I woke up in the middle of the night remembering a discussion I had with Veronica, a school friend, on a bus trip sometime during my early teens. “Is time a straight line, an endless cycle of circles, or a spiral?”…
My book, The Dream Handbook, will be published by Hachette (Australia) on 30 January and by Piatkus (UK) on 22 February, so I’m getting into book launch frame of mind. If you already have my last book, Dream Alchemy, a…
How meaningful are dreams, and are some dreams more meaningful than others? If you’re a very dedicated dreamer you might be in the habit of interpreting every single dream you remember, but when you remember several dreams a night this…
In a dream the night before last, I pulled a very long hair from my nose. It was metres long, seemingly unending, and when I did finally pull it free, the pain woke me up. We’ll get to the dream…
Do you keep your dreams to yourself? Do you sometimes share them with a partner, friend, or dream therapist? Or do you share with an inner circle, a dream group, perhaps? I received an email this week asking how to…
There’s a magical beach a couple of hour’s drive away, where time stands still and gentle winds whisper profound wisdom. If the wind is salty and onshore, the magic begins the moment I step out of the car. If the…
Once upon a time, about twelve years ago, I bought new and rather edgy eyewear, quite different from the more-or-less transparent frames I had been wearing. I stepped out, expecting comments from people who knew me well. “I love your…
There’s a land somewhere between dreaming and waking that I call Doodle Dreaming. It’s rare that I find myself there, but when I do, it’s mesmerising, and I linger as long as I choose. The gate to Doodle Dreaming, for…
“I’ve had a recurring dream for 20-25 years,” said Josh, calling into a breakfast radio show last week, “and I’ve always wondered what it means.” I was talking about dreams and chatting with callers on Sarah Howell’s breakfast show on…
Have you ever had a dream where you met the divine, or touched upon a sense of life’s deepest spiritual mystery, or were filled with indescribable awe? A numinous dream is one that arouses spiritual or religious emotions, inspires deep…