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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... mind rarely recalls what happens to you while you slumber each night . The exception is when you remember a dream . Dreaming A dream is an imagined world of sights , sounds , thoughts , feelings , and activities that you ( either as a ...
... mind . the memory of a nightmare that made an especially strong and disturbing impression on you when you woke up . What strikes most people about their dreams is how weird and bizarre they sometimes appear . A dream can put you any ...
... globe were studying, experimenting with, and theorizing about the workings of the dreaming mind. This is where the study of dreams begins. The relevance of religious history for contemporary dream research is enormous , and the time.
... mind system makes it a universally available source of experiential awareness of precisely those powers that people have historically associated with religion . Whether dreaming came before religion or religion came before dreaming is ...
... mind. These abilities gave our species the power to survive and dominate not just in our primal African homeland but in virtually every region and environment around the world. According to a generally accepted time line, the first ...
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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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Dreaming in the World's Religions: A Comparative History Kelly Bulkeley Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |