Robert Moss

Moss was born in 1945 in Melbourne, Australia. As a child, Moss suffered several serious illnesses.Robert Moss, Conscious Dreaming (Three Rivers Press, New York, 1996, pages 2–3).{{third-party inline|date=January 2024}}

Moss attended Scotch College, Melbourne and Canberra Grammar School and then Australian National University (ANU), where he received a Bachelor of Arts with 1st class honours and the University Prize in History in 1967.The Canberra Times, Friday, 15 December 1967, p. 10; ANU Annual Reports 1967, p. 22, and 1968, p. 19 He then received a Master's Degree in history from ANU.ANU Annual Report 1970, p. 24 Following his education, he became a lecturer in ancient history at the ANU in 1969–1970.

In 1970, Moss began Ph.D. research at University College, London before discontinuing it to pursue a career in journalism.

Moss joined the editorial staff of The Economist, where he was an editorial writer and special correspondent from 1970 to 1980, reporting from some 35 countries. He edited The Economist's weekly Foreign Report from 1974–1980, and wrote for many other publications, including The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic and Commentary. He was a regular commentator on international affairs on British television and the BBC World Service.

In a paper presented to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in 1971, Moss was among the first to identify the emergence of international terrorism{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}. He expanded his paper into his first book, Urban Guerrillas, published in 1971. From 1971–1980, he was a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. Moss drafted a speech for Margaret Thatcher in January 1976 which warned about the Soviet military build-up. In response to this speech Thatcher was labelled the "Iron Lady" by the Soviet Army newspaper Red Star.John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher: The grocer's daughter (volume 1), Jonathan Cape, London, 2000, page 353.

He was awarded the Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation at the University of St. Gallen in 1979.

Moss co-authored the novel The Spike with Arnaud de Borchgrave; it became a best seller in 1980.The New York Times, "Behind the best sellers Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss", 22 June 1980. Moss then became a full-time writer and published several suspense novels including Moscow Rules and Carnival of Spies.

In 1986, Moss left this work as an author behind and moved to a farm in Upstate New York, where he started dreaming in a language he did not know that proved to be an archaic form of the Mohawk language{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}. Assisted by native speakers to interpret his dreams, Moss came to believe that they had put him in touch with an ancient healer – a woman of power – and that they were calling him to a different life.Robert Moss, The healing power of ancient iroquoian dreamways, Shaman's Drum 64, 2003, pages 54–65.

Out of these encounters, he wrote a number of novels and created a technique he terms "active dreaming", which combines modern dreamwork with journeying and healing techniques. A central premise of Moss's approach is that dreaming isn't just what happens during sleep; dreaming is waking up to sources of guidance, healing and creativity beyond the reach of the everyday mind.Robert Moss, The Secret History of Dreaming, New World Library, Novato (California), 2009, page x. His first speech on the topic was at the conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) at the University of Leiden in 1994.Robert Moss, Newsletter of the ASD Conference, University of Leiden, the Netherlands, 1994

Moss's description of the core techniques of active dreaming is:Robert Moss, The three "only" things: Tapping the power of dreams, coincidence and imagination (New World Library, Novato (CA), 2007, pages 81–88 and 149–157).

• Quick dream-sharing (using a "lightning dreamwork" process) and using an "if it were my dream" protocol so that the dreamer is always the final authority on his or her dream.
• Making a conscious journey back inside a dream in order to clarify information, dialogue with a dream character, or move beyond nightmare terrors into healing and resolution.
• Conscious dream travel on an agreed itinerary by two or more partners, often supported by shamanic drumming.
• Reading coincidence and "symbolic pop-ups" in ordinary life as "everyday oracles".

Moss married his first wife, Katrina Fairbairn in 1968. They had two daughters, Pandora Moss (born 1971) and Candida Moss (born 1978), and divorced in 1982. He is currently married to Marcia H. Moss, with whom he has a third daughter, Sophie Moss.{{Cite news|date=2018-04-08|title=Candida Moss, Justin Foa|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/fashion/weddings/candida-moss-justin-foa.html|access-date=2020-07-23|issn=0362-4331}}

Articles

• "International Terrorism and Western Societies". International Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, Revolution, Summer 1973, pp. 418–430. {{doi| 10.2307/40201138}}. {{JSTOR|40201138}}.

Books

• Urban Guerrilla Warfare. International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1971.
• Urban Guerrillas: The New Face of Political Violence. Maurice Temple Smith, 1972.
• Spain: Between Past and Present. Economist Brief Books, 1972.
• [https://archive.org/details/warforcities00moss/ The War for the Cities.] New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972. {{ISBN|0698104498}} / {{ISBN|978-0698104495}}.
• [https://archive.org/details/chilesmarxistexp00moss Chile's Marxist Experiment]. David & Charles, 1973.
• The Collapse of Democracy. Maurice Temple Smith, 1975.

