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| AUGUST 2016 VOLUME 14 / ISSUE 7 |
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IN THIS ISSUE PsiberDreaming Conference 2016 News 2017 IASD Annual International Conference in Anaheim, CA: Venue and Dates Announced Call for Presentations IASD’s First Online Dream Research Conference Call for 2016 Research Grant Proposals ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Welcome Address from Our New IASD President June & July Membership Total: 61
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Presidential Address from
Laurel Clark
It is
a great honor to speak to you as the new president of IASD.
I
joined IASD in 2008 and attended my first conference in Montreal.
From the beginning, I became a volunteer and have continued to
volunteer and serve the dream community through participating in this
wonderful organization.
Some
of you may not know that IASD lives through the support of dedicated people
who devote considerable amounts of time and energy to make it work.
I am
always impressed with the generosity, kindness, and humbleness of the
members of this organization.
IASD includes some of the world’s greatest experts and pioneers in the world
of dreams. These teachers,
authors, scholars, scientists, researchers, artists, therapists and other
professionals treat everyone who is a part of this organization as valuable.
And
indeed, we are valuable. The
fact that we all dream brings us together. Where else but at an annual conference can you find neuroscientists, artists, intuitives, scholars, psycho-therapists, clergy, students and everyday dream workers sitting side-by-side, sharing with each other and learning from each other?
Where
else can you strengthen your understanding of lucid dreaming, visitations
from the other side, and learn how improvisational jazz engages the same
brain activity as nighttime dreaming?
Where else can you meet people who have healed cancer and other
illnesses through dreams and converse with doctors who are changing the
medical community by listening to their patients’ dreams?
Where else can you meet a group of dreamers who intentionally
incubate dreams to bring about world peace?
We are
a multi-dimensional dream community with so much to learn to enhance our
understanding of ourselves and each other.
I believe that as people develop greater self-understanding through
their dreams, they become better at harmonizing with other people.
Dreams
are a great equalizer. We all
dream and we all have something important to contribute.
I hope
that if this resonates with you, you decide to invest yourself to greater
degrees so that IASD can fulfill its mission in the world.
In the
United States where I live, there seems to be more and more focus on what
separates us, what makes us different, and how to resolve conflict that
arises from these differences.
I wonder how our world might become more just and peaceful when people
recognize that in our common humanity we share this bond of dreaming.
To
this end, IASD strives to educate people and spread the word about the
nature of dreaming in a number of ways.
This year we are launching the first IASD book, Dreams that Change
Our Lives for the purpose of spreading dream knowledge to the world.
I hope that this book encourages the people who read it to share
their dreams so that increasingly, people recognize the value of dreams for
understanding themselves and others, for healing, and for community.
Also,
with the guidance of our new Membership Chair Sherry Puricelli, we are
exploring avenues for increasing membership and providing additional
benefits for those who become members or renew their membership to IASD.
I
would ask everyone here to look for people you know, or people you have yet
to meet, to let them know about IASD and invite them to become members.
If each one of us brings in just one new member, we will double our
numbers.
That
means more people to share and learn with and greater resources so that we
can continue to thrive. You
might consider giving an IASD membership as a gift.
This
morning I remembered a long, involved dream.
I would like to share part of it with you because it seems
significant:
I am
giving a lecture in a large hall.
It appears to be a college because the audience is mostly young
people. One young man comes up
to me, saying respectfully and firmly,
“Can
you say what you are going to say and then give us [the audience] time to
talk?”
I say
okay, that it is good to talk because you get questions and it helps you to
think things through.
This
dream fits with the message I want to impart to you today.
I
encourage and empower you to invest yourself in this organization.
Whether you volunteer your time in a committee, contribute money so
we can continue to provide awards and scholarships, make a commitment to
bring in new members, write articles for our publication
DreamTime, or find other ways to participate, the IASD is as strong as
its people.
Sometimes it seems that a well-established organization doesn’t need anyone
or anything new, but believe me, the influx of new people, new ideas, and
new energy is most welcomed.
Thank
you again for the opportunity to serve you as president of IASD.
IASD MEMBER BECOMES GOOD THERAPY’S TOPIC EXPERT
Linda Mastrangelo is proud to announce that she is now Good Therapy’s
Expert Contributor for both Dreamwork and Grief, Loss and Bereavement.
Good Therapy is an international association that supports efforts to
reduce harm in therapy and is ranked as one of the top therapist
directories on the Internet. Linda was chosen to be part of a team of
therapists who bring their expertise in various mental health topics to
the public. The International Association for the Study of Dreams is
cited as their number one resource for Dreams.
In this issue of Hot Off the Press we will be focusing on a very hot
topic right now; political dreams. The intention of this column is to
publish links to evidence-based scientific articles on the study of
dreams that are written for a non-research audience.
TOTAL JUNE AND JULY New and Renewing MEMBERS = 61 |
• Tuning In to the Frequency: New IASD Members Receive this Conference
Free
With "Tuning In To the Frequency", we will tune in to dreams. This is an
old fashioned conference: two weeks of fun online, all the time 24/7,
with global participation. Because participants can tune in at any time,
there are no "real-time" video presentations or activities aside from
occasional chats. We use a php discussion board. Call for Artists for the 2016 PsiberDreaming Online Gallery IASD PsiberDreaming Gallery Team
Bob Hoss, Conference Advisory Committee Chair What a wonderful conference we held this year at the Rolduc Abbey and conference center in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. We had over 350 attendees from 30 countries and 160 presenters. Everyone loved having a conference in a 12th century abbey surrounded by a cloister filled with dream art. IASD would like to thank the many volunteers who worked to make this conference possible, particularly the Dutch team and the co-chairs Barbara Koning and Willem Fermont as well as the core members of the Conference Advisory Committee and its chair Bob Hoss. Visit the 2016 Conference web site for further information https://asdreams.org/2016 Board Nomination Results Laurel Clark, President and former Nominating Committee Chair The IASD Nominating Committee presented a slate of seven candidates to the membership for election to the Board: Susannah Benson, Louis Hagood, Curt Hoffman, Ed Kellogg, Sherry Puricelli, Katja Valli, and Susanne van Doorn. The nominees elected by the members were: Susannah Benson, Ed Kellogg, Sherry Puricelli, Katja Valli, and Susanne van Doorn.
