subjectively experienced categories of recalling a dream:
having "no recall" of a dream, being "aware of having
dreamed" but with no recall of any content, recalling an
"image" from a dream, and so on. There was also a rating
system for the vividness of dream recall, noting whether
such aspects as color, emotion, sound, etc. were recalled
with the dream.
      The tally sheet was intended to promote more
frequent dream recall by calling attention to even the
most minor instances of recall, and to stimulate more
vivid dream recall by requiring attention to the various
qualitative aspects of the dream. The tally sheet also
served as a primary source of data for analyzing the
patterns of dream recall during the project.
      The heart of the 28-day dream venture was the work
done in the dream journal. A manual entitled, "Dream
Realization: Four Meditations for Inspirational Writing
in a Dream Journal," presented both a theory of
dreaming and a method of dream interpretation, based
upon a mixture of ideas from the Cayce dream
readings, Jung's analytical approach, and Ira Progoff's
Intensive Journal method.(5)
      Stated briefly, the theory proposed that dreaming is a
goal-directed, regulative experience, in which the
dreamer's current life situation is viewed from the
perspective of the "higher Self." In a process like
navigation, the dreamer's current position and direction
is compared with the higher Self's values and goals
concerning the total, perhaps eternal, life of the
dreamer. There may be a review or preview of actual or
possible emotional consequences of deviations from the
path of the Self, so the dreamer could modify or
re-evaluate current attitudes or activities. Problem-
solving activity might be attempted in the dream to
create more suitable avenues of expression, or to find a
way around perceived obstacles.
      By this theory, the symbolic nature of the dream was
considered to be the higher Self's natural mode of
experiencing existence. Dream interpretation, there-
fore, was not aimed at translating symbols, but rather

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