Dream Method

Syllabus Dream Method

The class will be divided into two portions.The main portion will be conducted from 1-3 pm on fridays. The second portion will be conducted from 3pm to four. The difference between the portions will be explained below.

Students should endeavor to be punctual. Excessive lateness will be viewed harshly . I am told that two full and unexplained absences constitute a failure.

The substance of the class is a combination of three elements:

Guidance exists in the form of the weekly exercise, its description, and in meetings between the professor and the student to discuss the students progress. Performance exists in the exhibitions that the students will put on. Camaradarie exists in the business of the dream associates, described elsewhere. Students will be divided into 3 groups of 5. Each week one group will conduct an exhibition based upon their dreamwork. The exhibition need not be a group-effort. It can merely a matter of consecutive appearances.

The call will be structured in the following matter.

Part 1

Part 2

What are group exhibitions?

In group exhibitions the material you are accruing from your dreams will be employed in the creation of some kind of performance. A person can read from a story, can sing, can act, can do a false-interview, can mime, can exhibit drawings, film, etc. The work must be original, and generated from the students dreams specifically for this dream class. No prior work is acceptable. Students can use dream material to create a collaboration. all 5 students could collaborate on a single piece for instance. The exhibitions are not a matter of obtaining people’s judgement on work. No one in the class will or should criticize the student for his/her work. It is merely a matter of using dream material fruitfully and expeditiously.

You could, for instance, dress as a character from a dream and sit in a chair facing away from the class while reading aloud. Eye contact need not be involved. One could go so far as to specify that his/her performance will be given in the dark, or blindfolded.
What are individual meetings?
The nature of this dream work involves the application of particular methods to the student’s life. In individual meetings, students will speak to me about how they are integrating the methods into their lives. Also, they will speak to me about the particulars of their attempts to use dream-generated imagery and content in literature, art, film etc.
What is the discussion of the following week’s objectives?
During this time i will outline for the class the particular method that we will be attempting to apply during that week, and answering any questions that people might have that technique. Questions about the previous week’s technique can be brought up on a person-by-person basis during individual meetings.
What is the actual intent of the course?
The intent of the course is that the student will, at course’s end be recalling their dreams every night, be possessed of a book filled with such recorded dreams, and furthermore be able to become conscious or lucid during dreaming. Ideally, the person will gain the ability to lucid dream at will. This requires a great deal of dedication, however, and it is more likely that by the end of the semester, the students will have obtained for themselves the experience of having lucid-dreamed several times, and will continue to do so every so often as long as the intent remains.

CONCERNS on the part of students should be addressed to:

List of readings
NOTE: Readings will not be discussed in class. These Books are included not because I favor the particular thoughts or methods in them, but because I believe the reading os them will be useful and suggestive to those working with dreams. Students should read these books during the semester. They need not read them in any particular order.

The two books principally crucial to the method we will utilize are:

[ed. note — this prage washroom previous iteration of class — when the class was indeed in a classroom. Our situation this semester (ballroom) is different. I preserve this page for your amusement.]

REGARDING THE SITUATION OF CLASS

I had wanted for the class to be in a theater, and that we would therefore be able to have our exhibitions properly, with fanfare and aplomb. As it happens it seems this may not be possible. Therefore, we will attempt to do our best to make our classroom into a theatre of some sort. All the chairs will point in the same direction, save one.

YES, ONE CHAIR, and in it you will go.

But what is the manner of interaction? What behaviors is expected?
this is how:

YOU ARE IN THIS CLASS because YOU CHOSE IT

If you don’t feel you can commit to working hard, please choose another course. I mean to actually attempt to have the members of the class: Individuals who are not interested in working hard to obtain those goals should excuse themselves + The work that we will be doing here is largely invisible. Its s work that you will do for yourself and by yourself. No one else can know, for instance, how often you are stopping yourself during the day to see if you are awake or dreaming. If you are diligent, and do this often you will begin to see results. If you are not, you won’t. In the matter of our exhibitions, you can use the other members of your section as you go about preparing. The time during the week, between classes, is to be spent preforming that week’s exercise, recording dreams, and mining your dream-content for creative purposes.

R5

No. of dreams recorded: No. of words written in recording (estimate): No. of dreams analyzed for dream signs: Dream sign most prevalent: Concerns, worries, difficulties:

Attempting to wake yourself multiple times?

y n

No. of times this week’s exercise attempted:

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Success?

y n Miscellaneous: Are you asleep now? Instructions for the use of DREAM-ASSOCIATES Explain:

THE UTILITY OF THE DREAM ASSOVIATES is three-fold.

In the first place, it creates an added forum for intentionality, thereby aiding dream-recall, and the creation of dream-momentum. in the second place, it creates a location where in associates may support each other in this difficult work. in the third place, it allows the intuition of one associate to come to the aid of another.

R6

choose a dream from your week of dream recordings. write it out in a manner wherein sharing does not cause you discomfort. If space is insufficient, attach a page. space for dream associates to isolate dream-signs, perculiarities, wonders.

Roles for exhibitions

Ringleader

the ringleader

will introduce the members of his/her group during the exhibition. He/she will ease the audience and see that all is taken care of to ensure an appropriately wondrous performance. y n

No. of times this week’s exercise attempted:

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Success?

y n

Handbill maker

the handbille members of his/her group during the exhibition. He/she will ease the audience and see that all is taken care of to ensure an appropriately wondrous performance. The stage manager will see to it that the seating is appropriately done. he/she will arrange for any off or unorthodox seating that a particular performance may require. He/she will see to the lighting, etc.

Theater critic

The stage manager will see to it that the seating is appropriately done. he/she will arrange for any off or unorthodox seating that a particular performance may require. He/she will see to the lighting, etc.

thater critic.

The theater critic will write a brief (three sentence) description of each performance, which will be entered into the log via email (to)

Lackeys

The remaining individuals will constitute a group of lackeys who will perhaps replace the above ringleader, handbill maker, stage manager or theater critic, should it prove necessary. The remaining individuals will constitute a group of lackeys who will perhaps replace the above ringleader, handbill maker, stage manager or theater critic, should it prove necessary. NOTE: All the above individuals will be, in addition to their roles, giving a performance. each group will, as is mentioned elsewhere, making an exhibition once every three weeks.