April 2008

  In This Issue:

IASD MEMBER EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

THE BUTTERFLY WOMAN: AN ARCHTYPAL IMAGE IN A MYTHOLOGICAL DREAM
A lecture by Michael Vannoy Adams of New York

Fri., April 18, 7:30 - 10:00 P.M.
Dawson College Amphitheatre, Room 4C.1
4001 de Maisonneuve W. (Atwater Metro)
Montréal, Quebec, Canada

In this lecture, Michael Vannoy Adams will present the case of “The Butterfly Woman,” which includes an interpretation of the very first dream of a woman in analysis. The dream features an archetypal image – a butterfly. Because a butterfly experiences a metamorphosis, it is one of the most important archetypal images of the transformation of the psyche. In this mythological dream, the butterfly is “stuck.” This case demonstrates that, when the psyche is stuck, it may get unstuck.

“Mythological dreams” are dreams that emerge from what Adams calls the “mythological unconscious.” We will interpret and discuss mythological dreams that feature two of the most important archetypal images – the “journey” and the “monster.” The workshop will demonstrate how archetypal images from the unconscious offer valuable alternative perspectives in an effort to compensate the partial, prejudicial, maladaptive, and dysfunctional attitudes of the ego.

Michael Vannoy Adams, D.Phil., L.C.S.W., is a Jungian psychoanalyst in New York City. He is the author of three books: The Fantasy Principle: Psychoanalysis of the Imagination (2004), The Mythological Unconscious (2001), and The Multicultural Imagination: “Race,” Color, and the Unconscious (1996). He is a clinical associate professor at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He is also a faculty member at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association, the Object Relations Institute, and the New School, where he was previously associate provost. He is the recipient of three Gradiva Awards from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. He has been a Marshall scholar in England and a Fulbright senior lecturer in India.

1. WHAT'S THAT IN MY MAIL BOX

2. MONTREAL CONFERENCE UPDATES AND INFORMATION

3. CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS/YOUR WAY TO HELP OUT

4. STUDENT AWARDS COMPETITION DEADLINE APRIL 15: LAST CHANCE TO ENTER

5. CONFERENCE HEADLINERS

6. REGISTER TO WIN A FREE CONFERENCE

7. ANNOUNCING 2008 NOMINATIONS FOR IASD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

8. IASD PLANS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

9. ONLINE COMMITTEE WILL SURVEY MEMBER PREFERENCES

10. REFLECTIONS ON BEING AN IASD BOARD MEMBER

11. MEMBERSHIP NEWS APRIL 2008

12. LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL IASD CONFERENCE

Also in this issue:

THE BUTTERFLY WOMAN: AN ARCHTYPAL IMAGE IN A MYTHOLOGICAL DREAM

DREAM INSTITUTE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: APRIL EVENTS FEATURE IASD MEMBERS

MARCH MEMBERSHIP TOTAL: 59

NANCY RICHTER BRZESKI DREAM THEATRE AND AWARD

INTERNATIONAL DREAM EXHIBITIONS TAKE CENTER STAGE

TWINS SOUGHT FOR DREAM STUDY

DREAMS IN THE MEDIA

DREAMS AND POLITICS IN THE BLOGOPHERE

WHAT'S THAT IN MY MAIL BOX

DREAM INSTITUTE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: APRIL EVENTS FEATURE IASD MEMBERS

“Dreaming the Earth,” an Earth day celebration, will be held on Sunday, April 20, at the JFK University Arts Annex in Berkeley. The program, co-sponsored by the Dream Institute of Northern California and the JFKU School of Holistic Studies, features several IASD members, starting with a panel discussion on “Environmental Awareness through Dreams” with Meredith Sabini, Kelly Bulkeley, and Marilyn Fowler, to be followed by a new dream play, “The Earth is Humming,” directed by Richard Russo.

Sabini and Russo, the co-directors of the Dream Institute, are also initiating a new program, the Community Dream Council, on Fri. night, April 11. Modeled after shamanic cultures, this monthly meeting will provide an opportunity for members of the community to come together to share and discuss “big” dreams about current events, the culture, and other transpersonal aspects of their dreaming.

