It was said that great compositions come from great, imaginative minds. True enough, poets, story tellers and even musicians almost always pick up an idea or two to create magnificent compositions in their dreams. In fact, some claim to have written a whole masterpiece just by vivid dreaming. It’s a known fact that the imaginative [...]

We know that somewhere in between dreaming and reality, there’s bound to be a connection somewhere, although all points seem to be leading to dead-ends. To date, there is no existing, hard evidence or explanation on how dreams really work but indeed different cultures got their own views and beliefs on why they exist and [...]

Experts say that when your body’s chakras are well-balanced, you are leading a healthy life. In India, chakras are believed to be your body’s energy centers in which all seven should be properly nourished to attain higher level of consciousness. These seven chakras encompass the whole spine in which each chakra is the focal point [...]

When we dream, we find ourselves feeling strong emotions—even stronger than when we’re wide awake—that often times, these feelings last longer than the dream itself. The emotions we felt when dreaming are those we choose to suppress during our waking moments, only in dreams, they are uninhibited and without boundaries. Here, man-rules don’t apply and [...]

There are dreams that fade within the depth of the sleeping consciousness. There are also dreams that seem to open doors to a sub reality that in actuality is the reality we can not recognize with our eyes open. It’s as if eyes wide shut can see beyond the simple clarity of light. I am [...]

Another notable character in dream psychology is George William Domhoff, a respected professor of psychology and sociology at The University of California. Under his literary belt are Finding Meaning In Dream, released in 1996 and The Scientific Study of Dreams in 2003, among others. Unlike most popular dream psychologists, he is very much alive and [...]

If we are to discuss how dream psychology and analysis took shape in our modern world, there is one name we shouldn’t miss discussing. That is of no less than the famous psychologist Calvin S. Hall Jr. Calvin Springer Hall Jr. made a remarkable contribution to dream science by his well-known quantitative coding system. In [...]

Edgar Cayce was an American psychic who gained world recognition with his ability to answer “questions” while in a self-induced trance.   His prominence came late in his life when his prophecies overshadowed his original focus was which was healing and theology. Cayce was born in a small rural town in Kentucky to a farmer and [...]

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud always thought that dream content had a relevant meaning to our everyday lives.  Freud theorized that the content of our dreams are a form of wish fulfillment wherein our dreams are also equivalent to our hopes and are subconscious manifestations of what we want in life.  In his book “Interpretation of Dreams” [...]

Night terrors are quite common in children aged 2-6 but can occur at any age.  Statistics show that as many as 15% of young children have experienced night terrors. Children who have had night terrors usually wake up screaming and sweaty.  Parents usually describe their kids as suddenly bolting upright in bed shaking with fear.  [...]