HELP IASD BUILD THE DREAM

As IASD moves into a new decade, there are updates, additions and changes being made. Strategic Planning sessions (once again supported by grant funding from the Bitner Foundation) will take place at the meetings of the IASD Board at the Berkeley conference in June.

This year, the IASD Board has also recommended a change in conference scholarships, allowing for more people—particularly students—to take advantage of the conference.

Help us build the future of IASD; help us build the dream.

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IASD's Pledge Drive is held annually, between December 1 and the end of January.

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Registration Is Now Open for the Premiere Dream Conference of the Year

Registration is now open for the 2014 IASD Annual International Conference which will held on Wednesday evening June 4 through Sunday evening June 8, 2014 at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Berkeley Marina on the bay at 200 Marina Blvd., Berkeley, California, USA.

We are also proud to announce the confirmation of three of our keynotes. 

Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist, a Marriage and Family Therapist and the Founding President of Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is author of four recent books including Dream Tending.

Anne Germain, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on the neurobiology and treatment of trauma-related sleep disturbances, and PTSD nightmares.

Clara Hill, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland. She was editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, has received multiple Psychological Society awards, and is author of 67 book chapters and 11 books.

The Conference will also feature over 150 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, the Dream Art Exhibition and reception, a Dream Hike along the shoreline nature preserve, the annual Dream Telepathy Contest, the ever popular costume Dream Ball and an afternoon Cruise on San Francisco Bay.

To register or for additional conference information, pricing, and early bird discounts, please visit the website:

https://asdreams.org/2014

Call for Dream Art Entries Now on Website

The 2014 Juried Dream Art Exhibition will be held in conjunction with the 2014 annual conference at Berkeley.
We are now accepting original art work about or inspired by dreams. The jurors will be open-minded about the relationship of the art work to dream content when selecting the art pieces, as long as the work was inspired in some fashion by visionary or emotional experiences that occurred during sleep or from dream-related inspirations.

All two-dimensional and multi-dimensional media will be considered, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video, and installation art.

You do not need to be a member of IASD or a conference attendee to participate in the Dream Art Exhibition.

Cash awards will be offered for works chosen from among those accepted for display at the conference. First prize is $1000.

Deadline: February 15, 2014.

A Few Audio Visual Support Volunteer Positions Open

The response has been outstanding this year for people who wish to join our great group of volunteers and help make our 31st IASD annual international conference a success. At this point most volunteer positions are filled, but we do have a few Audio Visual assistance positions open – so apply now to ensure you have a position. You may still apply to be placed on the wait list for other positions: Registration, Room Monitor, Art Exhibit.

Audio Visual support volunteers help the presenter with the AV equipment; mainly helping with microphones and loading their presentations from CDs or thumb drives on the Windows 8 based PCs, and launching them for viewing with the attached digital projector.

As an onsite volunteer you will work roughly 12 hours during the conference, which will allow you to attend the conference and all main receptions, including the dream ball and a special volunteer reception, all for $50. (Travel, meals, and your other expenses are not included.) Volunteers also receive a 50% discount on the conference recording. Once your application has been received, if there is a position available you will be sent a letter of acceptance, and asked to register for the conference by a certain deadline and pay the non-refundable volunteer fee in order to be confirmed. The volunteer fee is $150 with $100 returned after you complete your duties.

If you have any questions you can write us at volunteers@asdreams.org 

NEWS FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Call for Treasurer’s Position

IASD is seeking an individual to replace the outgoing Treasurer in June, 2014. This volunteer position includes a spot on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and it is ideal for someone with business or finance experience who is interested in expanding within IASD. The incoming Treasurer will be supported by the Finance Committee, along with training and assistance by the outgoing Treasurer. For more information about the position please contact David L. Kahn at lucidreverie3@gmail.com

Call For IASD Board Nominations

The IASD Nominating Committee is soliciting recommendations for members to serve on the Board of Directors for the term beginning in July 2014. Nominees should be members in good standing who are willing to serve. Please send your recommendations to Susannah Benson, Nominating Committee Chair by December 15, 2013.

THE ERNEST HARTMANN AWARD FOR STUDENT RESEARCH

We are pleased to announce that the anonymous donor who has generously provided funding for the Student Research Award for the past seven years has graciously agreed to provide matching funds for the 2014 competition! The IASD board of trustees will provide the balance of funds.

The initial idea for a student research award was put forward at the IASD Board meeting prior to the 2004 Copenhagen conference by the late Dr. Ernest Hartmann. Dr. Hartmann served thereafter as a regular member of the Student Awards Committee. In recognition of his contributions to this effort, the Committee has decided, and the Executive Board of IASD has agreed, to rename the award in his memory. It will henceforth be known as the “Ernest Hartmann Award for Student Research.”

As in previous years, there will be two $500 awards. The first is for the best student submission of original scientific research on dreams and dreaming. The second is for the best submission of original historical, literary, artistic, or theoretical research. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to submit papers. Please view the following for additional details: https://asdreams.org/2014/student-awards/

All participants must submit their presentations in electronic form, preferably through email to office@asdreams.org or if necessary by mailing the files, copied to a CD or a DVD, to the IASD office by March 1, 2014.

IASD-Student Research
1672 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703 USA
Mark on any mailed box "OK to leave on porch."

Text submissions must not exceed 6,000 words. Participants should submit text in MS Word, and artwork in .jpg, .tif, or .pdf formats.

