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Can effective dream
research be conducted through
the mail? We think so. Read about
the A.R.E. Dream
Research Project, an experiment that led to the creation
of our journal. Participate, if you
will, in the dream
experiment proposed on
"Phrase-Focusing Dream
Incubation," a method for obtaining
from a dream an
answer to a question. In the
meantime, other dream
researchers are preparing experimental
projects for
future issues of the Journal.
Every dreamer is
a researcher and every dream is an
experiment in consciousness. A personal dream journal
is a basic tool for this adventure. How can you
use your
dream journal creatively? Try the method for meditating
in a dream journal described in "Dream
Realization." In
future issues we'll present
additional experimental
methods for you to try out in your own journal.
Dreams lead beyond
themselves. Besides taking us
deep within, they also introduce
us to strange, other
realities. Like other people, for instance.
One of the
more exciting developments
in the contemporary
"dream scene" is the
use of dreams as a means of
improving social relations. The second
issue of our
journal will contain several experimental
methods for
involving more than one person with
a dream. In this
first issue we primarily introduce the topic
with some
material related to the community dimension
of our
experimental journal.
What happens
when you bring dreaming
into the
community? What is a community dream?
What can
dreams offer to the problems of community? Read about
the "Sundance Experiment," where
it is proposed that
the mystery of community is a mythological reality
that
we may be able to experience through a
contemporary
experiment, one which we
might already be in the
process of dreaming up. The American Dream may be
a
case in point. See what you think as you read the dreams
collected for "Dream America." The Community
Dream
Journal itself can be looked upon as
an experimental
simulation in community. Read the subscribers' dreams
about it. Maybe you'll have a dream
yourself about our
journal. That's part of the experiment too.
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