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    Dream Symbol Encyclopedia: Interpretation and Meaning of Dream Symbols
    Dream Symbol Encyclopedia: Interpretation and Meaning of Dream Symbols
    Dream Symbol Encyclopedia: Interpretation and Meaning of Dream Symbols
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    Dream Symbol Encyclopedia: Interpretation and Meaning of Dream Symbols

    By Lisa Shea

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    You wake up from a powerful dream. A good friend of yours is in trouble, and only you can go save them from the problem. What does this dream mean?

    Dreams flow from your subconscious, making you aware of problems, solutions, fears, hopes, and much more. Many famous inventions came to people via a dream! Your mind is an incredibly powerful source of inspiration and knowledge. Don't let all of those important dream messages get missed!

    My Dream Encyclopedia ebook offers 218 pages of dream symbols, dream events, dream meanings, and dream interpretations. From cats and dogs to lions and tigers, from falling out teeth to plane crashes, learn to decipher the messages hidden within your dreams. This book provides an easy-to-use key to what your mind is trying to say.

    All proceeds benefit battered women's shelters.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLisa Shea
    Release dateJun 30, 2014
    ISBN9781311300331
    Dream Symbol Encyclopedia: Interpretation and Meaning of Dream Symbols
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    Lisa Shea

    I love writing in a variety of genres. I currently have over 300 books published in all lengths from full 500+ page novels down to short stories. I love writing series. Some are with unconnected characters, like the 14 full-length medieval novels with a sword being passed from heroine to heroine. Some have connected characters, like the 31 mini-mysteries featuring a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. All of my books are written "clean" with no explicit intimacy, no harsh language, and no explicit violence. All are suitable for teens and up.For a full listing of my books please visit:http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/writing/gettingyourbookpublished/lisalibrary.html

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      Dream Symbol Encyclopedia - Lisa Shea

      Introduction

      When I was a teenager, I used to dream all the time about being mute. There would be something important going on and I desperately needed to give the people a warning, but I wouldn’t be able to say anything. Night after night this dream went on, and I had no idea why.

      Finally, I turned to the study of dream symbology. I began keeping a dream journal. I discovered those dreams became strongest when my family members were arguing. The dream was expressing how helpless I felt about the entire situation.

      I made an effort to find ways to deal with the arguing – to spend more time with friends when I could, and to express how much the tensions bothered me when I couldn’t.

      In my dreams, when I found I was mute, I actively sought another way to alert people. I threw a vase at a wall or jumped in front of them so they could see me.

      I broke the cycle. My dreams eased and my life improved.

      Understanding your dreams isn’t just a fun thing to do, although it certainly can be. Understanding your dreams is the step toward improving your life and releasing your stresses. Your dreams are going to come to you, every night, trying to convey a message. It’s up to you to hear that message and decipher it.

      The ancient Greeks and Romans studied their dreams for meanings. Shakespeare includes dreams in many of his works. Making sense of our dreams is a part of human existing stretching back to the very dawn of time. It’s time to delve into your own inner communications and learn what your brain is trying to tell you.

      This book will help you unlock that message!

      Important Note:

      Our earth contains nearly 9 million different species of animals. The rainbow has infinite shades of color within it. The human body has 270 bones in it when a baby is born. If I tried to include the meaning of every creature, every shade, every bone, every household object within this book’s pages, it would be larger than any e-reader or PC could hold. Also, I’d probably be dead before I got through writing the first one percent of it .

      I’ve been helping people with dream interpretation and dream symbology for over twenty years. What I include in this book are the most common symbols that are dreamed about and their meanings. Often if a person doesn’t dream about the exact item, they dream about something fairly close. Dreaming about an ankle issue is nearly the same as dreaming about a foot issue.

      Still, if you have a particular symbol you keep dreaming about, and it’s not currently covered in this book, definitely send me a message. I’ll be happy to help you sort it out. If it seems that a number of people are dreaming about that specific topic, I’ll update the book and release an updated version. That’s the beauty of self-publishing – I can add entries into this book whenever I wish, and the new version becomes available to all existing buyers.

      Let’s get started on learning more about our dreams!

      What Is Dreaming?

      Sleep is made up of a number of different stages. In 1953, scientists found that the key stage related to dreaming is called REM sleep, for Rapid Eye Movement. Out of 8 hours of sleep, babies are in REM for around 4 hours. This decreases as you grow older, and for adults REM usually occurs for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

      REM sleep does not happen all at once - it tends to happen in 90 minute cycles. Not only do your eyes move quickly at this time, but your breath rate and heart rate increase, and you often also become sexually aroused. Your body becomes paralyzed at the same time, to prevent you from moving your ´real´ body as you dream.

