The Dreamer's Book of the Dead: A Soul Traveler's Guide to Death, Dying, and the Other Side

I think our ancestors knew some things we've forgotten. I'm not sure WHY we forgot but it's definitely time to start remembering. This is the third or fourth book by Robert Moss I've read and he always stirs me in ways I can't fully express. This book reminded me of one morning when I was ten and I got up and found my grandmother crying. I asked her why and she recounted a dream that she'd had thirty years earlier that had accurately predicted the death of her only son. All of our lives are full of such anomalies, such little bits of magic, until we quickly sweep them under the carpet. Conscensus reality is like a carefully constructed stage set we all agree to believe in--until we see some pipes or wiring sticking out where they shouldn't be. We quickly scissor those moments out of our awareness because they don't fit. Those moments are what this book is about. "The Dreamer's Book of the Dead" reminded me of another book I read called "Lincoln's unknown private life, an oral history by his black housekeeper." At one point in this book this very ancient black lady (who reminded me of rosa parks) reported discussing the after-life with Lincoln and concluded by saying, "When you get right down to it, the only thing Mr. Lincoln REALLY believed in was dreams." Indeed. Interesting an iconic figure like Lincoln, at the center of our culture, should hold views like that--and yet nobody ever talks about it. It's swept under the carpet. This is a book about bringing things OUT from under that cultural carpet, a book about remembering things our ancestors knew. My point is this--Moss's book says that being visited by the dead in dreams is something our ancestors accepted. Then he takes you on a very entertaining spiritual tour of the various imaginal realms where the dead might reside (and into which we will all be moving before too long). He weaves that together with several colorful threads: the mystical beliefs of that arch-romantic William Butler Yeats, and that fascinating gathering of geniuses, cranks and visionaries known as The Golden Dawn who revived western magic in the early twentieth century. It's not all entertainment, though, he offers practical advice on how to deal with spirits or ghosts in various stages of stuckness in the after-life. (Advice I hope I never personally need). As always he mentions, in passing, things that fascinate and tweak the imagination--for example, british magicians (golden dawn?) battling nazi occultists during world war two. (Ha! What could be more fun than that?) But what I really enjoyed about this was the sense that you journey back into the ancestral mists to revisit the spiritual beliefs that sustained our celtic ancestors for uncounted centuries before the coming of Christianity. That's actually one of the things about this I resonated to most strongly. And, as he makes clear, encounters with spirits (humans who are "dead"), faeries (non-human energies), and various magical beings isn't really uncommon. If you think about your life, you've had such encounters. It's just that we live in an era when we are encouraged to screen such anomalies out of our awareness (that cultural rug again). How sad and how boring. It denies a large part of who and what we are. Wouldn't you really rather open the door to the wider reality? What if we spun that oppressive cultural rug into a flying carpet? If you agree, Moss will give you flying lessons.

I give this 4 stars because I don't care for all the short stories of other peoples experiences with spirits and death. The book is filled with it. I was expecting more of an informational guide on contacting spirits on the other side not short stories. However I have gained some vital info from this book. You be the judge.

I initially read through this book very quickly, and am now re-reading it with much more care and attention. This book is dense with wonderful insights and instruction on the nature of consciousness in ordinary time, dreamtime, and beyond. The text is informative, and the notes and bibliography are detailed and complete...Mr. Moss has obviously done his homework. The subject matter is, needless to say, compelling. There's a lot here to study and work on as well as many leads to related resources. I was happy to learn so much more about the Order of the Golden Dawn, "A Vision" by WB Yeats, and Dante's "Divine Comedy", among other things. This book is now one of my favorites which is saying something because I have lots of 'em.

A stunning composition of stories, dreams and reality from the perspective of the Otherworld, where the circular overrides the linear. Another Robert Moss masterpiece.

This book was not nearly as good as Robert Moss’ book entitled “Conscious Dreaming.” The book is filled with dream examples and highly imaginative (often way out there) stories but not so much on guiding a dreamer to the other side. One part of the book was describing gruesome rituals of the past that I couldn’t even read, as it was like subjecting myself to a horror film, which is not why I purchased this book. There were about 3 “ah ha’ moments making the book worthy of its title. The best part of the book, and the only reason I would recommend the book, is for the 6 very good questions every person should ask themselves, multiple times throughout their lives, in preparation for dying.

This is a fascinating book at a subject most of us shrug off to the nutters, as a Brit might say. This combines dealing with those who have died mostly through communication and interactions in the dream state. Full of stories and examples. I like that it has concrete examples rather than tedious and boring prose exposition. Highly entertaining and informative at the same time. I have read other Robert Moss books and heard some of his MP3s, and this is markedly different in content.

Love everything he has written

I recommend all of Robert Moss' books. This is one of my favorites. His dream insights and stories are unique and he bases his dream techniques on a rich history of legends, historical facts and stories.

This book pulls no punches on it's treatment of the dead, Robert Moss goes into excellent detail about the many levels of existence we may encounter after death; the state of the soul in the non-physical realms and the way in which dreams can be used to achieve a level of communication with our loves ones who have passed on.Other topics include, how dreams can be used for healing, the problems of soul attachment, the nature of the astral body and the presence of guides and teachers in the state beyond physical existence, among many other topics.This book apparently is the result of a lifelong ambition by the author to write, with the aid of one of his favorite authors and guides, the first Western Book of the Dead, and Robert Moss achieves this beautifully. Well recommended.

Very pleased, original copy and not the usual 😊👍Printed in Great Britainby Amazon.

Thank you. Perfect! 😊

I love Robert Moss