George Mason University Professor Luellen Hoffman has discovered a fascinating pattern of deceased loved ones returning in a dream to comfort those they left behind, in her new book Special Dream.
Over and over again, surviving loved ones recount visits in dreams from deceased people. Most of the visitors have one simple mission: to either tell the dreamer that everything is OK with them now, or are asking the dreamer to relay that message to some other loved one. In many cases, the visitor tells the dreamer something they did not know before the dream, and only the departed visitor would know.
Dreams are organized by their relationship with the dreamer, so for example, if a reader is most interested in visits by spouses to spouses, they can begin reading in that section.
This book will eventually bring comfort to a great number of people, because it helps to de-mystify the death experience, and suggests that all of the people we knew and loved who are now departed, really are in a better place.
Her interest stems from the untimely death of her own husband, and her own resulting dream experiences. When she learned that her sister-in-law had a similar experience, she was inspired to begin conducting the necessary research to complete a book on the previously seldom examined phenomenon.
Many psychology books she read covered dream interpretation and dream analysis, but none seemed to examine this particular type of dream.
Pursuing research on the subject, Hoffman ran classified ads in several diverse cities nationwide, and found that many people want to share their experiences on the subject. While the responses have included both men and women of all ages, races, and religions across the country, Hoffman found that the experience is actually unique to each person. Her research found that less than 3% of the population ever experienced this type of dream, and men seem to experience it more than women do.
As Hoffman has contacted people in order to conduct interviews, she found that many people are hesitant to share their stories, for a number of personal reasons. So Hoffman has developed a more personal, sympathetic method of conducting her research.
This type of dream is very rare, and those who really want to see a deceased loved once again in a dream, usually don’t have this type of dream. Those who have the dreams are random and usually caught totally unprepared when the dreams happen, and can offer no explanation for why they had the dreams.
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