Download or read book Dreams Illusion and Other Realities written by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty . . . weaves a brilliant analysis of the complex role of dreams and dreaming in Indian religion, philosophy, literature, and art. . . . In her creative hands, enchanting Indian myths and stories illuminate and are illuminated by authors as different as Aeschylus, Plato, Freud, Jung, Kurl Gödel, Thomas Kuhn, Borges, Picasso, Sir Ernst Gombrich, and many others. This richly suggestive book challenges many of our fundamental assumptions about ourselves and our world."—Mark C. Taylor, New York Times Book Review "Dazzling analysis. . . . The book is firm and convincing once you appreciate its central point, which is that in traditional Hindu thought the dream isn't an accident or byway of experience, but rather the locus of epistemology. In its willful confusion of categories, its teasing readiness to blur the line between the imagined and the real, the dream actually embodies the whole problem of knowledge. . . . [O'Flaherty] wants to make your mental flesh creep, and she succeeds."—Mark Caldwell, Village Voice

Download or read book Dreams and Realities written by Mildred Santiago-Vélez and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many young girls growing up in the 1950s, author Mildred Santiago-Vélez dreamed of a perfect life with the perfect husband and perfect children. But reality interrupted those dreams and caused her to face a tragedy she had never imagined. In Dreams and Realities, she narrates her story and the devastating events that marked and changed her life--a life that centers on love, loss, and resiliency. In this memoir, Mildred tells about her family life in Brooklyn, New York, where she was born, and of living most of her adult life in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Dreams and Realities shares how Mildred did find a perfect husband and thought she had the perfect children. But she soon discovered that her precious Yvonne, Maritza, and Eddie Jr. were afflicted with a rare type of muscle disease that caused them to die in infancy. Her dream was shattered. A story of joy, dreams, disappointments, pain, and grief, Dreams and Realities describes how these heartbreaking events changed Mildred, and it recounts the choices she made to overcome her adverse circumstances to become a testimony to the power of love and faith.

Download or read book Dreams Realities written by Annette Gomis Van Heteren and published by Universidad Almería. This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book contains a collection of essays by the members of the research group "Estudios de Narrativa en Lengua Inglesa. Historia, crítica, utopía y ciencia ficción." Its members teach English literature at the Universities of Almería and Granada and share a common interest in literary utopias. There is an introductory chapter by the Director of the Group, Miguel Martínez, on definitions and backgrounds of utopian criticism, followed by Margarita Carretero's analysis of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings from the perspective of the utopian genre; then two essays by Annette Gomis on George Orwell's 1984; Mervyn Smale explores Dickens' social satire in his earliest works of fiction while Celia Wallhead is the author of the two concluding chapters on Hard Times and Nice Work, and on Babel Tower. Annette Gomis, B.A. (Trinity College), M.Sc. (Aston) & Ph.D. (Granada), teaches English at the University of Almería and has previously lectured at the Universities of Valencia and Granada. Miguel Martínez, M.A. (Granada), ACEFL (Salford) and Ph.D.(Bologna) is, since 1996, Professor of English at UALM. He has been a Fulbright Fellow at Yale and Visiting Professor at the University of Delaware.

Download or read book Mysterious Realities written by Robert Moss and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to Encounter Goddesses, Daimons & Parallel Worlds Sigmund Freud called dreams the "royal road to the unconscious," but to bestselling author and world-renowned dream explorer Robert Moss, they are more: portals to the imaginal realm, a higher reality that exists at the intersection of time and eternity. The traveler's tales in this book are just-so stories in the sense that they spring from direct experience in the many worlds. As you journey from the temple of the Great Goddess at Ephesus to an amazing chance encounter on an airplane, from Dracula country in Transylvania to the astral realm of Luna, you'll confirm that the doors to the otherworld open from wherever you are. You'll see what it means to live on a mythic edge and to make a deal with your personal Death for a life extension. At any moment, you may fall, like the author, into the lap of a goddess or the jaws of an archetype.

