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AWAKENING THROUGH DREAMS United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Series Recent titles in the UKCP Series (for a full listing, please visit www.karnacbooks.com) Our Desire of Unrest: Thinking About Therapy Michael Jacobs Not Just Talking: Conversational Analysis, Harvey Sacks’ Gift to Therapy Jean Pain The Muse as Therapist: A New Paradigm for Psychotherapy Heward Wilkinson The Emergent Self: An Existential–Gestalt Approach Peter Philippson Attachment and New Beginnings: Reflections on Psychoanalytic Therapy Jonathan Pedder Psychosis in the Family: The Journey of a Transpersonal Psychotherapist and Mother Janet C. Love Hidden Twins: What Adult Opposite Sex Twins Have To Teach Us Olivia Lousada Child-Centred Attachment Therapy: The Ccat Programme Alexandra Maeja Raicar The Three-Point Therapist Hilary A. Davies Love: Bondage or Liberation? A Psychological Exploration of the Meaning, Values, and Dangers of Falling in Love Deirdre Johnson The Role of Brief Therapies in Attachment Disorders Lisa Wake Therapy with Children: An Existentialist Perspective Chris Scalzo Why Therapists Choose to Become Therapists: A Practice-Based Enquiry Edited by Sofie Bager-Charleson The Use of Psychoanalytic Concepts in Therapy with Families: For All Professionals Working with Families Hilary A. Davies How Money Talks Lesley Murdin What Will You Do With My Story? Elizabeth Meakins Psychotherapy and Spiritual Direction: Two Languages, One Voice? Lynette Harborne Addictive Personalities and Why People Take Drugs: The Spike and the Moon Gary Winship Why Can’t I Help This Child to Learn? Understanding Emotional Barriers to Learning Edited by Helen High LoveSex: An Integrative Model for Sexual Education Cabby Laffy Psychotherapy 2.0: Where Psychotherapy and Technology Meet (Volume One) Philippa Weitz AWAKENING THROUGH DREAMS The Journey Through the Inner Landscape Nigel Hamilton Series Consultants Aaron Balick Alexandra Chalfont Steve Johnson Martin Pollecoff Heward Wilkinson First published in 2014 by Karnac Books Ltd 118 Finchley Road London NW3 5HT Copyright © 2014 by Nigel Hamilton The right of Nigel Hamilton to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-1-78220-050-5 Typeset by V Publishing Solutions Pvt Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain www.karnacbooks.com For my beloved Sarah, my life’s treasure CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES xi LIST OF DREAMS xiii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xvii ABOUT THE AUTHOR xix UKCP SERIES PREFACE xxi Alexandra Chalfont and Philippa Weitz PREFACE xxiii INTRODUCTION xxvii Overview xxix CHAPTER ONE The landscape of transformation 1 The purpose and power of dreams 1 vii viii CONTENTS A multidimensional approach to dreams 4 The inner landscape 7 1. Levels of consciousness 8 2. Stages of transformation 10 3. The imagination 13 4. The subtle dream body 14 A new map for the journey of transformation 15 CHAPTER TWO The journey of transformation 19 The Psychospiritual Transformation Process 19 Travellers on the path 23 David’s journey 23 Ava’s journey 24 Dreams that initiate awakening 27 CHAPTER THREE Beginning 33 The landscape of beginning 33 The Earth Plane 33 The Gross Mental Plane—The Worldly Self 34 The alchemical stage of Nigredo 37 The lower energy centres 47 Travellers’ Tales 50 David begins 50 Ava begins 59 Summary 65 CHAPTER FOUR Unfolding 67 The landscape of unfolding 67 The Subtle Mental Plane—The Creative Self 67 The Third Plane—The Loving Self 71 The Fourth Plane—The Wise Self 74 The alchemical stage of Albedo 80 The heart centre 90 Travellers’ Tales 91 David unfolds 91 Ava unfolds 102 Summary 109 CONTENTS ix CHAPTER FIVE Awakening 111 The landscape of awakening 111 The Fifth Plane—The Sacred Self 111 The Sixth Plane—The Pure Self 116 The alchemical stage of Citrinitas 119 The alchemical stage of Rubedo 125 The upper energy centres 131 Travellers’ Tales 133 David awakens 133 Ava awakens 146 Summary 157 CHAPTER SIX Special features of the landscape of awakening 159 Light and colour 159 Lucid dreaming 164 Visionary geography 167 Symmetry 171 Three examples of the evolution of symmetry 176 CHAPTER SEVEN Working with dreams 183 Applying multidimensional dreamwork 183 Working with images 184 Working with the subtle body 188 The Waking Dream Process 189 The Waking Dream Process in action 195 Conclusion 204 APPENDIX Symbols of transformation 207 NOTES 217 REFERENCES 221 INDEX 225
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