The Metaphor Society directory
Find your way through the Society.
Browse the Society’s public articles, dream research, Psyche & Plasticity collection, live events, presentation archive and member services from one central directory.
Language and meaning
Metaphor & Language
Explore metaphor, embodied cognition, word roots, therapeutic stories and the structures hidden in everyday language.
Dreaming
The Dream Section
Read dream theories, contemporary neuroscience and dreams shared by members of the community.
The changing mind
Psyche & Plasticity
Explore brain change, altered states, transformative technologies and influential thinkers.
Meet live
Online Events
View forthcoming Society meetings, presentations, guest speakers and discussion sessions.
Watch again
Recording Archive
Revisit presentations on metaphor, psychology, symbolism, therapeutic practice and culture.
Join the community
Membership
Join live events, access recordings and connect with an international community of curious people.
The Dream Section
Dreams, theories and research
Explore influential approaches to dreams, contemporary sleep science and the community dream archive.
Archive and participation
Theories and thinkers
- Sigmund Freud and Wish Fulfilment
- Jung and the Dreaming Psyche
- Alfred Adler and Dreams as Rehearsal
- Fritz Perls and Gestalt Dreamwork
- Calvin Hall and the Cognitive Theory of Dreams
- Ernest Hartmann and the Central Image
- J. Allan Hobson and Activation-Synthesis
- Rosalind Cartwright and Emotional Regulation
- Antti Revonsuo and Threat Simulation Theory
- Mark Solms and the Neuropsychology of Dreams
Sleep, brain and research
- Why Dreams Are Visual
- Dreaming as Predictive Processing
- REM and Non-REM Dreams
- Memory Consolidation and Dreaming
- The Dreaming Brain and Reduced Reality Testing
- Why Dreams Are Quickly Forgotten
- Dream Recall and Individual Differences
- How Sounds, Sensations and Recent Experiences Enter Dreams
- Current Methods Used in Dream Research
- Can Dream Content Be Decoded from Brain Activity?
- Dreams, Trauma and Post-Traumatic Nightmares
The changing mind
Psyche & Plasticity
The science, technology, art and culture of changing minds—from influential pioneers to contemporary brain-based claims.
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People and ideas
Story, symbol and society
Myth, archetype and culture
Explore the symbolic structures through which people organise stories, relationships, collective life and human experience.
Meet, watch and revisit
Talks, meetings and recordings
View the forthcoming programme or revisit selected presentations from the members’ recording archive.
Programme and archives
Membership and community
Join, connect and manage your account
Join the Society, access your account, find other members and use the resources associated with your membership.
Standards and governance
Policies and related projects
Review the standards governing membership, recordings, privacy, content use and participation.
Society policies
Related projects
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