Download or read book Gothic Realities written by L. Andrew Cooper and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteenth-century critics believed Gothic fiction would inspire deviant sexuality, instill heretical beliefs, and encourage antisocial violence--this book puts these beliefs to the test. After examining the assumptions behind critics' fears, it considers nineteenth-century concerns about sexual deviance, showing how Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dorian Gray, and other works helped construct homosexuality as a pathological, dangerous phenomenon. It then turns to television and film, particularly Buffy the Vampire Slayer and David DeCoteau's direct-to-video movies, to trace Gothicized sexuality's lasting impact. Moving to heretical beliefs, Gothic Realities surveys ghost stories from Dickens's A Christmas Carol to Poltergeist, articulating the relationships between fiction and the "real" supernatural. Finally, it considers connections between Gothic horror and real-world violence, especially the tragedies at Columbine and Virginia Tech.

Download or read book Beautiful Nightmare written by Ashley Marie Nestler and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago the world suffered a terrible war, leaving behind only a select few hundred people. Believing that strong emotions fueled the war, those who survived created a town named Lunamoon, where each new human would be altered to be unable to feel emotion. They decide to choose only one man in each generation to be named the dream maker and he would create dreams for everyone to tell them what their jobs and life outcomes would be. The dream maker is able to live in solitude for the duration of his life, but the moment that the current dream maker is born, everything changes. Shawneleigh, a premature child who was born with narcolepsy on the same day as the dream maker, lives on her own in the hospital. Through her sporadic sleeping spells and the connection they made at birth, she and the dream maker are able to connect through her dreams. They become friends and then fall in love. Beautiful Nightmare is a tale of love and faith, showing how we can stand up for ourselves, while standing against those who want others to fail. For through it all, in the end, there is love. First-time author Ashley Marie Nestler grew up in Westminster, Colorado. "I have lived right by the mountains all of my life and the beauty really inspired me with this novel." Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/AshleyMarieNestler

Download or read book Reel to Real written by Bell Hooks and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reel to Real, Hooks enhances our visual experience of movies, enabling us to see in a new way. Her work, like the best films of our time, provokes thought and creates a context for dialogue.

Download or read book From Nightmares to Reality written by E. J. Edwards and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich and prosperous town of Whisper Falls is plagued by an unknown killer that seeks to destroy its wealthy inhabitants. Allen Rice, a resident of the neighboring town called Cinder Grove purchased a diamond ring at the annual town auction for his fiancée Susan Archer. Soon after, he is haunted by terrifying nightmares of an unknown world after running into the spirit of a mysterious girl walking along the town's back road. While driving along the town's treacherous snow covered roads one night; he finds himself being the victim of a horrible car accident. After he crawls out of the wreckage, he is overwhelmed to find that he is standing inside the perilous and frightening world he had been dreaming about. Now with the help of the mysterious girl as well as the other tortured souls that inhabit this unknown realm, Allen will discover the dark secrets behind Whisper Fall's bloody history in order to stop the ritualistic killer from claiming another family. Motivated by the desire to return back to his beloved fiancée, he carefully fights through a seemingly endless battle for truth and survival that will ultimately lead to a frightening and unexpected revelation that nobody is prepared for. That is... if he can survive the nightmare.

Download or read book Dream Reality written by Kimberly Mays and published by Mays Realm Escapes LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing a fate worse than death, AvaLynn floats in an extended coma, unable to communicate with the outside world. The only relief from the isolation is that she is alive and well—and healthy—in the Dream Realm. ˜* * * ˜ ˜ Forced to leave Luke, Tannah and Cayden behind, AvaLynn’s body lies motionless in the Real Realm while she flounders in a sea of uncertainty in the Dream Realm. Dean and his extended family are both a blessing and a curse for AvaLynn. On one hand, they stand with her to battle Zavier, an evil spirit responsible for AvaLynn’s comatose state in the Real Realm. On the other, the love and acceptance that Dean’s family extends triggers guilt and conflicting feelings, eventually forcing AvaLynn to make the most difficult decision of her life. . . ˜ * * * . . .do everything possible to return to her friends in the Real Realm, or leave them all behind and remain with Dean, making this life her Dream Reality?

Download or read book Dreams to Reality written by Mike Healing and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2007 was a pivotal year for Widnes Vikings. Dreams of promotion to Super League were dashed, the club sank into Administration, but rose, phoenix-like, under new owner Steve O'Connor.

