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Great book
I will make this fast. This was my first Sylvia Browne Book and it had me hooked. I was excited every chance that i got to read it. It opened a few things up about dreams that i've had for years and some i've had as a child. She does not give you direct interpretation of every thing you dream but makes you find your own meaning after all we are all different. Boy some things that she stated hit me pretty hard, how i could have missed that myself. It really helped me see what my mind was telling me subconsciously in my dreams ~ and what i need to do to fix that. Now when people ask me what their dreams mean it's still hard to interpret them but it has become somewhat easier.

Well informed book
This is very informative.Makes you take a look at past dreams that you've had. Very intersting about how children dream. Good book.

So many dreams so little time!
I bought this book hoping to gain some insight into my dreams because I have had the most vivid sometimes crazy dreams you could possibly imagine.I give this book 3 stars because I was starting to get bored reading it.There was some interesting stuff in the book like totems which are animals in dreams that we have "chosen" as "protectors" because animals are pure spirits and most sacred to God. I had never thought of them that way in dreams before and so this book did make me look at animals and a few other things differently in my dreams. But I started to become bored with all the account stories from other people about the content of their dreams. I found myself skimming alot when another dream was told here and there. I skipped to parts I was most interested in.Some one else might not become bored, as I did, reading other people's dream accounts in the book so that is why I did not give this book less than 3 stars.I did learn a few things and will look for other souces of information on those topics.So my search moves on. I hope this review helps. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Dream interpretation    3. Dreams    4. Dreams - General    5. New Age    6. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    7. Body, Mind & Spirit / Personal Transformation   

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The Best Dream Book I Own to Date
I have several dream books in my library (whose names I don't want to mention) but this is, by far, the best I've encountered for dream interpretation.I am one who truly believes that dream interpretation can reveal meanings that we can use in our everyday lives.Any time I can recall my dreams vividly or in symbols, I write them down in a journal and reference the book.Each time, this book proves to be very accurate.
Dreamers Dictionary
I purchased this for my daughter in law.She was always borrowing my old one (by the same authors).It is very "on target" and easy to work with.Anyone who wonders about the meanings of dreams - this is the one you need to invest it!

Constant Companion
This dictionary is not all-encompasing but I've used it for well over 10 years and am on my 4th tattered copy. A Must Have! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Dictionaries    3. Dreams    4. Dreams - Interpretation Dictionaries    5. New Age    6. Psychology    7. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams   

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Too simple?
The techniques in this book may seem a little too simple...but they work! I was on day eight of my 'dream journal' when I had my first intentional lucid dream. I didn't get to fly to the moon or become one with the universe, but I did realize that I was dreaming. Unfortunately my 'Woo-Hoo' response kicked me into a waking state. Hey, it's a beginning, and with that one experience the book paid for itself. Definitely worth the price.
Thanks to this book, I had my first lucid dream a few weeks back
The first time was AMAZING! It was flying and I knew it. It was fall and yellow leaves were falling everywhere. I saw everything with perfect clarity...more than perfect. It's like HD TV but in real life. Colors were more vivid than I've ever seen in my waking moments. The feeling of freedom was incredible. I woke up, remember it, and had such a moment of WOW!
Must-have
This book is great!Enjoyable to read, but still chock-full of information about sleep and the mind, and plenty of lucid dreaming techniques and even prerequisite exercises to do while awake.
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Very complete... but very complex
A excellent and serious book about self initiation in the Golden Dawn magic system. But it's very complex too. This big book will teach you a lot of details about magical things and cosmogony, through a one or two year's "evening class".
Changes and Errors
There are some gross errors in this book (especially in the artwork) that make me wonder as to the real accomplishments and attainments of the authors.The errors are such that I don't believe them to be intentional blinds.The Cicero's have removed nearly all traces of the Judeao-Christian Masonic themes from the Golden Dawn and have emphasized the Egyptian and Neo-Pagan.In doing so, key mystical truths have been omitted.
Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn...
This is a keystone piece of modern literature for the Western Esoteric Tradition.Not for the faint of heart, this tome encloses prodigious knowledge from around the world and throughout the ages.
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Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn    3. Inspiration & Personal Growth    4. Magick Studies    5. New Age    6. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    7. Occult Sciences    8. Other Religions    9. Personal Growth - General    10. Reference    11. Rosicrucianism    12. Body, Mind & Spirit / Magick Studies    13. Magic & alchemy    14. Mind, Body, Spirit    15. Wicca   

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golden dawn
Very good book - can be called a bible for humans, who are looking for self-awakening. Many interesting rituals and informations about modern magic and The Golden Dawn louge.

