.
I would prefer to create an environment where the client can talk about using dreams without fear of judgement, and then be given the support to work through any issues that the dream sharing allows to emerge which may well threaten sobriety.
There are other benefits from using dreams in the treatment of addictive behaviors. For example, one of the benefit will be the bonds made while sharing dreams in treatment groups Because dreams are a universal phenomenon, everyone has them at some point. Dreams are great levellers and help people to identify with each other. So dream sharing can help to develop social bonds, and subsequently, build group solidarity and trust; both important aspects of the formal addiction treatment process.
I suggest that as soon as the person enters treatment, they should be encouraged to keep a dream diary alongside their recording of other important daily events. These dreams can be shared in therapy sessions. The main benefit of this approach will be that during the time they are in treatment, the client will be able see their dream content change. Even over a few months some pretty dramatic differences in the themes and feelings which accompany dreams can be observed. These changes often delight the dreamer and instil a sense of self understanding which increases self confidence, and ?psychological mindedness?.
In my own research I have compared the dreams of people with an addictive behavior with those who have not. This type of study shows that the type of dreams experienced by people with addictive behaviors are very different emotionally to a control group. Abstinent alcoholic?s dreams contained higher levels of unpleasant emotion, more self hate, more cognitive activity and were generally much more unpleasant. However, there was a marked gender differences between male and female abstinent alcoholics. Females were far more prone to unpleasant dream emotion than their male counterparts, and more anxious about the behavior of other dream characters.
Male abstinent alcoholics tended to be less interested in the events occurring around them in the dream and more preoccupied with their own activities.
Abstinent women also reported more physical aggression towards other women. Indicating obvious issues with women in their lives (usually family members), or, an alternative interpretation is that there are conflicts with their own femininity. However, such group comparisons only provides general descriptions, or averages, and should be treated cautiously when making generalized statements.
The second type of experience I want to share with you is dream telling on a more personal level.
The following examples show how manifest dream content can be used to assist the therapeutic process. I have included 3 dreams; one ?death using self? dream, one ?ambivalent? dream, and one ?impactful? dream, which were shared with me by people who awoke during the night in early recovery whilst in treatment. Woken by the intensity of their dreams and deeply disturbed by their content they talked to me, and opened up, telling what their dreams revealed to them.
An abstinent client told a very disturbing dream where she dreamt that she was looking in at herself hanging dead in a toilet, wearing her night-clothes. The emotional atmosphere in the dream was one of intense sadness. When she awoke this woman was very distressed. Using probes to amplify various aspects of the dream (e.g. how did the dream?s setting relate to her use of drugs), it transpired that she always used drugs at home in her toilet. The dreamer was dead, in clothes she associated with using drugs, in the room where she administered her drugs. In the dream she was aware of looking in at this scene. It was suggested to her that the dream addressed the death of her addictive self. After some time she admitted feeling afraid of the future. I asked her to take her feelings of sadness and fear into her group work, where she could begin to address her grief about the loss of her old (albeit unhealthy) self image as an ?addict?(sic), and face the void she felt in front of her without her old identity.
Ambivalent attitudes towards becoming substance free can also be observed in dream content.
In the following dream, recalled during early treatment, the dreamer was in an enclosure with other members of his treatment group. Outside the enclosure walking around the perimeter fences were the person?s old dealer and some using friends who were trying to get in. To the dreamer it felt that those outside the fence were free and it was him that was trapped. The person admitted to feeling the urge to join their friends, and could not understand why they wanted to get inside the fence. He awoke feeling extremely scared. This dream shows how it is possible to project onto other dream characters the dreamers struggle and confusion at what was occurring in their life, as they attempt to become clean and lead a life without drugs.
During waking therapy these are all real issues which need to be addressed before healthier life choices can be made. However, as is often apparent, change is never easy, so this dream allowed the dreamer to voice some of his misgivings about giving up drugs and thereby addressing his own ambivalence.
Then of course there are ?using dreams?, where the person is actively drunk or stoned. These dreams are often accompanied by motifs of guilt, shame and fear. Sometimes these dreams are so vivid and realistic that the person awakens unsure of whether they have actually relapsed or not.
These dreams are often interpreted by the individual as an indication of potential relapse. However, I believe that the ?using dream? has many meanings.
