It's always hard to put oneself in a category but I usually say I'm an author and a dream educator. That covers mostly everything I do. I have always been interested in dreams and began to record my own systematically in 1990 when I had a couple of unusual dreams that preceded a tragic personal loss. My illustrated Dream Journals span over 30 years.I'm interested in every aspect of sleep and dreaming but am particularly fascinated by my daily experiences of precognition, meaningful coincidences and telepathy. I use Shamanic techniques to understand my dreams and also to navigate through life.My book shelves are packed to bursting with most of the dream-related books ever written - including of course the ones I have written, e.g. 'Working With Dreams' 'Working the Night Shift' 'Working the Day Shift'. One of my favorite books is the first one I ever read back in 1970. It was the book that got me hooked on precognitive dreaming: John Dunne's Experiment with Time. For those new to dreamwork, I would not hesitate to recommend Robert Van de Castle's "Our Dreaming Mind" It is perhaps the most comprehensive resource you'll ever find.For more information about the work I do with dreams and also to see all my publications, go to www.docdreamuk.com I am also a compulsive writer of fiction. For more information on that aspect of my work, please go to www.joharthan.co.uk All my books, both fiction and non-fiction, are available worldwide from all Amazon stores. Below are the links to my author pages on Amazon where you will see a list of all my published books:
Below is a list of some of my dream related publications, articles and conference presentations:
"Creative Writing for Dreamers" (2021) Independent Publisher ISBN: 979-8730174535
"Working With Dreams, Handbook of Dream Analysis techniques." (2013) Createspace Pub. 978-1483942483
"Working The Day Shift; Using Dream Incubation" (2014) Createspace Publication ISBN 978-1500419134
"Working the Night Shift, How To Understand Your Dreams" (2005)Createspace Pub.ISBN 978-1481168915
"Grapefruit Pips" (2012)CreateSpace Publication. ISNB-10 1481164066
“To Tell Or Not To Tell” (Winter 2015) Dreamtime Vol. 32 No.1
"Lucid Laughter Is Powerful Medicine" (March 2014) Lucid Dreaming Experience Vol.2 No.4
"Mirror, Mirror On The Wall" (Sept 2013) Lucid Dreaming Experience Vol.2 No.2
"Castles in the Sand" (June 2013) Presentation made at the 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, Virginia Beach, USA
“Lucid Predators”. (Sept 2012) Lucid Dreaming Experience Vol.1 No.2
"Shamanic Dreamwork: A Mixed marriage?" (Winter 2012) Dreamtime Vol. 29 No.1
"Dreaming Yourself Aware." (2011) Skills Work Book. A Universe of Learning publication.
“Boring Dreams, Who Needs Them?” (Winter 2011) Dreamtime Vol 28 No.1
"I Dream of Drains" (2010) Presentation made at 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, Asheville, NC
"Dream Precognition:A Conundrum of Time or Mind?"(Fall 2008) Dreamtime Vol 25 No.2
"A Journey into the Divine"(2006) Presentation made at 23rd IASD Conference in Boston, MA
"Minding the Message" (2004) Dreamtime Vol 21 No.2
"A Theoretical Perspective on the Function of REM Sleep" (2004) Presentation made at the 21st IASD Conference in Copenhagen
"Guest Review of Griffin & Tyrrell's Book Dreaming Reality" (2004) Dreamtime Vol 21 No.3
"The Valley People" (1998)BBC Radio Merseyside/Lancashire/Cumbria and GMR (A short story written from a dream re-entry)
"Michael" (1998) BBC Radio Merseyside/Lancashire/Cumbria and GMR (Short story written from a dream re-entry)