The Dream Book — A Dream Journal with a Symbol Dictionary

A third of your life happens in there, and almost all of it is thrown away by nine in the morning.

A place to write it down, and 54 symbols with what the old books have always said they meant.

The difference: most dream dictionaries state folklore as fact. This one gives you the traditional reading — and then, underneath, an honest second line.

Teeth falling out: shame, ageing, saying the wrong thing, losing power. — Also strongly linked to actual jaw clenching in your sleep.

Falling: loss of control, or a decision made without your consent. — Often just a hypnic jerk as you drop off. Almost everyone gets them.

Read both. The gap between them is usually where the useful bit sits.

Inside • 54 symbols — water, teeth, houses, being chased, the phone that won’t work, the dead, the double, sleep paralysis • Dream recording pages to print as many times as you need • How to actually remember them — six things that work, including why not to reach for your phone • Recurring dreams, and the rewriting technique that helps with nightmares • Lucid dreaming, briefly, with an honest caveat about the cost to your sleep • A patterns page for reading back after three months

20 pages, US Letter and A4. Instant download.

The readings here are folklore, not psychology, and no dream in this book foretells anything. Persistent nightmares or dreams replaying something that happened toyou are worth a doctor rather than a dictionary — the book says so on page two.