Richly illustrated and highly informative, the best-selling Secret Language of Dreams has guided dreamers for over fifteen years. Now, this classic work has been completely rewritten and redesigned with a contemporary new look tooffer a fresh approach to dream interpretation. Dream expert David Fontana presents a comprehensive dictionary of common symbols and themes, and provides in-depth analyses of dozens of specific dreams, demonstrating key techniques for uncovering the hidden messages of the subconscious. Readers will also find useful tips for controlling and remembering their dreams, and keeping a dream diary.

Now available in mass market trim, The Secret Language of Dreams is an imaginative, full-color guide to do-it-yourself dream interpretation. Acclaimed author David Fontana draws upon the works of Jung, Freud, and other theorists to teach readers to decipher the messages hidden within our nocturnal rambles. Fontana identifies common dream symbols and archetypes and then examines how they are altered by an individual's character and experiences, making The Secret Language of Dreams a unique resource for personal exploration. The book also includes a richly illustrated dream dictionary, presenting the most common dream symbols, organized by theme for easy reference. With tips on keeping a dream diary and techniques for learning to control dreams as they happen, as well as to remember them after waking up, this is an insightful and proactive handbook to enriching one's nightlife.

Explores the culture, history, and psychology that lies behind a wide range of symbols.

You Can Understand Your Dreams is a practical, hands-on guide to using our dreams to bring greater fulfilment into our waking lives. Drawing upon traditional Jungian analysis and techniques developed for his dream workshops, Professor David Fontana presents a series of nearly 30 exercises designed to improve the quality of dreams by making them more vivid and revealing, opening a path of step-by-step self-discovery and self-enrichment. His numerous methods include contacting the dream world via the technique of recall or keeping a dream diary, combining extraordinary insight with practicality. Fontana also suggests effective methods for remembering dreams, interpreting them, and decoding the vital messages they bring from the subconscious. He explains how dreams can help you to deal better with anxieties and enhance your personal relationships, and concludes with an A-Z directory of dream symbols and their meanings. This essential book teaches you everything you need to know about the dream world, taking you on an unforgettable journey from learning about the history of dreams to becoming a fulfilled dreamer.

Mind, body, spirit.

Unlock the secret meanings of the symbols that surround us. The New Secret Language of Symbols is a beautifully illustrated sourcebook of symbols and symbol systems. An illuminating introduction looks at the cultural and psychological explanations of symbols - including the Jungian idea of the collective unconscious. Then follows "The World of Symbols", the heart of the book in which more than 500 symbols are presented and explained theme by theme - from the elemental symbolism of the cosmos to the multiplicity of meanings associated with manmade objects and structures. We learn, for example, about the various forms of dragon in myth, the symbolism of sacred geometry, the attributes of gods, goddesses, angels and mythic heroes, the array of associations ascribed to body parts, and the significance of such practical features as the anchor or the bridge. Interspersed with these thematic treatments are more than a dozen overviews of symbolrich cultures, religions, esoteric groups and symbol systems, ranging from ancient Egypt to the Tarot. Each overview is centred upon a major image that is decoded to expose its deeper, often cryptic, meanings - thereby giving the reader revealing insights into the thinking behind some of the world's most beautiful and intriguing art, artefacts and architecture. Throughout The New Secret Language of Symbols David Fontana has unpeeled layers of profound historical and psychological significance, probed the ancient roots of a vast range of symbols, and in the process - like a gifted archaeologist who knows exactly where to look and how to interpret what he finds - he has unearthed boundless treasures.