Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Historical review of dreams and their interpretation

The interpretation of dreams may have experts dream almost as old as the dream itself. We know that all humans and many animals dream every night, people always fascinated to learn what causes dreams and what they stand for.

The interpretation of dreams dates back at least 3000-4000 BC we know this because the interpretation of dreams in the permanently stored in clay tiles. And considered that many primitive peoples failed to initially distinguish between real world and the dream world. In many cases these people look like in the dream world as an extension of the physical world around them, and in many cases, that I saw a world of dream as stronger than one wakeup.

Dream interpretation is an important field of ancient Greek and Roman world, dream interpreters and accompanied by generals and other military commanders in battle. Dreams taken seriously and the Greeks and Romans in particular often considered dream messages sent by the gods.

Dream also religious content of ancient Egypt, priests double as dream interpreters. Dreams between elements, recorded by the ancient Egyptians in the form of Hieroglyphics. These dreams are live or large and is believed to be blessed and given a special status in these ancient societies. Also that people who were able to interpret dreams for receiving these gifts directly from the gods and they enjoy a special status in society, as well as.

In the Bible, there is little more than 700 dreams and people in biblical times, that dreams is extremely important. Dreams and their listed in many of the most important books of the Bible and the Bible.

In many cases it is often considered dreams to be a form of prophecy. People often interpreted dreams omens or warnings and to adjust their activities accordingly. It is often considered the dreams of gods, omens as messages from spirits or souls to leave messages. In some cases, the dreams to the work of demons, designed to confuse and problems in the dreamer.

Dreams are important, so that they often require the actions of political and military leaders, affecting everything from persecution to fight with the result of the political decision. Is considered to provide dreams to therapists, vital evidence and it has been used in the diagnosis and treatment of all creation from the disease.

Dream is often perceived indigenous peoples as a means to commune directly with gods and spirits and dreams, is still used in this way, the cultures of the world. Many people believed, and still another, during dream sleep the soul leaves the body and the municipalities with the spiritual world.

Chinese culture, which believe that the soul leaves the body during sleep to dream every night. They believe that if suddenly awoke dreamer spirit may not be able to return to the body. For this reason, some Chinese still fundamentalist use of cues. This is only one example of how ancient myths could arise in the modern world.

Some Mexican and American communities that view of the importance of dreams, old and shared belief in individual dimensions is visited during dream sleep. Such people who may be ancestors leave in their dreams, they may take the forms of animals and plants. Thus regarded dreams as a means of their ancestral and modern with the old and the collection of wisdom and knowledge that serve awake. Dreams and considered ways of gathering information for the purpose or mission in life.

Respect for dreams changed radically in the early 19th century, and often rejected dreams of this era as the reactions of anxiety, outside noise or even bad food indigestion. During this time period, dream and believe that there is no sense at all, and interest in dream interpretation all but evaporated. This all changes, but with the arrival of Sigmund Freud, later in the 19th century. Sigmund Freud stunned the world of Psychiatry, stressing the importance of dreams, revived the art of Matt, once to interpret dreams.


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