Dreams
Dreams can help people figure out what is going on with them. By presenting topics about dreams, such as the history of dreams, the interpretation of dreams, the roles of dreams at different stages of age, and the lucid dreams; we hope to gain any audience of this research more knowledge about dreams. ... When we sleep each night, we averagely have several dreams each night. ... Common people underestimate the existence of dreams in our history. When one hears, the history of dreams, he might think that dreams do not have a history. The history of dreams is information about how ancient civilization felt about dreams and how they interpreted them. Hebrew or biblical beliefs, Egyptian beliefs, Greek and Roman beliefs may influence the way a person of today interpret their dreams. The Bible has many examples of people referring to their dreams and the interpretation of those dreams. ... When God appeared in dreams, it was believed that he was choosing a prophet. Dreams with God often benefited the people who were involved. ... Van De Castle, that “Some dreams thought to have a physical cause, such as bad dreams originate from an overindulgence in food.” means temperature and previous events were also thought to be the causes of certain dreams. ... The dreams that are most influential in history are dreams that have to do with royalty figures. ... Oracles are people that interpret dreams and they were thought to be the only people that could interpret dreams. ... When a person having trouble in their life and help from their god, they would sleep in a temple, when they would wake the next morning a priest, which was called a Master of Secret Things, would be consulted for the interpretation of the night’s dreams. ... htm) There were also surrogate dreamers who had dreams for people that could not dream what they wanted to dream. ... Evidence that proves the Egyptians paid special attention to their dreams has been discovered. ... When it comes to dreams, the interpretations are clearer and more direct. The Chinese believed that the dreams were responsible for spiritual souls. ... The book “Our Dreaming Mind” tells us about some of the symbols in dreams that were interpreted by the Chinese. In another book called T’ung Shu, it has two theories: One deals with ‘Heaven and the Weather’ for example, that if one dreams about the sun or moon rising, one’s family will be healthy, prosperous, and well educated. ... The dreamers would decide if the dreams that they had were sent from the gods. ... The purpose of this was to find guidance and to share their dreams. ... A lot of different dreams and their interpretations are recorded in this book. ... According to the “Atharva Vedas”, if a person dreams about violent things, it meant that good things would happen to that person. ... This book also tells us that the outcome of different dreams vary depending on what part of the night in which they occur. ... The first one states that “One is psychological and proposes that particular objects appear in dreams are expressions of the dreamer’s inner desire…” (Van De Castle, 59) The next theory follows the Chinese belief that, “…the soul leaves the body during sleep and wanders to distant locations…” (Van De Castle, 59) The Indians, like the Chinese, felt that if that a person was awakening from his sleep, and then his soul would wander around forever. In the beginning, the Greek culture did not think too much about their dreams. However, after Homer wrote the “Iliad”, everybody wanted their dreams to be from the gods. Like the Egyptians, the Greeks had special priests to interpret dreams. They felt that these priests were the only people that could interpret the dreams. People felt that dreams had a certain healing power. ... Plato, Aristotle, and Hippocrates had opinions on dreams. “Plato was one of the few who knew that dreams reflect conditions and events in waking life. ... htm) Plato liked the emotional aspect of dreams. ... htm) Plato believed that in dreams, our innermost feelings came out. ... So our anger, passion and innermost desires come out in our dreams. ... He disagreed with what Plato felt about dreams. Aristotle felt that dreams reflected what was going on with you in a medical sense. “He theorized that bodily health had a great deal to do with what a man dreams. He found that he was able to diagnose patients’ illnesses by listening to accounts of their dreams.