Book description
From Simon & Schuster, Creative Dreaming: Plan And Control Your Dreams to Develop Creativity, Overcome Fears, Solve Problems, and Create a Better Self is Patricia Garfield's definitive guide to dreaming.
Patricia Garfield presents techniques and information, drawn from many dreamers and widely varied cultures and times, that will enable you…
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1 author picked Creative Dreaming as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This ground-breaking book, written in the 1970’s, is still essential reading for anyone wishing to explore dreams as a creative resource rather than interpret them in the traditional Western psychological way. I started recalling and recording dreams in therapy nearly fifty years ago and had reached the conclusion that trying to interpret them was confusing and potentially misleading. Then I chanced on this collection of studies of different dream traditions from other parts of the world. It changed everything. If you think of dreams in a purely psychological way, this book could give you whole new perspectives.
From Jenny's list on The best books on dreams for writers who want to boost their creativity.
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