The Dreamlife of Families: The Psychospiritual Connection

He explains how the dreamlife of a family can be viewed as a shared field or hologram, where each family member is enfolded into the dreams of the other members. He shows how these dreamlife connections and patterns are as old as humanity itself, exploring ancient dream traditions from around the world. It also reveals itself in cases of simultaneous shared dreams and telepathic and precognitive dreams, explaining why so many people have dreams in which a family member appears to say good-bye, waking the next day to discover the same loved one has passed away. Sharing clinical case studies from his Family Dream Research Project, the author shows how the intimate labyrinth of our dream lives is always flowing beneath the surface of our waking lives, shaping and influencing our relationships and our deep core experiences. Our dreams also reflect the complex connections of our unconscious minds with those of our families and close friends, connecting us through our dreams to loved ones near and far, living and passed on.Integrating traditional dream analysis with family psychology, clinical science, and parapsychology, Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., ABPP, details how our personal unconscious is interwoven into our larger family unconscious. He reveals how

. The author of several books, including Dark Light Consciousness, he is currently in private practice at the Brain Analysis and Neurodevelopment Center in Hadley, Massachusetts. Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., ABPP, is a clinical psychologist and former director of the behavioral medicine program at the University of Massachusetts Health Services

He helps us recognize the vital function of ‘crisis telepathy,’ in which we receive alerts about emergency situations that prepare us to handle them and sometimes to contain them. Bynum explores the world that lives between private and public space--the unconscious of the family. Boylin, Ph.D., supervising psychologist at Connecticut Valley Hospital)“A beautiful and visionary book. However, it’s also clear and entertaining and will engage families who want to utilize this approach to dreams to enrich their relationship.” (Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D., author of The Committee of Sleep)“An effective case that nocturnal dreams can be interpersonal communications between family members. He shows us how this understanding can be applied to healing and therapy. &