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A leader of dream workshops and seminars details a unique, nine-step approach to understanding dreams, using contemporary dreamwork techniques developed from shamanic cultures around the world.

Conscious Dreaming shows you how to use your dreams to understand your past, shape your future, get in touch with your deepest desires, and be guided by your higher self. Author Robert Moss explains how to apply shamanic dreamwork techniques, most notably from Australian Aboriginal and Native American traditions, to the challenges of modern life and embark on dream journeys. Moss's methods are easy, effective, and entertaining, animated by his skillful retelling of his own dreams and those of his students—and the dreams' often dramatic insights and outcomes.

According to Moss, some shamans believe that nothing occurs in ordinary reality unless it has been dreamed first. In the dreamscape, we not only glimpse future events, we can also develop our ability to choose more carefully between possible futures.
Conscious Dreaming's innovative system of dream-catching and transpersonal interpretation, of dream re-entry adn keeping a dream journal enables the reader to tap the deepest sources of creativity and intuition and make better choices in the critical passages of life.
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This is more and better than just a book about how to remember and understand dreams, although it is that kind of book and as good as any such recently published. Moss covers all the expected terrain, from how to train the mind to recall its nightly narratives, through how to unravel meaning from them, to how to start and sustain a dream group. But his book excels because he extends its purview to include shamanic dreaming, dreams of dead loved ones, healing dreams, angels, and spirit guides. Moss explores these more esoteric matters with great skill. Taking his cue from ancient and tribal traditions that see in dreams more than a set of symbols connected to individual psychology, Moss offers evidence that in dreams we connect with the transpersonal. Thus, an angel in a dream could be the dreamer's better self--or a real angel, come to help the dreamer through life's challenges. Moss' unusual approach to a perpetually intriguing subject is likely to appeal to a wide spectrum of readers. Patricia Monaghan

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"Conscious Dreaming is a triumphant conttribution.... This book contains revelations for the advanced dreamer as well as the neophyte. Highly recommended."
—Patricia Garfield, author of Creative Dreaming and The Healing Powers of Dreams

"This book is highly recommended for anyone wishing to explore dreams and how they can be used constructively in the craft of life."
—Larry Dossey, author of Healing Words and Recovering the Soul

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harmony/Rodale/Convergent; First Edition (May 7, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 051788710X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0517887103
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.19 x 0.87 x 8 inches
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Robert Moss is the pioneer of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of shamanism and modern dreamwork. Born in Australia, he survived three near-death experiences in childhood. He leads popular seminars all over the world, including a three-year training for teachers of Active Dreaming and lively online courses for The Shift Network. A former lecturer in ancient history at the Australian National University, he is a best-selling novelist, journalist and independent scholar.

His many books on dreaming, shamanism and imagination include Conscious Dreaming, Dreamways of the Iroquois, The Three "Only" Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence and Imagination, The Secret History of Dreaming, Dreamgates, Active Dreaming, Dreaming the Soul Back Home, and "The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse." His latest book is "Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols and Synchronicity in Everyday Life."

Moss is also the author of Here, Everything Is Dreaming: Poems and Stories (Excelsion Editions, 2013).

Moss describes himself as "a dream teacher, on a path for which there has been no career track in our culture." He identifies the great watershed in his adult life as a sequence of visionary events that unfolded in 1987-1988, after he decided to leave the world of big cities and the fast-track life of a popular novelist (already the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Moscow Rules) and put down roots on a farm in the upper Hudson Valley of New York. Moss started dreaming in a language he did not know that proved to be an archaic form of the Mohawk language. Helped by native speakers to interpret his dreams, Moss came to believe that they had put him in touch with an ancient healer - a woman of power - and that they were calling him to a different life.

Out of these experiences he wrote a series of historical novels (The Firekeeper, Fire Along the Sky, The Interpreter) and developed the practice he calls Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of contemporary dreamwork and shamanic methods of journeying and healing. A central premise of Moss's approach is that dreaming isn't just what happens during sleep; dreaming is waking up to sources of guidance, healing and creativity beyond the reach of the everyday mind.He introduced his method to an international audience as an invited presenter at the conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams at the University of Leiden in 1994.

