Kelly Bulkeley


Kelly Bulkeley is an American author and researcher in the fields of dreams and the psychology of religion.
A Past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, he is currently a senior editor of the APA journal Dreaming: The Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams. He co-wrote the 2006 film The Zodiac, which had a limited theatrical release. His surname at birth was spelled "Bulkley", and it appears this way on this film. He is a descendant of Peter Bulkley, whose name also carries these two variant spellings.
Bulkeley currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Theories and stances

Bulkeley has compared dreams to a kind of 'play', in which different behaviours and strategies can be rehearsed. Nightmares, for example, may be warnings that a negative occurrence is possible, and we should be prepared for it.

Publications

Books

The Wilderness of Dreams: Exploring the Religious Meanings of Dreams in Modern Western Culture.Spiritual Dreaming: A Cross-Cultural and Historical Journey.Among All These Dreamers: Essays on Dreaming and Modern Society .An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming Dreamcatching .Visions of the Night: Dreams, Religion, and Psychology.Transforming Dreams Dreams: A Reader on the Religious, Cultural, and Psychological Dimensions of Dreaming Dreams of Healing: Transforming Nightmares into Visions of Hope The Wondering Brain: Thinking About Religion With and Beyond Cognitive Neuroscience Dreaming Beyond Death Soul, Psyche, Brain: New Directions in the Study of Religion and Brain-Mind Science American Dreamers: What Dreams Tell Us about the Political Psychology of Conservatives, Liberals, and Everyone Else Dreaming in the World’s Religions: A Comparative History Dreaming in Christianity and Islam: Culture, Conflict, and Creativity Dreaming in the Classroom: Practices, Methods, and Resources in Dream Education Teaching Jung Children’s Dreams Lucid Dreaming Big Dreams: The Science of Highly Memorable Dreaming Lucrecia the Dreamer: Prophecy, Cognitive Science, and the Spanish Inquisition The Scribes of Sleep: Insights from the Most Important Dream Journals in History
  • ''The Spirituality of Dreaming: Unlocking the Wisdom of Our Sleeping Selves''