Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing and Becoming Whole

There are “revelations of the night” (ho’ike na ka po) that carry the power of prophecy.

Werner Herzog’s video camera in his remarkable 2010 documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

Did I leave part of myself behind when I left that old situation?

“The main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis but rather with the approach to the numinous….

when he walked the razor’s edge between madness and genius.

Enchantment like that is the oldest form of medicine.”

He saw that most of us live on only one or two floors of the apartment building that is our minds, unaware of all the other levels and rooms.

LOSS OF VITAL ENERGY. You suffer from chronic fatigue. You find yourself torpid and listless, reluctant to get out of bed. Your days seem drab and gray and joyless. Your immune system is blown and you seem to pick up every passing bug. There is something missing in you, and you try to stuff the hole with sugar or booze.

There are “wishing” dreams (moemoea) that show you something you are pining for, which may or may not be attainable in ordinary reality.