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OFF LINE DREAMS AND DREAMING RESOURCES

by Richard Wilkerson

Originally developed from Jill Gregory's Novato Center for Dreams Resource List, these resources have been researched & updated by Richard Wilkerson and Peggy Coats as a summary as of the Fall of 1996.

Regional Dream Centers, Networks, Groups

  • The Association for the Study of Dreams, (ASD) : This organization conducts annual international 5 day conferences drawing hundreds of participants and offering the best opportunity for dreamworkers from around the world to meet and share their work. For further info. call (703) 242-8888. Address: POB 1600, Vienna, VA 22183. --Next conference: July 17th - July 21 Asheville, NC, USA. contact Robert Gongloff at asdreams@aol.com
    --See Publications for Newsletter, Journal and Online resources for Web information.

  • Bay Area Dreamworkers Group [BADG]: The oldest and largest regional group for dreamworkers. (Formerly known as the Bay Area Dreamworkers Support Group or Bay Area Professional Dreamworkers Group ). Founded in 1984 by Linda Magallón author of Mutual Dreaming and Fred Olsen, Devel of San Lorenzo, CA. Has offered parties, meetings, festivals, sporadic large group dreamsharing & dreamwork, regular small local peer dreamsharing and dreamwork groups, newsletters, discussions, shared projects and events, networking and support. 1996 Executive board: Zoe Newman, Initial Contact; Ana Marie Fortin, Program Coordinator; Eric Snyder, Treasurer; Jill Gregory, Historian; Linda Magallón, Mailing list,Directory, Promotion and Outreach. On the Advisory Board are Linda Magallon and Jill Gregory. Representatives to ASD XIII were Richard Russo and Dale Westbrook. For further info, contact Zoe Newman (510) 527-9061.

  • Boulder Lucidity Society: Jane Kephart, Coordinator, (303) 447-2722. On-going lucidity dream group in Boulder CO.

  • Center for Dream Creations, Fariba Bogzaran & Danielle Deslauriers, Directors. Classes, workshops, groups (415) 386-8994 Address: 21 Almaden Ct., San Francisco, CA 94118.
    Center for the Study of Dreams, Oriente 172 No. 243, COL. Moctezuma Mexico 9 D.F. 15500. MEXICO.

  • Delaney & Flowers Seminars, Professional Dream and Consultation Center, Gayle Delaney & Loma Flowers, Directors Dreamwork Certification Program, Classes, private consultation, dream groups, materials,lecture, media presentations and a 900 number. (415) 587-3424.
    Address: 337 Spruce Street, San Francisco, CA 94118.

  • Dream Arts, Dream artists and those developing their artistic abilities with regards to dreams meet in a variety of formats to share their work and to create work together.
    Six quarterly meetings have been held including one business meeting. Contact the Current Presenter, Marsha Connell, (707) 527-7754. Current host is Leslie Marks (415) 883-8850; Records: Jill Gregory (415) 897-7955. Address: POB 866, Novato CA 94948.

  • Dream Educator's Network [DEN] 1984 - ? Lori Solenstein, Dick McLeester, & Jill Gregory have coordinated meetings and published directories. Purpose is for community dreamworkers and educators to network and exchange information and resources. At present, Jill Gregory is compiling a national directory. Many former DEN folks are currently networking via the magazine, Dream Network, published by Roberta Ossana. To be included in the DEN registry, send descriptions of your dream materials and dream services to Jill Gregory, POB 866, Novato CA 94948.

  • Dream House, Director Fred Olsen inspired a whole community of dreamworkers with his Friday Night Lectures Series, dream classes, private consultations, lectures, audio & video tapes, Dream Talk radio show and Dream Re-Entry booklets. Fred has now moved to Portland OR. He can be contacted at (415)33-DREAM.

  • D.R.E.A.M.S. Foundation/ La foundations R.E.P.O.S.,. The D.R.E.A.M.S. foundation (Dream Research and Experimental Approaches to the Mechanisms of Sleep) is a non-profit organization operation in collaboration with the Dream and Nightmare Research Laboratory at Montreal's Sacre-Coeur Hospital. Executive Director: Crag Webb , Box 513 Snowdon, Montreal, QC, Candada h3x3\T7 Phone/fax (514) 488-0347

  • The Dream Tree, Santa Cruz, California. Serving the greater Monterey Bay, is a growing place designed to assist local dreamers in exploring their dreams and in connecting with others within a shared dream community. It's primary goals are to create opportunities for others to enrich their lives through awareness and understanding of dreams; to act as a center for dream-related materials, events, activities and sharing, and to access and participate in a global dreaming community, while maintaining a comprehensive regional focus - the Monterey Bay.

    The Dream Tree provides a variety of resources, including bibliographies on dreams and dreamwork; assistance with research questions and projects;referrals to dreamworkers and dream groups; a calendar of dream events and activities; a library of books, journals and magazines; a newsletter packed with the latest dream-related occurrences, including book reviews, exhibits, classes, workshops, conferences and research; a comfortable space to hostsmall workshops, groups or classes, and access to the electronic dream universe on the Internet (including an extensive database of dream-related web sites).

    For more information, contact The Dream Tree by email at pcoats@dreamtree.com , or access the web site at: DreamTree .

  • Novato Center for Dreams & the Dream Library:
    Jill Gregory, Director, Founded January, 1987. Maintains data-base of dream resources for support, networking and educational purposes. Resources include directories, documentation, mailing lists and informational guides to dreamworkers, groups, organizations, events, products and materials. Note: The Dream Library & Archive are accessable on-site. (415) 898-2559 or (415) 897-7955 Address: POB 866, Novato CA 94948. Street address: 29 Truman Dr., Novato CA 94947; or Novato Center for Dreams,. E-mail JILGREGORY@aol.com or visit the Homepage of The Novato Center for Dreams Online.

Regional Dream Centers, Networks, Groups (Page 2)

 

Richard Wilkerson is general editor for The Internet Dream E-zine, Electric Dreams, and director of DreamGate, the Internet Communications and Dream Education Center. He writes the Cyberphile column for the Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter.

 

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