Preferred Citation: Domhoff, G. William The Mystique of Dreams: A Search for Utopia Through Senoi Dream Theory. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1985 1985. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft958009f1/


 

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Sabini, Meredith, 90 -91

"Saki," 14

Satir, Virginia, 68

Schizophrenia, 19 -20

Scientific research on dreams, 4 -5, 99 -104;

disadvantages of, 115 ;

on dream content, 104 -6;

future of, 93 -95, 116 -17;

and the "new biology of dreaming," 4 -5;

on REM and non-REM sleep periods, 99 -103

Self-improvement, 76

Semai people, vii ;

compared with the Temiar, 14 -15;

on the nature of the psyche, 23 ;

relations with the Temiar, 13 ;

village councils of, 29 -30

Semang, the, 13

Senoi dream theory, vii , viii ;

defined, 5 ;

H. D. Noone's approach to, 50 -51, 54 ;

human development as the goal of, 6 ;

interpreted by anthropologists ill the 1960s and 1970s, 22 -34;

sources on, vii -viii, 6 -8, 15 , 22

Senoi dream theory, K. Stewart's interpretation of: appeal of, 65 -78;

on the benefits of dream sharing and dream control, 6 -10;

efficacy of, 11 , 79 -95;

emergence in the United States, 65 -72;

at the Esalen Institute, 67 , 69 -71;

evidence against, 22 -34, 35 , 74 ;

expressed in his Ph.D. dissertation, 56 -58, 62 , 63 ;

future research on, 93 -95, 116 -17;

importance of the social context in, 93 ;

misunderstandings in, 96 , 116 ;

mystification of, 71 -74;

underlying motivations in, 63 -64, 77 -78

Senoi , meaning of, 13

Senoi people, vii , 13 -23;

agriculture of, 6 , 13 , 15 -16;

childbirth of, 19 ;

fear of outsiders, 20 ;

groups of, 13 (see also Semai; Temiar);

happiness and health of, 6 , 7 -8, 10 , 18 -20;

hunting techniques of, 16 ;

language of, 14 -15;

material culture of, 15 ;

violence


145

among, 6 , 7 , 17 -22.

See also Culture of the Senoi

Sensitivity groups, 82

Settlements of the Senoi, 15 , 31

Sex dreams, Senoi, 24 -25;

interpreted by K. Stewart, 61 -62

Sexual behavior, Senoi, 17 ;

and the causes of violence, 18

Shamans, 2 , 27 ;

dreams of, 51 , 56 ;

and K. Stewart's initial interest in dreams, 42 .

See also Medicine men

Singing ceremonies, 30 ;

role in spiritual healing, 33 ;

use of, 23 , 27

Skinner, B. F., 69 ;

compared with K. Stewart, 75 ;

Walden Two , 69 , 75

Slaves: Senoi people sold as, 14 ;

and violence among the Senoi, 17

Sleep: American attitudes toward, 72 ;

REM periods of, 99 -103;

scientific research on, 4 -5, 99 -104

Snakes, 25 , 86

Social criticism by K. Stewart, 52 -53, 63 -64

Social harmony: and experimental dream sharing, 80 -82, 83 ;

in K. Stewart's Senoi dream theory, 8 -9, 66 ;

promoted at village councils, 29 -30

Sociology of ideas, ix , x , 5 ;

and the appeal of Senoi dream theory, 65 , 71 -72

Soul: belief in, 1 , 34 ;

dreams as the nighttime adventures of, 98 ;

in Senoi dream theory, 23 , 24 -25, 26 , 28 , 29

Soviet Union, K. Stewart's attitudes toward, 52

Spirits in Scnoi culture, 20 -21, 26 -27, 32 -33

Spiritual healing, 4 ;

in the Senoi culture, 27 , 32 -33

Steward, Julian H., 42 , 46

Stewart, Kilton R., 35 -64;

army career of, 55 ;

articles by, 6 -7, 52 -53, 58 , 63 , 67 ;

autobiography by, 39 , 40 -41, 43 , 63 ;

birth of, 35 ;

on capitalism, 52 , 53 ;

characteristics of, 36 , 38 ;

credentials of, 59 ;

credibility of, 41 -42, 62 -63;

death of, 36 ;

described by Patricia Garfield, 74 ;

dissertation of, 50 , 56 -58, 62 , 63 ;

education of, 35 , 50 , 55 ;

employment of, 39 , 40 , 47 , 48 , 54 -55;

hypnosis used by, 43 , 45 , 46 , 55 , 57 ;

influence of Rankian psychoanalysis on, 46 -48, 52 , 54 ;

marriage of, 55 ;

motivations of, 63 -64; 77 -78;

psychotherapy practiced by, 36 , 47 , 48 , 54 -55;

on racial differences, 51 -52, 53 ;

religion of, 37 -38, 52 ;

Senoi people studied by, 6 , 37 , 43 -46, 49 -50, 59 ;

as a social critic, 52 -53, 63 -64;

sources for the biography of, viii , 11 ;

tribal groups studied by, 37 , 40 , 46 , 51 -52, 56 , 57 , 64 ;

writing style of, 9 -10, 40 -41.

See also Senoi dream theory, K. Stewart's interpretation of

Stewart, Omer C., viii , 55 ;

correspondence with K. Stewart, 48 , 52 ;

on the genesis of K. Stewart's dream research, 42 ;

on K. Stewart's flair for storytelling, 41 ;

on stowaway travels by K. Stewart, 39 -40

Storytelling talents of K. Stewart, 41 -42


 

Preferred Citation: Domhoff, G. William The Mystique of Dreams: A Search for Utopia Through Senoi Dream Theory. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1985 1985. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft958009f1/