Portland 6/3/2015 6:47:06 PM
Dream Analyst David Rivinus to Lecture at New Renaissance Bookshop in Portland Oregon
The New Renaissance Bookshop in Portland, Oregon has invited
dream analyst David Rivinus to give a lecture on the nature of dreams and
dreaming. The lecture, entitled “Waking Life: An Expanded Understanding of
Dreams,” will take place on June 26th at 7:00 pm in the meeting room
adjacent to the New Renaissance Bookshop, proper. The address is 1338 NW 23rd
Ave, Portland, Oregon 97210. There is a $12 admission fee.
The talk will highlight Rivinus’s unorthodox idea that the
process of dreaming not only occurs at night during sleep, but continues throughout
the day during wakefulness. He asks, “At night we dream, but what about during
the day? Are the experiences of our waking lives any different than those
scenes that come to us while we sleep?” It is his contention that the unusual
or disturbing events that occur during our day-to-day lives are also dreams
that can be analyzed and interpreted exactly as if they were more typical
dreams that we have at night. During radio interviews, articles, and speaking
engagements, Rivinus has touted this belief. He has frequently shown quite
convincingly that one can, indeed, interpret the events of one’s waking lives
as if they were dreams and come to soul-searching types of understandings based
on these interpretations.
The evening at the New Renaissance Bookshop will offer more
than a lecture. After the introductory talk, participants will have the
opportunity to try a simple, five-step technique for deciphering dreams—both
those remembered from sleep, and those that come during the day while “the
dreamer” is wide awake. “It’s pretty difficult to come away with a decent
command of dream interpretation after only an hour-and-a-half,” he says, “but
there will be plenty of time to witness the techniques in action, and to whet
one’s appetite for more understanding.” That more in-depth understanding can
take place from reading Rivinus’s book “Always Dreaming,” available on
Amazon.com, and through Barnes and Noble and the book’s publisher, Ozark
Mountain Publishing.
David Rivinus
belongs to the International Association for the Study of Dreams, and is a
presenter, lecturer, teacher, and dream facilitator with three decade’s
experience. For more information, please visit www.teacherofdreams.com. The link to
the lecture at the New Renaissance Bookshop is https://www.newrenbooks.com/events/june-reg.html#riv.