Big Dreams
Big Dreams
The Science of Dreaming and the Origins of Religion
Bulkeley, Kelly
Oxford University Press Inc
04/2016
354
Dura
Inglês
9780199351534
15 a 20 dias
588
Section I. Sleep
1. The evolution of sleep
2. The brain's paradoxical activities in sleep
3. The role of sleep in human health and development
4. Cultural practices of sleep through history
Section II. Ordinary Dreaming
5. Dream recall
6. Patterns in form and content
7. Continuities between dreaming and waking life
8. Discontinuities and metaphors
Section III. Big Dreams
9. Aggressive
10. Sexual
11. Gravitational
12. Mystical
Section IV. Religious Experiences
13. Demonic attack
14. Prophetic vision
15. Ritual healing
16. Contemplative practice
Conclusion
Appendix: Word search methods in the study of dreams
Index
Section I. Sleep
1. The evolution of sleep
2. The brain's paradoxical activities in sleep
3. The role of sleep in human health and development
4. Cultural practices of sleep through history
Section II. Ordinary Dreaming
5. Dream recall
6. Patterns in form and content
7. Continuities between dreaming and waking life
8. Discontinuities and metaphors
Section III. Big Dreams
9. Aggressive
10. Sexual
11. Gravitational
12. Mystical
Section IV. Religious Experiences
13. Demonic attack
14. Prophetic vision
15. Ritual healing
16. Contemplative practice
Conclusion
Appendix: Word search methods in the study of dreams
Index