Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, War, shootings, and environmental crises stir feelings of horror and anguish. Reactions of alienation and rage follow soon after. Our hearts ache, our souls thirst. How to respond? When I was in my twenties, a wise teacher offered an idea, simple yet profound. He…

Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, If ever there was a time and a place to heed the call of imagination, that place is here, that time is now. Humanity stands at a crossroads: one direction seeming to lead to destruction, the other to the endless possible. Your contribution could…

Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, Greetings. As I write this, I am returning from Switzerland where I presented a lecture on the value of deep imagination and story in the world of today at the annual Eranos Conference. There were people attending from countries worldwide. As I travel home,…

Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, I am in Zurich, Switzerland, preparing for a presentation that I will offer at a conference paying tribute to Carl Jung and his work as illuminated in The Red Book. I am reflecting on the value of the story. I have found that telling…

Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, Like you, I am feeling the pain and the suffering resulting from the wars and street violence occurring worldwide. Let's join together as a community and do two things. First, bring attention to your nightly or daytime dreams. Let a dream make a claim…

Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, In the world of today nightmares are a common presence. There are many theories about the origins and function of nightmares. Sometimes they are said to symbolize everything from unsettled aspects of our personality to early traumatic experiences that exist just below the surface…

Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, As Dream Tending offers: The people, landscapes, and creatures of the world are forever dreaming. You experience their presence as living images of the world psyche. From the beginning, they are the creators, the architects, the originators of what appears in dreams. In the…

Dear Dream Tending and Imagination Community, This day, this night, let’s join, together. Let’s send our love and compassion to people, creatures, and landscapes who are in need of us as we are in need of them. I invite you to join many in our extended community to make this…

There is a phrase that we are all familiar with—“double down.” In times of conflict, that is precisely what we are asked to do: double down on our self-care practice. There are the basics of course: 1) getting enough sleep, 2) eating mindfully, and 3) exercising each day. In addition,…