Dreaming at the Gates: How Dreams Guide Us - Softcover

Ridall PhD, Kathryn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1733137300 ISBN 13: 9781733137300

Publisher: DreamGate Press, 2019

Synopsis

Have you ever wondered why you dream what you dream? Do you want to deepen your relationship with your dreams and receive guidance from them? DREAMING AT THE GATES presents dozens of powerful stories demonstrating how dreams guide us from childhood through death. See how dreams can prepare us for marriage, help resolve personal or professional problems, and help us deal with the death of a loved one. Chapter One offers tools for working with your dreams. Chapters Two and Three delve into the dreams and theories of Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, and American medium, Jane Roberts. Later chapters present intriguing examples of childhood dreams, big dreams, series and recurring dreams, and visitation dreams. Each chapter offers an "Explorations" section to help you find more meaning in your own dreams. DREAMING AT THE GATES is both practical and inspirational, and can help you use the perspectives of your dreaming self to navigate important life passages and reach your full potential. WINNER OF 2020 SILVER IPPY AWARD in Category of Body/Mind/Spirit

About this title

About the Author

Kathryn Ridall PhD is a psychotherapist and author who on the Central Coast of California. For many years, she lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area where she supervised interns, taught Psychology to graduate students, and maintained a private practice. She is a widely published poet and the author of two books of non-fiction. In her lives as a psychotherapist, teacher, and writer, she has been interested in our persistent drive toward wholeness and in the guidance available to us through dreams and visionary experiences.

From the Back Cover

"Dreams are a boundless source of natural wisdom from your truest self. In Dreaming at the Gates, Kathryn Ridall has written a delightfully informative guide for readers who want to discover the special path unfolding in their own dreams. Ridall presents a fascinating collection of dreams that have literally transformed people's lives and opened their minds to new dimensions of metaphysical insight, This book will be a precious gem in the library of anyone who values the power of the dreaming imagination."

Kelly Bulkeley, PhD, director of the Sleep and Dream Database and author of Big Dreams and Dreaming in the World's Religions

From the Inside Flap

"Intriguing!Dreaming at the Gates gently leads the reader into the mystery andadventure of deciphering our dreams and benefitting from their wisdom. Usingthe examples of actual dreams to unravel the messages, we learn how we can opento seeing beyond the facts to receive the guidance dreams can bring into ourlives."
---KaniComstock, author of Journeyinto Love: Ten Steps to Wholeness and Honoring Missed Motherhood:Loss, Choice, and Creativity


"Kathryn Ridall, PhD, gives dreamers abeautiful book to help them deepen, understand, and call forth the creativeforces that are alive in the multi-dimensional dream world within them. Woventhrough the personal sharing of dreams and stories, Dr. Ridall presents ahistory of using dreams in a healing capacity along with exploration exercisesthat offer guidance on how to work with dreams. She brings the wisdom of heryears of personal and professional dream study to life in this rich guide todiscovering the meaningful path of dreamwork."
----CherylKrauter, LMFT, author of Survivingthe Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer Story and Psychosocial Care of Cancer Survivors: AClinician's Guide and Workbook for Providing Wholehearted Care

""Tell me what my dream means." No can do. Onlyyou, the dreamer, can crack the shell of your dream and be nourished by themeat inside. That's why this book is a terrific resource for you. KathrynRidall presents a Costco of dream theories and strategies, to lead you to yourstyle of nut. From classic theories to a famous author/psychic, reading eachchapter is like trying out goodies from the Saturday demonstration stands atCostco. You are sure to find the right taste for yourself."
----Kathleen Sullivan, author of RecurringDreams: A Journey to Wholeness and Recurring Dream Symbols: A Map to Healing thePast

"Atdifferent points in my life, I have been guided by the power of both ancestraland precognitive dreams. Thus, it was with great anticipation, that I awaitedthis new work, Dreaming at the Gates. As readers of her work know, welook to Kathryn Ridall to expand and deepen the conversation about the innerworld, bridging scholarship with the intuitive process. This new book deliversit all. Psychotherapist and poet, Ridall draws us into her dreamscape, and thedreams of others without dogma or device. Instead, she illumines a path bywhich each of us can find our own meaning in the world of dreams."
----Leslie Korn, author of TheGood Mood Kitchen and Natural Woman: Herbal Remedies for Radiant Healthat Every Age and Stage of Life

Edition details

• Publisher: DreamGate Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1733137300
• ISBN 13: 9781733137300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208