Mining our Dreams

From the American Indian ritual of the vision quest to the Muslim prayer and dream-incubation practice of istikhara, there have been cultural traditions of enhancing people’s awareness of their dreams and deriving insights from them. Modern researchers can learn from such practices and combine them with today’s technologies, using new tools to fulfill an ancient pursuit.

-Kelly Bulkeley, former president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, is the author of “Dreaming in the World’s Religions: A Comparative History.”

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