For more information, check the web site
(http://dream-institute.org/) or call 510.845.1767

MONTREAL CONFERENCE UPDATES AND INFORMATION

NANCY RICHTER BRZESKI DREAM THEATRE AND AWARD

In March 2007 Nancy Richter Brzeski, aided by Janet McCall and Cynnie Pearson, introduced Dream Theater to thirteen 8th grade volunteers at Falk Laboratory School in Pittsburgh, PA.

An article describing this event will appear in the Spring edition of Dream Network. This school, currently one of the best lab schools in the country, is affiliated with the School of Education at Pitt University. The following day the volunteers made dream-related collages. Great fun was had by all! Nancy will be given the school's "Outstanding Alumni Award" on April 17 in Pittsburgh, her home town. She graduated from Falk Elementary School in 1938.

INTERNATIONAL DREAM EXHIBITIONS TAKE CENTER STAGE

Welcome Collection in London:
“Sleeping and Dreaming,” which closed March 9 2008, attempted to answer the following questions: Why are scientists still perplexed by sleep? What do the insights that our dreams bring us mean? And is a life without sleep conceivable? Sleeping and dreaming is a nightly (or daily) occurrence for us all, yet we still know relatively little about this elusive phenomenon. IASD dream artist, Jane Gifford was one of the artists featured in this show. To find out more, visit: http://tinyurl.com/yv7twr

Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC:
The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image
Part I: “Dreams,” Feb. 14, - May 11, 2008
This two-part exhibition features moving-image artworks by a range of influential and emerging international artists whose works use film language and technology to explore the ever-increasing impact of the cinematic on our perceptions and the ways in which the very boundaries between “real life” and make-believe have become at least blurred, if not indecipherable.

The first the series, “Dreams,” addresses film’s ability to transport us out of our everyday lives and into a dream world. Using a series of artists’ installations, the exhibition moves us through the different stages of consciousness and dreaming, from those moments between wakefulness and sleep to the darker recesses of the imagination and fantasy. “Dreams” is curated by chief curator, Kerry Brougher and associate curator, Kelly Gordon. More information at: http://tinyurl.com/2q8vj9
 

TWINS SOUGHT FOR DREAM STUDY
Are you an identical twin? Have you ever wondered if your dreams are different because you are a twin? Have you ever wondered if your dreams are similar to other twins? Would you like to help psychotherapists understand twins better?

This is your opportunity to participate in a study of the dreams of identical twins. A doctoral researcher at Capella University, Margery Runyan, is looking for sets of identical twins, ages 18-60, raised together and now living apart, who are willing to record dreams on awakening. The researcher will compare the dream content of twins to the dreams of singles and other twins. You will need to record five dreams and your twin will record five dreams without comparing or communicating about the dreams. You will receive a summary of the findings. All information about you and your twin will be confidential and your privacy will be protected.

Log onto www.twindreams.info  or contact Margery Runyan at 970.946.0992 if you are interested. You will help other twins by participating. Thank you for considering this opportunity.
Margery Runyan
LISW, LCSW
 

“Dreams Without Borders,” Tues., July 8 through Sat., July 12, 2008. Hôtel Auberge Universel Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Join us for four days and five nights of exploration into the meanings and mysteries of dreams with over 100 world famous authors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, artists, educators and researchers in the field of Dream Studies. The program is designed for the general public as well as professionals, with workshops and presentations on all aspects of dreaming, along with special events including a dream arts exhibition, the dream telepathy contest, a dream hike, a Botanical Gardens tour and the ever-popular costume dream ball.

The beautiful Auberge Universel captures the feeling of Montreal. It is located right next door to the Olympic Stadium and Village and across the street from Montreal’s beautiful Botanical Gardens. The hotel is a five minute subway ride to Downtown and Old Montreal’s cobblestone streets and harbor.

Rooms are filling up fast at the hotel. Don’t try to go online to book as the rooms have all been blocked off for us and will show as sold out. However, they are not sold out yet. Book, by telephone, at 1.800.567.0223. Be sure to ask for the IASD discount!

CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS/YOUR WAY TO HELP OUT

Due to a generous donation from the folks in Montreal to the conference scholarship fund, and the letter to IASD research and faculty people that followed, we now have more requests for scholarships than we can fill...including eight graduate students and research assistants! Talk about encouraging the future of dream research!

In order not to disappoint any of the fourteen people who have applied for conference scholarships, we are asking for your assistance. If you are willing to provide a little extra to IASD for scholarship aid, just go to: https://asdreams.org/donation/index.htm  Remember to indicate that your donation is for conference scholarships. Thank you.