One of which may be that the individual wants to use drugs, but this is not written in stone, or a concrete predictor, that this will happen. What may determine ?outcome? may be how the dreamer acts upon the dream. It may well be that even the dreaded using dream come in the service of continued abstinence. Instead of seeing things as black and white perhaps we should encourage the dreamer to use dreams as a vehicle to self development. They may be both a sign of health and distress. Rather than something to be feared these dreams should be embraced and shared with other group members, therapists, and sponsors, so they can be used to identify weaknesses and strengths in the person?s search for sobriety. Treatment often works to free the client from shame and guilt around using. Such dreams are a good place to start looking at these issues.
The last dream shows how dreams can positively influence recovery. It comes from a women who?s dreams formed a crucial turning point in her attempts to seek help for her addictive behaviors. She described the dream as follows:
?We (Me, my brother- also a drug user- and our dealer) had to get to the top of this mountain. There was the most beautiful full moon. The moon started to move and come towards us. It got bigger and bigger. I could see it and it was blue, covered in silk powder and I was dangling off the top of the mountain trying to touch it. They said I would fall if I wasn?t careful but I remember thinking ?If I miss touching the moon as it whizzes by then it doesn?t matter because I might as well be dead.? It was that important - like my life depended upon it. As it whizzed by I leaned right over and I touched it I was covered in this blue sparkly stuff. I had it all over me, on my neck, hands and I rubbed it all over my body. The other two didn?t touch it. When I woke up I felt like I had been through something quite major, like my spirit had been cleansed. I had been healed. I was then that the changes in my life began to happen.?
This dream shows that it is not just unpleasant dreams that are memorable, psychological health can also be observed through dream content. This dream was perceived by her as an integral part of her healing process. Listening to this moving dream, this woman?s motivation and commitment to her recovery became obviously apparent. As a matter of interest, all three ?dreamers? who so trustfully disclosed their dreams to me*, are still substance free some 2 years later, and at least 2 of them still actively use their dreams.
In closing, the examples used here show how dream content can be used to describe substance mis-users dreams in general and explore emerging psychological themes in early recovery from substance misuse. I have suggested that both group and individual analysis is useful. Through dreams it is possible to educate the client regarding their own psychology and if they continue to observe their dreams they can use them as indicators of the psychological well being throughout their recovery. They may even wish to set up their own continuing dream groups, post treatment and learn how to play and learn about themselves in the wonderful world of dreams.
* Consent was given by all the dreamers to included their dreams in this article. My thanks to them and I acknowledge their continued courage.
Useful reading:
Shelly Marshall (1995). Your dream of Recovery: Dream Interpretation and the 12 Steps. Virginia Beach: ARE Press.
Wayne McEwing (1991) Dreams and Recovery. Dream Network Journal, Vol.10(4).
Jeremy Taylor (1992).Where people fly and Water Runs Uphill. New York: Warner Books.
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Reverse Speech ? New Technology for Rapid Self-Discovery
By Jon Kelly
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A pioneering discovery in spoken communications promises to reveal our innermost concepts, cherished dreams, and highest aspirations. By listening to our unspoken thoughts we enter an arena of growth and change where enormous personal integration and self-expression are realized in dramatically short periods of time.
Reverse Speech is the discovery of David John Oates, an Australian therapist presently residing in San Diego, California. His novel research has led to growing recognition within the medical and scientific communities, as well as the creation of occupational titles for Reverse Speech professionals through the US Department of Labor. His popular website (www.reversespeech.com) contains hundreds of audio examples culled from client therapy sessions, political investigations, assessments of criminal personalities, and explorations into unexplained phenomena of science and personal discovery.
Within the sounds of normal speech, meaningful statements and phrases are embedded backwards. These expressions, called Speech Reversals, are located by playing recordings of human speech in reverse. Reversals portray relative honesty, motivation, and attitudes, as well as describing deep processes occurring within the personality.
Determining honesty is crucial to the success of those involved in fields such as criminal investigation, business negotiations, and employee screening. Reversals can reveal ?incongruities? within speech, conflicts between what is being thought and what is being said. Imagine recording a meeting with a prospective business partner only to find them giving the reversal, ?I am a liar?.
