IN THIS ISSUE
2015 IASD Annual International Conference, Virginia Beach:
Early Bird Registration is April 1
Preliminary Program Available
Keynotes and Featured
Presenters Update
Buy a Conference Program Ad
Ernest Hartmann
Student Research Awards Extended Deadline is March 20
Chicken Soup for the Soul Wants Your Life Changing Dream Story
IASD Regional News You Can Use
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
IASD Now on Reddit
Call for Dreams that Changed Our
Lives
Members Around the World
Hot off the Press
February Membership Total: 77
Contact:
IASD Office
209.724.0889
Linda H. Mastrangelo, Editor
Janet Garrett, Copy
Editor Laura Atkinson, Design and Layout
Richard Wilkerson, IASD
Office Manager Jean Campbell, Executive Committee Advisor
Robert
P. Gongloff, Editorial Consultant
IASD NOW ON REDDIT

Do androids dream of electric sheep? Do IASD members go on Reddit? Let's
find out! Whether you have an account or not, come visit the IASD "subreddit"
at reddit.com/r/iasdreams.
We're in the early stages and would like some current member input. Stop on
by when you have a free moment!
If one of your questions is: "what is
Reddit?" It is an aggregator website where users (relatively anonymously)
upload their work, stories, conversation topics, and links to interesting
content all onto one website. It has the continuous posts of links like
Facebook, with the space for extended conversation threads like a forum.
There are individual pages or "subreddits" for topics ranging from the
general (world news, movies, funny) to the esoteric (secret Santa, pugs,
tales from tech support). Dreaming and Lucid Dreaming have their own
subreddits and now IASD does too! Come take a look and tell us what you
think. Be forewarned, the website can be very distracting!
DREAMS THAT CHANGE OUR LIVES
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL YOUR STORY?

Have you had a life changing
dream? Would you like to share it so that others may appreciate the source
of inner wisdom that lies within our dreams? In IASD we support dreaming as
an important part of our growth, healing and learning process and we wish to
illustrate that concept with stories from those who have experienced life
changing insight and guidance from their dreams first hand. IASD is
therefore planning on publishing a book of dream stories and lessons by
those who have experienced life altering changes that were initiated by a
dream – and we would love to hear your story.
Life changing dreams
are part of what Carl Jung called Transcendence or “transition from one
state of being to another…manifesting as a new attitude toward oneself and
life.” Jung considered this a necessary part of growing as an individual –
or Individuation – and considered dreams to be a natural and necessary part
of bringing this about. Jung was not alone, many psychologists and
researchers have recognized the problem solving capability and creative
insight that dreams provide. The late Ernest Hartmann, MD, stated that
change comes as dreams weave new information into established memory, making
new connections, providing new insight which can help us make new decisions.
If your life has been changed by a dream and you wish to share your
story as a part of this inspiring anthology, a call for contributions of
dream stories is now posted on the
IASD website.
LONDON CALLING IASD MEMBERS FROM THE DREAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Will you be travelling to or through London in the future? If so, would you
be interested in giving a talk on a dreams hosted by charitable trust The
Dream Research Institute, London? IASD members, Dr Nigel Hamilton and Mary
Ziemer, Co-Founders of the DRI, invite you to take part in a DRI-hosted
workshop, seminar or daylong event. Proceeds from the event go to support
research into dreams from a transpersonal perspective. Speakers receive an
honorarium. We would like the DRI to serve as a meeting point for IASD
members travelling internationally.
In 2012, Dr Nigel Hamilton,
Director of the CCPE co-founded the Dream Research Institute to promote a
synergy of research into the connection between dreams and wellbeing. Along
with hosting courses on dreams from a psycho-spiritual perspective, this
year the DRI will launch a DRI Dream Series of presentations and workshops
featuring visiting IASD members and internationally recognized dream
researchers and dream workers.
