The Scribes of Sleep

Insights from the Most Important Dream Journals in History

Kelly Bulkeley (Director, Director, Sleep and Dream Database)

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Oxford University Press Inc
12 October 2023

Religion & science; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Education

Dream journals are a surprisingly powerful resource for psychological and spiritual discovery. Contemporary dream science has shown that, as much as we can learn from single dreams, far more information can be derived from analyzing a series of dreams over time. Many have intuitively understood this point, and carefully recorded their dreams for years, even decades, drawing profound guidance from the patterns they discovered. The Scribes of Sleep is the first book to gather historical and cross-cultural evidence showing the value of dream journals as potent sources of healing, religious experience, and metaphysical insight. Dream researcher Kelly Bulkeley profiles seven remarkable people who kept dream journals: Aelius Aristides, Myoe Shonin, Lucrecia de León, Emanuel Swedenborg, Benjamin Banneker, Anna Bonus Kingsford, and Wolfgang Pauli. Because dreams are so complex and multi-faceted, especially when viewed in a series, Bulkeley employs an interdisciplinary approach to shed light on their meanings, drawing on data science, depth psychology, and religious studies. As the findings of these different methods are woven together and they begin to illuminate each other, it becomes clear that the practice of keeping a dream journal stimulates several specific qualities of religiosity, prompting the dreamers to move in more individualist, mystical, and pluralistic directions-towards becoming a free spirit.

By: Kelly Bulkeley (Director Director Sleep and Dream Database)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 164mm, Width: 237mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9780197609606
ISBN 10: 0197609600
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 12 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kelly Bulkeley is director of the Sleep and Dream Database (SDDb), a Senior Editor of the APA journal Dreaming, and a former President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. He is the author of numerous books, including Dreaming in the World's Religions, Big Dreams, and Lucrecia the Dreamer.

Reviews for The Scribes of Sleep: Insights from the Most Important Dream Journals in History

The Scribes of Sleep offers readers an introduction to the study of dream accounts using three methodologies as follows: digital analysis of content, psychology, and the study of religion. * Zachary R. Schwarze, Religious Studies Review *