Isreal lives
What can I say..awsome book by one of the Great Magi of our times!Gives you the complete system from top to bottom as far as the Golden Dawn goes.Beginers could use this book...but Id suggest Donald Michael Criegs "Modern magick" first if your realy new to the system!But just to help give you some foundation before you dive into this complete Tome.Suppliment it with some od Isreal's teachings on CD and youll go far.......fast!

An excellent reference, not for beginners
Step by step instruction is lacking and certain fundamental ideas are assumed to be known and understood by the reader...a complete beginner would be lost with this book alone.It is an invaluable reference for someone who has a certain level of practical experience, but a book like Don Kraig's Modern Magick would be preferable to start with.
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On the unconscious
I have previously read only one book on dream interpretation and think this one is excellent. I've always steered away from dream interpretation because I thought they were too mental for me. I am by nature an intellectual and caught up in daydreaming most of the time anyway. But Johnson tells me to bring feeling and body into the interpretation process, and that I like. excellent for dream work
though i wouldn't follow the author's exact attributions to symbols in dreams (use your personal ones - what do they mean to you?), the book is still excellent for interpretation and analysis. keep reading it, especially the most important parts, as you are likely to forget. i recommend first reading Owning Your Own Shadow as a primer, also by Robert A. Johnson.

The Wisdom Inside
This wonderful book is clear and practical, and really goes to the point. It instructs you and helps you at two levels: first it explains how our dreams and imagination function as a link between our conscious and unconscious lives; then it goes on to instruct the reader on how to learn from this link and how to build a fruitful and lifelong dialogue between these two spheres of being. In order to achieve the latter, the author shows us, with clear examples, the way to understand our dreams and to use our imagination and so find the wisdom that we all have inside. Although this all sounds like any other self-help book, here the author never means to sound witty, empty or artificially triumphant. He promises nothing and makes sure we understand that what he is telling us is nothing new: many cultures use these same methods for the psychological, spiritual well-being of people. But we happen to be living in a time and culture that have lost the sense of inner life.Reading this book is like listening to the words of a loving teacher, who knows things because "he has been there before".Well-written and packed with no-nonsense spirituality, without losing touch with the world where we live or our common sense. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Developmental - General    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. Imagination    5. Psychology    6. Mind, body, spirit: disciplines & techniques    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology    8. Sleep & dreams   

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PerfectLibraryResource
As other reviewers have stated, this book reads like a dissertation given all of the works cited. The author has definitely done his research and is comprehensive in covering all aspects of dreaming. The information presented is interesting and fascinating, but the book is not for those who would rather read a novel than a textbook or term paper.I, alas, am one of those people and donated my copy to our Women's Circle library. This book is a valuable resource and is recommended for those who are taking on serious study.

Fascinating
This book is a compendium of information about dreams, ranging from folklore and ancient beliefs through current scientific research.The book is organized into 6 parts: anecdotes and famous dreams, early dream research from the dawn of history up until Freud, modern dream theorists including Freud and Jung, experimental dream research, scientific dream analysis, and paranormal and lucid dreams.There are also two appendixes that provide contact information for dream networks and organizations, and how to keep a dream diary.The book is extensively documented with endnotes, and there is a 20 page bibliography as well as an index.There is a phenomenal amount of material crammed into this volume- -the pages are extra wide to accommodate two columns of text on each page.The book is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and dream-influenced artwork. Interesting read
VdC gives a pretty good gloss-over history of dreaming and what certain people thought of them; how certain philosophers and psychologists thought of them.He also recounts several studies and the statistics that were drawn from them - which are quite interesting.Read more

Subjects:  1. Dream interpretation    2. Dreams    3. Dreams - General    4. History    5. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    6. New Age / Parapsychology    7. Psychology    8. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams   

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outstanding!!!!
this book is MUCH better than the author's earlier book(exploring the world of lucid dreaming)for three reasons.(1)it is WAY more comprehensive.(2) the exercises are simpler and easier to understand.(3)it has up to date information.the previous book was written sixteen years ago and this book has a lot of recent research results/techniques.i highly recommend it for anyone who really desires to use this valuable skill.