Core techniques of Active Dreaming include

The "lightning dreamwork" process, designed to facilitate quick dream-sharing that results in helpful action; the use of the "if it were my dream" protocol encourages the understanding that the dreamer is always the final authority on his or her dream

Dream reentry: the practice of making a conscious journey back inside a dream in order to clarify information, dialogue with a dream character, or move beyond nightmare terrors into healing and resolution

Tracking and group dreaming: conscious dream travel on an agreed itinerary by two or more partners, often supported by shamanic drumming

Navigating by synchronicity: reading coincidence and "symbolic pop-ups" in ordinary life as "everyday oracles".

Dream archaeology: melding the arts of shamanic dreaming with scholarship and detective work to access other times and cultures and bring back fresh and authentic knowledge that can be tested and verified.

Exploring the multiverse and the multidimensional self.

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Customers find the book provides a comprehensive and accessible method for learning about dreams. They find it useful and accessible, providing inspiration and advice for dream study. The writing quality is described as delightful and easy to follow, with an honest author who selects his words carefully.

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Customers find the book provides a comprehensive method for learning about dreams and dreaming firsthand. They say the author has achieved some level of dream mastery, providing inspiration and advice for getting more deeply into dreaming. The book helps them understand the messages that appear when they dream, offering interesting insights into the way dreams work. Readers appreciate the authentic voice and personal experience. The book offers motivation for out-of-body exploration and provides information that is not available elsewhere.

"...A useful, accessible, and comprehensive method for learning about dreams and dreaming first hand is laid out step by step, along with ample examples..." Read more

"...His voice is authentic and speaks from personal experience and vicarious experience sharing his own dream worlds and those of others...." Read more

"...interaction with the book--indicates to me that he has achieved some level of dream mastery and captured that energy in these pages...." Read more

"...would seem a daunting task, but you quickly realize that further exploration is made easy through the personal stories of other people...." Read more

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Customers find the book useful and engaging. They say it's better than commercial dream dictionaries, with practical advice about being present in dreamworlds. The book is described as interesting and inspiring, making it a joy to read. Readers mention it helps them understand more than their nightly hours.

"...This is NOT the case with Moss's books. A useful, accessible, and comprehensive method for learning about dreams and dreaming first hand is laid out..." Read more

"...He gives practical and impractical, but workable advise about how to be present to the dreamworlds while waking, sleeping, or journeying, giving..." Read more

"...me that he has achieved some level of dream mastery and captured that energy in these pages. I'm excited to work with the rest of the book...." Read more

"...It approaches lucid dreaming in a down to earth, practical way that makes is accessible to anyone...." Read more

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Customers find the book's writing engaging with its easy-to-follow exercises. They describe the author as honest and helpful. The book is described as dense but not intellectual, and the author is praised as a gifted storyteller.

"...Moss selects his words carefully, so he ends up saying a lot with one sentence (vs. those who have a lot of words and say nothing)...." Read more

"...Not only has it been a pleasure to read, but by surrounding myself in a focused "study" of Moss's dream theory/reality, I've immersed my..." Read more

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"Robert Moss is a highly gifted story teller, very educated, just a joy to read. Learning so much! Highly recommended!..." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2009
    There are countless books on dreaming and I've looked hopefully at many of them. Usually I've been disappointed by the fact that they really have nothing to say and seem to know nothing more than I do about the subject. Mostly, they are rehashes of other people's psychological analysis of what dreams *might* mean. Since we each dream in our own unique symbolic language, such books are not only useless but misleading. This is NOT the case with Moss's books. A useful, accessible, and comprehensive method for learning about dreams and dreaming first hand is laid out step by step, along with ample examples of many different kinds of dreams, dreamers, and dreaming traditions, to help readers avoid the "one right answer" trap and find their own truth as reflected in their own unique dreams. Dream ethics (ethics, that long-neglected topic!) are also explored.

    When I was browsing this topic and reading the customer reviews on Moss, not a few of them gave me real pause, claiming he was a fraud who was only out to make a buck on his outrageously priced courses. Well, his courses are expensive, but then it's expensive to go to an ivy league college or study with real Druids too, because what they learn requires them to travel far and spend years of their lives in disciplined practice. The expectation that everything should be free because it comes free from the source is an interesting one. Nothing is free. There is always a price to pay, whether you are paying a person or a travel agency or an institution. If you want something real there is always a price.

