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WATER IN DREAMS

Kelly Bulkeley — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:16:53 +0000

Of the four classical elements—fire, air, water, and earth—water tends to be the one that appears most frequently in people’s dreams.Some of this is due to the importance of water in our daily existence, and in the existence of all of Earth’s creatures. Some of it is also due to the psychological potency of water …

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Four Ways to Keep Dreaming Into Old Age

Kelly Bulkeley — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:06:17 +0000

Many adults dream less as they get older, and they miss it. They miss the pleasantly curious feeling of waking up with an alluring new message from the unconscious in their minds. A drastic drop in dreaming is not, however, an inevitable feature of aging. People can continue having vibrant, inspiring dreams all through their lives …

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Dreaming in Adolescence: A “Blind” Word Search of a Teenage Girl’s Dream Series

Kelly Bulkeley — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 16:25:14 +0000

Here’s a pdf file of the word search study I did with “Bea,” published in Dreaming (2012), Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 240-252: Dreaming in Adolescence

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The Wondering Brain: Dreams, Religion, and Cognitive Neuroscience

Kelly Bulkeley — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:56:52 +0000

Here is a pdf of an chapter I wrote for a book published in 2011, Changing Minds: Religion and Cognition Through the Ages (edited by I. Czachesz and T. Biro) (Peeters), pp. 75-85: Changing Minds book chapter

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Penelope and Odysseus: The Perils of Dream Interpretation

Kelly Bulkeley — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:00:31 +0000

I’d like to illustrate some basic principles of dream interpretation by telling a story. It’s a very old story, one you may have heard before, but I’d like to tell it again because even though it’s “just a story” it highlights the real perils that come when these dream interpretation principles are overlooked. The …

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A Dream Before Dying

Kelly Bulkeley — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:49:35 +0000

Life’s profound problems often get resolved in the sleep that comes before the final rest, these authors say By Anne Underwood Newsweek Magazine July 25, 2005 issue As a hospice chaplain for 10 years, the Rev. Patricia Bulkley confronted the raw emotions of the dying-their terror at the approaching end, their unresolved family problems, their crises …

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Dreaming and the Cinema of David Lynch

Kelly Bulkeley — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:32:03 +0000

(Dreaming: The Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams 2003, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 49-60) Abstract: This essay explores the influence of dreams and dreaming on the filmmaking of David Lynch. Focusing particular attention on Mulholland Drive (2001), Lost Highway (1997), Blue Velvet (1986), and the television series Twin Peaks (1990-91), the …

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Sleep and Dream Patterns of Political Liberals and Conservatives

Kelly Bulkeley — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:55:42 +0000

Paper Presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams Berkeley, California — June 25, 2005 Abstract This study examines the dreams of American liberals and conservatives in order to highlight patterns that might correlate with their opposing political views. A total of 234 participants (134 self-described liberals, 100 …

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Dreams and Their Interpretation

Kelly Bulkeley — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:12:48 +0000

A Two-Year Panel Proposal Submitted to the AAR Comparative Studies in Religion Section Purpose. The three major goals of this panel are to 1) present the latest research findings of religious studies scholars who have devoted sustained critical attention to the phenomenon of dreaming; 2) highlight and reflect upon the complex methodological and theoretical issues …

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Dreams of the 2004 US Presidential Election: A Research Update

Kelly Bulkeley — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Terrors of the Liberal Night As the US Presidential election enters its final tense weeks, liberals are becoming increasingly agitated in their dreams, with a rising number of nightmares featuring aggressive attacks by President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, and hordes of zombie Republicans. That is the initial finding of Dr. Kelly Bulkeley, a dream researcher at …

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