The Community Dream:

Awaking the Christian Tribal Consciousness

by Pat C. Brockman, OSU, PhD

?? Have you ever thought you and your community could dream together ??

?? Did you know that community dreaming is a way to seek answers for your group's deepest concerns ??

     Personal dreams carry a level of communal, or tribal, meaning that reveals the soul of the "tribe."   In The Community Dream: Awaking the Christian Tribal Consciousness, Pat Brockman, PhD, tells four stories arising from her research in four intentional communities.  What she learned can be applied to any intentional group, whether it is a Friday night poker club, a corporate structure, or a family reunion.  Dreams are a window into the "soul" of a group, shedding light on its complications and potential for transformation as well as on how individuals function within it.

    Brockman's work moves inductively through four community experiences to an understanding of the communal dream process.  According to Henry Reed, often called the father of modern dreamwork, she presents "'spiritual politics' at its finest, actually bringing spirit into the design of the body politic.  Brockman is a masterful modern-day shaman, and her story will be an inspiration to any intentional community, including America itself!" 

    Both the stories and Brockman's analysis affirm a deeply human way of knowing, all but lost to contemporary society.  International spiritual leader Richard Rohr, OFM, concludes that  "This inability to know, to know deeply, has led our last century into untold horror.  This little bit of genius from Pat Brockman offers.... profound possibilities, some ways through, and an always available Spirit."

    Theologian and author Barbara Fiand calls The Community Dream "A timely book.  It speaks eloquently, yet simply and in readable style, of our roots in the communal, of our journey into wholeness both individually and collectively.  At this moment in history, when transformation of consciousness is critical for human survival, we desperately need this book."

       Anthropologist Bethe Hagens testifies, "Pat Brockman's remarkable book has helped me accept the reality that sleeping dreams actually do connect mutually compassionate hearts.  She shows how a community's dreams, whether spontaneous or incubated, intertwine and reveal powerful, shared images.  From these visions comes new courage to move forward with waking dreams."

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