A fascinating strand of the human potential movement of the 1960s involved the dream mystique of a previously unknown Malaysian tribe, the Senoi, first brought to the attention of the Western world by adventurer-anthropologist-psychologist Kilton Stewart. Exploring the origin, attraction, and efficacy of the Senoi ideas, G. William Domhoff also investigates current research on dreams and concludes that the story of Senoi dream theory tells us more about certain aspects of American culture than it does about this distant tribe. In analyzing its mystical appeal, he comes to some unexpected conclusions about American spirituality and practicality.
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"Domhoff's volume is a readable, intriguing, detectivelike story that conveys an object lesson in how this fantasy [the belief that 'human nature is malleable and perfectible'] can lead one to a significant distortion or misrepresentation of reality. . . . Fascinating." -- David L. Wolitzky, Contemporary Psychology
"If Domhoff's book convinces dreamworkers of the arbitrariness of all theories and methods, it will have done the whole dream world a service." -- Ann Faraday, Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter
"If Domhoff's book convinces dreamworkers of the arbitrariness of all theories and methods, it will have done the whole dream world a service." -- Ann Faraday, Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter
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"I read this charming book with great interest and admiration. It is lively, clear and wise."--J. Allen Hobson, Harvard Medical School
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Everywhere we turn, the strange and sometimes frightening picture stories of the night called dreams are seen as somehow significant, as somehow meaningful. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pleasurable dreams, hypnotic dreams, dream control, new mystique, dream theory, dream sharing, dream recall, dream groups, dream content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Kilton Stewart, The Mystery, Pat Noone, United States, Royal Anthropological Institute, University of Utah, Calvin Hall, Dorothy Nyswander, Otto Rank, University of California, Big Sur, Claudia Parsons, Esalen Institute, London School of Economics, West Malaysia New!
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Everywhere we turn, the strange and sometimes frightening picture stories of the night called dreams are seen as somehow significant, as somehow meaningful. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pleasurable dreams, hypnotic dreams, dream control, new mystique, dream theory, dream sharing, dream recall, dream groups, dream content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Kilton Stewart, The Mystery, Pat Noone, United States, Royal Anthropological Institute, University of Utah, Calvin Hall, Dorothy Nyswander, Otto Rank, University of California, Big Sur, Claudia Parsons, Esalen Institute, London School of Economics, West Malaysia New!
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- The Dream Game by Ann Faraday on page 6, page 73, and Back Matter
- Creative Dreaming by Patricia Garfield Ph.D. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Individual and His Dreams by Calvin S. Hall in Back Matter
- Lucid Dreaming (Book & CD) by Stephen LaBerge in Back Matter
- Otto Rank by Esther Menaker in Back Matter
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- The Dimensions of Dreams: The Nature, Function and Interpretation of Dreams by Ole Vedfelt on page 323
- Lucid Dreams in 30 Days, Second Edition: The Creative Sleep Program by Keith Harary in Back Matter
- Buddhism and Science by B. Alan Wallace on page 255
- Dreams and History: The Interpretation of Dreams from Ancient Greece to Modern Psychoanalysis by Daniel Pick on page 52
- An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming by Kelly Bulkeley in Back Matter
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