Download or read book Mobius Blvd Stories from the Byway Between Reality and Dream No 12 October 2024 written by Wayne Kyle Spitzer and published by Hobb's End Press. This book was released on 2024-10-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a byway between reality and dream. A transit we call Möbius Blvd … Inspired by the enigmatic Möbius strip, a mathematical construct that defies conventional notions of linearity and infinity, Möbius Blvd has no beginning or end but exists in a place where reality and dream have fused … coalesced … merged. With each turn of the page, you'll encounter a unique blend of horror, fantasy, and science-fiction—fiction that will challenge your perceptions and leave you in awe of the infinite possibilities that exist within the written word. Indeed, Möbius Blvd is far more than a magazine; it's an experience. It's an exploration of the infinite, a passage through dimensions where the only constant is storytelling at its most daring, a kaleidoscope of wonder and terror. Join us on this winding, never-ending journey of speculative fiction that will keep you entranced from the first twist to the last loop. Open your mind to the limitless worlds of Möbius Blvd … and discover that the boundary between fiction and reality is as thin as a strip of paper with a twist. In this issue: SEALAB IV Stephen A. Roddewig THE PRICE OF SHADOWS Shane Ford TENEMENT FOR A SERGEANT Rick M. Clausen TERMINATION Ethan Cordeta THE WAR-TORN HILLS OF EARTH Wayne Kyle Spitzer THE CLAY HAND Hala Dika THE SAVIOR’S SAVIOR Kevin Brown UNKNOWN Barry Vitcov VOICES IN THE DARK (A PREVIEW) Bill Link YOU MAKE YOUR BED, YOU SLEEP IN IT Alice Shindelar

Download or read book A Critical Companion to Wes Craven written by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Critical Companion to Wes Craven, contributors use a variety of theoretical frameworks to analyze distinct areas of Craven’s work, including ecology, auteurism, philosophy, queer studies, and trauma. This book covers both the successes and failures contained in Craven’s extensive filmography, ultimately revealing a variegated portrait of his career. Scholars of film studies, horror, and ecology will find this book particularly interesting.

Download or read book Nightmare written by Dina Khapaeva and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the novels of Maturin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Mann, Lovecraft and Pelevin through the prism of their interest in investigating the nature of the nightmare reveals the unstudied features of the nightmare as a mental state and traces the mosaic of coincidences leading from literary experiments to today’s culture of nightmare consumption.

Download or read book Conservatism Dream and Reality written by Robert A. Nisbet and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virtual and Augmented Reality Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 1882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual and augmented reality is the next frontier of technological innovation. As technology exponentially evolves, so do the ways in which humans interact and depend upon it. Virtual and Augmented Reality: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on the trends, techniques, and uses of virtual and augmented reality in various fields, and examines the benefits and challenges of these developments. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics, such as human-computer interaction, digital self-identity, and virtual reconstruction, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, professionals, theorists, students, and practitioners interested in emerging technology applications across the digital plane.

Download or read book Dreams Are Reality written by Vanaja Ananda and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams Are Reality is a riveting story about a womans journey through her subconscious in order to reprogram negative beliefs that emanated in early childhood. Watch Vanaja unravel the secrets of the universe as she explores the psyche at both a subconscious and conscious level in real time! The secret is revealed with effective neuroscience and spiritual techniques so any person can achieve inner peace and any dream he desires. Dreams Are Reality awakens people to the wonderful transformations occurring in 2012 which will bring our planet back to its utopian roots. Financial independence, health reform, and a new educational paradigm will be the new way of life. Dreams Are Reality is a page turner that has the audience clamoring for more. For the first time in the history of mankind, the truth is uncovered right in front of your eyes!

Download or read book Reality and Dreams written by Jackie McEntee and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a full moon out that night. They flew past the moon and the stars. They were so close Dylan could almost touch them. All he could see was a starry, starry sky and a glittering moon which looked the colour of gold in contrast to the black night sky. Dylan Hartfield an average twelve year old. Or is he? His life changes dramatically when he finds out his dreams are no ordinary dreams. They are his reality. During the course of the summer Dylan is taken on a terrifying adventure. He has to pit his wits against Gordania, a good witch who has turned evil. Her objective is to rid the world of everything that is good. If she achieves this she will gain ultimate power and control. Dylan has to stop her. Can he? Or will the world become a place of darkness, evil and despair?