Book description
According to the poet Elias Canetti, "All the things one has forgotten / scream for help in dreams." To the ancient Egyptians they were prophecies, and in world folklore they have often marked visitations from the dead. For Freud they were expressions of "wish fulfillment," and for Jung, symbolic representations…
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1 author picked Trauma and Dreams as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Deidre is both a colleague and fellow member of IASD – the International Association for the Study of Dreams.
She was gracious enough to write a recommendation for my own book, and her book is one of the first to make the connection between nightmares and trauma. As a professor at Harvard University, she shares her research in this book.
From Linda's list on understanding your nightmares and dreams.
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