1.  Most versions of magical theory consider dreaming to be a form of awareness of the astral realm, and deliberate control of dreams has been practiced by a variety of different magical traditions as a way of astral travel.

The study and interpretation of dreams is also a very old and widely practiced form of divination. Handbooks of dream interpretation have been available since ancient Greek times, if not before; most of them, like their modern equivalents, give long lists of objects or persons, along with the meaning of each if it appears in a dream. The focus on dreams in modern psychology is thus only a recent form of a very old (and generally occult) tradition.

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by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke

A technique developed by Joe H. Slate at Athens (Alabama) State University for "true dreaming," it specifies a certain goal and then focuses the dream experience upon it. Beyond Dreaming not only promotes psychic dreaming, it activates the subconscious resources required for successful achievement ...

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