STUDENT AWARDS COMPETITION DEADLINE APRIL 15: LAST CHANCE TO ENTER

All students, from high school to graduate school, are eligible to compete in the IASD Student Awards Competition. Award winners will be announced at the “Dreams Without Borders” Conference in Montreal. All submissions must be received by April 15.

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. There are two new provisions to this year's competition, which are in boldface below.

All participants must submit their presentations either through email (preferred) at office@asdreams.org  or by mailing files on a CD or a DVD to the IASD office by April 15, 2008 (IASD-Student Research, 1672 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703). Mark on any mailed boxed "OK to leave on left porch." Participants must specify for which award they are applying. Text submissions must not exceed 6,000 words. See http://tinyurl.com/2zgyo2  for complete information.

CONFERENCE HEADLINERS

Fariba Bogzaran and Daniel Deslauriers will open the celebration evening in honor of the 25th Anniversary if IASD with their presentation titled, "One Night of Sleep: The Art and Science of Dreaming." This multimedia, inspirational presentation will focus on one night of sleep -- from hypnagogia to hypnopompia using scientific discoveries with visual imageries, video, and poetic live appearances.

Dr. Bogzaran is an Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California and Dr. Deslauriers is a core faculty member at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco.

Guy Corneau, world renowned and best selling author of Absent Fathers, Lost Sons: The Search for Masculine Identity and Lessons in Love: The Transformation of Spirit through Intimacy will discuss “Dreams of Meaning; A Personal Experience”. Guy Corneau is a Jungian analyst trained at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and cofounder of the Jung Circle of Montreal. He has given numerous lectures and workshops worldwide. IASD is proud to announce and to welcome The C. G. Jung Society of Montreal as a co-sponsor of this Keynote Address. Please note: Guy Corneau’s Keynote Address will be presented in French on Friday morning as part of the conference’s French Track, and in English on Friday evening.

Milton Kramer, M.D. will discuss “The Dream Experience: A Systematic Exploration,” based on his book of the same title. Dr. Kramer is Visiting Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association and a past president of IASD.

Tore Nielsen will explore the topic, "Normal and Pathological Dreaming: Current Research from the Montreal Dream & Nightmare Laboratory,” speaking about the latest research findings from his Montreal dream laboratory dealing with both normal and disturbed dreaming. Tore Nielsen is a full professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Université de Montreal, and Director of the Dream & Nightmare Laboratory at Montreal's Sacré-Coeur Hospital.

Go to www.asdreams.org/2008  for information and to register. Call 1.866.DREAM12, or e-mail: office@asdreams.org  Book your room by calling the hotel toll-free at 1.800.567.0223 (or 514.253.3365). Be sure to ask for the IASD Conference discount.

REGISTER TO WIN A FREE CONFERENCE!

This year, in conjunction with www.thinkholistic.com  IASD is offering a new way of advertising for the upcoming IASD conference in Montreal; a contest through which IASD members and nonmembers alike can register to win a free registration to the four day/five night conference. Tell your friends!

If you'd like to register to win the conference yourself, just use the “Enter Here” button to the left...but not until you've read about the rest of the interesting and important conference developments.

Voting will begin on April 18 online for the five new candidates to the IASD Board of Directors.  There will be full bios and photos of the candidates published both online and in Dream Time.  In order to be able to vote online, IASD members need to return their Electronic Voting Consent forms.  If you prefer to vote on paper, you will be able to do so by using the ballot, which will run in the upcoming issue of Dream Time.  Watch the IASD web site for complete information from each candidate and voting instructions.  Members will be asked to vote for five of the candidates below, who have been selected from over forty candidates reviewed by the IASD Nominations Committee. 

Nicholas Brink – USA, Pennsylvania 

Ernest Hartmann - USA, Massachusetts 

Deborah Hickey — USA, South Carolina 

Tom Lane - USA, North Carolina

Jacquie Lewis - USA, Illinois

Lana Nasser — USA, California

Gunnar Sundstrøm – Europe, Sweden

The Nominations Committee, Chaired by President-Elect Olaf Gerlach-Hansen, has also nominated the following as officers for 2008-2009.