The 2015 series includes:
Celebrating 40 years of Lucid Dream Exploration Keith
Hearne & Clare Johnson 03/28/2015 at CCPE
A daylong dynamic exploration of lucid dream science, therapy, healing,
creativity, & the dream body. With practical tips for working
therapeutically with lucid dreams. For program information and tickets
click here
Creative,
Transpersonal and Therapeutic Practices in Dreams & Lucidity
Fariba Bogzaran
05/27/2015 at CCPE In this evening lecture, Dr. Bogzaran will discuss
lucid dreaming as a practice of cultivating creativity, transpersonal
experiences and its application for therapeutic purposes. For program
information and tickets click here
The Lucidity of Light:
Light and Colour as an Expression of Creative and Transformative
Consciousness in Dreams Marlene Botha, Diane Greig, Nigel
Hamilton, Mary Ziemer
06/20/2015 at CCPE A series of interactive presentations on the nature of
light and colour in the waking world, alchemy, dreams and therapeutic
practice. For programme information and tickets
click here
If you would like to take part in the 2016 DRI Dream
Series to support the DRI’s charitable work in dream education and research
as well as to share your work, please contact: Mary Melinda Ziemer,
Co-Founder, DRI: drimz@ccpe.org.uk
We thank you for your interest and support and look forward to seeing you in
London!

In this issue, Hot Off the Press explores dreams and community. The
intention of this column is to publish links to evidence-based scientific
articles that are written for a non-research audience in the study of
dreams.
THE COMING REVOLUTION IN DREAM RESEARCH BY PATRICK
MCNAMARA PH.D.
The processes of “dream incubation” or
“dream interpretation” or “lucid dreaming” or “dream sharing” or “dream
recall” or “dream work” would take on whole new meanings when you have 100
million or even a million or even 100,000 dreamers all sharing their
experiences in a single community. And here is the important point: so too
would the scientific process of searching for potential functions of dreams
take on whole new meaning in such a community.
SOURCE:
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
ARE DREAMS MORE IMPORTANT TO AFRICAN
AMERICANS, BY KRISTAL BRENT ZOOK
A fascinating article
covering the psychological, cultural and historical spectrum of dreams and
the role of dreaming in the African American community.
SOURCE:
HUFFINGTON POST

TOTAL FEBRUARY MEMBERS = 77
NEW MEMBERS = 11
INDIVIDUALS:
Mark Anderson Martha Brubaker Margaret Dwyer Loren Goodman
Ted Hiebert Laura Hileman Daniel Kennedy John Malan Helen
Plesar Judith Tomlinson Anonymous -- 1
RENEWING MEMBERS
= 66
INDIVIDUALS: Kate Adams Paula Atwood Luca Barboni
Ann Bengtsson Susannah Benson Holly Benzenhafer Kelly Bulkeley
Larry Burk Neal Chase David Cielak Kate Connolly Carol
Coronis Claude Couture Fulvio D'Acquisto Betsy Davids John
Davidson Kevin Dobbyn Sven Doehner Rita Domnitz Laurette
Dupuis Beverly D'Urso Joy Fatooh Willem Fermont Victor
Garlock Heloisa Garman Christian Gerike Rosemary Gosselin
Deborah Hickey Clara Hill Jan Hitchcock Brigitte Holzinger
Lynn Hoss Robert Hoss Kathleen Kanavos Peter Kanavos Howard
Katz Philip King Andrea Koch Tom Lane Ilana Laps Johanne
LaRocque George Leute III Mary Pat Lynch Louise Marchand
Rachel Norment Yuuko Ootaka Wojciech Owczarski Wendy Pannier
Steven Pilgram Maria Pita Carolyn Plath Sherry Puricelli
Perrine Ruby Lisa Schmitz Lauren Schneider Laura Smith
Idalina Souza Suzanne Stewart Tracy Stone Nora Thill Raphael
Vallat Nancy Warfield Carol Warner Judith White Anonymous --
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THE 2015 IASD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, VIRGINIA BEACH:
The Early Bird Registration is coming up April 1 so register now! Also
register early at the conference site for your lodging in order to have
the best chance one of the deeply discounted rooms in the limited block
reserved for IASD.
