dreams

To be able to work with dreams, whether psychologically or magically, requires building a relationship with them. Many people are alienated from their dream life. Their dreams are like wild animals that bolt and disappear into the recesses of the wilderness of their psyche almost as soon as they are spotted. Some people even go so far as to say that they do not dream. I doubt very much whether this claim is ever accurate, since I tend toward the position that dream is the default state of waking matter. More likely, various factors conspire to keep dreams hidden in the liminal, underworld places that incubate and animate them. So, in this post, as a preliminary to future posts on dreams, I would like to spell out eight practical suggestions for how to improve your dream recall.