Directory

The following is an annotated directory of Henry Reed's publications that are available on-line. Each is covered by existing copyright, but fair use includes your printing out a single copy for your personal reading and use. Many of these articles are also available as a printed booklet, designed by Henry Reed, for nominal cost, at the Hermes Home Press portion of this website.

If you have any comments or questions about any of these articles,
please feel free to contact Dr. Reed at henry@henryreed.com

• Finding your Mission in Life
  is a Mission for Your Intuition Development. Intuitive-Connections Network, 2000.

This essay provides a first-person account of Henry's experiences developing his own concept of his "mission in life." An emerging theme from this study is that mission in life is an intuitive concept in and of itself, and experiencing such a mission requires a certain amount of intuition development within a person.

• "Close Encounters in the Liminal Zone: Explorations in Imaginal Communication."
  Journal of Analytical Psychology, 1996, Vol. 41, pp. 81-116; 203-226.

A study in what it means for us to experience "mental contact." Results of this study demonstrate that "mental contact" is essentially an intuitive experience. This article is one in the Intuitive Heart series.

• "Rituals of the Intuitive Heart."
  Intuition. January/February, 1998, No. 9, pp. 54-56. This article originally appeared as "The Intuitive Heart Recognizes Spiritual Intimacy." Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship International Newsletter, 1994, Vol. 24, pp. 1-2.

Tells the story of a program of research that led to a new perspective on intuition, especially that relating to the connection between people. The basic idea is that caring creates an empathic bridge of intuitive understanding. The research program begins with a study of people dreaming for someone else (see "Dream Helper Ceremony," below) and explores various procedures for studying intuition between people. This article is one in the Intuitive Heart series.

• Do Dreams have Meaning?
  Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter,

This essay is a response to the debate over the question of whether or not dreams have meaning. Is dream interpretation more of a creative process, or does it actually discover meaning inherent in the dream. The answer this essay provides begins with an analysis of how we experience meaning and  applies that to dreams.

• Dream Interpretation from an Experiential Point of View.
  A commissioned essay that later appeared in Getting Help From Your Dreams, Inner Vision Publications.

  This essay presents dream interpretation from the perspective of experience. A dream is an experience we have at night. We can learn from it. Like any experience that shapes who we are, a dream reflects something about us, it challenges us to think of new possibilities of action, and it causes us to reflect upon patterns in our lives. Dream interpretation is distinguished from dream "diagnosis," where an attempt is made to diagnose the origin and "reality status" of the dream experience. Dream interpretation is simply the matching of patterns in a dream with patterns in one's life. 

  "Intimacy and Psi: An Initial Exploration."
   Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, October, 1994, Vol. 88, pp. 327-360.

  This article presents the evidence that the psychology of intimacy, rather than the study of brain waves, has the most direct relevance to the incidence of telepathy between individuals. After reviewing this evidence, a novel experimental method for experiencing "intimate ESP" is  described. This article is part of the Intuitive Heart series.

  "The ESP factor: No secrets from loved ones."
  Venture Inward, March/April, 1991, 18-21;48-49.

  This article presents the evidence, relating to the intimacy theory of telepathy, that secrets between people creates a rupture in the intimate bond between the individuals and thus becomes a stimulus for a telepathic compensation, somewhat like "the return of the repressed."

  "The dream helper ceremony: A Small Group Paradigm for Transcendent ESP"
  (with Robert Van de Castle). Theta, Spring, 1990, Vol. 16 (1), pp. 12-20. Reprinted in the anthology, William Roll, Ed., Handbook of Clinical Parapsychology, Scarecrow Press. A shorter version first appeared as "Dreaming for Mary." Venture Inward Magazine, September, 1984, Vol. 1, No. 7, pp.14-19.

  This article described research that grew out of the dream incubation work (see below). It involves a group of people dreaming for a "focus person" who is asking for help with an undisclosed personal problem. Although originally conceived as an alternative to traditional dream telepathy studies, over the years it came to be used more as an approach to group collaboration for healing. It also led to spin-offs related to eliciting group vision, as in "The Sundance Experiment" and "Dream America" both of which are listed below.

  "The Sundance Experiment."
  In Richard Russo, Editor, Dreams are Wiser than Men. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1987, pp. 334-344.

  This two-part article details the history of a rather unusual experiment with dreams and the surprising results that came of it. The Sundance experiment was a simulation of a process whereby cultures obtain their guiding myths. That the experiment worked suggests that laying dormant within the psyche of modern humanity is waiting a new myth to be born, one that unites us as well as honoring our diversity.

  "From alcoholic to dreamer."
  Voices, Spring, 1984, 20(1), pp. 62-29. Originally appeared as "Getting help from dreams." Venture Inward, September, 1984, Vol. 1, No.1, pp. 18-23.

