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Windows of the Soul Rating: 9 on a scale of 10 Review This is an interesting book about interpretation of dreams. It is written in an interesting third person voice. At first it seems a bit unusual, but I grew accustomed to it after a while. It is written from the perspective of being Christian believers. They are aware that some people will find the interpretation of dreams to be a questionable endeavor in some people's minds and hearts. Dr. Meier is a physician and psychiatrist, a co-founder of the Minrith Meier New Life Clinics with an MA in theology. Dr. Wise has a PhD in theology with work in psychotherapy at the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. They give an excellent presentation of the significance of dreams in the Old and New Testaments. I have been recently impressed by how frequently in both of the Testaments that dreams herald major events in lives and history. Much of what we take for granted in the relationship of God with humans has been communicated to the "father's and mother's" of the faith through dream related communication. Essentially, all of the major features of our faith were associated with dream revelations to humans. Since our history is surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses who have heard God speak to them through their dreams, it would serve us well to have some sense of how to interpret and understand our dreams. This book is all about how to do this. The book begins in a general sense and builds gradually. They are obviously experts in Jungian based psychology. However, they go out of their way to avoid excessive jargon or technical language. If you are knowledgeable of Jungian ideas and symbols you will recognize all the usual symbols and features of Jungian psychology presented in a user friendly fashion. The book takes the reader through a process that can be used to work on understanding dreams. There is no fool proof way to be absolutely sure of the interpretation of a dream, so most people have to "work" with them, investigating the symbols, stories, situations and characters presented by the dreams. This is a fascinating and rewarding process in my experience. I don't believe this book will make anyone an expert, but it is a great introduction to the process. I believe this book could be used by anyone to begin or enhance their work in this area. It might even work well for a small group that has a high level of commitment to work in this area with one another. I have spent a fair bit of time doing Jungian based analysis in my current mid-life. This book is a useful introduction to dreams, but you could not consider it anything close to analysis. Dreams are complex entities, this book is just an adjunct to one's primary work in the world of dreams. I find the help of an analyst very useful as a guide in dream work. This book is one more help along the way. All opinions are those of Curtis Climer, MD Copyright 2010
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