Sleep on it - Dreaming for Creativity and Health
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The document discusses the ancient Greek god Asclepius and the practice of dream incubation for healing. Some key points: - Asclepius was the god of healing and medicine in ancient Greece. People would go to healing temples called Asclepieions to incubate healing dreams. - The practice involved relaxation, focusing the mind, and waiting for a dream from Asclepius that would provide healing. Dreams were seen as a form of divine communication. - Dream incubation has also been used throughout history for creativity and problem solving by many notable figures such as scientists and artists. - The document provides suggestions for modern dream incubation practices to enhance healing, creativity, and gain guidance.
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- 1. Sleep on it! Sheila McNellis Asato, M.A., E.I.C. Minneapolis Photo Center
- 2. “ It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” John Steinbeck
- 11. Hygeia
- 15. Gratitude
- 18. Asclepius Today
- 19. Interesting Tidbits What’s the Difference? The staff of Asclepius and The Caduceus of Mercury (Roman) Or the Karykeion of Hermes (Greek)
- 22. Sleep on it! Dream Incubation Basics Bbearded Asclepius -- Vatican Museum, Braccio Chiaromonti Carole Lombard, 1937, Paramount, MPTV.net
- 23. Learn from Ancient Dreamers
- 24. “ Place yourself where you will not be distracted from the subject of your desired dream.”
- 25. “ Clearly formulate your intended dream”
- 26. “ Your body should be in a deeply relaxed state when you present yourself with suggestions for the intended dream.”
- 27. “ Visualize the desired dream as though it is happening.”
- 28. “ Believe that your subconscious can provide the desired dream.”
- 29. “ Work with your current dreams.”
- 30. “ Inducing dreams is a learned skill; it takes time and practice. Don’t give up if you don’t have immediate success. Keep trying.”
- 34. Now it’s Your Turn!
- 35. Get out some paper and a pen
- 36. Have a General Direction
- 38. Work on it in Waking Life
- 42. Pay Attention to Idiosyncratic Images
- 44. Share Dreams with a Friend
- 45. Give the Dream Form
- 46. Reap the Riches
- 47. Your Dreams Want You!
Editor's Notes
- Brian McGregor
- (Running Press, 1988, p. 88)
- National Archaeological Museum, Athenshttp://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S23.4.html
- National Archaeological Museum, Athenshttp://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S23.4.html http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bkh/epigraph/vatican.htm
- Young Asclepius statue in the "Braccio Nuovo" of the Vatican Museum http://catholic-resources.org/AncientRome/Asclepius.htm Asclepius: The son of Apollo by a mortal woman, Asclepius was taken by his divine father at birth and apprenticed to a wise centaur (a mythical creature, half man and half horse). This centaur, whose name was Chiron, taught Asclepius the healing arts so that he could reduce the sufferings of mortals. With his miraculous cures, Asclepius quickly earned great fame. Motivated by compassion, he even succeeded in restoring the dead to life. But this proved his undoing. Hades complained to Zeus that if this were allowed to continue, the natural order of the universe would be subverted. Zeus agreed and struck Asclepius down with a thunderbolt. In some versions of the story, Asclepius was transformed into a star after his death. Asclepius was an immensely popular god, originally in Greece but later also in Rome. By the fourth century before the common era, he had established a number of sanctuaries in Greece, the most important ones being in Cos and Epidauros. Early in the third century BCE, his cult was brought to Rome after the city had been struck by a plague. Asclepius's medical knowledge and divine healing powers fostered two distinct traditions within the Greek world. On the one hand, he served as a divine mentor to the doctors who treated patients at his sanctuary at Cos. On the other hand, at the sanctuary of Epidauros, the god performed miraculous cures in response to the direct petitions of suppliants. In the early Roman imperial era, Asclepius assumed an even greater religious importance. He had become a savior god. The physically or emotionally afflicted received long-term care and guidance at his sanctuaries, and in return they devoted themselves to his worship and service. The most famous of devotee of Asclepius during the Roman imperial period was the rhetoric and sophist (professional public speaker) Aelius Aristides. Having just embarked on his public career, Aristides was stricken by a complete physical and mental breakdown. After seeking the help of another god to no avail, he visited the shrine of Asclepius in his adoptive city of Smyrna. During this visit, the god appeared to Aristides in a dream-vision, and this encounter changed his life. Asclepius not only prescribed treatments for his chronic bouts of illness, the god also offered guidance for the conduct of all aspects of his life. Thereafter, Aristides placed himself and his career under the god's protection, making numerous extended visits to the renowned Asclepius sanctuary in Pergamon. In his autobiographical narrative of his numerous encounters with the god, Aristides reveals his special relationship with Asclepius by most often addressing the god as "Savior.“ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/portrait/religions.html 10/27/2006see: http://www.youtube
- The extraction of Asclepius from the abdomen of his mother Coronis by his father Apollo. Woodcut from the 1549 edition of Alessandro Beneditti's De Re Medica http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/cesarean_2.html
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- http://www.ufrsd.net/staffwww/stefanl/myths/ophiuchus.jpg
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- http://image06.webshots.com/6/8/30/55/164283055XRkOGv_ph.jpg Sculpture of the goddess Hygeia, Archaelogical Museum, Kos
- A Sick Child Brought into the Temple of Aesculapius, 1877, by John William Waterhouse Downloaded from http://persephone.cps.unizar.es/
- Moonrise over the Temple of Poseidon by Anthony Ayiomamitis http://www.astronomy.com/asy/objects/images/greece_the_moon_500.jpg
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- http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/greece/asklepion_shrine.html
- Many "medical" organizations use a symbol of a short rod entwined by two snakes and topped by a pair of wings, which is actually the caduceus or magic wand of the Greek god Hermes (Roman Mercury ), messenger of the gods, inventor of (magical) incantations, conductor of the dead and protector of merchants and thieves. It is derived from the Greek karykeion = "herald's staff", itself based on the word "eruko" meaning restrain, control.
- Mercury (Hermes) & merchant approach disapproving Asclepius (Physician) and the naked Graces (Medtrine, Hygeia and Panacea) Engraved from original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome, Galerie Mythologique, Recueil de Monuments by Aubin Louis Millin, Paris 1811. http://drblayney.com/Asclepius.html
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