A preliminary Program Schedule and presentation listing is available on
the conference website.
Go to www.asdreams.org/2015
for Information and to Register.
The Venue • Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference
Center is located on the beach at 2800 Shore Drive in Virginia Beach,
Virginia. The hotel is directly on the beach, features rooms with
sweeping views of the Cape Henry Bay, and is less than a mile from the
wildlife sanctuary at First Landing State Park.
The Program • The Conference will feature 6
world-renowned keynotes and featured speakers plus over 120 presenters
from 15 countries around the globe offering: 10 morning dream groups; 34
workshops; 29 panels and symposia; various special sessions; and a full
research track and poster session. Special events include an opening
reception, the Dream Art Exhibition and Reception, a Dream Hike along
the shore and wildlife sanctuary, the annual PSI Dreaming Contest, the
ever popular costume Dream Ball and other dance, music and artistic
activities. The Program is designed to provide a little something for
everyone, professionals as well as those simply interested in dreams. It
is organized in multidisciplinary tracks which include: Clinical
Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Research and Theory; Arts and
Humanities; Education; Spirituality and Religion; Extraordinary, PSI and
Lucid Dreams; Dreams and Health; Mental Imagery; Culture and History.
Come meet and converse with your favorite authors and personalities as
well as a multitude of kindred spirits interested in sharing the joy and
benefits of understanding dreams and dreamworking.
CEUs
• The International Association for the Study of Dreams is approved by
the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education
for psychologists. The International Association for the Study of Dreams
maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND
FEATURED PRESENTERS
In addition to over 100 presenters from around the globe, the conference
will feature three world-renowned keynote speakers:
Jean
Raffa, PhD: A Jungian psychologist and award winning author. Her
books include The Bridge to Wholeness: A Feminine Alternative to the
Hero Myth that was nominated for the Benjamin Franklin Award; and her
newest book, Healing the Sacred Divide: Making Peace with Ourselves,
Each Other, and the World, which won the Wilbur Award in 2013.
Dawson
Church, PhD: An award-winning author whose books include the
best-seller, The Genie in Your Genes, and a series of EFT manuals for
healing psychological and physical problems as well as improving
athletic performance. He is founder of the National Institute for
Integrative Healthcare, editor of the journal Energy Psychology and
owner of one of the largest alternative medicine sites, EFT Universe.
Jessica
Payne, PhD: An Associate Professor at the University of Arizona. Her
research focuses on how sleep and stress influence human memory and
psychological function. She also examines important clinical questions,
including how disturbances in sleep and stress influence memory
consolidation in individuals with major depressive disorder and anxiety
disorders such as PTSD, and how this, in turn, influences psychological
functioning. She combines behavioral, pharmacological and cognitive
neuro-scientific (EEG, fMRI) approaches in this research.
Featured Presenters include:
Rev.
Bob Haden, MS: Director of The Haden Institute, a Jungian
psychotherapist and Episcopal priest, and author of Unopened Letters
From God. He studied at The C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland.
He is a Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association, and holds
Masters degrees in Theology and in the Use of Dreams in Spiritual
Direction. He draws upon 30 years of experience in family, individual,
marriage, vocational, and life journey individuation counseling.
Stanley
Krippner, PhD: Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University, San
Francisco, and a past president of IASD. A former Director of the
Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory in Brooklyn NY, his
many books include the co-authored Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD
in War Veterans (2007). He was recipient of the APA Award for
Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of
Psychology, 2002.
Heather
Spence: A marine biologist researching dolphins, who will speak on
“Dolphin Dreaming.” She is a PhD candidate in Biopsychology and
Behavioral Neuroscience at the City University of NY, a founding partner
in the Global Research and Arts Center for the Investigation and
Advancement of Sustainability Solutions, and leads international
collaborative conservation projects in the Mexican Caribbean.
BUY A CONFERENCE PROGRAM AD
Highlight
your presence at the 2015 IASD Conference by advertising in the annual
conference program.
