Ask the Dream Doctor: An A-Z Guide to Deciphering the Hidden Symbols of Your Dreams - With More than 160 Actual Dreams and Their Interpretations! [Paperback]

Charles McPhee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 2002

From Airplanes To Weddings, What Do Your Dream Symbols Really Mean?

How many times have you awakened from an emotional dream convinced of its significance yet baffled by its practical meaning in your everyday life? In this remarkable book, dream doctor Charles Lambert McPhee, founder of the celebrated website askthedreamdoctor.com, helps you unlock the hidden meaning in your dreams and transform your waking life. Drawing on hundreds of thousands of dreams sent to his website, he provides expert interpretations based on years of expertise and experience. Alphabetized for easy reference, filled with more than 160 real-life dreams from people around the world, Ask the Dream Doctor will help you unravel many common dream symbols, including:

• Airplane Crash. . . Are your dreams precognitive? Are they warnings?

• Car . . . Are you driving your own car [symbol of self]--or allowing someone else to drive it? Is the car in your dream "out of control"?

• Chase Nightmares . . .What disturbing feelings are you trying to avoid? Are you procrastinating making a big decision?

• House . . . What is your “dream” house like? It may reveal more about your true self than anything in your waking life.

• Sex . . .It’s not always about the obvious. Discover what underlies one of the most common metaphors of all.

• Tornado . . . Are you in an intense emotional or family conflict? Your dreams may be waking you up to something you haven’t recognized.

• Water . . . Learn about the kind of dream that alerts you to see a sleep doctor immediately!

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From Airplanes To Weddings, What Do Your Dream Symbols Really Mean?

How many times have you awakened from an emotional dream convinced of its significance yet baffled by its practical meaning in your everyday life? In this remarkable book, dream doctor Charles Lambert McPhee, founder of the celebrated website askthedreamdoctor.com, helps you unlock the hidden meaning in your dreams and transform your waking life. Drawing on hundreds of thousands of dreams sent to his website, he provides expert interpretations based on years of expertise and experience. Alphabetized for easy reference, filled with more than 160 real-life dreams from people around the world, Ask the Dream Doctor will help you unravel many common dream symbols, including:

? Airplane Crash. . . Are your dreams precognitive? Are they warnings?

? Car . . . Are you driving your own car [symbol of self]--or allowing someone else to drive it? Is the car in your dream "out of control"?

? Chase Nightmares . . .What disturbing feelings are you trying to avoid? Are you procrastinating making a big decision?

? House . . . What is your ?dream? house like? It may reveal more about your true self than anything in your waking life.

? Sex . . .It?s not always about the obvious. Discover what underlies one of the most common metaphors of all.

? Tornado . . . Are you in an intense emotional or family conflict? Your dreams may be waking you up to something you haven?t recognized.

? Water . . . Learn about the kind of dream that alerts you to see a sleep doctor immediately!

About the Author

Charles Lambert McPhee is the former director of the Sleep Apnea Patient Treatment Program at the Sleep Disorders Center of Santa Barbara, California. He is also the author of Stop Sleeping Through Your Dreams and founder and president of Ask the Dream Doctor. His radio show, The Dream Doctor, airs nightly in Santa Barbara.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Dell (June 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440509262
• ISBN-13: 978-0440509264
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #702,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Heidi's Review, August 14, 2004

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This review is from: Ask the Dream Doctor: An A-Z Guide to Deciphering the Hidden Symbols of Your Dreams - With More than 160 Actual Dreams and Their Interpretations! (Paperback)

I didn't know what to expect when I purchased this book. I thought it was going to be a "dictionary". There was a lot more to this book. McPhee had examples of dreams from his radio show and website. This book made me realize that dreams can be easily interpreted yourself, that you don't need any other kind of dream dictionary book. Every other dream dictionary book I've read said if the dreams were warnings and acted as if dreams are premonitions. However, this book is different, it's more down to earth and fascinating. A great tool if you want to understand your deepest or not so deep dreams!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Dream Doctor Review, July 21, 2003

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DENISE TAYLOR (WEST JORDAN, UTAH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ask the Dream Doctor: An A-Z Guide to Deciphering the Hidden Symbols of Your Dreams - With More than 160 Actual Dreams and Their Interpretations! (Paperback)

I have been interested in dreams for a long time and have bought many dream books. I love Charles Mcphee's book Ask The Dream Doctor because he has collected a good variety of dreams and interpreted them so anyone can understand them. He also gives a good, all around meaning of each symbol before each dream topic. The book is also very easy to read.

I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn more about dream interpretation!

He also does radio shows where people call in with their dreams and get them interpreted - if you have a chance to listen, they are really fun and informative!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book I have ever Read, August 14, 2002

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Nicole (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ask the Dream Doctor: An A-Z Guide to Deciphering the Hidden Symbols of Your Dreams - With More than 160 Actual Dreams and Their Interpretations! (Paperback)

I loved this book... I bought it last night and stayed up ALL
night reading it. I hope that Mr McPhee will come out with more
because I must say, I have never read a book like this and I have a lot, I mean a lot of Dream Interpretation books & dictionaries. I wanted to study dreams when I was going to college but I never got around to it.

Not only is this book amazing but the radio show he has is excellent. You can listen to older scenarios and everything.
is where to find him.

Thank you for making such a great book Charles Lambert McPhee