‘Dreamwork Resources’ Articles

Several years ago I was at a crossroads. I liked my profession, but I desperately needed to breathe new life into what I was doing. My work had lost much of its meaning, but unfortunately the next step eluded me.

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An uninterpreted dream is like an unopened letter.

-  The Talmud

Incorporating dream work into spiritual direction, coaching or counseling is a natural way to help your clients gain access to the Divine and salient messages that dwell within and without. But if you’re not familiar with dreams and dream work methods, dream exploration can feel like strange terrain. Read the rest of this entry »

A few years ago I had a doozy of a dream. I was being chased by a lizard man through the streets of an abandoned village. Man was he scary. I ran into rickety houses, trying to hide from him, but he followed me into every single room. Eventually I had to surrender. He ate me. Then he pooped me out.

Anxiety producing? Absolutely! Read the rest of this entry »

Tornadoes. Dorothy ran from one. People chase them. They destroy everything in their path, but leave things outside of their path completely untouched.

So what do dream tornadoes represent?

Destruction and chaos? Maybe… Read the rest of this entry »

A shark bit me once. And despite the fact that it was in a dream, when I woke I could actualy feel the place where he bit into my skin. My heart was beating so fast I thought it would leap from my chest.

Dreaming of animals can be frightening, mystical, ordinary, extraoridinary. If you’ve ever dreamed of animals you might not have given them much thought unless they were doing something unusual. For instance, last night a dream cat talked to me. That’s unusual.

So what do dream animals mean? The answer isn’t simple because there is more than one approach to contemplating their relavence to our lives. Read the rest of this entry »