Dreamcraft

read moreDreamcraft is the outcome of 4 decades spent following my passions through study, research, creativity and imaginative explorations. This is a place of ideas. Some of them are the results of rigorous logical deduction, others are the untamed expression of wild passion. Most of them lie somewhere in between. Many of these ideas are old: you will recognise theories of dream interpretation from C. G. Jung, and artistic styles dating from the modernist era. Others are brand new: you won't find my analysis of ritual from the perspective of theory of mind anywhere else; nothing like my Fire Sculptures, the Aquaphonics Project (with Helen JS Edwards) or the Rites series has ever been done before.

read moreIt has become very fashionable for self-styled modern Shamans to offer a Soul Retrieval service, especially since the publication of Brian Bates' novel "The Way of Wyrd". The philosophy behind Soul Retrieval is that, in some situations, one's soul (using the dual senses of "A Spirit which outlives the body", and "sense of meaning, destiny and spiritual wellbeing") may become lost. This may be through life events, through a curse, or simply through lack of interest in oneself. Loss of one's soul leads, after some time, to a loss of health, and even to death.