Dream Spells [Hardcover]

Claire Nahmad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 12, 1999

The world of dreams is one that has captivated both amateurs and professionals alike for millennia. Claire Nahmad, a Yorkshire wisewoman, draws on the notebooks and manuscripts of her great-grandmother who was a genuine white witch, to explore and offer interpretations on this fascinating realm. In the course of the book, Claire examines different types of dreams, how they can be used as a form of therapy, and how the dreamer may use them to divine the future and visit other worlds. She also gives advice on nightmares and how to deal with them using certain magical tools such as the lantern, the staff, the jewel and the rose. The dreamer can also enlist the help and protection of a spirit or an angelic guide to steer a course through these strange and confused realms. Finally, Claire gives a list of recurring symbols which help interpret dreams, such as the distorted face, the clinging animal, the mermaid, the dwarf, the dragon, the dark pool and the stairway.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (April 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517161249
• ISBN-13: 978-0517161241
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,972,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and quaint, September 17, 2000

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Kelly (Fantasy Literature) (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Spells (Hardcover)

In this book, Claire Nahmad transports us to a lovely dreamland with a distinctly Victorian flavor.

This book's style may not appeal to everyone, but it certainly got me into the "dreamy" mood Nahmad was trying to evoke, with beautiful writing and great ideas for how to understand your dreamlife. I liked that she only spent a small part of the book explaining the meanings of certain symbols; most dream books are dictionaries of meanings that may or may not be true, depending on the person doing the dreaming. There is no one meaning for a symbol that is true for everyone. Nahmad encourages you to interpret the symbols for yourself--since no one else can know your own psyche as well as you.

There are also several spells in the book, all of which are beautifully written and evocative. There is a spell to ask for a dream to illuminate your situation; a spell to heal a friend on the dream plane; a spell to protect yourself from incubi and succubi. The most valuable (and simplest) of the spells, perhaps, she calls the King Solomon and Queen of Sheba Spell; it is designed to get your subconscious mind and conscious mind working together.

My only gripe is that this book is too short!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and quaint, September 17, 2000

By 

Kelly (Fantasy Literature) (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Dream Spells (Hardcover)

In this book, Claire Nahmad transports us to a lovely dreamland with a distinctly Victorian flavor.

This book's style may not appeal to everyone, but it certainly got me into the "dreamy" mood Nahmad was trying to evoke, with beautiful writing and great ideas for how to understand your dreamlife. I liked that she only spent a small part of the book explaining the meanings of certain symbols; most dream books are dictionaries of meanings that may or may not be true, depending on the person doing the dreaming. There is no one meaning for a symbol that is true for everyone. Nahmad encourages you to interpret the symbols for yourself--since no one else can know your own psyche as well as you.

There are also several spells in the book, all of which are beautifully written and evocative. There is a spell to ask for a dream to illuminate your situation; a spell to heal a friend on the dream plane; a spell to protect yourself from incubi and succubi. The most valuable (and simplest) of the spells, perhaps, she calls the King Solomon and Queen of Sheba Spell; it is designed to get your subconscious mind and conscious mind working together.

My only gripe is that this book is too short!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a fascinating find...., April 21, 2006

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Rashchupkina (Off left in center.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dream Spells (Hardcover)

The prose in this tiny tome is lyrical and transports you to a twilight land of magic. I love to just read and contemplate the images and words flowing. It is beautifully done and crafted. The spells are pure poetry.....