Dream Yourself Awake

As we all settle down to begin our hibernation for the winter, we will likely spend more time sleeping and dreaming than usual. The workings of these inner realms have beguiled and bewitched us since ancient times, with dreams being variously interpreted as prophetic messaging, psychological processing, a way to commune with ancestors and for some cultures, indistinguishable from reality itself.

Sarah Janes is a lucid dreaming researcher, presenter and workshop host exploring the anthropology of sleep, ancient dream cultures and philosophy. Sharing her more than a decade of research on Sleep Temples, Sarah explores the evolution of imagination, memory, and consciousness throughout the ages and proposes that dreams have been fundamental in the creation and development of culture.

Her forthcoming book about Mnemosyne, Greek goddess of Memory, explores the ancient history and philosophy of dream therapy and sleep medicine, beginning in deepest antiquity through to ancient Mesopotamia, and offers insight into our contemporary enquiries into psychedelics, altered states, synchronicity, parapsychology, and time perception.