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Volume 34, issue 1: New Beginnings

The Dream Network has arisen again from five years of hibernation, and from the midst of a pandemic. We think there's never been a better time for a popular, eclectic journal of dreaming. But to quote Bill Stimson, the founder of the network:

The Dream Network is not the publication; the enterprise proper isn't a publishing one. To speak the truth of what the Dream Network is about for us is to find our myth, and where else but among our dreams? It is for us to use our dreams in a way that enables us to come together honestly and deeply... People sense this somehow and so they've helped the energy and unfoldment move forward.

In the spirit of that statement, we've added some more networked features to the site. You can see tabs for Dream Groups and notices above. If you'd like to put your own group, project, event or anything else there, let us know.

This is a tentative rebirth, the first new collection of articles and art, like a fresh sprout from the earth. But it's filled with gems. Some pieces, like Arthur Strock's discussion of children's nightmares, reference recent events like the pandemic surrounding us, others look to timeless and archetypal themes. Paco Mitchell and Russell Lockhart's latest installations in the series 'Dreams, Bones and the Future', do both.

Enjoy the new fruits of the Network at your leisure. We're hoping to do the same around the end of 2021, so do say hi if you'd like to submit something.

Inoshi, Dan and Roberta, and feel free to send an old-fashioned letter to the editor:)

Cover image: Orna Ben-Shoshan, 'Arrival to the Third Heaven' (2018).

Inner cover: Touch Drawing selected from an Inner Portrait by Deborah Koff-Chapin

Editorial: The Resurrection of DNJ

In the midst of the latter 'dark days' of winter, 20 ...read more

Editorial

It was an unremarkable and doubtless chilly midweek winter evening in January 2019 when our regular Dream Share met in midtown E of Manhattan just ...read more

Editorial

Sometimes after class at university I used to quietly slip out of the cam ...read more

Nightmare Help for Children

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Children are having nightmares related to the coronavirus. Children cannot fully escape from the relentless, graphi ...read more

Why Dreamwork

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Exploring our dreams helps us discover essential parts of ourselves and outgrow old patterns of thinking. They bring images that remind us that ...read more

Dreams, Bones and the Future: Part 11

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This is the eleventh in a series of excerpts from an ongoing dialogue between Russell Lockhart and Paco Mitchell.

Paco Mitchell: As usual, Russ, t ...read more

Dreams, Bones and the Future: Part 10

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This is the tenth in a series of excerpts from an ongoing dialogue between Russell Lockhart and Paco Mitchell.

Paco Mitchell: Strange coincidences ...read more

2021 IASD Conference

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Please join us, along with 5 world renowned keynote speakers and more than 130 presentations from over 100 presenters around the globe.

It is mor ...read more

Dreams, Bones and the Future: Part 9 - Eros, Thanatos and Freud's Religion

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This is the ninth in a series of excerpts from an ongoing dialogue between Russell Lockhart and Paco Mitchell.

The Richness of Dreams for Self-Exploration: Lizard Devouring Snake

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Watercolor dream representations by the author

Dreams provide us a portal into the soul. They emerge in unconscious states while playing out our ...read more



Send me your stories - dreams and death

Hello All!!!

I am going to embark on writing a book about The Final Chapter (Death Stories). I have always felt this was a mission of mine since ...read more

Dream that Encouraged Me to Write a Book I Had No Previous Intention to Write

Because this article focuses on dreams, and specifically on the Personalized Method For Interpreting Dreams (PMID), I include a concise presentati ...read more

Touch Drawing

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Touch Drawing selected from an Inner Portrait by Deborah Koff-Chapin

Arrival to the Third Heaven

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"Arrival to the Third Heaven" (2018) by Orna Ben-Shoshan

This painting was featured on the cover of Volume 34, #1 of the Dream Network Journal.

Pearls

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Pearls was painted in 2013, but has become somewhat prophetic. Essentially it talks about fear and of a kind of a ...read more

The Shaman’s Necklace

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The Shaman’s Necklace, 53”L x 34”W, Green velvet panel framed with gold brocade and black & gold ribbon.

From a dream:

I am standing in a circle o ...read more