e said that he hadn’t seen any evidence, but has heard a lot of discussion on the topic. On the other hand he said that “all mentation has meaning…dreams reflect as much reality as non-reality”. I believe that dreams can show the future, but he’s also right from the prospective that not all dreams we have are going to be prophetic. Even though dreams are important and can help us see the future the Native Americans shouldn’t take them so seriously because not all dreams have to be precognitive. Dreams where a major part of the Native American life and culture. To them dreams are sources of prophecy that gave them advice on how to lead their lives. Recently archeologists acquired the ability to read hieroglyphics, and as a result learned that Egyptians used dreams in divination. In the opinion of James Lewis, the pharaoh Thutmose IV received one of the most famous Egyptian dreams (80). Thutmose envisioned the god Hormakho, who told him that if he uncovered the sphinx, which was buried in the sand, he would make him wealthy and unite his kingdom (81). Lewis went on to say that both sided fulfilled their promises, and Thutmose had a stone column erected in front of the sphinx on which his dream was recorded (81). The ancient Egyptians also practiced incubation, they went to special temples ruled by Serapis, the god of dreams, and hoped to receive a divine dream that would help them find a solution to some problem (Mossdreams). These temples had dream interpreters, who helped people discover the meanings of the dreams they just had; “These interpreters are known as the leaned ones of the library of magic” (Mossdreams). Both the Egyptians and the gods helped each other during sleep.I think that the knowledge of the people who lived long before we did is very important, but some more recent discoveries about dreams made by J. W. Dunne and others are equally valuable. The web site &#...
