Albertus Magnus Society Presents Lecture On Dreaming

Dominican University's Albertus Magnus Society will present a lecture titled "Sleep, Dreaming, and Human Health" by Dr. Kelly Bulkeley, visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, on Thursday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. The lecture will be held in Priory Campus Room 263, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest. The event is free and open to the public. 



Bulkeley will explain how sleep and dreaming are natural processes hard-wired into the human brain, as well as universal portals into religious experience and spiritual insight. He will describe current scientific research on the health benefits of sleep and the evolutionary functions of dreaming. He will integrate these findings with philosophical and religious teachings about the healing power of dreams. 



Bulkeley is a faculty member of the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University and the former president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. He also serves on the steering committees of the Person, Culture and Religion Group, and the Religion and the Social Sciences Section, both program units of the American Academy of Religion. His books include Dreaming in the World's Religions: A Comparative History; American Dreamers: What Dreams Tell Us About the Political Psychology of Conservatives, Liberals, and Everyone Else; and Dreaming Beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and Visions. 



Established in 2006 by the Siena Center of Dominican University, the Albertus Magnus Society pursues new information and insight in a setting that is both scholarly and congenial, and reflects the Dominican understanding of the compatibility of religion and science. The society was named for Albertus Magnus, patron saint of scientists, and thirteenth century Dominican famed for scientific discoveries and a theology reflective of the emerging science of his day. For more information on the Albertus Magnus Society, please call (708) 714-9105 or visit the website at http://www.dom.edu/ams.