The Yanomami say that Omama, the demiurge, created the tree of dreams so that humans could dream. When the flowers of this tree bloom, dreams are sent to the Yanomami. The book O Desejo dos Outros: Uma Etnografia dos Sonhos Yanomami offers itself to be read like a dream tree with flowers yet to bloom. Some of the flowers on the tree created by Omama bloomed in me and in the dreams I present, so I couldn’t help but say that some of the ideas in this book were also dreams - some dreamed by me, others by the Yanomami. I hope that these flowers can sow seeds and germinate in other soils, giving rise to new fruits and, of course, new dreams. What follows is an edited and translated excerpt.