The Art of Spiritual Dreaming [Paperback]

Harold Klemp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 14, 2010

Your life is the canvas. You are the artist. A great life is like a great masterpiece, and your dreams hold the secret to creating a masterpiece.

Your dreams are real. Learning to see and use the wisdom you receive from your dreams is an art. Discover your own greatness. Discover how to paint a greater, more fulfilling life for yourself using the 52 tips and techniques in The Art of Spiritual Dreaming.

The great Frech Renaissance thinker Montaigne wrote, "Dreams are faithful interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand them."

Throughout the ages, dreams were held in high regard. Prophets like Moses and dream interpreters like Jacob held the fate of nations in their hands. Today, Harold Klemp is recognized as one of the foremost advocates of spiritual dreaming in the world.

Solomon once said that there is no new thing under the sun. Harold Klemp shows there is something beyond the sun.

Learn how dreams can help you gain insights from the past and future, grow in confidence, heal yourself spiritually, and make decisions about your career and finances. Create your masterpiece!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Harold Klemp's book, The Art of Spiritual Dreaming, leads the way to our exploring the full potential of dreams. -- Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., author, Love is Letting Go of Fear and Forgiveness, the Greatest Healer of All

Harold Klemp's new book is a definitive work. It offers the best tips on interpreting spiritual dreams I've ever read. This book is a knockout! -- Arielle Ford, author, More Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul

Harold Klemp...leading authority on the spiritual nature of dreams. -- Body Mind Spirit magazine

Some dreams create, some dreams heal, some dreams initiate; this remarkable book encompasses them all. --Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., coauthor, The Mythic Path

About the Author

In 1981, American-born Harold Klemp became the spiritual leader of Eckankar. Known as a pioneer of today's focus on "everyday spirituality," he speaks at Eckankar seminars around the world. From North America and Europe to Australia and the Pacific Rim, he shares the timesless truth of Eckankar. His teachings uplift all. They help people recognize the power of their own intimate experiences with God. He writes extensively, adding new titles to his more than thirty published works to date.

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: Eckankar (April 14, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570431493
• ISBN-13: 978-1570431494
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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49 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lowering the Volume, February 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Art of Spiritual Dreaming (Paperback)

I had heard some good things about this book from people I know personally. But when I read some of the reviews posted on Amazon.com, I hesitated. At least two of the reviewers gave it one star and said AWFUL things about it and the author, whose other work they seemed to know and also hated. But they seemed focused on trashing, and I wondered if they had an ax to grind. (Why, one asks oneself, if they hated this author so much already, would they have bought and read this book at all?) Then there were one or two other reviews that gave 5 stars and rhapsodized on about the author and his background--almost as if they were personal friends of his. Then others of the reviews seemed non-hysterical and at least favorable. I wondered what all the commotion was about. Now that I've read the book myself, I can report that I have quite a favorable impression. No, this is not a scientifically structured book by dream researchers, which seemed to be one of the big objections of the outraged trashers. Instead, I'd say it's a bit more like "Conversations With God," or the works of Marianne Williamson, only with a dream orientation. If you're basically uncomfortable with the idea that God (or Spirit) exists and can speak to us or guide us, however subtly, through dreams, you may hate this book--because that is its unabashed premise. But if that idea is something you already believe and trust and are OK with, you may very well come to love this book and find in it a great deal of wisdom for self-development. Each chapter is broken down into a lot of subheadings that I found very easy to browse. And, there are many, MANY examples of ways that dreams can be interpreted intuitively to provide answers to problems and aid in personal spiritual growth. Scientific or not, this book had an authentic and honest feel to it in talking about dreams. I love dreams and dream study, and so did this author. I have strongly recommended it to friends who are interested in exploring dreams from a spiritual perspective.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreams are the forgotten road to heaven., January 25, 2000

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Joe Federico (Custer, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Spiritual Dreaming (Paperback)

Harold Klemp's book explains that dreams are your gateway to the inner worlds. He than shares over 50 tips and spiritual exercises to show you how to understand, remember and use your dreams. If you follow the guidlines in the book, they do work. I told my cousin about the book who could almost never remember dreams and he was amazed that he started having vivid dream recall with a direct connection to everyday life. This is the best dream book out there! It gives you specific information on how to remember your dreams and actually do dream travel or soul travel. It is one of the best books I have ever read. I keep it by my bed and do a spiritual exercise before going to sleep. It is truly an adventure!

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The focus is on SPIRITUAL, January 29, 2000

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James Davis (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Spiritual Dreaming (Paperback)

I helped compile The Art of Spiritual Dreaming for the author Harold Klemp from his many talks and writings on the subject. My primary motive was to fill a certain gap in the public literature on dreams - that gap being represented by the word SPIRITUAL in the book's title. There are many books devoted to the interpretation of dreams, to dream work, to experimental research on dreams, to lucid dreaming, and so forth. Many are excellent. But they fall short on the subject of SPIRITUAL dreaming. Klemp's book is based on the premise that dreams are a portal into higher planes of reality, into the spiritual worlds. The book starts right off with the theme that the soul can and does leave the body during sleep, just as it will do permanently one day at the time of death. In these days where accounts of Near Death Experiences are commonplace, the idea of the soul leaving the body to visit higher worlds is a familiar idea to most people. Klemp elaborates on this theme, exploring the wondrous possibilities which this opens up for the dreamer: Meeting others in the dream state, including those who have passed over to the other side; Getting healings in dreams; Being taught by spiritual guides who know how to operate in the dream state; Exploring past lives or future events in your dreams; Finding enlightenment and profound divine love in dreams, and so forth. And all of this is presented with numerous first hand accounts to show how ordinary people are experiencing the joy of spiritual dreams. Stanley Krippner, Ph.D, one of the most respected dream researchers alive today, says in his endorsement of this book, "Some dreams create, some dreams heal, some dreams initiate; this remarkable book encompasses them all." Before I decided to compile this book, I personally read over 200 dream books ranging from trash to the very best out there. Except for an occasional historical reference or speculative chapter, these books were a starvation diet for anyone seeking the real meat of spiritual dreaming. Harold Klemp is the leader of ECKANKAR, a religious teaching which greatly values spiritual dreams. He presents dreams within the context of the ECKANKAR teachings, for these teachings illuminate much that is left unexplored elsewhere. His straight-forward and forthright presentation on the reality of spiritual dreams is not for everyone. Nor is his direct, folksy style. It will appear too simple for those looking for a complex psychological perspective. It will annoy a few readers that Klemp treats his subject in the context of a religious teaching. But for those who sense or know that dreams are the doorway into the heavenly worlds, this book will be a godsend.