Dreaming in the Digital Age

New Technologies for Exploring the Art and Science of Dreams

Kelly Bulkeley Ph.D,

AI-Text Generators and Dreams

This technology may have therapeutic value, by giving individuals a more expansive sense of the potential of their own imagination.

AI-Image Generators and Dreams

The best way to realize the transformational power of AI-image generators as a tool for dream interpretation will be to collaborate closely with experienced dreamers.

Dreaming of Water

Vivid, highly memorable dreams of water may be calling you to pay attention to emotional realities outside your normal range of conscious awareness.

Dreaming of War

The practice of sharing dreams creates an empathetic connection during wartime.

4 Ways to Keep Dreaming Into Old Age

With dreaming, age is not destiny. A few simple practices can help you remember more of your dreams and weave their messages into waking life.

Why People Dream of Apocalypse

The archetype of apocalypse is a latent potentiality of human dreaming, ready to be activated if waking-life circumstances become sufficiently dire.

The Original Christmas Dreams

For present-day psychologists, the dreams surrounding the birth of Jesus could offer an ancient mythological expression of ideas that also emerge from current scientific dream research.

The Essence of a Dream Library

A rich, vibrant Dream Library can have just four or five volumes if they are the books that speak most powerfully to you.

The Jumbotron Critique of Lucid Dreaming

Lucid dreaming is increasingly popular and yet has pitfalls and drawbacks that its advocates rarely mention.

The Nightmares of Halloween

A look at current research on nightmares—who has them, what they’re about, what causes them—reveals new insights into the unconscious creativity of our Halloween festivities.

How Your Most Bizarre Dreams Can Help You

Bizarreness in dreaming is not random or accidental but can be meaning-driven and creatively expressive.

The Inevitable Spirituality of Dreaming

It’s one thing to realize you have selfish desires or aggressive instincts; it’s another thing entirely to become aware of your existence as a spiritual being.

Our Dreams Are Surprisingly Friendly

Patterns of friendliness in dreaming can reflect important aspects of your relationships with your friends in waking life.

Inventing a Dream-Viewer

The positive applications of a "dream-viewer" sound appealing, of course. But no less time should be given to considering the potentially negative applications and consequences.

Aggression in Dreams

Aggression in dreaming can be viewed as an internal form of play-fighting—the most common form of play in the animal kingdom, and very frequent among humans, too.

The Natural Wisdom of Children's Dreams

The uncensored quality of children's dreams can lead us to a deeper understanding of the human mind.

The Best Technology for Studying Dreams

A record of an individual’s dreams over time offers the most powerful tool we currently have for the study of dreams.

The Best Way to Begin a Dream-Sharing Process

if you start a dream-sharing process by following these two principles, you will be in the best position to hear and understand the most important meanings of the dream.

What Are the Ethics of Dreaming?

Do we have any ethical duties or obligations relating to sleep? Do dreamers have any basic rights or responsibilities?

The Four Factors That Shape Our Dreams

More than just providing knowledge about the sleeping mind, dream interpretation can also become a source of insight into other arenas of human symbolic behavior and expression.  

The Most Common Dreams About Christmas

The most positive dreams about Christmas emphasize feelings of togetherness, play, and creativity.

Jung, Flying Saucers, and the Anxieties of Our Time

Jung's analysis of UFO sightings from 1957 suggests we today should watch for dreams, visions, and art with archetypal symbolism responding to our waking-world apocalyptic fears.

The Spiritual Potentials of Uncanny Dreams

When you have a dream that feels uncanny, you have a special opportunity to expand your self-awareness and discover new spiritual insights about your life.

The Measure of Dreaming

If you can measure something, you can improve it. Is that true for dreams?

Dreams of Wildfire

A study from the 1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm has important insights for people impacted by the current wildfires up and down the West Coast.

Basic Patterns of Dream Content

The more we know about the basic patterns of dreaming, the more we can gain helpful insights about people's mental and physical health.

Scheduling Work and School With Sleep in Mind

People who sleep well far outperform their sleep-deprived peers—they are more alert, emotionally balanced, and intellectually sharp, and less likely to get sick or have accidents.

Dreaming in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

How does dreaming relate to the life experiences and developmental challenges of adolescents and young adults? A new study offers some answers.

Happiness in Dreaming

How often do people have happy dreams? What occurs in the dreams to make them happy? Are there any recurrent themes or scenarios?

Lessons From Dreaming in a Time of Crisis

The more comfortable you are in the dream world, the more resilient you may be when the waking world suddenly shifts into surreal uncertainty.

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