President:  Olaf Gerlach-Hansen

Board Chair:  Jean Campbell

Vice-President/President-Elect:  Robert Waggoner

Secretary:  Robert Gongloff

Treasurer:  Bob Hoss

MARCH MEMBERSHIP
TOTAL: 59

New Members: 16
Ms. Monique Seguin
Mr. Giles Caron
Mr. Julian Blackburn
Ms. Judith L. White
Dr. Anna Leifer
Ms. Denyse Beaudet
Ms. Sandra Moon Dancer Rump
Dr. Perrine Ruby
Mr. Salvatore Spatafora
Ms. Katherine L. McInnis
Ms. Yolande Bastien
Ms. Sandra J. St. John
Mr. David Archibald McNaughton
Dr. William Fermont
Mr. William Groth
Ms. Claire G. Von Karls

Renewing Members: 43
Mr. Olaf Gerlach-Hansen
Mrs. Marilyn L. Grossman
Prof. Bernard Welt
Dr. John Davidson
Dr. Lynne Ehlers
Dr. Mary-Therese Dombeck
Ms. Diana M. Ilnicki
Ms. Janet L. McCall
Dr. Jill Mellick
Ms. Deborah Hickey
Ms. Marilyn E. Fowler
Ms. Patricia M. Davis
Ms. Jill Fischer
Dr. John W. Herbert & Ms. Geri Herbert
Mr. Luciano Morselli
Dr. Robert Van de Castle
Ms. Ann Goelitz
Ms. Jeanne VanBronkhorst
Dr. Lisa M. Cooney & Dr. Helaine E.Sheias
Dr. Mark Blagrove
Prof. Robert C. Koettel
Dr. E.W. Kellogg III
Rev. Geoff Nelson
Ms. Betsy Davids
Ms. Carole R. Moran
Mr. Gary Goodwin
Ms. Kim C. Colvin
Ms. Carolyn S. Cobb
Dr. Bonnelle Lewis Strickling
Ms. Angel Kwanyin Morgan
Rev. Bob & Mrs. Mary Anne Haden
Dr. Alfio Maggiolini
Ms. Layne Dalfen
Dr. Robert R. Tompkins
Mrs. Rosa Lanas Rebolledo (Anwandter)
Dr. Michael J. Zborowski
Dr. Fariba Bogzaran & Dr. Daniel Deslauriers
Anonymous 2
 

DREAMS IN THE MEDIA
IASD MEMBER

Nancy Grace shares the following dream story from a Louisiana publication: http://tinyurl.com/39h3gf 
 

DREAMS AND POLITICS IN THE BLOGOSPHERE

Have you had a dream about a presidential candidate? Thought about sharing it with others or just curious to know who others are dreaming about?

Blog about your dream candidate: http://tinyurl.com/2o7xty

Check out the dream research on political candidates: http://www.metaphysicalpoll.com

IASD board member Bernard Welt shares his thoughts on political candidate dreams: http://tinyurl.com/636dgk

REFLECTIONS ON BEING AN IASD BOARD MEMBER

Have you ever wondered what the IASD Board really does? I used to. Then I was voted a Board member, and got to peek behind the curtains. Boy, was I surprised. To share some of my bewilderment, in the monthly E-news I will reflect on what it is like to be a Board member.

Let’s start with the very basics many of you might already know. This is how the Board works: The Board is, at the moment, composed of six officers and fifteen elected members, plus former IASD presidents. We stay in contact mostly through e-mail, and trust me, plenty of messages are sent almost daily. We have four meetings a year; two during the annual conference, plus fall and spring meetings that are held over an entire weekend via phone conferencing.

The phone meetings are a bit demanding, at least for me, as I have to stay focused for several hours. Moreover, while the folks in the USA spend the day in the meeting, thanks to time difference, I have to stretch my bedtime until morning. Regardless, the meetings are so interesting that hardly anyone falls asleep during one.

Before all Board meetings, the eighteen committees, each in charge of a specific area or function, prepare reports for board members to read before the meetings. Then, our Chair, Jean Campbell, formulates a detailed agenda of the items to be discussed and voted on at the meetings. This year’s Spring meeting took place March 15 and 16. One of the most important themes we discussed was the revised Bylaws.

