Dreaming in the World's Religions: A Comparative HistoryFrom Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. In this widely shared view, dreams are a powerful medium of transpersonal guidance offering the opportunity to communicate with sacred beings, gain valuable wisdom and power, heal suffering, and explore new realms of existence. Conversely, the world’s religious and spiritual traditions provide the best source of historical information about the broad patterns of human dream life |
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... cultures worldwide, people have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. In this ... cultural evidence is overwhelming on this point: religion is the primary arena in which humans have traditionally ...
... cultures of Africa, then move to Eurasia, Australia, Northwest Asia, the Americas, and finally Oceania (the chains of tropical islands stretching westward from Australia that were settled in the early centuries of the common era). An ...
... cultural impact of modernization . Although the religions of Africa ( chapter 8 ) , Oceania ( chapter 9 ) , and the Americas ( chapter 10 ) have rarely interacted with one another , they share the historical experience of being ...
... cultural change , and danger to the community . Dreaming , as we shall see , has played a prominent role in that process . Ten chapters in total , then - artificial , limited , and exclusive as all historical categorizations must be but ...