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Kurt Forrer

3 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2016-2018

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The World Dream As Parable of Being

International Journal of Dream Research July 2, 2018 Kurt Forrer

The bulk of the scientific fraternity still regards the world as ‘a thing as such’, a ‘reality’, in other words, that is independent of an active mind. Its proponents build their theories on facts they regard as something certain, steadfast and unalterable. The etymology of ‘fact’ reveals that its meaning has its roots in the Latin word ‘facere’, ‘to do’. Its present day meaning was established...

The Dream as Posthypnotic Command

Sleep and Hypnosis December 8, 2016 Kurt Forrer 2 citations

The posthypnotic command is issued in deep hypnosis when a subject's brainwaves are in theta mode of 4-7 cycles per second.This is the same frequency that the dream state features.It suggests that dreaming and deep hypnosis are equivalent states.The word hypnosis, meaning a condition of sleep, suggests that the ancients understood this equivalence.When a subject in deep hypnosis is commanded to...

Dreams: The missing link in evolution

International Journal of Dream Research April 11, 2016 Kurt Forrer

Freud and Jung are the pillars of the modern scientific study of the mind. Their ideas are based upon diverse sources, ranging from mythic literature to the case studies of their individual patients. The work of those who came later, even when it veered away from that of these two pioneers, still took into account the theories they forged. Today, modern laboratory techniques and equipment have...