In the arena of counseling and therapy, speech reversals provide the means to connect deeply with the innermost Self. By listening to another person?s internal dialogue, we can gain enormous empathy and understanding of their condition within a very short period of time. The need for a long, drawn-out discovery process is eliminated. Our most profound needs are revealed and can be addressed directly.
My background in exploring sound and consciousness through music and Tantric sadhana have prepared me well to undertake the practice of Reverse Speech analysis as taught by David Oates. I currently serve clients throughout North America using this technique. The following excerpt portrays the drama and intensity of interpreting client reversals from a typical session.
When asked, ?Why are you seeking counseling?, one client responded with the reversal, ?Give me a verse to aspire?.
In the metaphoric language of Reverse Speech, ?verse? implies a sacred statement or belief by which one determines behavior. ?Aspire? is from the Latin root aspiro, meaning, ?to breathe?. Breath in Reverse Speech implies a new energy or idea. In this sense the client is asking, ?Give me that statement whose idea will uplift my spirit and guide my actions.?
In Tantric tradition, a mantra is that sound, practiced in conjunction with the breath, whose ideational characteristics can elevate the mind and guide the behavior of one who recites it. Given during initiation, it is a ?statement to breathe?, a ?verse to aspire?. In this sense, the client is literally asking, ?Give me a mantra.? Therefore, this reversal expresses a readiness to abandon an old way of life in order to embrace a new ideal.
Whether your needs are for rapid transformational change or simple truth in communications, I invite you to consider the potential benefits that Reverse Speech has to offer. Call me at (604) 273 7438 or send email to jon@reversespeech.com.
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This Month?s Features:
NEWS
>>>>Dreamgates ASD Regional Workshop in Bermuda
>>>>ASD Conference Update
>>>>Sierra DreamQuest Retreat
RESEARCH & REQUESTS
>>>>Call for Dream Art
WEBSITE & ONLINE UPDATES
>>>>NADIS: The Numinous Archives Dream Interactive System
DREAM CALENDAR for March-April 1999
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>>>>Dreamgates ASD Regional Workshop in Bermuda
Robert Moss, author of ?Dreamgates? will be coming to Bermuda to lead a workshop ("Dreamgates: A Journey Into Shamanic Dreaming") over the weekend of April 16th - 18th. The price will be $225 for ASD members, $250 for non-members. This will include a Friday night talk, two-day workshop on Saturday and Sunday, lunch and tea on Saturday and Sunday and a potluck supper on Sunday night. Visit the website for more information: http://www.asdreams.org/conferences/regional/bermuda/index.htm
>>>>ASD Conference Information
Get the Latest Update at http://www.adreams.org/asd-16
Travel. Discount air and car rental rates are available for ASD
attendees through Travel Spot, 1-800-869-6265, agent@travel-spot.com.
Arriving. Registration will take place from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. on Tues., July 6th, at UCSC's Cowell College. Late arrivals may follow the signs to the Conference Housing Satellite Office at Cowell College. (If you expect to arrive after 5:00, please email vktonay@cats.ucsc.edu, or leave a message at 1-877-DREAMSS as soon as your travel plans are confirmed.) A map to the registration site and a special fare coupon for the Airporter which will take you directly from San Jose or San Francisco
airports to the registration site, are enclosed. A buffet will be served from 5:00-8:00 on July 6th after registration, on a patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean; music for post-travel relaxing will be by the Jazz Lab Quartet, a celebrated local jazz band.
Weather: "It never rains in California..." It rarely rains here
in July! Expect early morning fog and temperatures in the 60s, followed by late morning clearing and highs in the 70s and low 80s during the afternoon, dipping into the 60s and high 50s during the night (low humidity). The ocean is on the cool side, but some dreamers do swim in it!
Clothing: Bring sturdy, comfortable shoes; the campus is hilly and you will be walking. (If you might need transportation assistance during the conference, please contact vktonay@cats.ucsc.edu or leave us a message at the conference's toll-free line, 1-877-DREAMSS.) Few people wear suits
in Santa Cruz.
'Spa facilities': The UCSC sports complex is state-of-the-art,
relatively new, and includes a weight room, dance room, locker room, Jacuzzi, Olympic-sized pool, and a track with a wonderful view (bring those jogging shoes...). Permits to use the facilities are $5.00/day, purchased
at registration.
