A ground-breaking, expectation-shattering psychic dream book unlike any other.
A ground-breaking, expectation-shattering psychic dream book unlike any other.
Dreams
Dictionaries say that dreams are a sequence of images from sleep. What is left out is that these images are recollections of something else. They are memories of experiences some fanciful some shatteringly real. When author Andrew Paquette first dreamed of the future he was able to avert a mugging that possibly saved his life. Over the course of the next twenty years he kept meticulous records of his dreams discovering in the process that future dreams are not only possible they are common. Even more importantly because of their quantity he was able to see that his dreams were not just isolated events but remembered snatches of a continuum of existence shared by everyone. In this groundbreaking book he destroys the myths of what dreams are how they are described what they mean and why they are or are not important.
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Paquette comes over as a rational and well-informed person, aware of the possibility of other explanations for his experiences. For him, however, the dreams and other incidents (and they are impressive!) are a lived experience, enabling him to arrive at a worldview which includes different universes, or dimensions (with the earthbound one at one end and “Mundus Divinus” at the other), which affect each other, rather like a stage with hidden controls backstage, and where the goal of earthbound existence is to learn what truly matters. How far one can travel with Paquette depends of course on one’s own experiences and interpretation of them, but even without going all the way one can enjoy the journey. ~ , Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
Dreamer
20 Years of Psychic Dreams and How They Changed My Life
by Andrew Paquette
Reviewed by Peggy Coats for Dream Tree magazine
In the late 1980s, Andrew Paquette began to realize that his dreams were not simply residue from the day or chaotic collections of images and symbols, but, instead, were messages of importance for him on many levels in his life. Nudged by the lack of social acknowledgment of the value of dreams and the messages they provide, the author began a 20-year journey into recording and understanding his dreams; dreams which encompass telepathy, collective experience, waking life guidance, precognition, and out-of-body adventures.
The book begins with the telling of a startling dream in which the author is mugged and shot to death while living in Holland. Frightened by the dream, Paquette makes the decision to return to his loved ones in the United States, only to have the dream re-enacted in waking life as he is about to leave the country. Armed with the keen memory of the dream, he takes action to change the course of events, and succeeds in scaring the muggers off (and living to tell the tale!). Only later does he realize that the dream was not only a warning, but a precognitive event. And so begins the author's awakening to a new realm of consciousness, which, over time, becomes a reliable guide to the puzzles of mundane reality.
Like a psychic detective, the author shares compelling dream/life stories with us as he wends his way through to discovering the nature of his dream life and it's hidden messages relating to both simultaneous real time and the future. With the author, we begin to see that his strong intuitive abilities are developing and manifesting through the venue of his dreams.
Of particular fascination is Paquette's initiation into contact with ghosts and spirits of the deceased, raising intriguing speculation into the existence and nature of an afterlife as well as the potential for other realms of existence beyond our own. The author learns to communicate with and aid these astral travelers as his own skills and awareness grow over time.
More than a dream journal, this book asks difficult questions and probes the author's dreams and waking life experience to make sense of both in a way that brings a universal quality of meaning to his insights and understandings.
The author's engaging writing style keeps the pages turning. Of interest to anyone who is fascinated with dreams, spirituality, telepathy, precognition, intuition, and life after death, this book is a great read and hard to put down!
I consider this book to be powerful evidence for the reality of precognitive dreams. Correlations between what the author dreamed, and actual events that happened (often within hours) in the "real" world, are simply too numerous and specific to think that coincidence can suffice as an explanation.
Professional skeptics of course, will jump on that statement and remind us that fraud or sloppy observation might be factors. But the author has been keeping meticulous journals for twenty years, and I, for one, can't help but see Mr. Paquette as anything other than a man with a passion for recording his dream-life to see what he can learn from it.
To put my comments in perspective, I should add that years ago, I too kept a dream journal. This was at a point in my life when I was just opening up to the possibility of psychic phenomena, but in no way convinced of their reality.
In that sense, I was a true skeptic--open-minded but most definitely needing hard evidence to be persuaded. And that's why it's easy for me to trust the author--his frame of mind and approach seem to match my own exactly.
As a side note, Mr. Paquette speaks of his friendship with Dr. David Ryback, who wrote "Dreams That Come True," another excellent book (and one of my personal favorites) for anyone who wants to learn more about the subject, and is looking for credible evidence.
In its final sections, "Dreamer" focuses on dreams that are spiritual rather than precognitive. Once again, that reminds me of another study--a wonderful, but little-known, book called "Divine Dreams" by David Engle, another dreamer extraordinaire.
