The secret history of dreaming /
Moss, Robert
The secret history of dreaming / Robert Moss. - Novato, Calif : New World Library, 2009. - xxi, 329 p.: 24 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
Introduction: fields of dreaming -- Secret engines of history -- Earth speakers and dream travelers -- Interpreters and diviners -- Divine dreaming -- The angel that troubles the waters -- From the dream library -- How dreaming gets us through -- Masters of the three "only" things -- Joan of Arc and the tree-seers -- The beautiful dream spy of Madrid -- The underground railroad of dreams -- Mark Twain`s rhyming life -- The man who blew things up -- Winston Churchill`s time machines -- Epilogue: the future history of dreaming.
Book : EnglishView all editions and formats Summary: "In this wide-ranging, visionary book, Moss creates a new way to explore history and consciousness, combining the story-telling skills of a bestselling novelist with the research acumen of a scholar of ancient history and the personal experience of an active dreamer. With elequent prose, Moss describes beautiful Lucrecia de Leo?n, whose dreams were prized by poweful men in Madrid and then recorded during the Spanish Inquisition, as well as the fascinating dream correspondence between Carl Jung and Wolfgang Pauli. Building on the foundation of decades of original scholarship, Moss explores the past yet also reveals lessons that can help us create a better future" --Cover, p. 2.
English
978-1-5-7731638-1
Dreams--History
154.6309 M81s
The secret history of dreaming / Robert Moss. - Novato, Calif : New World Library, 2009. - xxi, 329 p.: 24 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
Introduction: fields of dreaming -- Secret engines of history -- Earth speakers and dream travelers -- Interpreters and diviners -- Divine dreaming -- The angel that troubles the waters -- From the dream library -- How dreaming gets us through -- Masters of the three "only" things -- Joan of Arc and the tree-seers -- The beautiful dream spy of Madrid -- The underground railroad of dreams -- Mark Twain`s rhyming life -- The man who blew things up -- Winston Churchill`s time machines -- Epilogue: the future history of dreaming.
Book : EnglishView all editions and formats Summary: "In this wide-ranging, visionary book, Moss creates a new way to explore history and consciousness, combining the story-telling skills of a bestselling novelist with the research acumen of a scholar of ancient history and the personal experience of an active dreamer. With elequent prose, Moss describes beautiful Lucrecia de Leo?n, whose dreams were prized by poweful men in Madrid and then recorded during the Spanish Inquisition, as well as the fascinating dream correspondence between Carl Jung and Wolfgang Pauli. Building on the foundation of decades of original scholarship, Moss explores the past yet also reveals lessons that can help us create a better future" --Cover, p. 2.
English
978-1-5-7731638-1
Dreams--History
154.6309 M81s