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her bachelor's thesis written on the comparison of the
dream psychologies of Edgar Cayce and
Carl Jung.
She then studied at the C.G. Jung Institute
in Zurich.
After that, she completed a master's degree at Sonoma
State College's innovative psychology
department,
with a thesis concerning her classroom experiments in
dream incubation. Gayle is now a Ph.D. candidate
at
the Graduate School of the Union
of Experimenting
Colleges and Universities (Antioch), and is basing her
doctoral dissertation on this journal
experiment in
dream incubation.
I have
known this warm-hearted and spirited
dreamer personally for some years. Gayle
is a Gold
Medalist ice dancer and once made a
dream of mine
come true when she taught me that I could
indeed fly
on my feet. Gayle
also inspired me about
the
possibility of dream incubation. Whereas I
followed
this inspiration into the magical kingdom
of dream
tents and festival theater, she
brings it to you in a
very straightforward and everyday manner. (HR)
Introduction
Dream
incubation is the process of eliciting specific
dreams at will, dreams that are
helpful in dealing with
questions and problems that concern the dreamer. I shall
first describe here the
research process by which I
developed the technique I call "phrase-focusing"
dream
incubation. Then I shall present detailed instructions
on
how you may experiment with this method
to incubate
your own dreams. If you like, you may participate in my
doctoral research by writing me about your experiences
in trying this experiment.
In 1970, my study of the Edgar
Cayce dream readings
led to my first attempt to incubate
a dream. I was in
Jungian analysis at the time, and was struggling
with my
conflicts about marriage. Cayce had
suggested asking
God for an answer in a dream to a problem. So I
tried it.
I asked why I felt such fright
at the thought of getting
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