Table Of ContentVolume One
The Alchemy of Dreams
Transform Your Life - Develop A Friendship With Your Dreams
By Wesley R. Wyatt
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Preface
Who
Was
Edgar
Cayce?
The
Unusual
Abilities
of
Edgar
Cayce
Practical
Application
of
Universal
Laws
Introduction
Three
Complementary
Perspectives
on
Dreams
It’s
Your
Journey
of
Discovery
Chapter
1:
Dreaming
Possibilities
The
Science
of
Dreams
and
Dreaming
Dreams
and
Other
Cultures
Unexplored
Territory
Perception
and
the
Soul
Self
Expanding
Consciousness
Through
Dream
Work
Chapter
2:
Dreaming
Basics
The
Process
of
Dreaming
Dreams-‐
Portals
of
the
Soul
Changing
Our
Future
Overcoming
Cultural
Conditioning
Chapter
3:
Recalling
and
Recording
Dreams
The
Interface
Between
Inner
and
Outer
Worlds
Developing
a
Friendship
With
Your
Dreams
Recall
Suggestions
Recording
Suggestions
For
Further
Study:
What
Occurs
During
Sleep?
Chapter
4:
Listening
to
the
Inner
Self
Dreams
and
Soul
Development
Dream
Interpretation
and
Application
Attitudes
and
Motives
Desire
and
Will
Ideals
and
Dream
Work
Choosing
a
Spiritual
Ideal
The
Power
of
Meditation
and
Prayer
Summary
Chapter
5:
Language
of
the
Soul
A
Living
Language
Signs
and
Symbols-‐
Personal
and
Familiar
The
Many
Ways
Dreams
Communicate
With
Us
Simple
Messages
Which
Self
is
Asleep,
Which
Self
Awake?
Humor,
Puns
and
Misspelled
Words
Why
Are
Dreams
So
Crazy
and
Weird?
Dreams
With
Unsavory
Content
The
Mundane
as
Disguise
What
Determines
What
We
Dream
About?
Are
All
Dreams
Important?
Dreams
as
Puzzles
Many
Levels,
Many
Applications
Disturbing
Dreams
How
to
Respond
to
Disturbing
Dreams
Lucid
Dreaming
Chapter
6:
Dream
Interpretation
Guidelines
for
Dream
Interpretation
Characters
in
Dreams-‐
Aspects
of
the
Self
Amplification
Research
and
Symbols
The
Importance
of
Context
Identifying
Interior
Thoughts
Symbols
and
Context
Comprehension
Common
Interpretation
Blunders
A
Step-‐by-‐Step
Approach
to
Dream
Interpretation
Decoding
Your
Dreams
Shortened
Version
for
Decoding
Your
Dreams
Additional
Resources
for
Dream
Interpretation
Chapter
7:
Setting
the
Stage
Location,
Perspective
and
Structure
Dream
Settings
The
Importance
of
Perspective
in
Dreams
Dream
Structure
as
a
Tool
for
Thought
Sequential
Structure
How
to
Utilize
a
Sequential
Dream
Different
or
Contrasting
Perspectives
Short
and
to
the
Point
Absence
of
Structure-‐
Intuitive
Communication
Repetition
Without
Resolution
A
Series
of
Dreams
on
the
Same
Night
Chapter
8:
Sacred
Quest-‐
Dream
Incubation
How
to
Incubate
a
Dream
Preparation
Dream
Incubation
for
Couples
Results
Inner
Guidance
and
Decision
Making
From
the
Higher
Forces:
Discernment
and
Discrimination
Spontaneous
Dreams
and
Visions
Chapter
9:
Common
Dream
Themes
1. Threatening
Themes
2. Themes
of
Injury
or
Illness
3. Death
of
the
Dreamer
4. Death
of
Others
5. Themes
of
Violence
or
Murder
6. Themes
of
Suicide
and
Self-‐Sacrifice
7. Strong
Emotional
Themes
8. Themes
Involving
Sexuality
9. Themes
of
Falling
or
Losing
Control
10. Themes
of
Control
and
Mastery
11. Themes
of
Vulnerability
(Being
Naked,
Exposed,
or
Inappropriately
Dressed)
12. Performance
Anxiety,
Feeling
Unprepared,
and
Being
Late
13. Themes
of
Forgetfulness
14. Themes
Involving
Fire
15. Unfamiliar
Territory
or
Being
Lost
16. Cataclysms
and
Natural
Disasters
17. Personal
Loss
and
Destruction
18. Of
Broken
Things
and
Things
That
Don’t
Work
Properly
19. Themes
of
Creativity,
Birth
and
Renewal
20. Revisiting
the
Past
21. Themes
Involving
