Daniel Deslauriers

Dreaming at the Edges explores transgressions of the boundaries of the typical Western self as generated in and through dreams. Our dreams travel across an unbounded space-time continuum, freely transgressing the boundaries of atomistic selfhood and object-oriented reality, playing within a fluid and permeable topography. Articles in this issue explore luminous disclosures appearing in liminal dream spaces: the transitional dreaming-into-waking state, the interiority-exteriority continuum, expansion and contraction within the elasticity of the subtle body, and mutually-interpenetrating intersubjectivity. Thus, the shimmering edges of the self appear illumined through the animating and radically-redefining landscapes of dreams.

A holistic approach to the fascinating, multifaceted world of dreams. This innovative book offers a holistic approach to one of the most fascinating and puzzling aspects of human experience: dreaming. Advocating the broad-ranging vision termed "integral" by thinkers from Aurobindo to Wilber, Fariba Bogzaran and Daniel Deslauriers consider dreams as multifaceted phenomena in an exploration that includes scientific, phenomenological, sociocultural, and subjective knowledge. Drawing from historical, cross-cultural, and contemporary practices, both interpretive and noninterpretive, the authors present Integral Dream Practice, an approach that emphasizes the dreamer's creative participation, reflective capacities, and mindful awareness in working with dreams. Bogzaran and Deslauriers have developed this comprehensive way of approaching dreams over many years and highlight their methods in a chapter that unfolds a single dream, showing how sustained creative exploration over time leads to transformative change.