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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... Dreams - Religious aspects History . I. Title . BL65.D67B83 2008 History . 2. Religions— 204'.2 — dc22 2008004107 New York University Press books are printed on acid - free paper , and their binding materials are chosen for strength and ...
... book as long as I've been interested in dreams. So I really have to thank everybody—all the teachers, colleagues, and students who helped and guided me along the way. Several people have contributed directly to this project in quite ...
... dreams. Whether dreaming is the origin of religion is a separate question, to which we'll return in a moment. As a matter of historical fact, however, this book will show that dreams have played a powerful, complex, and dynamic role in ...
... dreaming and religion , tracing the influences in both directions - how individual dreams have shaped religious traditions and how religious traditions have fed back into personal dream experience . The book also , I suspect , will ...