Dreaming Beyond Death A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and Visions

Name: Dreaming Beyond Death A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and Visions
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ISBN: 9780807077153

ISBN-10: 0807077151

ISBN-13: 9780807077153

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kelly Bulkeley, Patricia Bulkley

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Drawing from a rich understanding of dreaming in culture, history, psychology, and modern dream study, Kelly Bulkeley and Patricia Bulkley"s Dreaming Beyond Death explicitly addresses three common aspects of pre-death dreams and offers interpretations that will aid both dying persons and their caregivers. Rev. Patricia Bulkley"s experience with the transformative possibilities of pre-death dreams as a hospice counselor lend this book a deeply personal and human touch, while Kelly Bulkeley"s insightful analysis and intellectual framework provide an understanding of the deeper meanings behind this type of dreaming. A final chapter provides resources and concrete methods for caregivers to…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 7/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Kelly Bulkeley is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and is a former President of the Association for the Study of Dreams. His books include The Wilderness of Dreams: Exploring the Religious Meanings of Dreams in Modern Western Culture; An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming; Visions of the Night: Dreams, Relgion, and Psychology; and The Wondering Brain: Thinking about Religion with and beyond Cognitive Neuroscience.



Introduction



Dreams of Mortality


Dreaming and Dying


Across the Life Span


Visitations


Near-Death Experiences


Religion and/or Spirituality


Your Life as a Dreamer



The Nature and Meaning of Dreams


Basic Principles


The Strange Language of Dreaming


Metaphors We Live By, and Die By


The Anticipatory Function


New Dreams: What You Can Learn from Them



Journeys


Passing Away


The Last Dream of Socrates


Modern Transportation


Subtle Shifts


Life Reviews


Just Wish-Fulfillments?



Guides


Light


Companions on the Journey


Family Visitations


Margie's Second Dream


Pre-Death Dreams as Religious Experience


Following the Children


Following the Elders


Family and Faith



Obstacles


Auntie's Visit from Her Mother


Family Traditions, Family Barriers


Dreams, Visions, and Dementia


Painful Secrets


Dying for Her Faith



Care for the Dying


A Broader Perspective


What Is a "Good Death"?


Exploring a Lifetime


Dealing with Your Stuff


Reconciliation


Tending the Soul


Taking One's Own Life


Hummingbirds


Conclusion


Challenges Ahead


A Summary of Methods


The Democracy of Dreaming



Resources for Caregiving for the Terminally Ill


Acknowledgments


Notes


References