Commuters. If you're staying on campus, you've already paid for 3
meals a day and a parking permit. If you're commuting, meals can be purchased for $5-$7 each, and parking permits cost $4/day or $12/week. A list of local off-campus lodging options is enclosed for those who are commuting. July is high season in Santa Cruz; reservations should be made as soon as possible.
Program. In addition to over 100 symposia, workshops, and paper
sessions, the conference will feature the Computer Cafe, Dream Art Gallery, daily Dream Expert Lunches (?????????) and Dream-Sharing Breakfasts, and the Dream Masquerade Ball! Check Dream Time for the latest program info., or visit our website: http://www.asdreams.org/ for the latest!
Creative? ASD is holding a contest for the 1999 conference logo
, which will appear, on conference items. The winning entry receives $50.00. Please send in your entry by March 15. Camera-ready artwork, 8-1/2" x 11", is preferred. Please submit entries to: Bethany Gideon, 322 Rigg St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
Dream-Related Products Wanted! If you have products, artwork, or
other dream-oriented items that you would like to sell at the conference, you can rent vendor space for $150 for the week, or place your items with ASD product sales to be sold. Vendor space includes a 6'x 2-1/2' table and two chairs; you are responsible for staffing your own space.
Alternatively, ASD product sales will sell your items for you and retain 50% of the sales price. Items must be priced, inventoried, and ready to sell. If you would like your product to be considered, please write Bethany Gideon, 322 Rigg St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, or e-mail her at reth22@cats.ucsc.edu. Limited space is available. Deadline: April 15th.(Book sales requests: vktonay@cats.ucsc.edu.)
Auction. Help raise money for ASD by donating something you no
longer want which might be useful to someone else. The auction will be held during the conference, where attendees will be able to bid on their favorite items. To donate an item, write up a complete description and estimated monetary value and mail it to Chris Ambler, 441 36th Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062. Deadline for receipt of items to be auctioned is May 15, 1999! Tel./fax: (831) 477-1764; cambler@concentric.net.
The Dream Ball: The conference finale will be the now-traditional
Dream Costume Ball with attendees encouraged to come dressed or disguised as a character from one of their own dreams. This year's theme is "Dreams of the Past Millennium." With costume contests and dancing to a live band, this event is always a favorite. Our band is a Bay Area favorite West Coast Swing band. Free lessons will be available before the ball, but if
you're too shy, you can dance any way you like to West Coast Swing!
Dream-Inspired Art: A juried exhibit of dream-inspired art will
include paintings, sculpture, photography, mixed media, book art, and textile art. Artists may submit up to 10 slides, along with a biographical statement and an artist's statement explaining how the art is dream-related. ASD will not be responsible for shipping or insurance. There is a $10 fee for non-ASD members. For more information, including detailed entry and shipping instructions, please contact Fariba Bogzaran, Ph.D.,
P.O. Box 452, Inverness, CA 94937; ibabo@svn.net. Deadline for submissions is March 15th.
Need Help? If your questions aren't answered here or on the
conference website, http://www.asdreams.org/, please contact conference hostess Veronica Tonay, Ph.D., P.O. Box 568, Santa Cruz, CA 95061; vktonay@cats.ucsc.edu, or leave a message on our toll-free line, 1-877-DREAMSS! The entire conference planning committee look forward to meeting and welcoming you to Santa Cruz in July! Until then...sweet dreams!
>>>>SIERRA DREAMQUEST RETREAT
MAY 7 - 9 , 1999
Vision Quest & Shamanic Dreaming Retreat
Travel into the Dreamtime with other Dreamers!
This weekend vision quest takes place in a beautiful, sacred pine and oak forest in the Sierras, near Dutch Flat, CA. Nestled deep in the woods, we will utilize shamanic ritual, dreamjourneying, drumming and dancing around the fire to honor our spirit guides and totems. Both Friday and Saturday night, you will hear the call of the drum to have an opportunity to recall your dreams. Each morning, in the shamanic tradition, we will gather in
sacred circle to share our dreams and honor them as night visions and tools for personal and global healing. Solo vision questing time will also be available. Are you ready for a weekend of communion with the land, the plant and animal spirits? Are you ready to reach the next level in your personal search for wholeness and holiness this Earthwalk? Cost: Solo questing only $70. Experienced questers/campers only. Full DreamQuest program with access to group rituals, drumming circles, dream circles and more, only $200 to 100 sliding scale for entire weekend. Bring your own camping gear, water, food (if you are eating), drums, rattles. Email shaman@sirius.com or call Sage to register or for more information. 510-653-7293.