Do you have a product or business to promote?
Do you host a dream group? Are you an artist who would like to reach out
to an international audience? Do you offer ongoing workshops? Are you
one of the 90 published authors who belong to IASD?
If your ad
has not yet been included in the program, don’t get left out again this
year. You can provide us with camera-ready artwork – or with enough
advanced notice, we will create your ad for you for an additional fee
using one of several specially designed templates.
The annual
conference program is handed out to every conference attendee and
contains key information on events, schedule of sessions, workshops, and
much more. Attendees constantly refer to the program on-site and hold
onto it for future reference, generating multiple impressions for
advertisers. Not all conference attendees are IASD members, so
advertising in the conference program increases your exposure.
Materials deadline is April 15, 2015!
Click
here for information.
THE ERNEST HARTMANN AWARD FOR STUDENT RESEARCH
EXTENDED TO MARCH 20, 2015 From Curtiss
Hoffman Student Research Awards Chair
Students and faculty in
dream studies programs – we have extended the submissions deadline for
the Ernest Hartmann Research Award competition from March 1 to March 20,
to allow for more quality submissions. Any quantitative or qualitative
research on dreams in which you’ve been involved is welcome.
We are
pleased to announce that the anonymous donor who generously provided
funding for the Student Research Award last year has graciously agreed
to provide matching funds for the 2015 competition! The IASD board of
trustees will provide the balance of funds.
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 this
page for additional details.
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 20, 2015.
IASD-Student Research 1672 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703 USA Mark on any mailed box "OK to leave on porch."
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 announced at the IASD annual conference, which will be held
at the beautiful Virginia Beach Resort Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia,
USA, from June 5-9, 2015, during the General Membership Meeting. Check
the schedule of conference events to find out the exact date and time.
Double the Opportunity to Tell Your Life-Changing Dream Story
I ASD
is planning to publish a book “Dreams that Change Our Lives”
and is presently inviting your life changing dream stories through our
website, with a deadline of June 1, 2015. What is new is that we have
now formed an agreement with the Chicken Soup for the Soul
series to support a more near term publication called Dreams and
Premonitions, which also is based on a collection of inspirational dream
stories as well as premonitions. Their deadline however is very close –
March 15 – so if you wish to submit to that one as well, please act now.
We
are delighted about being involved in both of these efforts which
support our mission of promoting the importance of dreams in changing
our lives. Submission to one does not preclude submission to the others
so we invite you to submit your story to both, which may improve the
chances of your story being told.
To submit to the IASD book go to
www.asdreams.org and click on the “Dreams that Change Our
Lives” icon on the home page (see sidebar for more information).
To submit to the Chicken Soup go to
www.chickensoup.com and
select the “submit your story” link then chose Dreams and Premonitions
in the “Book Title” drop down box.

Bobbie Ann
Pimm, Regional Events Committee Chair
UPCOMING REGIONAL EVENTS
Dreams, Shamanism, & Mythology
The
Toronto Region of the International Association for the Study of Dreams
(IASD) is pleased to announce this two-day conference on dreams,
shamanism, and mythology featuring world-renowned dream researcher and
psychologist Stanley Krippner. Join him, along with guest presenters Dr.
Teresa DeCicco and Rosemary Gosselin for this extraordinary event in
downtown Toronto on April 18 & 19, 2015. For tickets visit:
www.dreamsmatter.eventbrite.ca
DreamWork:
DreamPlay
A
one-day conference is to be held in New York on April 25, 2015 at the
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis Greenwich Village.
The host for this conference is Lou Hagood. Presenters include: Michael
Vannoy Adams, Deirdre Barrett PhD, Fariba Bogzaran PhD, Larry Burk MD,
Lou Hagood, Michael P. Jenkins and Robert Waggoner. Full program details
and online registration are now available on the IASD website.
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 or for corrections or
feedback on member contacts from Regional Reps, contact Bobbie Ann Pimm
at bobbie@bobbieann.net
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