The authors of The Medicine Wheel explore different views of dreamtime, both historic and contemporary, to provide an explanation of the dream-interpretation principles of the Native American medicine wheel--and a new framework for working with dreams. Line drawings.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Many helpful techniques for remembering dreams,
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This review is from: Dreaming With the Wheel: How to Interpret Your Dreams Using the Medicine Wheel (Paperback)
This is one of the most comprehensive and easily accessible books I've read on techniques for remembering dreams and categorizing their importance. I liked it so much I'm buying my own copy! I'll use it extensively as an ongoing workbook.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Okay book on dreams/visions,
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This review is from: Dreaming With the Wheel: How to Interpret Your Dreams Using the Medicine Wheel (Paperback)
Keep in mind this book relies heavily on Native American imagery and practices, at least the ones of Sun Bear. I appreciated that at the back of the book there is an appendix with the exercises and methods suggested in the book so readers can find them easily. Techniques are simple and samples of techniques covered are having good dreams, purifying a person or space, cleansing (using water, salt, sound, prayer) meditation to remember your dreams, modifying your sleep pattern, making a dream pillow, working with nightmares, using an object to dream with such as a crystal, protecting your dream space, and mini-walkabout. I felt a drawback was that Sun Bear had a chapter entitled A Dream Language of the Earth which was a glossary or compendium of symbols or images, the meanings of which are based on his native culture. Sun Bear advises the reader to read this chapter before dreaming and incorporate it into the reader's dreaming. I feel dream symbols or images come through the veil of who we are, our culture, personality, understanding, etc. It is for the dreamer to determine what the vision encountered within a dream so I have to take exception to his method of dreaming as it seems forced. Also by trying to use set images and meanings the dreamer may restrict the dream and may miss other meanings of the vision. The dreamer should form the intent for the dream and simply let it flow. The exercises are simple and I have seen similar in other books, but the reader will not find it taxing to follow his suggestions. It was not a great read, but overall it was fine.
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mineral totem, dream council, dream circle, transcendent meaning, plant totem, shamanic dream, sacred web, talking stick, blue camas, four shields, holographic plate, dreaming process, dream pillow, thunder beings, remembering dreams, dream language, medicine dreams, earth connection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Medicine Wheel, Sun Bear, Spirit Path, United States, Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, Spirit Keeper of the East, Freeze Up Moon, Frog Clan, Ripe Berries Moon, Ducks Fly Moon, Earth Renewal Moon, Harvest Moon, Spirit Keeper of the West, Strong Sun Moon, Thunderbird Clan, Big Winds Moon, Cornplanting Moon, Long Snows Moon, North America, Turtle Clan, White Buffalo Woman, Budding Trees Moon, Frogs Return Moon, Native American New!
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mineral totem, dream council, dream circle, transcendent meaning, plant totem, shamanic dream, sacred web, talking stick, blue camas, four shields, holographic plate, dreaming process, dream pillow, thunder beings, remembering dreams, dream language, medicine dreams, earth connection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Medicine Wheel, Sun Bear, Spirit Path, United States, Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, Spirit Keeper of the East, Freeze Up Moon, Frog Clan, Ripe Berries Moon, Ducks Fly Moon, Earth Renewal Moon, Harvest Moon, Spirit Keeper of the West, Strong Sun Moon, Thunderbird Clan, Big Winds Moon, Cornplanting Moon, Long Snows Moon, North America, Turtle Clan, White Buffalo Woman, Budding Trees Moon, Frogs Return Moon, Native American New!
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