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>>>>Call for Dream Art
I am currently writing a book about spiritual dreams, called "Dreamjourneys: How to Dream Your Way to Healing and Spiritual Awakening." The book focuses on the shamanic perspective, presenting powerful shamanic dreamwork techniques, both original and drawn from indigenous cultures from all over the world. As such, I am seeking dream art to illustrate the book. I am especially interested in art from dreams that have a spiritual content, such as dreams of spirit guides, angels, totems, God/dess, healing dreams, dreams of the dead, precognitive or psychic dreams, or soul journey dreams. If you have a piece of art that was directly "gifted" to you during a dream, or was strongly dream-inspired, whether it be visual, poetry,
sculpture, or other media that can be easily printed in book or magazine form, please send a picture of it with a description of the dream to Taylor Kingsley, 1678 Shattuck Ave. #275, Berkeley, CA 94709 or email to shaman@sirius.com. I can also be reached at (510) 653-7293. If your art is viewable on your website, you can also apply by referring me to same. There is no compensation, alas, however the artist will be credited, his/her art viewed and appreciated by thousands more people. There is no fee for applying and all rights remain with the artist. Thank you, and sweet dreams! - Taylor Kingsley"
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Do you know of interesting new websites you?d like to share with others? Or do you have updates to existing pages? Help spread the word by using the Electric Dreams DREAM-LINK page
www.dreamgate.com/dream/resources/online97.htm. This is really a public project board and requires that everyone keep up his or her own link URLs and information. Make a point to send changes to the links page to us.
>>>>NADIS: The Numinous Archives Dream Interactive System
(http://www.nadis.net)
The site allows users to browse dream archives submitted by others, search the archives by title or keyword, and save their search results as a "dreamstream" - so others can take the same trip. The idea is to find out what the planet is dreaming and add your own dreams to the mix. For example, if someone dreams about purple sharks dancing the tango, they might search for "sharks," "tango," and "dancing" to see connections to other dreams containing those keywords.
The concept and name for the site came from a lucid dream by recording artist Kingfisher and will act as a companion to the new Kingfisher music CD site (http://www.kingfish.net). Much of the music on the CD, which will be released nationally on March 16, deals with dreams and dream images. If you'd like a sneak peek at that site, please visit http://www.kingfish.net/main/view.htm
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D R E A M C A L E N D A R
March-April 1999
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March 26-28 in Long Beach, CA
Weekend Workshop with Jeremy Taylor. 562.423.3588 or visit the website at www.jeremytaylor.com.
Mar 27 in San Fernando Valley, CA
?The Wisdom of Mythic Stories?Symbolic Maps of Life Stages?. This seminar presents personal applications of mythology and symbolism. For more information, contact Center for Story and Symbol, 310 W. Quinto Street, Santa Baraba, CA 93105, telephone: 805) 687-7171, email registrar@folkstory.com; website http://www.folkstory.com
Mar 28 in San Francisco, CA
Dream Art Exhibit at Grace CathedralCourtyard Gallery.
Gallery Hours Sundays 12:30 to 4:00 March 28th Opening
Jana Hutcheson shows work from The Opposites March 28 until April 18 Art and Music for the New Millennium
Info: call 647-7517 www.jps.net/opposite
Artist there on Sundays, Private viewing M-F, 9:00 4:30
Call 415-749-6300 for appointment
Apr 16-18 in Hamilton, Bermuda.
"Dreamgates: A Journey into Shamanic Dreaming". with author Robert Moss. Call InSight (1-441) 295 2554.
April 16 in San Francisco, CA
Concerts of The Opposites. Join Jana Hutcheson, on a spiritual journey while she performs selected pieces
from her CD, The Opposites, based on dream imagery. For more information, call 387-3859. www.jps.net/opposite
April 23-25 in Ashland, MA
Bridgewater State College Weekend Workshop with Jeremy Taylor. 415.454-2793 or visit the website at www.jeremytaylor.com.
April 30-May 2 in Woburn, MA
Weekend Workshop with Jeremy Taylor.
781.322.4709 or visit the website at www.jeremytaylor.com.
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