Dream Language: Self-understanding Through Imagery and Color [Paperback]

Robert J. Hoss (Author), David Feinstein (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2005

Featuring a unique new dreamwork approach, plus original work on color in dreams, this book holds interest for professionals, students, plus anyone interested in dreams, self-help, or the psychological meaning of color. It offers a fast, easy method for relating dreams to waking life situations, which can be used in personal, professional and group dreamwork. By teaching people to speak the dream language of color and imagery, they discover: the  6 magic questions that reveal their inner beliefs & conflicts; the power of dream color to reveal their hidden feelings; a new way to use dreams to transform their life; how the dreaming brain creates a language of its own; how dream language is an expression of waking life. With contributions from over 16 dream experts, the book covers a range of topics from paranormal and spiritual dreams to nightmares to dream healing, and contains unique self-help exercises for working with dreams. It is the first major work on color in dreams, the first book to map the neurobiology of the sleeping brain to the dream language of imagery and color, and contains the first original research on color in dreams.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Hoss is among a growing group of researchers who...are beginning to decipher the secrets hidden in our dreams. (Feb. 2006) ----Readers Digest, Dare to Dream by Michael J. Weiss

An enormous contribution to the field of dream science. I commend you for connecting dream language to brain processes. -- David Kahn, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Clear, user-friendly, accessible to the beginner of great interest to experienced clinicians or dreamworkers. A unique, valuable book, highly recommended. -- --Dreamtime, review by Richard Russo, Ed. (December, 2005)

Interactive and comprehensive, useful for the general reader and for the clinician, immensely practical and at the cutting edge scientifically. -- David Feinstein, Ph.D., author of The Mythic Path, Energy Psychology Interactive and The Promise of Energy Psychology (w/Donna Eden & Gary Craig)

This remarkable book has it all from dream psychology and neuroscience, to a user-friendly approach to working with dreams. -- Stanley Krippner, PhD, Psych. Professor Saybrook University, co-author Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them

With his six magic questions, we were unerringly led to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! -- -- --Rita Dwyer, 1999 President International Association for the Study of Dreams, Founder of the Metro D.C. Dream Community

From the Back Cover

Don't Miss The Message, Simply Because You Don't Understand the Language! In it's own language, your dreaming mind brings messages from deep inside, to help you move more easily through life.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Innersource (October 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972520716
• ISBN-13: 978-0972520713
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full Spectrum of Support for Dream Language, March 10, 2006

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Richard Wilkerson "Richard Wilkerson" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Language: Self-understanding Through Imagery and Color (Paperback)

Dream Language is really a gem among dreamwork and dream science books, combining empirical science and the art of contemporary interpretation.

Typically I find most books on dreams will focus on the science without any relation to what makes a dream meaningful to me, or they focus on a dream interpretation technique without ever saying what the technique is based on.

Robert Hoss finally puts the two together.

I deeply appreciated the easy-to-understand explanations of complex brain science and the way Hoss shows how these studies are relevant to how and why we dream. I have never seen anywhere a book that pulls together the research on color, vision and dream imagery. Hoss goes on to use this research and neurobiology to develop a clear explanation of dreams, without explaining them away. This research then forms a ground for an emotional language that be read in our dreams.

The whole notion that limbic system assigns feelings to sensory input is fascinating in itself, and could be it's own stand along book. Hoss' research goes further to look at how specific colors are assigned, and how these colors show up in dreams. That these colors are produced by a different part of the brain than other imagery should be an eye-opener to dreamworkers and others interpreting the meaning of dreams. As Carl Jung and other deeply symbolic dreamwork believed, these colors modulate the dream and provide a doorway into a deeper and more profound relationship with the self and others. Also, our responses to these colors are something we all share as human beings. To some degree they are universal, though personal and cultural influences are acknowledged.

Dream Language is not, however, a dream dictionary where one can simple look up the colors and images in one's dreams to get the meaning. Hoss understands and provides
solid dreamwork in the book, involving understanding the dream in context with one's waking life, and allowing the dream to reveal underlying emotions, conflicts and beliefs in a safe manner. Several approaches and suggested procedures for both individual and group dreamwork are included.

It is really great to find a way to read the language of a dream that is based on real research and years of practiced dreamwork.

- Richard Wilkerson
Editor, Electric Dreams

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic approach to dreams that are specific to the individual, December 24, 2006

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Vicki Broman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Language: Self-understanding Through Imagery and Color (Paperback)

Bob Hoss has captured a methodology that personalizes dream interpretation. By answering just a few questions about your dream, he has the reader do their own interpretation-- no more "one size fits all" for dream works. This book is a must if you are serious in interpreting your dreams. I have read numerous books on dreams, but this is by far the best and most personlized Dream Language. The approach is easy, and will benefit you in your daily life if you use it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, September 26, 2007

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This review is from: Dream Language: Self-understanding Through Imagery and Color (Paperback)

Bob Hoss has shared his experience and knowledge in the world of dreams and offers the reader an introduction to dreams in a personal and professional way. The book is an intriguing and instructive guide, offering many exercises to uncover the meaning of dreams.
Hoss is an expert in color in dreams and shares insightful and helpful information with us re: that area of dream study.
I liked it so much that I now require my students to read it as part of their course of study. The students enjoyed their journey through the book, as well, and recommended it for the next class of students.
J. Lasley, Director
Institute for Dream Studies