Dreaming in the World's Religions: A Comparative HistoryNYU Press, 2008 M07 19 - 345 páginas From 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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... creative inspiration from their meanings. This leads to a second idea I want to highlight. Dreaming has always been regarded as a religious phenomenon. Throughout history, in cultures worldwide, people have seen their dreams first and ...
... creative , open - ended qualities of human life . The human mind has not simply evolved ; it is evolving . As evolutionary scientists have shown in great detail , the tremendous cognitive abilities of our species have developed over ...
... " culture , since most of the earliest written information was provided by the colonizing forces themselves . Nevertheless , all three of these regions provide abundant evidence of the bursts of new religious creativity that are.
A Comparative History Kelly Bulkeley. evidence of the bursts of new religious creativity that are provoked by situations of dire conflict , severe cultural change , and danger to the community . Dreaming , as we shall see , has played a ...
... creative fantasy . Researchers have distinguished several different kinds of dream bizarreness , including including character metamorphoses , physical distortions , sudden shifts of setting , unrealistic juxtapositions of places and ...
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Chinese Religions | |
Buddhism | |
Christianity 7 Islam | |
Religions of Africa | |
Religions of Oceania | |
Religions of the Americas | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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