The history of the interpretation of dreams dates back to 3000-4000 BC These interpretations and the meaning of dreams as documented on clay tablets. It is said that people in primitive societies were unable to distinguish between reality and dream world. Not only were the dream world as an extension of reality, but also for them, the realm of dreams was a more powerful.
In Greek and Roman times, the dream interpreters accompanied military leaders into battle. Dreams were very important and often seen as messages from the gods. Dreams were treated in a religious context and in Egypt, priests also acted as dream interpreters. The Egyptians recorded their dreams in hieroglyphics. People with particularly vivid and significant dreams were believed and consider themselves blessed. Those who had the gift to interpret dreams were eagerly sought and treated specially. In the Bible, there are about seven hundred mentions of dreams, the dream appears as one of the forms chosen by God to spread the word to some of his mortal children. To take one example, in the book of Genesis, tells us that the evening "Abraham fell on a deep sleep and terrifying darkness enveloped him." Then, God informs Abraham what happened to their descendants to the fourth generation.
If we look back to these ancient cultures, people have always had an inclination to interpret dreams.
Dreams also had a prophetic quality. Often sought in dreams warning signs and advice. It was an oracle or omen of the spirits, whether a message from a deity, ancestors or even the work of demons. Dreams often dictated the actions of political and military leaders and helped in the diagnosis of those who practiced various forms of medicine. Dreams were a vital clue for healers to know what was the dreamer's disease and were used to make a diagnosis. People in ancient Greece and China sought clues in their dreams to decide their actions.
The world of dreams can be seen as a real place to which the spirit and soul go out each night to visit. The Chinese believed that the souls left their bodies to go into this world. However, if you were suddenly awakened, their soul may fail to return the body. For this reason, even today, some Chinese are reserved to the alarm.
In parts of Europe, Transylvania, was careful to keep his mouth shut in the sleeping children to the soul, which has something of a bird, can not leave the body of the creature, or advises against sleeping for a few days near where he had killed a man not to come across his mind that, bemused by his new status as dead, desperately seeking to communicate with loved ones. The Malays were trying to smudge the face of his enemy to sleep, back, the soul does not recognize its owner.
Some American Indian tribes share the same notion of a different dimension of sleep. They believed that their ancestors lived in their dreams and taking non-human forms, such as plants. They see dreams as a way to visit and have contact with their ancestors. Dreams also helped them to state their mission or role in life.
In the late eighteenth century, dreams were lost the importance they had through the centuries and they were taken as a result of anxiety or simple indigestion, therefore, not given any meaning. Later in the nineteenth century, Sigmund Freud revived the importance of dreams, its importance and necessity of interpretation. Freud truly revolutionized the study of dreams.
Countless theories have been developed to try to explain why some dreams seem to become reality in the physical world. The simplest is to think that they are "coincidences" and may often be the case. The study of coincidences (or causal) No longer, therefore, fascinating.
No doubt we all live dreams that reflect certain aspects of the future. Despite this, most go unnoticed due mainly to two factors:
1 .- The low memory of the dream that we enjoy (do not remember most of our waking dreams)
2 .- The low value we attach to how little we remember
These premonitions can be expressed in symbolic language the typical World of Dreams. As an example we cite the supposedly historic dream of Calpurnia, wife of Julius Caesar. Before the fateful murder dreamed that a star fell from heaven. This event was interpreted by her dream as an evil omen (symbolism in this case: STAR = king, emperor, Caesar, CAIDA = death).
Although the sample corresponds to a historical event difficult to verify, we have included an introduction to the symbolism.
The difficulty is, perhaps, in the interpretation of this language since the mere reasoning is not helpful. Each brain works, intellectual and emotional level with a slightly different schedule due to the multiplicity of experiences, socio-cultural levels, ideas, education, etc ... and thus, two people might interpret the same experience differently.
Guides symbols should only serve as a rough and not literal since each psyche can operate with a slightly different code. EXAMPLE: for a person the rain can be an inconvenience and another a beautiful freak of nature so the symbolism of the rain, sleep, should be different for both.
However there are times when the message is extremely realistic dream, away from wrapping symbolic. Apart from some examples that can be found in the Bible (any version), here are some vivid dreams or commented by historical figures
- The famous dream of Abraham Lincoln who, just days before he was killed, had a dream that told his wife. In the dream he entered the White House and there was a bier surrounded by a guard of honor. "Who is dead?" He asked. And a soldier replied, "It's our president. Has been killed."
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