Waking Dream, The: Unlocking the Symbolic Language of Our Lives

The telephone rings. It is a grammar school friend you have not heard from in 30 years, but just now, while going through a box of old photographs, you came across his picture. Is this coincidence, or do such events have deeper significance? This engaging and penetrating book opens readers to the world of meaningful coincidences. Weaving ancient insights with contemporary teachings on sacred psychology, astrology, and subtle energy. Grasse shows readers how to understand the deeper meaning of the symbols and synchronicities of their everyday lives.

315 pages

About the author: Ray Grasse has studied the esoteric traditions of the world for twenty-five years, including Kriya Yoga, astrology, and Zen Buddhism. He holds a degree in filmmaking and painting from the Art Institute of Chicago. Grasse’s articles and essays have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. A working astrologer, he also teaches meditation classes, and served for several years as assistant editor ofThe Questmagazine, published by the Theosophical Society. Ray Grasse worked on the editorial staffs of Quest Books andThe Quest magazine for ten years. He is author ofThe Waking Dream (Quest Books, 1996), a study of synchronicity and symbolism, and Signs of the Times (Hampton Roads, 2002), an exploration of the emerging Aquarian Age. He received a degree in filmmaking from the Art Institute of Chicago, and has been involved journalistically with important archeological investigations taking place in Egypt over the last decade. He studied with two teachers in the Kriya Yoga tradition for 15 years, and lived for a time in a Zen Monastery in upstate New York. A practicing astrologer since 1973, author and screenwriter Whitley Strieber called him "one of the world’s great astrologers." He currently works as associate editor for The Mountain Astrologer magazine, and lives in Wheaton, Illinois.