the
Persona
22. Shadow
Content:
Bathrooms,
Letting
Go
and
Self-‐Acceptance
23. Compensatory
Themes
24. Themes
Involving
Anxiety,
Fear
or
Terror
25. Warning
Dreams
26. The
Collective
Versus
the
Individual
27. Themes
of
Inspiration
and
Wisdom,
Beauty
and
Affirmation
28. Past-‐Life
Themes
29. Life-‐Passage
Themes
30. Physical
Health
Themes
31. Repetitive
Themes
and
Symbols
32. Dreams
That
Make
Fun
of
Us-‐
Visitations
from
Coyote
33. Themes
Involving
Extrasensory
Perception
Chapter
10:
The
Language
of
Symbolism
Personal
Symbolism
Cultural
Symbolism
Archetypal
Symbolism
How
to
Utilize
What
Follows
Common
Archetypal
Symbols
The
Four
Elements
Earth
Other
Earth
Symbols
Air
Fire
Water
Animals
Mythical
Animals
and
Creatures
Wild
Animals
Domesticated
Animals
Birds
Monsters
Symbols
from
Daily
Life
The
Symbolism
of
Vehicles
The
Symbolism
Within
Our
Living
Spaces
House
Symbols
That
Contain
Warnings
Symbols
of
the
Persona
Types
of
Clothing
in
Dreams
Purses
and
Wallets
Personal
Objects
Imbued
With
Special
Meaning
Symbols
of
Balance
Parts
of
the
Whole:
The
Human
Body
Symbolism
and
Sexuality
The
Masculine
and
Feminine
in
Dreams
Symbolism
and
Behavior
Symbols,
Behaviors,
and
Aptitudes
Associated
With
the
Masculine
Symbols,
Behaviors,
and
Aptitudes
Associated
With
the
Feminine
Balancing
the
Masculine
and
Feminine
Within
Us
The
Union
of
Opposites
Chapter
11;
Nurturing
Your
Dream
Life
The
Dreaming
Tree-‐
The
Power
of
Sharing
Dreams
Guidelines
for
Starting
a
Dream
Group
Guidelines
for
Listening
to
Dreams
Guidelines
for
Sharing
Dreams
Tending
the
Garden
of
Consciousness
Resources
Dreams
and
Dreaming
Relationship
Dynamics
and
the
Psychology
of
the
Self
Life
After
Death,
Reincarnation
and
What
Occurs
Between
Lives
Books
About
Edgar
Cayce
Websites
of
Interest
The Alchemy of Dreams - Volume I
Preface
For the first 16 years of my life, I had no inkling of the value of dreams. Those
around me rarely acknowledged them unless one was particularly disturbing, weird, or
funny. I was never encouraged to make an effort at recalling them, nor did I entertain the
possibility that they contained useful information, much less inspiration. Though I was
aware that many indigenous cultures valued dreams and dreaming as a means of
communicating with the spirit world and the Divine, such concepts were not reinforced
by the culture in which I grew up.
Then, when I was 17, my brother brought me several books about the famous
psychic Edgar Cayce. Initially I was skeptical, but then I realized that he believed he’d
found something of great value, and I began to ask more serious questions.
Who Was Edgar Cayce?
Much of the information provided by Edgar Cayce (while in a self-induced sleep
state) was on health issues, and in many cases, documented evidence backed up its
accuracy. The idea that research could prove the veracity of the information received by a
psychic intrigued me. If this was true, maybe my brother had not gone off the deep end
after all.
My brother went further, stating that many an individual, upon following the
suggestions given by Edgar Cayce, had either been cured or had their health improve in
remarkable ways - despite their doctors having described their condition as incurable.
Even those who were initially skeptical were won over by the results they experienced in
Description:to access what was described as the Akashic Records or Book of Life. These were described as a log of nature itself. Just as true, then, is the record
