How Dreams Speak: An Interactive Journey into Your Subconscious (150+ Symbols, Illustrated and Fully Explained)

by Nicole Chilton

Overview

Unlock the mysteries!

What does it mean to dream about a doll? Perhaps your inner child needs to come out and play. Or what if you find yourself flying high above the earth? It’s your sleeping mind urging your waking mind to look to the future and think about your deepest aspirations. Richly illustrated in watercolor and with explanations and intuitive prompts throughout, How Dreams Speak is a unique visual dream interpretation guide that demystifies over 150 universal symbols and themes. With this book in hand, you’ll learn the history of dream interpretation and the science of dreaming and be guided through the practice of remembering—then untangling—your nightly adventures. Our dreams speak to us, and within these pages lies the gifts of being able to listen to what our subconscious mind is saying.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781523511440
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/17/2021
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,080,306
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Nicole Chilton is a multimedia abstract artist and writer who relies on the power of dreams to inspire creativity. She lives in Springfield, Missouri, where she teaches art journaling workshops. Her work has been featured at the Springfield Art Museum and The Creamery Arts Center, among others. Her husband and two children inspired her to begin illustrating her nightly dreams because they were tired of hearing about them.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Magic of Dreams ix

Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Dreams 1

Chapter 2 The Science of Dreams 7

Chapter 3 The Curation of Dreams 11

Chapter 4 The Variety of Dreams 15

Chapter 5 Symbols and Themes 30

Notes 155

Resources 160

Acknowledgments 161

About the Author 163

Editorial Reviews

"Gorgeously illustrated...How Dreams Speak begs to be revisited, again and again, any time readers find themselves mystified by their sleeping subconscious."—Booklist​

"An informative primer on plumbing dreams for their deeper meanings, inspirations, and possible portents of the future... Chilton deftly veers between academic theories and more mystical concepts... The casually interested or fledgling practitioner of dream interpretation will find this charming compendium a worthwhile introduction to this subject."—Library Journal

Nautilus Award Winner - Silver Medalist in Gift & Specialty
 

"Gorgeously illustrated...How Dreams Speak begs to be revisited, again and again, any time readers find themselves mystified by their sleeping subconscious."—Booklist​

"An informative primer on plumbing dreams for their deeper meanings, inspirations, and possible portents of the future... Chilton deftly veers between academic theories and more mystical concepts... The casually interested or fledgling practitioner of dream interpretation will find this charming compendium a worthwhile introduction to this subject."—Library Journal

From the Publisher

06/01/2021

Drawing on a spectrum of sources and personal experience, Chilton, an artist and leader of journaling workshops, provides an informative primer on plumbing dreams for their deeper meanings, inspirations, and possible portents of the future. The initial chapters include a brief discussion of theories proposed by sleep science and psychology to explain the reason for dreams and their implications for the psyche; there's also an interesting overview of eight basic types of dreams. Chilton deftly veers between academic theories and more mystical concepts. She gives tips for increasing the frequency and intensity of dreams, keeping a dream journal, recognizing symbols, and analyzing dream imagery. The book's tools for dream interpretation include brief guides to numerology, the esoterics of color, and metaphoric meanings of people and animals. Chilton interprets, in-depth, more than 120 major dream themes and symbols, arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced. She also supplies questions with which readers can further explore the relevance of their dreams' images, sounds, or feelings. VERDICT The casually interested or fledgling practitioner of dream interpretation will find this charming compendium a worthwhile introduction to this subject.—Janet Tapper, formerly with Univ. of Western States Lib., Portland, OR

Library Journal