Interpretation Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/dream-interpretation/ Dream Research & Education Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:34:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png Interpretation Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/dream-interpretation/ 32 32 Dreams and Dreamers in the Odyssey https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-dreamers-in-the-odyssey/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-dreamers-in-the-odyssey/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:34:39 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4698 The Odyssey warns against seeing in dreams what we want to see. Among the many gifts of Homer’s two epic poems are vital insights into the nature and meaning of dreams, insights that are still relevant today. The story of The Odyssey was preceded by The Iliad, whose dream references provide a helpful context for …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-with-the-founding-fathers/feed/ 0 The Uses of AI for Interpreting Dreams https://bulkeley.org/the-uses-of-ai-for-interpreting-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/the-uses-of-ai-for-interpreting-dreams/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:01:57 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4690 New evidence points to the potential benefits of AI dream interpretation. A recent study by Mark Blagrove and colleagues at Swansea University in the UK found that an AI system provided dream interpretations that participants rated “as moderately accurate and as enabling some personal insight.” (105) The participants gave answers to the Gains from Dream …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-uses-of-ai-for-interpreting-dreams/feed/ 0 When You Know Too Much About Dreams https://bulkeley.org/when-you-know-too-much-about-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/when-you-know-too-much-about-dreams/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:54:24 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4687 What if you know more about the meanings of another person’s dreams than they know? What should you do when a friend shares a dream with you, and you immediately see vital meanings in the dream that your friend doesn’t seem to see? If you are someone who is a naturally insightful dreamer and/or has …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/interpreting-dreams-with-ai-generated-imagery/feed/ 0 Reflections on The Wilderness of Dreams (1994) https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-the-wilderness-of-dreams-1994/ https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-the-wilderness-of-dreams-1994/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:11:48 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4617 Writing has always been a relational process for me. Relationships with an imagined audience, with the people who have taught and influenced me, sometimes with co-authors, and always with the energies of inspiration I personify as Muses—without them, I would never care enough to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. With them, I’ve …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-the-wilderness-of-dreams-1994/feed/ 0 Freud, Jung, and AI-generated Dream Interpretation https://bulkeley.org/freud-jung-and-ai-generated-dream-interpretation/ https://bulkeley.org/freud-jung-and-ai-generated-dream-interpretation/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:58:15 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4548 This is a post I recently wrote about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the practice of dream interpretation.  In coordination with the team at the Elsewhere.to dream journaling app–Dan Kennedy, Gez Quinn, and Sheldon Juncker–we have been experimenting with “Freudian” and “Jungian” modes of interpretation, and the results are very encouraging. Maybe …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/freud-jung-and-ai-generated-dream-interpretation/feed/ 0 New Dream Posts from Psychology Today https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-posts-from-psychology-today/ https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-posts-from-psychology-today/#respond Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:08:29 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4538 Here are the recent posts I have written for Psychology Today, going back to the middle of last summer. Although each one is written as a stand-alone discussion of a special topic in dreaming, I now realize they also form a series of interrelated texts, like the chapters of a book I didn’t consciously know …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-posts-from-psychology-today/feed/ 0 How to Begin a Dream-Sharing Process https://bulkeley.org/how-to-begin-a-dream-sharing-process/ https://bulkeley.org/how-to-begin-a-dream-sharing-process/#respond Mon, 31 May 2021 22:13:57 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4303 When someone is about to share a dream with me, either in a group setting or one-on-one, I always ask for two things. First, please tell the dream in the present tense, not the past tense, so the dream feels immediate, like it’s happening right now. And second, please share the dream twice. After you …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/how-to-begin-a-dream-sharing-process/feed/ 0 Dreams and Politics 2020: Preparing for New Research https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-politics-2020-preparing-for-new-research/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-politics-2020-preparing-for-new-research/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:29:26 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3883 To prepare for a new study of dreams during the 2020 U.S. Presidential election campaign, I am doing a brief review of my previous work in this area, to remind myself of what I have learned so far and what seems most important to investigate next. I have been studying dreams and politics since 1992, …

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