Great book :)
I have not read all the other littrature on lucid dreaming, but I still would recomend this book. It is not to big in volume, and I like that. It seems like it is written for anyone. It introduces the subject clearly and easy. It has clear steps for dream practices. and it is suplemented with research and scientific studdies. great book. Also, as I understand it, The author is a well respected scientist on the subject.

Excellent, covers everything, no mystical BS
I'm a rational down-to-earth person, and I used this book to train myself to dream lucidly. It was definitely a worthwhile experience. There are a lot of books out there full of mysticism, but I wouldn't trust them. In addition to scientific studies, LaBerge draws freely from mystical traditions with something to say about lucid dreaming or dreaming in general, but his approach is very matter of fact. He'll talk about how those traditions see dreaming, but always the core is "does this lead to any techniques that can actually help you dream lucidly?" ... Read more

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Love this book
I have used this book for at least three years and have found none better. Not only does it offer deffinitions, but also little facts and things that have to do with dreamming.
The Best So Far!
I have purchased 10-12 dream dictionaries over the years, and this one is the best that I have encountered; I own it in both hard back and paper back. It is very comprehensive, and helps you piece together your dreams yourself, giving you the tools of dream symbology and interpretation. I disagree with the post that 'trashes' this book, perhaps the reviewer didn't get a good night's sleep?;-)No dream book is going to tell you point blank exactly what your specific dream meant of course, but rather educate you about the symbology therein, enabling you to connect with the language of dreams. I have learned SO MUCH about myself in my dreams that I would not have otherwise learned, I now call the dream state 'Night School'.I recommend adding this thick book to your arsenal of interpretation tools!

Excellent Tool for Interpreting Your Dreams
This is my second favorite dream dictionary after "The Encyclopedia of Dreams: Symbols & Interpretations" by Rosemary Ellen Guiley.Mr. Crisp goes into a little more detail on topics such as colors (he gives many colors and their individual significance in dreams); houses (he breaks it down into rooms, walls, roof, etc.) and animals (many different animals are discussed).I can't understand the bad reviews.I've been interpreting dreams for myself and friends for years, and I love this book and find it indispensible.I highly recommend it if you want to delve further into your subconscious, dreaming mind. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Dictionaries    3. Dream interpretation    4. Dreams    5. Dreams - Interpretation Dictionaries    6. New Age    7. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    8. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams   

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Readable, understandable, practical, & profound
This is a beautifully written practice manual for B�n Dzogchen (~Buddhist Nyingma or old school) dream & sleep yogas based on the Mother Tantra.The author confirms most Western psychological views of dreams but, though some object, states that lucid dreaming (in which the dreamer is conscious & in control) is of great spiritual as well as psychological value.He states, despite some Buddhist authors, p. 12: "how greatly dream is valued in Tibetan culture & in the B�n religion, & how information from the unconscious is often of greater value than the information the conscious mind can provide."He provides a sensitive, balanced, non-extremist perspective-pp. 25-6: "Cultural ignorance is developed & preserved in traditions...If we are not careful, the teachings can be made to support our ignorance" & p. 94: "It can be healthy to give up worldly life & become a monk or a nun or it can be an unhealthy attempt to escape difficult experiences through suppression & avoidance."He provides explanations easily understood by western practitioners using modern analogies e.g. saying that mind can be like a computer with 2 windows open at once.Since scientists have shown that waking visualization can increase task performance, he logically extrapolates that to lucid dreaming as well.His approach is pragmatic & transportable to the West-e.g. p. 206: "Continue learning & receiving teachings, but develop a deep enough understanding that you can take from them what supports you."He also perceptively observes that awake practice of emptiness/Rigpa/mindfulness parallels lucid dreaming-i.e. viewing the awake state as a dream is analogous to lucid (conscious) dreaming-a yab-yum or yin-yang relationship & relates these yogas' spiritual aspects.This may be the best adaptation of traditional B�n/Buddhist works/methods to the West I've seen (see Traleg Kyabgon's "Mind at Ease" for a Mahamudra one).He recognizes that p. 41: "The concept of self-hatred is alien to Tibetans who do not have words to describe it" & compensates for cultural as well as terminological differences (p. 200: "According to B�n-Buddhism, the conventional self does exist.Otherwise no one would create karma, suffer, & find liberation.It is the inherent self that does not exist.Lack of an inherent self means that there is no core discrete entity that is unchanging through time").In short, it's a most valuable contribution to both spiritual realization & East-West understanding.His advice that p. 137: "Maybe we should write a sentence on our toothbrush, `after this, wash your mind" has, IMHO, universal application.This book is HIGHLY recommended-as are his other works.

