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Books & book reviews
Book review of The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman. Danielle Dulsky asks us to look at our own stories and “tiny soulful treasures long-buried” for spiritual truth and to embrace our right to an authentic relationship with the sacred.
The Hidden Worlds is an easy to read book aimed at teen readers about using shaman techniques to address environmental problems. The Hidden Worlds introduces power animals, the four elements and mutual dreaming to enter the hidden worlds of perception.
This Mindfunda Book review is written by Misa Tsuruta, Ph.D. I have asked Misa, a Japanese psychologist,to write this review as …
Asian Journals: the Allegory of American Mythologist Joseph Campbell Read More »
Wanda Burch re-writes the American civil war in terms of dreams. She has collected a multitude of dreams that make you realize how important dreams were in that time period. Newspapers published dreams about the end of the war as a way to shed some light on the question when the war should end. A book filled with remarkable dreams. If you like history and love dreams, this is a book for you.
Dreams are a manifestation of fiction. In The Fiction of Dreams Otto Rheinschiedt takes us on a journey to discover how dreams and fiction are part of the universal creation.
Dreams are stories that beg to be written. Writing an dreaming both seem to tap into another real of reality with different laws. A Mindfunda Book Review of Writing in the House of Dreams, written by Jenny Alexander.
What are the best books on dreams in 2017? And my question to you: what are the most inspiring books …
I had my last nightmare in December 2008. I stand outside a hospital room looking in. there is a young guy waiting to …
In an ideal world we would learn from the past and create a future that is based on the progress …
Your environment has got more impact on you and your state of well being than you’d imagine on first sight. Grounding Religion, a Book Review. It was only after reading this book that I could get a grip on how many aspects are involved in the intertwining of Ecology and Environment.
The Dream Interpretation Dictionary. Symbols, Signs and Meanings. by J.M. DeBord Visible Ink, 2017, $16.50 paperback ISBN-13: 978-1578596379; kindle $16.09 ISBN-10: 1578596378 …
Danielle Dusky explains in Woman Most Wild, Three keys to Liberating the Witch Within that there are not one, not two, but three keys to unlock your broom closet and fly away to kiss the moon.
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization Heinrich Zimmer, edited by Joseph Campbell shows how much Zimmer contributed to our current concepts of mythology.
This is a Mindfunda blog about the book The Agony of Eros, written by Byung Chul Han.
If you have, a child with learning difficulties, like I do, you have experienced the same heart ache. You know …
Learning Difficulties Can Be a Chance to Excel: The Power Of Different Read More »
Can information about the past gained through dreams, spirit possession rituals, or dancing performances count as history? This Mindfunda Book Review of Dreaming and Historical Consciousness in Island Greece
by Professor Charles Steward PhD, asks you 4 questions to re-write our own narrative.
A Mindfunda Book Review: Joseph Campbell The Mythic Dimension, a compilation of essays. This book will help you undertand groundwork of mythology according to Campbell
Each woman goes through phases of life: the young and fertile Maiden, the nurturing Mother and the wise Crone. A Crone is a woman who has been through hell and back, and on her travels she has gained secret knowledge.
A Book review of The Dreams of Santiago Ramon y Cajal by Benjamin Ehrlich
In this blog you will find out:
why the Nobel price winner Cajal wanted to proof Freud wrong
Aging and Becoming, A Reflective Inquiry, written by Susan Scott and Susan Schwartz is a book that will try to paint a roadmap of your journey through aging, using the letters of the alphabet as gps points.
Here is Mindfunda’s selection for books you can read on dreams. Books on the cutting edge of psychology, mythology and (neuro)science that will make your life better
People are story tellers. I have always had that romantic notion of Homo sapiens siting around the campfire in ancient times listening to stories. Like we, in this day and age sit around our television set and watch story after story. In the night we follow the stories of our dreaming mind.
But why hasn’t there been any book that explores the intersection of dreaming and literary imagination. A book that draws together neurocognitive, empirical, philosophical and literary sources. Until Michaela Schrage Früh stepped up the plate and wrote this juicy, well written book.
Freud in His Time and Ours by Roudinesco contains more than 400 pages of information about Freud, his life, his disciples and his personality. A must read for anyone who is interested in dreams.
Your Brain on Food, How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts And Feelings by Gary L. Wenk Oxford University Press, 2010, 2015, …
Nutrition, Neurons, and the Brain: Your Brain on Food Book Review Read More »
Gothic Tales, by Arthur Conan Doyle Edited with and Introduction and Notes by Professor Darryl Jones Oxford University Press, 2016, $14,95 …
As a figure of ritual importance since the pre-Christian era, the Krampus is of archetypal significance. He lives in the cultural unconscious … and bidden or not, he will come.
Welcome to this years’ list of book review’s that I put on Mindfunda. At its core, Mindfunda is here to …
Call of the Cats What I Learned about Life and Love from a Feral Colony by Andrew Bloomfield New World …
Cat Call for the Soul: the Bond between Cats and Humans Read More »
‘A Day in the Life of the Brain – The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn Till Dusk’ by Susan Greenfield …
Consciousness: the Ripples in the Lake of the Brain Read More »
Sleep Monsters and Superheroes: Empowering Children through Creative Dreamplay Clare R. Johnson and Jean M. Campbell, Editors ABC-CLIO, LLC 2016, …
Children Dream about Sleep Monsters and Superheroes Read More »
An Introvert is a person who is energized by spending time alone. Often found in their homes, libraries, quiet parks that …
Mythology of the Soul A Research into the Unconscious from Schizophrenic Dreams and Drawings by H.G. Baynes Routledge 2015, $61.18 paperback, …
Schizophrenic Dreams and Art: Mythology of the Soul Read More »
The Power of Ritual by Robbie Davis Floyd and Charles Laughlin Daily Grail Publishing, 2016, $26.95 paper, ISBN 978-0-9874224-9-1 Reviewed …
Translating Myth Edited by Ben Pestell, Pietra Palazzolo and Leon Burnett. Legenda 2016, hardcover $120.00 kindle $37.22 ISBN978-1-910887-04-2 (hbk) 978-1-315-54320-8 …
Translating Myth: Re-wording the unseen knowledge Read More »
Life is about problem solving. You just conquered a problem. Before you have a chance to lay back and enjoy …
Ariadne’s clue, written by Anthony Stevens is an interesting book for everyone interested in symbology and dreams. It will bring more depth into your understanding of mythological themes in music dreams and films.
In his hunt for the black swan, Kelly Bulkeley researches sleep, dreaming big dreams and religion in “Big Dreams, The Science of Dreaming & The Origins of Religion”. It is a clearly structured easy readable book.
Jeffrey Bennet is the author of a new book about Albert Einstein his theory of relativity. He writes in his …
Albert Einstein and the Theory that Explains Everyting Read More »
Being raised as a Catholic I was always taught that conversion was a gentle process to help people to get …
“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.” ― James Joyce, Ulysses James Joyce and …