The Hall Van de Castle scales are the most widely used in dream research. Here, Bob Van de Castle, co-author with Calvin Hall, of the Content Analysis of Dreams, discusses the topic as a guest lecturer at The Evergreen State College in August 2010.
Archive for the 'Dream Theories' Tag
Dr. Robert Van de Castle, aka, “The Prince of Percipients”
Robert Leon Van de Castle, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, has been studying dreams for over 40 years. In 1994, he authored the all-encompassing book on dreams, Our Dreaming Mind, and co-authored, The Content Analysis of Dreams, in 1966, with Calvin Hall. Their content analysis method and the Hall-Van de Castle scales are standard [...]
Check out DreamStudies.org blog on Calvin Hall
Calvin Hall and the Cognitive Theory of Dreaming. It’s another excellent article written by Ryan Hurd in his series on dream theories. He gives an overview of not only Hall’s dream theory but of the Hall Van de Castle scale used in content analysis. Amazon.com Widgets
Check out Ryan’s Dream Studies blog post on Jung
Ryan Hurd shares another well written post on his Dream Studies blog. This one on The Dream Theories of Carl Jung. Ryan only briefly mentions Jung’s The Red Book in which Jung first introduces his archetypal figure, Philemon. I am currently perusing and enjoying the great imagery, artwork and calligraphy of this opus — and [...]
Cyberdreamwork
Check out IASD member, Robert Bosnak’s, website — http://www.cyberdreamwork.com/index.html. “Using the latest technologies with proven dreamwork practices, Cyberdreamwork offers a global, real-time, interactive dreamwork experience over the Internet.”
Contemporary Dream Theories Starting with Freud
Ryan Hurd shares this excellent article on his blog at dreamstudies.org.

