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defined by the Spiritual Emergence Network as those experiences which evidence psycho-spiritual growth). Using a hermeneutic lens to study the texts of dreams and DLEs is appropriate since this method was originally part of a theological process. Using this research method with transpersonal and spiritual images and themes seems fitting as its cyclic process allows for the depth of the material to be plumbed and realized. Through hermeneutic text study the researcher gains greater insight, recalibrating through reflection, shedding assumptions and presumptions as she cycles (Rickards, 2011). As Gadamer et al (2005) stated, hermeneutics, at its heart, invites a “fundamental questioning of the meaning of being” (p. 22). In regard to the Jungian literature, the method of dream symbol amplification and archetypal identification were employed to help reveal contextual themes, patterns, direction, and purpose toward accurate interpretation of images, and other dreams and DLEs content. Dreaming in this context is demonstrated to act as signposts, symbols, or markers in the spiritual emergence process. This body of work places luminosity in dreaming at the center of healing, validates spiritual development as an integral part of the healing process, and aids in a healthy societal understanding of such dreams, visions, spiritual crises, and more. Dreams may bridge the everyday state of consciousness, the subconscious mind, and superconscious mind. As Viggiano comments, “One begins to wonder if spiritual dreams/DLEs represent microcosms of spiritual emergence processes, much like tree branches may be considered fractals of the tree itself” (p. 112). At another point Viggiano wonders: “Could it be that society’s response to such liminal processes is actually tipping the balance toward their destructive end, when it could be instead helping to tip it toward creative enlargement?” (p. 120) These kinds of insights and creative tangents are often gained through hermeneutic reflection. I hope in future work Darlene Viggiano will comment further on the fruit from the tree of hermeneutic contemplation. I enjoyed, learned from, and recommend this book for scholars and interested readers of spirituality, psychotherapy, dream work, hermeneutics, Greig Rickards : Book Review: Dreams & Dream-like Experiences 91 pastoral counseling, and Jungian and transpersonal studies. References Gadamer, H-G., Weinsheimer, J., & Marshall, D. G. (2005). Truth and method. (2nd revised ed.). New York: Continuum. Retrieved from http:// www.amazon.com/Method-Continuum-Impacts- Hans-Georg-Gadamer/dp/082647697X/ ref=pd_sim_b_1#noop on March 23, 2010. Greig Rickards, D. (2011). Moonlight of the Divine Feminine: Magnifying western cultural shadow with women espionage agents. Goddess Thealogy Vol. 1(1), 45–53. Rickards, D. (2006). Illuminating feminine cultural shadow with women espionage agents and the dark goddess. Dissertation Abstracts International, UMI No. 3286605. Viggiano, D. (2010). The role of dream narratives in midlife spiritual development: A Jungian perspective. Leaflet, 2(1), 20–24. ––Diane Greig Rickards, Ph.D. Y DIANE GREIG RICKARDS, PH.D., is an international presenter and writer on: the benefits of long-term dream group sharing toward psycho-spiritual transformation and collective wisdom; women spy stories of the second world war; and cultural/collective shadow. She has a private practice in British Columbia, Canada, as a psychotherapist and dream-group facilitator. Currently, Diane is Membership Chair of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. During the upcoming year she will be releasing a book on the transformative stories of participants engaged in long-term dream groups. Y Editors’ Note: To learn more about Dr. Darlene Viggiano’s work, she recently did an online radio interview with Bonnie Bright, MA, founder of the Depth Psychology Alliance, entitled “The Role of Dreams in Psychospiritual Emergence” on April 20,
Restoration Earth: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Nature & Civilization, 1(2) 2012. To listen to the broadcast, please visit: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ depthinsights/2012/04/20/the-role-of-dreams-inpsycho-spiritual-emergence-processes. Dr. Viggiano is facilitating a free online study group on the topic through the Depth Psychology Alliance in May 2012. Dr. Viggiano may be contacted through: http://carryingon.yolasite.com/ http://spiritualdreams.yolasite.com/ www.DepthPsychologyAlliance.com 92 Deep in the Belly deep in the belly life stirs not yet formed but quickening. slight movement waking, promising of life to come, in the dark as yet unborn. manifesting, yet waiting, the warming Earth stirs. “Tree Frog” © 2012, photograph by Raymonde Savoie; see bio on p. 33 Quarrie, D. (2012). Deep in the belly. Restoration Earth: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Nature & Civilization, 1(2), 92. Copyright © The Authors. All rights reserved. For reprint information contact: oceanseminary@verizon.net. —Deanne Quarrie (See bio on p. 48)
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