    Moss has provided an easy way to determine if what he is "selling" is real. His books. And unlike most books by people who offer coursework, which hold back all the vital information, Moss puts it all out there. What he is offering is real, it works, and it's authentic in its claims to derive from native worldviews and practices. These books are called "New Age" only because mainstream society is afraid to validate anything *new* as authentically "native". But we are all native to this world. The same source informs us all, if we are open to it. These books ARE the real thing. Along with Caitlin Matthews' books on soul flight, they are outstanding resources for the novice and the experienced traveller. If you have a serious interest, I urge you to treat yourself to something real and affordable. This is what most of us have been looking for.

    Enjoy!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2013
    During the past several years, frequent, recurring nightmares have disturbed my sleeping dreams. A co-worker and healer suggested that dreams recur because they are trying to get a message through and that I might enjoy reading CONSCIOUS DREAMING.

    Enjoy is not the descriptor I would use for how I interacted with this book. Words more like absorb or consume might be better. I was mesmerized.

    The writer, Australian born American Shaman, Robert Moss is a dreamer, workshop leader, and author. His voice is authentic and speaks from personal experience and vicarious experience sharing his own dream worlds and those of others.

    He gives practical and impractical, but workable advise about how to be present to the dreamworlds while waking, sleeping, or journeying, giving examples of how one might hear or see the message being sent. Among these possibilities are incubating a dream (asking for an answer to a specific question to come to you in the dream state before going to sleep) and a special way he shares for recording the dream story upon awakening and processing the dream.

    The writer also gives many examples of dream stories told in dream-groups or workshops and how the dreams came to be understood by the dreamer.

    His most important point: you are the master interpreter of your own dreams.

    For me, this book and one particular other, (JOURNEY OF SOULS, Michael Newton) informed my own dreamworld study over a two-and-one-half year period following the deaths of my parents in 2009, especially focused on the nightmares I mentioned.

    I am profoundly changed for the better, and further am currently working to finish a full-length manuscript of poetry born out of that study, messages from the ether I continue to process and integrate into my world view and understanding.

    I own this book. I will keep and revisit this book. I highly recommend it to you, the dreamer seeking consciousness and connection with the dreamworlds.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2010
    I'm not new to dreamwork but I've only just started reading this book. I read a bit of the intro but skipped over most of the narrative to go strait to the first and second sets of dreaming instructions. I was pleasantly surprised to read some dreaming insights and information in the book that I've not read elsewhere. More importantly, I am impressed with the raw power of dreaming awareness behind the book. Example: Before I even read a word from the book, I slept with the book next to my head. That same night, I had a lucid dream (deliberately inducing lucid dreams is one of the reasons I was interested in the book). The next time I slept with the book next to my head (maybe a week later), I had read the second set of instructions involving dream incubation and some other elements. I had also started a new spiritual journal and had written the word "consistency" just as a general objective in life, not really thinking of dreamwork. That night, I experienced an unusually high level of "consistency" in my dreams. I dreamt the same continuous dream all night, even though I woke up once or twice between segments. That is new for me.

    I have never heard of this author before and I've only read 9 pages so far. But my two dream experiences so far--both of which happened immediately after some interaction with the book--indicates to me that he has achieved some level of dream mastery and captured that energy in these pages. I'm excited to work with the rest of the book. Plus, I got an AMAZING idea that was inspired by the work.
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  • Vickie Grayson
    5.0 out of 5 stars expansive & eye opening
    Reviewed in Canada on October 25, 2022
    The knowledge and experiences shared in this book is expansive. Robert's relationship to the dreamworld is beautiful and inspiring.
  • Zia Kabeer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good knowledge
    Reviewed in India on December 26, 2018
    Need to have some experience in finding the right clues
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Conscious Dreaming
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2012
    Judging by how long ago this book was written, it is probably one of Robert Moss' earliest books on the subject. As one who likes to go to the source of things, I have found this book to be a foundation to Moss' more recent works on the subject. One would find Moss using the same life instances in this book in his more recent works. Never the less, this in no way diminishes the value of his works.

    I am yet to finish this book because I read slowly, and I have other competing activities to attend to. However, the much I have studied of this book has provided me with valuable tools to work with my dreams, and I am already experiencing greater insights into my dreams. Therefore I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding his/her dreams. The exercises are very useful, and as in any other activity, one improves with practice.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECT!!
    Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2022
    Haven't read it yet. No damages. Item arrived.
  • Dr Suesa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for studying dreams
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2022
    I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to work with their dreams. A well researched book with lots of useful exercises.