great book to start
We spend a third of our lives sleeping, with our consciousness totally 'lost' while the physical body rests.
An excellent resource for the engaged dreamer
This is one of the best books on dreaming I've ever read. As a non-mystic and skeptical Buddhist, I found that some aspects of the Boen school's teachings (and sections of this book) to be a bit too mystical, but overall the philosophy of the book was generally pretty sound. The exercises he suggests are somewhat more helpful, I might argue, than the ones suggested by Stephen LaBerge in EXPLORING THE WORLD OF LUCID DREAMING. Ultimately, anyone interested in lucid dreaming, or using dreams to benefit his or her own waking life, ought to own, read, and re-read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bon (Tibetan religion)    2. Bonpo (Sect)    3. Buddhism - General    4. Dreams    5. Religion    6. Religion - World Religions    7. Religious aspects    8. Sleep    9. Yoga    10. Yoga (Bonpo)    11. Religion / General    12. Tibetan Buddhism    13. Yoga for exercise   

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A wonderful book!!!

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Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Cabala    3. Dreams    4. Judaism - Kabbalah & Mysticism    5. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    6. Religion    7. Spiritualism - General    8. Stress Management    9. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams    10. Coping with stress    11. Kabbalah & hermetic thought   

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Finally entered my Dream
This very excellent book finally manifested in my reality dream at the most appropriate point in my life, for which I'm grateful.
Everyone should read this book
I would strongly encourage anyone who has even a remote intrest in psychology, biology, biochemistry, asian philosophy, art (of any kind), literature, history, hallucinogens, dreaming (of course)...
Dream fuel
I love this book. It has so much in it, covering lucid dreaming across many different cultures. It also features some great artwork.
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A good book for people wanting to learn "astral travel"
A nice read for those interested in learning what some call "astral travel"-Though in my opinion its a slim chance for you to learn any hidden technique from this book other then how to be a bit more aware and more polite with people around you-If astral travel exist at all that is.
Hmmm...
This nine-chapter book is the companion material to a free online course, purporting to teach astral projection to beginners in only nine weeks. It also covers "negative entities" and "conjurations" to counter these boogey-men. Hmmm...
A book giving real opportunites to explore
I have read a lot of books before that, interesting books with fascinating stories, nice wording, mysterious things and hundreds of practices. But apart from misleading me (for some of them), they lacked an organized way of helping people achieve the goal of verifying the astral plane. This book, accompanied by the courses and the great help of the instructors teaching this course, helped me to verify by myself things that I have read before only in stories.
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Subjects:  1. Astral projection    2. Body, Mind & Spirit    3. Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams    4. Body, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / Out-of-Body Experience    5. Dreams    6. New Age    7. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    8. Parapsychology - Out-of-Body Experience    9. Spirituality - General    10. Body, Mind & Spirit / General    11. Metaphysical Phenomena - Astral Projection    12. Mind, body, spirit: disciplines & techniques    13. New Age / Parapsychology   

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A Terrific How-To Guide
This book begins with a history of how lodges came into being, which is interesting in and of itself. It then discusses the pros and cons of being in a lodge. It also covers all the nuts and bolts of what goes into a lodge and lodge work.
How To Form Western Esoteric Group
Finally a decent book on forming a group in a modern, esoteric, manner. Prior to this book, there hasn't been much on the structuring of a formal magical lodge/order outside of a few Wiccan Circle types of books. The closest I've come across is the late William G. Gray's "Inner Temple Magic" and that had more to do with WHAT to do while in a magical order than it did about forming one.
Great information, but bring salt.
Greer does a great service to the occult community with this book.Some of the best parts of this book deal with the drudgework and mundane aspects of lodge management -- creating the ritual, handling the legal aspects of creating a lodge, and maintaining the lodge on the administrative end.However, when he starts getting into the inner parts of lodgework, he tends to pass off his own personal (or his tradition's) theories and ideas as fact.It's a great deal of good information to ponder, but shouldn't necessarily be taken literally.Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Christianity - Ritual & Practice    3. Friendly societies    4. Magic    5. Magick Studies    6. New Age    7. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    8. Rosicrucianism    9. Spirituality - General    10. Body, Mind & Spirit / Magick Studies    11. Occultism & quasi-religious beliefs   

