Field Guide to Dreams How to Identify & Interpret the Symbols in Your Dreams

At last, a field guide to identifying and interpreting dream symbols, from falling to flying!

 

Dreams can be mysterious, exhilarating, and terrifying—but they don’t have to be confusing. With Field Guide to Dreams, you’ll unravel the hidden meanings behind these mysterious subconscious messages. For example, you may find yourself naked in front of your high school classroom during a time of great change—perhaps you’re feeling insecure about a decision you recently made. Of if you find buried treasure in a dream, you may have hidden talents or knowledge.

 

Organized by dominant symbol (animals, caves, hospitals, teachers, and so on), each full-color image refers to a complete dream description. This book gives you clues to a dream’s meaning and explains the significance of having the same dream time and again. You’ll hear what Freud and Jung might say about a particular vision and discover a dream’s sometimes strange, often illuminating, historical and cultural context. With Field Guide to Dreams at your bedside, you’ll never wonder if that cigar was just a cigar!

So you're standing naked in front of a classroom. Or you're being chased by a one-legged man. Or maybe you're standing naked in front of a classroom and kissing a one-legged man.
Dreams can be mysterious, exhilarating, and terrifying—but they don't have to be confusing. With Field Guide to Dreams, you'll unravel the hidden meanings behind these mysterious subconscious messages. Organized by dominant symbol (animal, falling, flying, mother, and so on), each section provides helpful interpretations from Freud, Jung, and other psychologists and dream experts. You'll also learn when you're most likely to have these specific dreams, and whether you should interpret them positively or negatively. With Field Guide to Dreams at your bedside, you'll never wonder if that cigar was just a cigar!

Kelly Regan is an editor and writer living in New Jersey. Perhaps because of her love of travel, she most often dreams about missing a flight.