• Departments of Religion in Canada
• Theological Colleges in Canada

• Canadian Academic Journals
• Canadian Academic Societies
• Academic Presses
• Directory of Scholars
• Job Openings

• Mission Statement
• Executive 2002-2003

• Learn more about the CCSR- sponsored Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, Canada's premiere academic journal

• Take a look at some other recommended resources for religion, inside Canada and out

• Want your name included in our Canada-wide database of students and specialists of Religion? Sign in here!

• Looking for something on our site fast? Try our site search.

Copyright 1999, CCSR.
All rights reserved/ Tous droits réservé.

Designed by Nicola Denzey, June, 1999.

This site is hosted by TransCanada Network Services

Please direct any questions or email to webmaster@ccsr.ca
Veuillez envoyez vos questions ou courriel à webmaster@ccsr.ca

New from WLU Press:

James Gollnick ,

The Religious Dreamworld of Apuleius' Metamorphoses

Editions SR/25
ISBN: 0-88920-300-8

From the author...

I have immersed myself in the study of dreams over the last 30 years from clinical, historical and theoretical perspectives. This process has taken me through training and certification in Gestalt therapy (Gestalt Institute of Toronto), study at the Jung Institute in Zurich, a three-year Jungian analysis with Fraser Boa and cataloguing over 4,000 of my own dreams. I have taught courses on dreams for many years at the University of Toronto (Trinity College) and more recently at the University of Waterloo (St. Paul's College), and have worked with people's dreams in both clinical and educational settings. It is from this background that I have been amazed at the creative and comprehensive treatment of dreams in Apuleius' second century CE novel, The Metamorphoses. I have attempted to bring my long-time appreciation and study of dreams to bear on illuminating a theme that has been largely overlooked in the voluminous literature on this historically significant novel.

From the Book...

Apuleius' Metamorphoses is probably best known as the literary source for the myth of Eros and Psyche and as a primary source of information about mystery religions in the ancient world.

There is another realm of the Metamorphoses which has, until now, received relatively little attention -- namely, the many dreams found within it. The Religious Dreamworld of Apuleius' Metamorphoses offers an engaging portrait of the second-century dreamworld. Recognizing the centrality of the religious function and spiritual interpretation of dreams, this book illustrates their vital importance in the ancient world and the wide variety of meanings attributed to them.

James Gollnick draws deeply from historical and psychological studies and provides a historical background on the current interest in the role of dreams in psychological and spiritual transformation.

About the author:

James Gollnick currently teaches at St. Paul's College at the University of Waterloo and has a private practice in psychotherapy. His previous books include Love and the Soul: Psychological Interpretations of the Eros and Psyche Myth, also published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. His main areas of research are dream analysis and the psychology of religion.

[to top of page]