I've owned this book for a long time. It was placed on the psychology shelf of some Atlanta bookstore, almost certainly some independent outfit that is no longer in business on October 2, 1987. I have decided to let it go to someone in bookcrossing after I have read it or at least gone through it one more time.

Amazon Editorial Review

Dreams have been a source of delight and terror for as long as man has kept records of his thought. Whether they are the key to the unconscious, as Freud proposed, or a way of wiping clean the mental slate, as Dr. Francis Crick's recent theory suggests, they have filled the pages of numerous diaries and been an integral part of literary masterworks such as The Divine Comedy and Finnegan's Wake. In this rich anthology, Stephen Brook has collected hundreds of dreams recorded by authors, poets, psychologists, and common men since pre-Christian days. Ranging from Artemidorus's crude, 2nd-century analysis to Freud and Jung's dream psychology, and including works by Coleridge, Yeats, Tolstoy, D.H. Lawrence, Joseph Heller, and many other authors, The Oxford Book of Dreams offers an intriguing and varied sampling of man's collective unconscious.

For my new friend glade1, a book to ponder with her dreams.

Thank you for the kind RABCK, cordelia-anne. I've always been interested in dreams, and in recent years (thanks to SSRIs, I believe), I have had some crazy and vivid ones. It's always fun to ponder dreams and what they might mean. I choose to see the occasional one as a sign, like the one I had the first night I spent in my new apartment after separating from my husband. In my dream, my Dad (who is deceased) came and gave me a big hug. I chose to see that as a message that I had made the right decision about my marriage and that things would be okay. Other dreams seem to just be wacky mashups of things that have crossed my mind or worries I have. One of my coworkers commented on how often I mention having animals in my dreams, so I find that interesting too.

Anyway, this looks like an interesting collection. Not sure when it will resurface on the alpine Mt. TBR, but it is safe with me until then. Thanks again!

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(I read about half this book and then lost interest, so I released it! Left on the book exchange shelf in the Medical Library.)