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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
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