Mr. Paquette has done us a favor by taking the time to share with us his 20-year investigation and journey of discovery. Thanks!
I've been reading about paranormal and psychic phenomena for over 20 years. I've read about NDEs, ghosts, UFOs, clairvoyancy and ESP. I've read alot of so called channelled material, including that by Jane Roberts, I've even read the Gospels. That being so, I didn't come to this book expecting it to be as rewarding as it was. The key to it being so good is partly that he has an exceptionally high number of detailed dreams that accurately predict the future: partly that he has diligently recorded and perceptively commented on them. Not everyone who has these kind of dreams can accept the responsibility. Not everybody can do something with the material. I have to say, I found the end of the book quite disturbing, frightening even. What are we to make of a book that appears to indicate that karma and re-incarnation exist on the one hand (which however harsh, seems fair) and an angry God who will imminently wipe out most of mankind on the other? That said, it doesn't mean those souls that perish will be chucked in the shredder, just that they might have to start afresh in a post-apocalyptic scenario. You can imagine that that would be a kind of hell. Then again, Andy's final prediction could be incorrect. But after Andy's other dreams constantly being proved right you wouldn't want to bet on it. The interesting thing about this book is there is absolutely no mention of aliens. Paquette indicates that we should acknowledge God, repent of our sins and do no further wrong. Another interesting man with a story to tell, Lou Baldin (see my other review) says that there is no prime creator (God) and that whilst being religious ultimately Jesus is just part of a grand illusion, albeit that serves a purpose. Paquette, like Shakespeare before him, compares life as we know it to a stage, and talks of a backstage. The question is, when Andy Paquette came face to face with God was it the prime creator, was it someone playing a part that he could understand or was he really face to face with the ultimate designer of all things everywhere or a bit of both? Or is such a question simply a nonsensical one that only seems to make sense from my 3D perspective? I didn't finish the book feeling better or safer than before I read it, but I couldn't deny it's one of the best I've read in a long time.
~This could be one of the most important books since Dunne's Experiment with Time. ~ Colin Wilson, renowned British author of dozens of books on philosophy, mysticism and the occult
In his remarkable book, Dreamer: 20 years of psychic dreams and how they changed my life, Andrew Paquette shares a dream journal, a journal in which many of his dreams seemed to ignore the constraints of time and space, forecasting future events, often with remarkable accuracy. Were these correspondences coincidences, chance results, or evidence that the dreaming mind is capable of glimpsing a broader perspective of the universe than the waking mind? Opinions will vary on this issue; nonetheless, Paquette's readers will be treated to a saga of nighttime journies that is enjoyable as well as provocative, one that will stimulate them to pay closer attention to their own dream life. ~ Dr. Stanley Krippner, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Saybrook University co-author, Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them
Andrew Paquette will change the way we think about precognitive dreams. He has an extraordinary gift and the precise intellect to discuss how it works and what it implies for the rest of us. His story is a compelling one about a shrewd and educated man who has been forced to come to terms with nightly glimpses of the future, borne out for decades by evidence, corroboration and experience. If you care about dreams, precognition or consciousness you will find his story astounding. ~ Dr. Gillian Holloway PhD, Author of The Complete Dream Book of Love and Relationships: Discover What Your Dreams and Intuition Reveal about You and Your Love Life
This book grabs and holds the reader’s attention from the first page. It is a compelling account of one man’s journey toward understanding his paranormal dreams and waking experiences. Andrew Paquette vividly captures his dreams and subsequent matching life events, urging the reader to ponder larger questions about the nature of the universe, the concept of time, and views about fate and destiny. Anyone who is interested in knowing more about the world of dreams and the nature of reality will not be able to put this book down. ~ Dr. Jacquie Lewis PhD, Jacquie Lewis, Ph.D. is Interim Co-director of the Dream Studies Certificate Program, Saybrook University, columnist of The Wakeful Dreamer and Good Karma magazine
I have been involved in the field of Parapsychology for over half a century, both as a researcher, and as an experimental subject in laboratory studies of telepathic dreaming. I have also researched all types of dreams extensively for 45 years. This book describing the author's accounts of his 2,900 records of dreaming adventures over a twenty year period, including the hundreds of psychic dreams he experienced, is definitely unique, intriguing , and spellbinding!! This book will have a strong impact on how we conceive the modus operandi of how reality operates. ~ Robert L Van de Castle PhD, Professor Emeritus University of Virginia Health Sciences Center author of Our Dreaming Mind, and co author of The Content Analysis of Dreams with Calvin Hall