  This article is a first person account of what can only be called a shamanic initiation. An initiatory dream not only leads to the recovery of alcoholism, but also becomes the motif of a healing modality that is shared with others (see "Dream Incubation" below). The surprise ending of the story reveals clues as to how dreams operate on us whether we understand them or not.

  "Burnout and self-reliance."
  Public Welfare, Summer, 1982, pp. 29-36.

  In an age of shrinking resources but greater demand upon them, the slogan "do more with less" is frequently heard. Burnout among human service providers becomes rampant when responsibilities conflict with the resources to meet them. This article tells the story of how the spirit of self-reliance provided one agency a model of how to prevent burnout while doing greater service to its clientele.

  "Dream realization and creative arts therapy."
   In B. K. Mandel, R. Shoemaker & R. Hays (Eds.), The Dynamics of Creativity (Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference). Baltimore, MD: American Art Therapy Association, 1978. Pp. 113-115. Reprinted as "The art of dream realization." Dream Network Bulletin, February, 1983, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 5-6.

  This article describes the use of dreams as a stimulus for painting. Methods for working with artists are described, as well as an autobiographical account of learning from dreams various techniques for painting with watercolors. Also see www.henryreed.com/artgallery

  "Improved dream recall associated with meditation."
   Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1978, 34, pp. 150-156.

  This article is a report of a month long study to assess the impact of meditation upon dream recall. The practice of meditation was found to increase dream recall probability. A surprising finding from the study was that an even stronger predictor of dream recall was the application of a dream insight the previous day.

  "The art of remembering dreams."
  Quadrant, 1976, 9, pp. 48-60.

  This essay describes the subjective experience of trying to remember a dream. It provides many hints and suggestions on how to improve dream recall. 

  "Dream incubation: A reconstruction of a ritual in contemporary form."
  Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1976, 16, pp. 53-70.

  This article is a description of a transpersonal therapeutic method whereby a person prepares to have a dream that resolves some personal concern. The method was based upon a Jungian interpretation of the Asklepian tradition dating back to pre-historic Greece. The results of this study showed that the sacred healing function of the spiritual dream is alive today.

  "Learning to remember dreams."
  Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1973, 13, pp. 33-48.

  This article reports the results of conducting a college class as an experiment in the tradition of humanistic psychology. The focus of the class was to discover the secrets of memory for dreams. Past research using subjects blind to the purpose of the study was used as a foundation for a study involving fully informed participant observers. At the time of its publication, it was the first study to actively attempt to improve dream recall and bring it under voluntary control. The results of the study showed that like any skill, there can be a learning curve which later is suppressed because of waning motivation, but which can be revived with heightened motivation.

• "Studies of the interference process in short-term memory."
  Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1970, 84, pp. 452-457.

  This article, Henry Reed's doctoral dissertation, describes a series of studies that attempted to answer the question Sherlock Holmes posed in A Study in Scarlet. In that story, Dr. Watson bores Sherlock with a bit of astronomical trivia. Sherlock then tells Dr. Watson that he shall endeavor to forget what he has just been told. When Dr. Watson inquires about this strange remark, Sherlock embarks on a dissertation concerning memory and its limitations. He compares memory to an attic full of stuff we put into it. The more you put in, the harder it is to find anything. So by deliberately forgetting, it is easier to maintain an attic full of accessible memories. This study showed that, in fact, intentional forgetting can improve retention of desired memories. It also answered Sherlock's one puzzlement about the process: Mr. Holmes wasn't certain if forgetting helped by keeping certain memories out of the attic, or if forgetting merely made it less likely that these memories would get in the way when you go for what you really want. This study found the answer. 

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Also available on-line are some of Henry's unpublished essays

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"ESP and the Coming Crisis in Boundaries"
Transcript of a talk given to Parastudy, Philadelphia, PA

In this lecture, Dr. Reed summarizes some of the social, economic and technological changes happening in our society that represent a dissolving of boundaries. He proposes that the acceptance of ESP by society would represent a final "crisis" in the disappearance of boundaries. He discusses the implications of this acceptance for the future of social relations and the meaning of personal identity.

Battered Boundaries: Transpersonal Counseling For Intrusive Psychic Experiences
A position paper prepared for Atlantic University.

This article describes a theory of intrusive psychic experiences and presents a pilot study of an attempt to create a transpersonal counseling method for helping people deal with these experiences. The method is consistent with the paradigm of "spiritual emergences" that was first envisioned by Carl Jung and then popularized by Stanislav Grof. In this model, such intrusive experiences are seen as opportunities for spiritual transformation.