Summer Dream Conference:
God’s Forgotten Language
June 2008 is over...
Held at
Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC, this conference was FANTASTIC, and heralded as, "The best one yet." Applications are already coming in for 2009. Sign up now for next summer.
This conference has become “the portal for Christian dream work in the country.”
A tradition was begun in the Summer of 2003 – a major conference for all who want to recover the ancient Biblical tradition of listening for God’s word in our nightly dreams. It is held annually at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, NC. We have had a large crowd every summer; therefore, the conference has been designed for new and returning participants. In addition to lectures and workshops, there will be outdoor/indoor worship, music, the Kanuga Labyrinth, and all the gifts of the Blue Ridge Mountains in early summer.
The Bible is full of dreams. Paying attention to dreams did not end with Biblical times. The early church theologian, Tertullian, said: “Is it not known to all people that the dream is the most usual way of God’s revelation to humankind?” Later generations tended to discount dreams, a great loss to our soul. However, we are now seeing a resurgence of respect and honor for our dreams.
Understanding our dreams in the light of the Christian faith and tradition is the objective of this conference. There will be special programs for beginning, intermediate and advanced participants. The conference is for professionals (especially clergy), counselors, therapists, lay dream group leaders, and anyone who wants to integrate this process into her/his life.
Key Presentations
Presentations & workshops for 2008 are listed below.
2009 presentation & workshops will be listed soon.
- Quantum Mechanics, Dreams, and Spirituality - Bennett
- Collective Dreams: Odysseus - Smith Bowers
- Archetypal Dreams: Transcending Personal History - Wright
- Elements Always Present in Dreams - Taylor
- Oneness, Dreams and Why We Can't Be Good - Sims-Smith
- The Language of Dreams - Hoss
- The Context for Inner Work - Maze
- Organic Religion: Dreams and the Natural Process of the Spiritual Live - Hudson
- Dream Theatre - McKendree
- The Book of Revelation as a Process of Individuation - Haden
- Then, There's the Problem of Evil - Maze
Recommended for Beginners
- Six Principles of Group Dreamwork
- Mapping Dreams
A Treasury of Practical Workshops - 2008
- Dreams at Midlife
- Alchemy and the Ongoing Work of Inner Cleaning
- Dreams and Synchronicity
- Working With Color in Dreams
- Shadow Work
- Connection across Time and Distance in Dreams
- Nightmares and Healing
- Six Magic Questions to Help with Dreamwork
- Image & Association: The Dreamwork Method of CG Jung and Robert Johnson
- Dreams and Cancer Patients
- The Use of Poetry in Dreamwork
- Telepathic Dream Experience
- Starting a Dream Group in Your Church
- Discovering the Icon Within
- Mindfulness: Powerful Mind/Body Techniques
- Body/Soul Expressions of the Dream Image
- I Ching
- Children's Dreams
- Myers-Briggs Type and Stages of Life
- Yoga
- Living in the Thin Places: Synchronicity, Dreams and Spiritual Intuition
- Centering Prayer
- Creativity and Dreams
- Follow Your Creative Dream: Writing and the MBTI
Teaching and Certification
Methods of teaching include: Didactic, Experiential, Case Study, Dialogical and Meditative. CEU’s available (NBCC and NASW).
2008 Summer Dream Conference Faculty
- Bob Haden
- Larry Maze
- Joyce Rockwood Hudson
- Susan Sims-Smith
- Jeremy Taylor
- Diana McKendree
- Cathy Smith Bowers
- Chelsea Wakefield
- Bob Hoss
- Jerry Wright
- Heidi Darr-Hope
- Doug Bennett
- Tallulah Lyons
- Roy Carlisle
- Heidi Simmons
- Hadley Morris
- Agnes Parker
- Robert Pullen
Learn more about our faculty.
Rates for 2009 Conference
All are payable to The Haden Institute.
- Application Fee: $50 per person (non-refundable) plus
- Conference Fee (Due in full by May 1, 2009):
- Adult (Double Occupancy): $590 (program, double occupancy lodging, meals, recreational facilities)
- Adult (Single Occupancy): $725 (if available - program, single occupancy lodging, meals, recreational facilities)
- Participating Spouse: $485 (program, lodging, meals, recreational facilities)
- Non-Participating Spouse: $410 (lodging, meals, recreational facilities)
- Commuter (with lunch & supper): $375 commuting residents of Henderson and bordering North Carolina counties (program, lunch, supper)
- Commuter (with all meals): $415 (program, all meals)
- Baby Sitter: $235 accompanying you (lodging, meals, recreational facilities)
- Youth (10-18 yrs old) and Children (3-9 yrs old): $297 with program (program, lodging, meals, recreational facilities)
- Children under 3: no charge and no program (lodging, meals, recreational facilities)
Conference Fee is due in full by May 1, 2009 payable to The Haden Institute.
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