The new member-elected directors assumed their positions at the first summer board meeting held June 24. The members coming off the board are Ryan Hurd and Janet Garrett. We appreciate their service! The new officers for 2016-2017 are: Board Chair, Scott Sparrow; President, Laurel Clark; Vice President, Melinda Ziemer; Secretary, Joy Fatooh; and Treasurer, Robert Waggoner. Our thanks to the membership for participating in this year's board vote. Awards Presented to Two Outstanding Student Papers Curtiss Hoffman, Student Awards Committee Chair The Student Research Awards Committee consists of six members: Deirdre Barrett, Ann Bengtsson, Curtiss Hoffman (chair), Tracey Kahan, Jacquie Lewis, and Bernard Welt. It is our task to evaluate submissions each year for the Ernest Hartmann Student Research Awards, and to determine winners and runners-up for this prestigious award in each of the two categories: quantitative and qualitative research. The committee received twelve papers for consideration this year. We quickly eliminated two of them: one because it had been published previously and the other because it was not really a paper but a paper proposal. We then evaluated the remaining ten papers on the basis of four criteria: coherence, relevance, contribution to the field of dream studies, and originality. Each committee member rated each paper on a Likert scale from 0 (lowest) to 4 (highest). The results were then compiled and averaged for each paper. The committee was in substantial agreement about the papers, and we have agreed to make awards as follows:
Quantitative Category:
Qualitative Category:
We encourage students who are currently working on creative papers in either quantitative or qualitative dream research to submit them to the 2017 competition. Juried Dream Art Exhibition Robert Gongloff, on behalf of the conference art exhibition committee.
Dream Ball and Psi Winners He are some of the highlights and Psi Contest winners announced at the annual Dream Ball.
2017 IASD ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM, CA on June 16–20 The Venue The Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove, 12021 Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92840. The venue next year is in a perfect location for attendees who want to arrive or stay over a few days to vacation in southern California or visit the exciting attractions nearby. The hotel is 2.2 miles from DisneylandŽ park, 9 miles from Knott’s Berry Farm and 18 miles from the beaches. It is accessible from the LAX international airport or the John Wayne Airport (Orange County). We have negotiated the same discount rate for 3 days before and after the conference for attendees who want to take advantage of the local attractions. The Conference will feature world-renowned keynote speakers and over 160 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, a Dream Art Exhibition and reception, the annual PSI Dreaming Contest, and the ever popular costume Dream Ball and other special events appropriate to the enjoyment of the location. CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS Submission Deadline is December 15, 2016. Online Submissions will open in mid-August.
Submissions: High quality proposals are invited that fall into
any of the following tracks: Research and Theory; Clinical Approaches;
Dreamwork Practices; Arts and Humanities; Education; Religion,
Spirituality and Philosophy; Extraordinary, PSI and Lucid Dreams; Dreams
and Health; Culture and History; and Mental Imagery. Submission
Categories include: Paper Presentations; Symposia; Panels; Workshops;
Special Events; Morning Dream Groups; and Poster Papers.
IASD TO HOST FIRST ONLINE DREAM RESEARCH CONFERENCE
On November 11-13, 2016, the IASD will host the first Online Dream
Research Conference, which will feature nine internationally recognized
scholars, including Mark Blagrove, William Domhoff, Tracey Kahan,
Michael Schredl, Sophie Schwartz, Robert Stickgold, Erin Wamsley,
Jennifer Windt, and Antonio Zadra.
Facilitated through Zoom videoconferencing, each day will feature three
live videoconferenced presentations, question-and-answer sessions
following each event, and online discussion forum exchanges. CALL FOR 2016 RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSALS
Grants are offered through a partnership between IASD and the
DreamScience Foundation (DSF)
REGIONAL NEWS
Hello Everyone! REGIONAL EVENTS UPDATE
IASD is pleased to announce its support for the International
Interdisciplinary Conference Dream Gallery to be held on April 21-May
28, 2017 in Moscow. The goal of the conference – which is being
organized by the Russian Society of Researchers of Dreams (RSRD) – is to
draw attention to the exciting process of dreaming, including research
work and the traditional culture of dreams in Russia. Call for papers
and presentations will be announced by Oct 3-December 23, 2016.
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.
We are still looking for a Regional Events Chair.
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This
year’s PsiberDreaming Conference theme is “Tuning in to the Frequency”.
We’ll tune in to the sights and sounds in symbols and messages that
reach out to us in our dreams. We could consider the rhythm of dream
cycles, the repetition of dream scenes, or the possibility that we are
on the same wavelength in a mutual dream. With the myriad of daily
influences upon our minds, can we block out the noise, and select the
right frequency to understand or enhance our dream’s meaning? Artwork
can also refine and bring clarity to a dream message. Do you have
artwork that you would like to share this year in the IASD
PsiberDreaming Online Gallery that resonates with the conference theme?
