Introduction 1(1) About This Book 2(1) Conventions Used in This Book 3(1) Foolish Assumptions 3(1) How This Book Is Organized 4(1) Part I: Decode Your Dreams 4(1) Part II: Dictionary of Symbols 5(1) Part III: The Part of Tens 5(1) Icons Used in This Book 5(1) Where to Go from Here 6(1) Part I: Decode Your Dreams 7(80) Opening Your Dream Door 9(14) Dreaming Fully 10(3) The function of dreams 10(1) What's in it for you? 11(2) Understanding the Steps in the Dream Process 13(4) Tuning In to Your Dreamtime Dynamics 17(6) Know your dream cycles 17(3) Enhance your dream ability 20(3) Increasing Dream Recall 23(16) Starting the Flow with a Positive Attitude and Open Intuition 23(1) Creating a Dream Motive 24(4) Clear subconscious blocks 25(1) List some trigger questions 26(1) Notice symbolic images 27(1) Preparing for Sleep 28(3) Review and complete the day 28(1) Set your intention to dream 29(2) Waking Up Consciously 31(2) Maintain soft awareness 32(1) Create your day intentionally 33(1) Recalling Your Dreams by Keeping a Dream Diary 33(6) Personalize your diary 34(1) Use your diary effectively 35(1) Use the back of your diary 36(1) Write even if no dreams come 36(3) Identifying Dream Activity 39(16) Knowing Your Dream Territory 39(5) Notice waking dreams and daydreams 40(3) Notice the dream zones 43(1) Notice movement between zones: Flying, falling, diving, climbing 43(1) Recognizing and Working with a Physical Dream 44(2) Recognize physical symbols 45(1) Make a physical dream work for you 46(1) Recognizing and Working with an Emotional Dream 46(4) Recognize emotional symbols 48(1) Make an emotional dream work for you 49(1) Recognizing and Working with a Mental-Spiritual Dream 50(5) Recognize mental-spiritual symbols 52(1) Make a mental-spiritual dream work for you 53(2) Unlocking the Secrets in Symbols 55(14) Discovering How Symbols Can Come Alive 55(2) Familiarizing Yourself with Kinds of Meanings 57(3) Notice archetypal meanings 57(1) Notice personal meanings 58(2) Cracking Symbols Open 60(9) Find archetypal meanings vertically 60(2) Find personal meanings horizontally 62(4) Unlock a group of symbols and find the message 66(3) Finding Dream Meanings 69(18) Dream Formats 69(1) Getting Started: Some Things to Look For 70(4) Look for fear and love 71(2) Look into the symbols 73(1) Look for new information 73(1) Look at the change points 74(1) Asking Questions That Trigger Insights 74(5) Putting It Together: A Sample Interpretation 79(3) Trying Your Hand 82(5) Delve into body, emotion, mind, and soul 82(2) Work with dream fragments 84(1) Make sense of recurring and sequential dreams 85(2) Part II: Dictionary of Symbols 87(180) Dictionary 89(178) A 89(11) B 100(11) C 111(14) D 125(11) E 136(5) F 141(10) G 151(7) H 158(8) I 166(3) J 169(4) K 173(4) L 177(7) M 184(11) N 195(6) O 201(5) P 206(9) Q 215(1) R 216(9) S 225(13) T 238(9) U 247(3) V 250(5) W 255(7) X 262(1) Y 263(1) Z 264(3) Part III: The Part of Tens 267(20) Ten Techniques for Exploring Dream Messages 269(10) Back Up and Extend a Dream 269(1) Add an Extra Character 270(1) Expand the Scope of the Dream Environment 270(1) Dialogue with Symbols or Dream Characters 271(1) Face Your Monsters and Take Your Power Back 272(1) Make Quick Associations 273(1) Redream and Change Your Dream's Outcome 273(1) Invite a Hero or Expert to Give You Insights 274(1) Write a Story, Fable, or Poem from a Dream 275(1) Make a Dream Collage 276(3) Ten Common Dreams and Their Meanings 279(8) My Teeth Are Falling Out! 279(1) I'm Naked in Public! 280(1) A Monster Is Chasing Me! 280(1) I'm in My Childhood Home; It Has New Rooms! 281(1) I'm Making Love with a Movie Star! 282(1) I Lost My Wallet and Keys! 282(1) I'm Taking a Test and Didn't Study! 283(1) I Found Money or Jewels! 284(1) I'm Having Surgery on My Eyes, Brain, Heart, or! 284(1) My Car Won't Stop or Go! 285(2) Appendix: Dream Diary Writing Prompts 287(18) Index 305