The Curious Dreamer's Dream Essentials

You all know how much I love reading about occult-type things, and this guide is no exception. I have the WEIRDEST dreams, and am always trying to interpret them.  At the beginning of the year, I received a copy of The Curious Dreamer's Dream Dictionary, and since then I've been able to look up some of the symbols in my dreams, as well as better interpret them. Then, about two months ago, I received an email about the supplemental mini-book The Curious Dreamer's Dream Essentials. It took me some time to get to this book (life, ya know), but I'm so glad I finally got to it because it's such a handy reference.

At only 87 pages long, this book takes up very little storage space on your device, so I downloaded my copy to my phone, which is pretty much the first thing I check in the morning. This made it super easy to look up portions of my dream without having to fire up my Kindle, and then scroll through pages. Since the book is short, it was a very fast read, and the information is clear and concise, despite it's topic of interpretation.

Instead of specific words like the dictionary, Dream Essentials has more information focused on interpretation of overall themes. So, for instance, in one of my dreams, I cut off my cat's nose because it was too long. I know- weird right? However, according to this book, the overall sense of the dream can be referencing responsibility of the cat, and too much or too little of it. For me, this meant my dream reflected my inner guilt at shirking my cat-mom duties.

Since the Dream Essentials mini-book is available in Kindle format, I highly suggest it as a reference for anyone to keep on their phone's Kindle app. It's inexpensive, comprehensive but concise, and the perfect introduction to the world of dream interpretation- even for the naysayers who think it's too "woo-woo"! You never know what your dreams are trying to tell you, unless you look into them!

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a practical guide which helps you analyze your dreams based solely on the idea that dreams come completely from your subconscious and are based on your own experiences. I think the tools outlined in this book are good for analyzing those types of dreams.

Personally, I tend to think that while most of our dreams are from our subconscious, there is a spiritual world too, and in my opinion, some dreams come from God for various reasons. This book doesn't go into the spiritual world at all. What The Curious Dreamer's Dream Essentials does do is help you look more clearly into your own subconscious and analyze what in your life situation and experiences may have caused you to have a particular dream.

If you are interested in self analysis for dream interpretation, and not in the spiritual side of dreams, this book will be very beneficial to you. This author also references their other books for further study.

This is a good book for those who have never ventured into dream interpretation before. It thoroughly explains symbols and gives the reader good tips on how to stimulate one's dream life.

I like that this dream guide is different. Rather than trying to interpret all the various symbolism a bird or plane or tree can represent in your dream as a catch up every dream by every person, the author takes a different approach by offering the reader various tools to support dream recall and analysis in a manner that is relevant to you and your unique situation. The book also introduced a concept I had never heard of before - a dream professional!

The book was very helpful with equipping me with the right tools to remember and interpret my dreams without being too prescriptive and thus constraining in the confines of dream symbolism and meaning. Particularly helpful to me were the insights into subconscious dynamics behind a dream for considering where and how you feel and who you are with in a dream to analyze its potential meaning. So often I wake up and think a dream is meaningless or very important but cannot determine why or how. I keep a dream journal and when I wake up try to write details of how I felt, who was there, where I was, the situation, the emotions or behavior of others in the dream. This through the use of free form writing the last few nights seem to be working as my recall is becoming better and more detailed.

This book on it’s own is useful, but it’s important to note that if you truly want to analyze your dreams using the authors method, it will be more meaningful to purchase her series, which reads more like a course with multiple books building out various concepts within dream interpretation. Based on this book, also planning to purchase a copy of The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary. I recommend checking out her website TheCuriousDreamer.com for even more great information to further your dream exploration.

An interesting insight into the meaning of dreams.
A good book to be able to dip into and explain the reasons of what our dreams are trying to tell us.

A very comprehensive and in-depth way to analyze your dreams. One section I had never seen before is : How to ACT on your dreams.

Chapters are broken down well and are highly organized. Intensive explanations are given along with dream examples.

Highly Recommend!

Many Thanks to Nancy Wagaman and NetGalley for a great reference!

This is a factual guide that helps to analyze dreams based entirely on the premise that dreams come from your subconscious and are based on your previous experiences. The book was helpful in that it tries to give the right tools to remember and interpret my dreams. Those who are interested in self analysis for dream interpretation will find this book very interesting. My thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for an advance copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Good book for anyone with an interest in dream interpretation. I personally love analysing my dreams and although the symbols and their meanings within dreams differ for everyone, I still find this book very interesting.

Really interesting. Gave good examples. Broke down different types of dreams and the possibilities of why we have certain dreams. Super cool and very informative. Even mentioned how different types of medication and food that we eat can make us dream differently. Or even if we go to bed angry. I liked it!

This is a book to start with if you have any interest in learning to interpret your dreams. She explains in a logical fashion the conscious/unconscious connection and the most common symbolic elements of dreams and the practical applications to you, the dreamer. Her other 2 books contain more detailed information and instructions but this book is a good introduction to beginning a dream journal as well as possibilities of why you dream what you do and how to determine what it means to you as an individual.