{"id":11473,"date":"2015-02-09T14:08:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=11473"},"modified":"2015-02-09T14:08:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T19:08:05","slug":"the-esoteric-dream-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=11473","title":{"rendered":"The Esoteric Dream Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ladies have done it again. What ladies? Dayna Winters, Patricia Gardner, and Angela Kaufman of course. You may remember them from \u201cWicca: What\u2019s the Real Deal?<\/a>\u201d and \u201c Sacred Objects, Sacred Space<\/a>\u201d. Those two books were excellent, and their latest book, \u201cThe Esoteric Dream Book: Mastering the Magickal Symbolism of the Subconscious Mind\u201d doesn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve come to expect, there is a tremendous amount of information in \u201cThe Esoteric Dream\u201d and yet you never feel overwhelmed and the book comes in at a svelte 221 pages (including endnotes). For those of you thinking that 221 pages seems like an awful lot, you haven\u2019t heard all that you\u2019ll learn about in this offering.<\/p>\n

Let me start by telling you that this isn\u2019t a dream dictionary, and that\u2019s a good thing. As you\u2019ll learn from \u201cThe Esoteric Dream Book\u201d (because you\u2019re going to buy it), there is so much more going on in dreams of a personal nature than a one size fits all dream dictionary can hope to cover. That\u2019s not to say there is no space for a good quality dream dictionary in your life, I have a couple, but you need more, and this book is what you need. Now that I\u2019ve told you what you\u2019re not getting, you\u2019re probably more than ready to hear what you are going to get.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll learn how to document and analyze your dreams. There\u2019s a lot of discussion of symbolism, themes, and archetypes. Also how to learn to recognize these things when they pop up in your dreams. Ways to improve the quality of your dreams, including deities associated with dreams and gems for dream enhancement. The tarot archetypes, the Major Arcana primarily like The Fool or The Tower, as they appear in dreams or using them for dream work. And just more!<\/p>\n

I feel \u201cThe Esoteric Dream Book\u201d is Winters, Gardner, and Kaufman\u2019s most complex book to date, and still the subject matter is presented in a way that is easy to understand. Anyone who is serious about learning to understand their dreams should definitely pick up this book.<\/p>\n

(If you\u2019re interested in dreams, you should be reading Dayna Winters\u2019 monthly article here on The Magical Buffet! You can click on the \u201cDream\u201d category to see her articles so far! And if you HAVE been enjoying her articles already you DEFINITELY should buy this book! She\u2019s one of the authors!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"