Book Review: Night Vision: A Field Guide to Your Dreams by Theresa Cheung.
Illustrations by Lea Chassagne.
Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality.
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing.
Release Date: 12th October, 2020

As someone with a great interest in the magick of dreams, this books covers everything I want from a book about dreams. It is split into two parts. The first section covers the basics; from what are dreams and why do we dream? To Freud and Jung, dream journaling and various techniques for making the most of your dreams.

The second section focuses more on the interpretation of our dreams and looks at specific dream categories and themes.

Personally I like how Cheung covers everything you need to know, to have a good solid foundation of understanding, in small sections with sub-headings. Each ‘topic’ is allocated a double page spread, therefore, the information is easily digestible and not overwhelming.

One of the main reasons I wanted to find out more about dreams was to explore them in terms of my Craft. For example using shellwork to influence lucid dreaming and prophetic dreams. Cheung does cover aspects of this although it is not overtly ‘witchy’. She discusses the idea of using our dreams for personal growth. Dreams are a way in which we can explore parts of ourselves that may otherwise be hidden and they can offer more self-awareness.

It’s worth noting that the book is not linked to Wicca or Witchcraft, therefore does not offer any spells or rituals to enhance prophetic or lucid dreaming. However it does offer some strategies to help encourage them, for example journaling or writing down your dreams as soon as you wake up.

As I mentioned the second part of the book is focused on the interpretation of dreams. Therefore this section may not be something you read all at once, or in order. Personally, I will be using this section as more of a reference guide to come back to when I have a dream that I want more information about. I think it will be much more interesting and informative when you have a specific dream you are curious about.

It’s a great book for anyone who wants to get started in exploring dreams and doesn’t just focus on the interpretation of dreams like most dream based books out there.

I expected more from this "guide"...This seemed to be walls of text with very general (and surprisingly literal) ideas of what different kinds of dreams may mean. I was hoping for more specifics, more details, just...more. I didn't care for the artwork either.

This book is a visual treat. It's full of lovely illustrations and the premise is to give readers an insight into what their dreams may mean. It's not the woo woo dreams are predictors of the future, but the deeper psychological insights about what yor dreams may be trying to tell you. It's well thought though and we'll produced. I don't really think it brings anything new to the table, but it's a nice well produced book.
Many thanks to the author, publishers and Netgalley for a free ARC of this ebook.

I didn't connect super much with the thematic interpretations, though I found them to be very logical. I'll probably try and incorporate some of the practices provided to the end of remembering my dream in more detail.

I received an advance copy of, Night Vision, by Theresa Cheung. I loved this book, it gave a history of dreams. Broke down types of dreams and what they mean. This is a really great book.

This book was kindly given to me as an ARC through NetGalley, all opinions are my own.
This book was extremely useful and illuminating. I like that it bases its foundations on both psychological theory and biological science. I was nervous going into this book that it would not be rooted in fact or scientific proof and rely too much on fanciful deductions, but it wasn't. The actual dream analysis was a little more 'out-there' but I found the first half of the book particularly interesting, intensified mainly by the scientific explanation mentioned. I am not familiar with Freud or Jung, but that was also fun to read, and accessible for a beginner to psychology. The illustrations are pretty and well done, and I thought that it was set out in a neat and organised way that made it easy to read. Overall 4/5.

Over 50 dream themes including technology and social media make for a terrific modern dream interpretation book to add to your collection. Author Theresa Cheung draws on dream interpreters who have gone before her such as Jung and Freud and provides the reader with an interesting look at sleep and how to get a good nights worth. Of particular note is the explanation on the stages of sleep and types of dreaming that take place throughout this. The beautiful illustrations by Lea Chassagne add to the sophisticated layout and overall design.

*eArc provided by the publisher and NetGalley