Reports

• Urban Guerrillas in Latin America. Institute for the Study of Conflict, 1970.

• The Spike (with Arnaud de Borchgrave) (Crown, 1980)
• [https://archive.org/details/deathbeamnovel00moss Death Beam] (Crown, 1981)
• [https://archive.org/details/monimbmoss/ Monimbó] (with Arnaud de Borchgrave) (Simon and Schuster, 1983)
• Moscow Rules (Villard, 1985)
• [https://archive.org/details/carnivalospie00moss Carnival of Spies] (Villard, 1987)
• [https://archive.org/details/mexicowaynovel00moss_0 Mexico Way] (Simon and Schuster, 1990)

• [https://archive.org/details/firekeepernarrat00moss The Firekeeper: A Narrative of the New York Frontier.] (New Edition, Excelsior/SUNY Press, 2009.)
• [https://archive.org/details/firealongsky00moss Fire Along the Sky: Being the Adventures of Captain Shane Hardacre in the New World.] (New Edition, Excelsior/SUNY Press, 2010.)
• [https://archive.org/details/interpreterstor000moss The Interpreter: A Story of Two Worlds New York.] (New Edition, Excelsior/SUNY Press, 2012.)

• [https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Dreaming-Spiritual-Path-Everyday/dp/051788710X Conscious Dreaming] (Three Rivers Press, 1996.
• Dream Gates: A Journey into Active Dreaming (audio; Sounds True, 1999.)
• [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dreaming-True/Robert-Moss/9780671785307 Dreaming True] (Pocket Books, 2000.)
• [https://archive.org/details/dreamwaysofiroqu0000moss Dreamways of the Iroquois] (Destiny Books, 2004.)
• The Way of the Dreamer (video series; Psyche Productions, 2004.)
• [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Dreamers-Book-of-the-Dead/Robert-Moss/9781594770371 The Dreamer's Book of the Dead] (Destiny Books, 2005.)
• [https://www.newworldlibrary.com/Psychology/THE-THREE-ONLY-THINGS The Three "Only" Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence and Imagination] (New World Library, 2007.)
• [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/5842026 The Secret History of Dreaming] (New World Library, 2009.)
• [https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780609802168 Dreamgates: An Explorer's Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination and Life Beyond Death] (Second Edition, New World Library, 2010.)
• [https://www.newworldlibrary.com/Psychology/ACTIVE-DREAMING Active Dreaming]. (New World Library, 2011.)
• [https://www.shamansmarket.com/products/dreaming-the-soul-back-home-shamanic-dreaming-for-healing-and-becoming-whole-by-robert-moss Dreaming the Soul Back Home. Shamanic Dreaming for Healing and Becoming Whole]. (New World Library, 2012.)
• Here, Everything Is Dreaming: Poems and Stories. (Excelsior/SUNY Press, April 2013).
• [https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Died-Came-Back-Archaeologist/dp/1608682358 The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse]. (New World Library, March 2014.)
• [https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Dreaming-Spiritual-Path-Everyday/dp/051788710X Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols and Synchronicity in Everyday Life] (New World Library, October 2015)
• [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mysterious-realities-robert-moss/1128434920 Mysterious Realities: A Dream Traveler's Tales from the Imaginal Realm] (New World Library, October 2018)
• [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55505274 Growing Big Dreams: Manifesting Your Heart’s Desires through Twelve Secrets of the Imagination] (New World Library, September 2020)
• Wings for the Journey (Shamanic Drumming; Psyche Productions)

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.mossdreams.com Website of Robert Moss]
• [http://mossdreams.blogspot.com/ Robert Moss personal blog]
• [http://blog.beliefnet.com/dreamgates/ Robert Moss Dream Gates blog on Beliefnet]
• [http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/member/files/robert_moss.html IASD (International Association for the Study of Dreams) Member Page for Robert Moss]
• [http://www.readthespirit.com/explore/2009/01/354-conversation-with-robert-moss-on-secret-history-of-dreaming.html Robert Moss interviewed] on "The Secret History of Dreaming" by ReadTheSpirit.com
• [https://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/donswaim/id/3590 Robert Moss interviewed by Don Swaim, February 1, 1985]
• [https://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/donswaim/id/6329/rec/2 Robert Moss interviewed by Don Swaim, June 16, 1987]

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