Changes in the IASD Bylaws were necessary to insure we are in compliance with California law. Many aspects of the Bylaws did not change, including our status as a non-profit organization in California, our mission, our right to publish, and our right to conduct conferences. But there were some changes, and the major ones were:

a) Meeting notification and voting. Under the new Bylaws we need to notify all members of meetings by mail, not email, unless the member has signed a consent form. So when your consent form arrives, sign it and send it back to the IASD office.

b) The Board of Directors. The nominating committee recommended we have 15 board members who are elected by the membership, and seven directors who are appointed by the board.

Next month, I will tell you more about what transpired at the spring meeting.
Katja Valli, Turku, Finland
 

MEMBERSHIP NEWS APRIL 2008

SPOTLIGHT on Southwest USA, Taos & Santa Fe, New Mexico
By Roger Martinez

Since the 10th International Dream Conference in Santa Fe, the Southwest has been all but a forgotten memory. The 1993 conference was my first involvement with IASD. Since then, we have not had an IASD president, or even a board member, from the southwest. (But then neither has the United States had a Southwestern president!) What we do have in the Southwest is a growing group of involved dreamers!

Currently, there are dream groups sharing dreams across the area. Jeremy Taylor was invited to present in Albuquerque recently. And I have just been given the unofficial go - ahead to teach a class on dreams at the University of New Mexico - Taos branch, next Spring. Victoria Rabinowe is one of IASD's longtime active Southwest members in Santa Fe and provides regular dream workshops. Also, in Santa Fe there is a new group beginning to form. The excitement is clear and it’s only a matter of time that dreamers in New Mexico will be a recognized regional group in IASD. You can expect to see many dreamers from this area at future IASD conferences.

Suena con Angelitos (sweet dreams),
Sir Roger Martinez
Southwest USA Regional Representative
Spain Regional Representative, (Representante por España)

Membership Voting Changes

Have you checked your “snail mail” for an important letter from IASD President David Kahn and Board Chair Jean Campbell? It’s a must-do action item for all members: we need you to return the enclosed consent form with your signature so you can vote electronically in the future. We must have your signed consent form on file and Richard Wilkerson is carefully collecting, recording and filing these forms as they come back to Central Office.

If you read this notice and notice that you DID NOT receive the letter with enclosed consent form for you to return by mail, please notify Richard Wilkerson immediately and he will send you another copy. IASD Office email: office@asdreams.org

If you do not have email and/or choose not to vote electronically you will have this option but we need to know this so we can reach all of our members. And of course email is less expensive and better environmentally than postal mail.

So, please help us to support your full participation as voting members of IASD.
Jody Grundy
Membership Chair

To find the list of Regional Contact Reps go to the IASD Website. To become a Regional Contact, or participate in a Regional meet-up contact Jody Grundy, Membership Chairperson: grundyj@fuse.net 
For Regional Programs contact:
Marcia Emery: powerhunch@aol.com  or Robert Gongloff: robertgongloff@earthlink.net

 

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL IASD CONFERENCE

THE POWER AND WISDOM OF DREAMS
Sat., Apr. 12, 2008, 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
(Registration and Breakfast begin at 8:30 A.M.),
Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

IASD is pleased to announce the first Regional Conference in Southern California. This is a wonderful opportunity to establish new connections and deepen relationships that already exist within the Southern California dreaming community. Please join us on this special day.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
"Dreams as a Source of Personal Spirituality"
Lionel Corbett, M.D.

PANEL:
"Collective Dreaming"
Barbara Bishop, M.A., Ph.D.; Rev. Geoff Nelson, D.Min.;
Lauren Schneider, M.A.; Sarah Jane Hall, M.A.

WORKSHOPS:
"Numinous Dreams and Visions" (Lionel Corbett, M.D.)
"Creative Expression of Dream Symbols" (Sandy Ginsberg, M.S.)
"Dreams and Guided Meditation" (Rita Hildebrandt)
"Body and Spirit Dreaming: Taking Dreams Into the Labyrinth" (Rev. Geoff Nelson, D.Min.)
"Dream Work: The Rashomon Approach" (David Jenkins, Ph.D.)
"Images of Wholeness in Dreams" (Joan Concannon, M.A.)
"Dreams and Projections" (Walter Berry, M.A.)

General fee for non-IASD member $75
IASD member $65
Students with I.D. $50
Continental breakfast and catered luncheon included
5 CEs are offered to MFTs and LCSWs
Processing of CEs $10

For detailed Information and Registration visit: www.ASDreams.org/2008LA
For questions: Rita Hildebrandt - lilibob@fea.net
 

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