Participants may also electronically submit videos in AVI formats, or music in MIDI or MPS formats. In the case of papers with multiple authors – in terms of the ideas presented as well as the description of the results – the contestant must indicate clearly, in either the text of the paper or in an accompanying letter, what portions are the submitter’s work.

Submissions must include a copy of the participant’s student ID. Alternatively, a copy can be faxed to the IASD Office at 1-209-724-0889, or scanned and emailed as an attachment to office@asdreams.org. A note or cover letter should be included to indicate that this is for the IASD Student Research Award. Participants must specify which of the two awards they are applying for.

Winners will be announced at the IASD annual conference, which will be held at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Berkeley Marina in Berkeley, California from June 4 -8, 2014, during the General Membership Meeting. Check the schedule of conference events to find out the exact date and time.

Curtiss Hoffman
Student Research Awards Chair

From Susan Benson, Regional Events Co-Chair

As we enter into the holiday season and the beginning of a new year, it is a very good time to appreciate and thank our reps for all the activities they have been engaged with throughout the year to support and grow our association. The regional representative network continues to grow, and it is a pleasure to be able to welcome our latest reps, Beverley Ashwill (Oregon) and Brenda Ferrimani (Colorado).

The regional rep forum is bubbling and the creative juices are flowing. The conversation is literally taking us around the world as we share members’ native language term for the English word ‘dream’. Our international dictionary is growing, helping to expand our wide-world view of dreams and dreaming. In this month’s column, Jeremy Seligson (regional representative: Korea) shares a lovely way to deepen community through sharing cultural dream stories and folktales.

If you have a dream story you would like to share we would love to hear from you. In a follow-up to last month's newsletter, Susan Baragia advises that Tom and Kathleen Trotter were teaching at the University of Idaho, not the University of Nevada as previously stated.

We wish all of our members around the globe a very good new year. 

 One Thousand Names for Dreams

Mong (夢,몽) is Sino-Korean for Dream, literally meaning, “grass covers eyes under roof at night.” Kkum (꿈) is pure Korean, stemming from Kkum-i-da, meaning “to decorate,” or “make up a story,” and, of course, a sleeping dream. Kkum-ul-Kkumida means, “I dreamed a dream.”

A Korean Tale:  Jeremy Seligson

One night, Yi To-jo, who resided in the southeastern city of Jeon-ju in the Go-ryeo kingdom (918-1392) was sleeping and dreaming. In his dream, a stranger told him, “I am the dragon god (in human guise) of a nearby pond. Another dragon is trying to steal it away from me. We've agreed to fight a duel. If I win, I can keep my pond, but I'm afraid that I might lose. Can you help me?”

Yi To-jo replied, “Sorry, I won't.”

The next night, the stranger (again in human form) appeared again with his plea. This time, To-jo said, “I will, but how can I distinguish between you and the other dragon? The stranger said, “My skin color is white and his, black.”

The next morning, it was cloudy. To-jo, a famous archer, crept up to the pond clutching his bow. All at once, the water began bubbling and churning. Soon he could make out a white and a black dragon fighting.

To-jo strung an arrow, aimed, and struck the black dragon. Mortally wounded, it howled and flew away. That night, the white dragon appeared in To-jo's dream and said, “I'm going to repay you for your help. You'll find out how, in the future, through your descendants.”

Then, he vanished. To-jo woke up. To-jo's grandson, General Yi Song-gye would stage a coup d'etat in 1388. After he declined thrice, his supporters elevated him to the throne.

Thanks to To-jo's dream, each of the 26 following Jo-seon Dynasty (1392-1910) kings would bear the emblem of a smiling, as if “You'd make a good meal!” dragon on their silk robes.

Toronto Region Update:  Mara Zadnoff

Toronto regional members Julia Ray, Christopher Sowton, Jeanne Van Bronkhorst and Patti Allen spearheaded the IASD Toronto Region’s first large scale community event at the Whole Life Expo in Toronto, Canada from November 22-24. This 3-day event brings in thousands of people who are interested in attending to their well-being on various levels of health care.

Our shiny new brochure promoting our February 2, 2014 event flew off of the table . . . okay, so we had to stop a few people to ask them if they were curious about their dreams, but they almost always left with some information about our region and a conversation about their dreams. Our community outreach resulted in 43 new contacts for our regional mailing list and promotional time for our participating members.

On the opening day, Jeanne Van Bronkhorst presented ‘Dreams-Creating a Good Life’ and read from her book, Premonitions in Daily Life. It was an exhilarating weekend with good friends and good dreamers. Melody Boyce was the lucky winner of the complimentary gift membership. Congratulations to Melody, and we look forward to welcoming her and all our new contacts to our February 2 regional meeting, ‘Dreams Matter.’

Regional Representatives Network

Please check the IASD website for up-to-date names and contact information for the regional representative in your area. The Regional Representative webpage  is divided into regions, making your search more user-friendly. If you do not have a Regional Rep for your area, consider volunteering to become one! You could serve an important networking role for IASD.

To volunteer to become a Regional Representative, contact Susannah Benson at: dreamtracking@gmail.com  or Claude Desloges at: claude.desloges@videotron.ca

For corrections or feedback on member contacts from Regional Reps, contact Claude Desloges, (Regional Representative Eastern Canada) at: claude.desloges@videotron.ca

KID LUCID - By Al Moniz