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Probably the easiest and most powerful of all the dream books I've looked at!
I studied with Betty for years...
The best dream interpretation book available.
"There are no bad dreams, just bad interpretations." Betty Bethards takes that approach to interpreting dreams. Dreams are our knowing place. Not to be feared, but to direct us. I love her approach. I have purchased this book at least 5 times for friends and family. They all love it too.

A good introduction to the meaning of dreams
Simply written, this book is a valuable tool for starting to understand your dreams and use them to gain insight into yourself as well as what may be bothering you. ... Read more

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Not a 30 Day Program
For one I don't ussually give online blog reviews, especially book reviews. However, I have become extremely intrigued and obssessed with lucid dreams. This book is the prequel to my obsession. After I had my first lucid dream by accident, which by coincidence is actually the strongest lucid dream I ever had to date, I decided I needed to look into this. When researching online this 30 day program is ONE of the things I saw first, and non-coincedently caught my eye the most.
Excellent Book
I only ever read half of this book and about a week after I put it down I began to have lucid dreams by using some of the suggested techniques it described. On average i'll get a lucid dream each week, one technique in this book that worked instantly for me was the abililty to recall dreams by keeping a dream journal by your bedside.
A waste of time and money...
Some of the exercises in this book are so rediculous, I actually wondered if the whole thing was meant as a joke at the buyer's expense.
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Many Explanations
I am always interested in any book that reveals the meaning of our dreams. To me, dreams are important and tell us little secrets so I was excited to have another book about them.
Ok...but not great...
I don't know if it's the poor organization or formatting in this book that is worse. First, it's very hard to find the main headings on any given page.Next, there is a "listing" at the back that most people will think is an index (I did anyway), and it's really not.For example, in this section at the back, you don't find the word, "Wedding."However, if you go to the "W" section of the book contents, there is a heading for Wedding.So far, of the 20 or so dreams we've looked up, we've only been able to find 2 that we could interpret.I have had much better luck using online dream interpretation software.I would not buy this book.Good thing I got it as a gift.

Pretty good.
This dream dictionary is pretty good. It has most general dreams in it, but of course some dreams are not in there. When you can find your dream, however, it is very helpful and quite interesting. However when you cannot it is frustrating and annoying. Overall it's a good thing to keep by your bed for when you wake up, but don't expect it to have everything. ... Read more

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Excels, Despite It's Cultural and Dated Prejudice
What others below this review have stated regarding cultural bias and archaic science is true. However, we should always wear our ethno-culturocentric colored glasses when reading anything over fifty years old. Dion Fortune is an excellent writer, nonetheless, and her numbered paragraphs system makes each paragraph worth digesting on its own. Compare her writing to MacGregor Mather's "Kabbalah Unveiled" or the pedantic A.E. Waite's "Holy Kabbalah"...is it their Kabbalah that is difficult, or is it their language that makes them unnecessarily difficult reads? Ditto the reviewer who said this book has changed the way she approaches her study of Qabalah. The Mystical Qabalah is pleasurable and prerequisite. Another practical companion, a close second in readability would be Will Parfit's little primer, "The Elements of the Qabalah".
Great, Classic but Difficult to Read and Archaic
This book is a classic work on the magical qabalah which is a must-read for all students of Western Mystery Magick.
WOW.
Best book I've ever read. Seriously. Buy this. I am a Kabbalist and this is what shifted how I work with Kabbalah and the astral in general.
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Sweet Dreams
Interested in learning how we dream or what our dreams mean?Do our dreams have a deeper meaning?If you're curious in answering any of these questions, you'll enjoy this book. Impressive
I've experienced the outcomes to her interpretations in this book and feel they're like premo