A good dream book is hard to find. This is the lesson I’ve been learning since this summer. Already fascinated by the idea of dream interpretation, seeing Christopher Nolan’s Inception and having it blow my mind proved to be the starting gun on my dream research. But I soon found that I would have to wade through volumes of repetitive dream interpretation dictionaries and cheezy dream journals; not what i was hoping for. Unhappy with the market’s selection, I was pleased to meet Gillian Holloway’s The Complete Book of Dreams. Having sections specifically on dream symbols and interpretation, she also provides insights on other aspects of the dreaming process, including its evolutionary purpose and how we can use this subconscious state to connect with others’ dreaming patterns.
This read, engaging from cover to cover, has helped push-back my bedtime for months.. I’ve often woken from a night’s sleep totally exhausted and for years, thought there was nothing I could do about it. Having a history of lucid dreams and nightmares, this book has helped me understand the connection between these experiences, and that I can cultivate a voice in my dreaming life as much as in my waking life. Learning the brain’s involvement in connecting these two realities has allowed me to understand the power i can actually hold. Holloway writes, “There is nothing more taboo than owning your own power, and in a variety of amazing ways, anxiety dreams can be part of this passage.” -Peyton
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