Dream Incubation & History
Books on the history and practice of dream incubation, or asking for a dream.
In the Dark Places of WisdomHealing Dream and Ritual: Ancient Incubation and Modern PsychotherapyThe Practice of Dream Healing: Bringing Ancient Greek Mysteries into Modern Medicine
In the Dark Places of Wisdom
by Peter Kingsley
$10.36
An evocative history of ancient dream incubation, written as a teaching narrative. This is a good place to go first.
Healing Dream and Ritual: Ancient Incubatio...
by C A Meier

A classic from 1968, now re-issued and expanded. Focuses on incubation as a precursor of psychotherapy.
The Practice of Dream Healing: Bringing Anc...
by Edward Tick
$12.89
A personal account of using ancient dream temples to Asklepios in a modern-day pilgrimage for healing through dreams.
Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean TraditionDream Cultures: Explorations in the Comparative History of DreamingDreams and History
Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Emp...
by Peter Kingsley
$54.00
This is a detailed academic book covering the fascinating period of pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, magicians and dream shama...
Dream Cultures: Explorations in the Compara...
$110.00
A fascinating historical survey of dreams from China and India to Native American and Mediterranean cultures.
Dreams and History
by Lyndal Roper
$32.53
Dream interpretation from Greece to modern times, from a psychoanalytic perspective. An anthology.
The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpretation (Suny Series in Islam)The understanding of dreams and their influence on the history of man by Raymond de Becker
The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpr...
by John C. Lamoreaux
$23.95
A fascinating look at the rich tradition of dreams and interpretation in early Muslim history.
The understanding of dreams and their influ...
by Raymond de Becker

Not in print but still available, this is a well-written guide to dreams through (Western) history to the mid-20th century.