      REM sleep is initiated by the ´pons´ part of your brain. It releases the chemical acetylcholine, which then causes the other bodily reactions to begin. When REM sleep is ending, noradrenaline and serotonin are emitted to turn off REM sleep.

      Dreams seem to actually occur in the frontal area of the brain. People who are in accidents where this area is damaged can still enter REM sleep, but they do not have dreams. People who are on dopamine-inhibitors such as ADHD drugs often find their do not have dreams.

      Sigmund Freud was one of the first scientists to truly study dreams. In The Interpretation of Dreams he talked about how dreams tap into the unconscious to bring hidden thoughts into the conscious mind. Carl Jung also explored dreams, finding that they were used to help let those parts of a personality that were normally suppressed to get some attention.

      What is a Dream Dictionary?

      Every dream you have is sending signals to you from your subconscious. Dreams often use symbols to help convey ideas. If you see a cozy home with a warm fire and delicious food, that probably represents safety and comfort. If you see an earthquake destroying a town you love, that probably represents danger or change.

      A dream dictionary helps you learn how these symbols work. It gives you a starting point. If you dream about rabbits all the time, you can look up rabbit to see what that means to most people.

      I want to emphasize the word most here. Yes, we live in a global culture. It’s likely that, for most people, a bull is a symbol of stubborn strength. However, every one of us a different person. It might be that for you, personally, that a bull is a sign of a cuddly, sweet girl. Maybe your favorite niece always wore dresses with bulls on them for some reason and you equate the bull with her warm smile.

      For example, let’s say you don’t believe in astrology. You have no idea what the astrological signs of your friends and family are. If you dreamed about a lion, it probably would have nothing to do with your cousin John the teacher who is a Leo. You wouldn’t even know John was a Leo. Your mind wouldn’t have that connection and therefore wouldn’t use that as a symbol for John. It might use an apple or something else relating to his teaching profession.

      However, let’s say you do believe strongly in astrology. You know the sign of every single friend and family member and check their horoscopes for them. If you always think of John as a Proud Lion, then absolutely your mind would represent John as a lion in your dreams. To you, that is the symbol that makes sense for him.

      That’s why building your own dream journal is critical as part of this process. The dream encyclopedia gives you guideposts to start your journey – but it is your own dream journal which will take you to your own, unique destination.

      Creating a Dream Journal

      In order to fully interpret your dreams, you’ll want to journaling your dreams each night. Sometimes you’ll remember only a snippet of a dream. Some nights you won’t remember anything at all. That’s fine. Keep at it. The more you work on this, the easier it will get to remember your dreams. The more you record them, the more likely you are to remember them. You’re training your brain to give you this vital information.

      Your dream journal will have three key pieces of information about each dream. First, it will have as many details about the dream itself that you can remember. This is the base information. Second, it will summarize the main symbols that were noticed in the dream. If a beautiful white horse was present throughout the dream, you’d make a note of that. Finally, you want to record what emotions or feelings you had about each symbol. Perhaps that horse made you feel strong, proud, and ready for action.

      I’ll be saying this many times throughout this book. There are many common cultural relationships with symbols – but in the end, every one of us is unique. You might find webpage after webpage that says a lion means strength, a rabbit means fertility, and a whale means size. This might be true for 90% of people, but it could be complete inaccurate for you.

      Maybe some people see a dog as symbol of loyalty and friendship. But maybe when you were eight years old you were mauled by a dog and you see dogs as scary, ferocious beasts. It’s important for you to know that about yourself. It will greatly change how you interpret a dream that includes dogs in it.

      Remember, it’s your own mind sending you these symbols via your dreams!

      The more you record your dreams, the more you can build up a personal key to this Dream Dictionary. This will indicate which specific symbols have a special meaning to you, and what those unique meanings are.

      Dream Journals

      A dream is just like any other memory - if you write about it when it´s fresh in your mind, you´ll be able to go back to it later in the day or even months later and remember much of it based on your written notes. You can then ponder what it meant.

      If, on the other hand, you don´t write your dream down, it´s likely to fade and be gone before you´re even fully awake. Weeks later you won’t have the slightest idea of what you dreamt.

      While any pad of paper and pen can of course serve the purpose, often having a special place for your dreams can help keep them important in your mind, and therefore easier to remember. My favorite journals have unlined paper - key for late night scribbling.

      Whatever you choose to write on, make sure you build a routine. Keep it in the same spot right by the bed, so you can reach it from bed without having to get up. Have good sized pages - not post-it-notes - for you to write on in semi-dark situations. You want to be able to record your

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