The World of Dreams

Introduction

We are about enter into mysterious and fascinating world of dreams where the rules of reality do not apply. I hope that this research of the world of dreaming will help everybody to understand the sense of the dreams, the key to unlocking and interpreting the meanings of your dreams.

We realize that all dreams are unique. No other individual can have the same background, the same emtions, or the same experiences. Every dream is connected with each one "reality".

History of Dreams

Dream interpretations dates began in 3000-4000 BC where they were documented in clay tablets. It is said that people in primal societies were unable to distinguish between the dream world and reality. They not only saw the dream world as an extension of reality, but the dream was a more powerful world.

Back in the Greek and Roman era, dream interpreters accompanied military leaders into battle. Dreams were extremely significant and often seen as messages from the gods. They were seen in a religious context and in Egypt, priests also acted as dream interpreters, The Egyptians recorded their dreams in hieroglyphics. People with particular vivid and significant dreams were believed to be blessed and were considered special. People who had the power to interpret dreams were looked up to and seen as divinely gifted. In the bible, there are over seven hundred mentions of dreams.

Dreams were also seen as prophetic. People often looked to their dreams for signs of warning and advice. It was an oracle from outside spirits, whether it was a message from a deity, from the dead or even the works of a demon.

Dreaming can be seen as an actual place that your soul leaves every night to go and visit. The Chinese believed that the soul leaves the body to go into this world. However, if they should be suddenly awakened, their soul may fail to return to the body. They believed that their ancestors lived in their dreams and take on non-human forms like plants. They see that dreams as a way of visiting and having contact with their ancestors.

Later on in the 19th century, Sigmund Freud revived the importance of dreams and its significance and need for interpretation. He revolutionized the study of dreams.

Why do we Dream?

Understandin the sleep cycle is the first important part of understanding dreams and how dreams happen. The human being spends eight hours a day, fifty six hours a week, two hundred twenty-four hours a