dreaming Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/dreaming/ Dream Research & Education Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:34:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png dreaming Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/dreaming/ 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/#respond 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/dreams-and-dreamers-in-the-odyssey/feed/ 0 Dreaming with the Founding Fathers https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-with-the-founding-fathers/ https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-with-the-founding-fathers/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:26:51 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4693 The friendly dream-sharing of Benjamin Rush and John Adams took an eerie prophetic turn. This Fourth of July not only marks America’s 250th birthday. It also represents the 200th anniversary of the deaths of country’s second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who passed away within five hours of each other on July …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-with-the-founding-fathers/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/when-you-know-too-much-about-dreams/feed/ 0 Dreaming and Technologies of the Sacred https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-technologies-of-the-sacred/ https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-technologies-of-the-sacred/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:26:27 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4681 This is the written version of the presentation (with a 7-minute time limit) I made on Sunday, January 11, to the attendees of the Dream x Engineering Symposium at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thanks to Adam Horowitz, Michelle Carr, Karen Konkoly, and all the others who organized and participated in the symposium. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-technologies-of-the-sacred/feed/ 0 Why the Elsewhere Dream Journaling App Is the Best https://bulkeley.org/why-the-elsewhere-dream-journaling-app-is-the-best/ https://bulkeley.org/why-the-elsewhere-dream-journaling-app-is-the-best/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:59:33 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4671 As both a dreamer and a researcher, I find myself completely enchanted by the Elsewhere.to dream journaling app. Amazed. Smitten. Blown away. Impressed beyond all reckoning. And very excited about the future for dreamers all around the world.  For the longest time, I wondered what it would take to create a dreamer’s playground: a private, …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/why-the-elsewhere-dream-journaling-app-is-the-best/feed/ 0 The Importance of Dreaming for Memory https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/ https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/#respond Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:15:28 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4668 It may seem hard to believe for those who rarely remember their dreams, but psychologists have found strong evidence that sleep and dreaming are closely intertwined with the dynamics of memory. Whether or not the dreams are consciously recalled in waking, the dreaming process seems to play a valuable role in the underlying system by …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 3 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:42:22 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4666 The winner of this year’s “Audience Choice” award went to Daniel Rabanea for “Bends.” Daniel described the dream that inspired his film as follows: “I was alone on the beach. At first everything seemed calm until the sea started to look strange. A wave formed and grew bigger and bigger. My fear grew along with …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 2 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/#respond Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:30:41 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4664 The prize for this year’s Best Animation Style went to Daniele Grosso for “The Bird Insect Tornado.” Here is Daniele’s description of the dream that inspired the film: “I am at a picnic on the bank of a river with some friends. I notice a flock of pinkish colored bird insects flying around a tree. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 1 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:26:24 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4661 The prize for this year’s “Best Animation Narrative” went to Jessie Rodriguez for “Dreams – A Memory of Ghosts.”   This is how Jessie describes her work, which all the judges of the festival agreed is an outstanding piece of dream creativity: “My new animation, ‘Dreams: a Memory of Ghosts,’ explores how I seem to …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/feed/ 1 Reflections on An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming (1997) https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-dreaming-1997/ https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-dreaming-1997/#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 22:10:11 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4657 Early in my career, I had attitude about writing “secondary” texts. I didn’t want to write about what other people thought, I wanted to write about my own ideas. That’s why when the opportunity arose to write a book intended as an introductory textbook for college students, I hesitated. The offer came by way of …

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