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

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Introduction

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
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