DOCTOR DREAM/ COMMENTS ON THE APPROACHES TO DREAMING FOUND AMONG THE MAIDU INDIANS, THE SENOI AND TEMIAR OF MALAYA, AND TIBETAN YOGIS/ earth pigments, watercolor, and casein on paper/ A PICTOGRAPHIC VISIONARY WORK OF ART DELINEATING TWO INDIAN SHAMANS APPROACHING THE DREAM LAKE OF SUMI, THE DEER

             

               Doctor Dream

               1978

               by Eric Whollem

               earth pigments, watercolor and casein on paper

               Collection of the artist

               10" x 8"

                         Copyright by the artist

Dream Magic

THE KUKSU DREAM SOCIETY

The culture of many Indian peoples emphasizes the

importance of dreaming. The Maidu Indians of Northern

California, for example, have a Dream Society. The initiates

of this society make deciscions based on their dreams.

THIS VIDEO PRESENTS

INFORMATION ON CONCOW MAIDU

DREAM RELIGION

                                             ERIC WHOLLEM

 

If someone dreams that he is supposed to bring food to the

Pow Wow, he follows the dream, etc.

This is all a part of the Kuksu Religion. See my posts on Maidu

Indians to find more about Kuksu.

This painting depicts Sumi, the Deer, standing near a lake. In

the old days sometimes shamanic initiates were required to

swim across a lake to gain their status.

The Senoi of Malaya

Many cultures throughout the world have similar approaches

to dreaming. The Senoi from Malaya came into the public eye

in the 1970's, when the book, "Creative Dreaming," appeared.

The children of the Senoi are taught to become heroes in their

dreams. If anything frightening appears in their dreams, they

are told to change the dream next time. By the time they are

adults they have mastery of their dream life.

A neighboring people of the Senoi, the Temiar, have a similar

approach to dreams.

These people have a tradtion of being highly respected by

neighboring tribal groups, as their dream culture gives them

advanced psychic abilities.

Tibetan Dream Yoga

In Evans-Wentz's book, "Tibetan Yoga," there is a section

that describes the approach to dreams as taught in Vajrayana

Buddhism.

Basically the yogi learns to control his dreams. In the idealism

of Buddhism, daily life is regarded as a dream, or Maya.

Different visualizations are practiced by the Tibetan yogi

that eventually bring him to enlightenment, both in dream

and waking life.

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See my other posts about dreams on this link:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/dreaming

See my posts on the Maidu here:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/maidu%20indians

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ABOUT THE CONCOW MAIDU INDIANS

ERIC WHOLLEM                                          

CONCOW MAIDU CULTURE                                    

Abstract art, mixed media painting, dreaming, shamanism, Indians. Figurative abstraction.