Waking Dreams

In this classic & often-referred-to work, Mary Watkins, an imaginal psychologist, recovers for us the immeasurable riches of fantasy life, waking dreams, active imagination & imaginal others, showing with lucid clarity & remarkable care the relevance of fantasy to the practice of psychotherapy, education & the drama of individual lives. At once historical, critical & clinical, WAKING DREAMS, takes one through both European & American approaches to the image, finally delivering the reader to a close look at his/her relation to the imaginal world. "WAKING DREAMS is one of the best introductions to the avenues by which one can experience the imaginal realm & thereby deepen & heal oneself."--American Journal of Art Therapy. "Readers interested in the question of which reality is real one will find a catalogue of answers in Mary Watkin's Waking Dreams..."--The Utne Reader.