{"product_id":"9781909421936","title":"Dreams and Illusions Revisited: on dreams that make us and dreams that break us","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile this book has been written in such a way as to stand by itself unaided, it explores some of the basic themes of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gods of Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by the same author and can therefore also be taken as a sequel to it. Our lives consist, in large measure, of dreams, particularly those of our waking hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are all of many different kinds, from the purely personal, self-directed and egoistic to the self-reproaching and the visionary; many are false and for very different reasons. The \u003cem\u003epower\u003c\/em\u003e of dreams is well-documented and attested. Some dreams are outward-seeking and are directed to the betterment of the human condition. Some are false and may rank as \u003cem\u003eillusions\u003c\/em\u003e, and some of these illusions can be powerfully unhelpful and destructive in the wrong hands, or in the wrong heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is concerned with some of them as they relate in particular to some universal forms of religious belief: \u003cem\u003ebelief in God\u003c\/em\u003e and in the promise of an \u003cem\u003eAfterlife\u003c\/em\u003e. The subject of dreams and nightmares, both of sleep and of our waking hours, is vast and this book cannot possibly claim to be a \u003cem\u003etour de force\u003c\/em\u003e; for no book can say everything that can be said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt simply seeks to pick up some of the threads which hang loose and aphoristically in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gods of Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, to provide an accessible and thought-provoking discussion of matters fundamental to the human condition, past, present and, undoubtedly, future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arena Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043854401776,"sku":"9781909421936","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909421936_p0.jpg?v=1763624657","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909421936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}