It was argued that if dreams weren't sent by the Gods then they weren't important so they wouldn't be remembered, but dreams were remembered so they were of great importance and inturn were sent by the Gods. In Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus, the author, Gnuse clearly supports this theory by citing numerous examples as evidence. For example, the People of the Ancient Near East believed that dreams brought dreamers in contact with the realm of the gods attempting to communicate with them. "Others believed that the god of dreams or special deity might bring a special message, often an auditory message". (Gnuse 35) At that time dreams were believed to bring such oral messages from a deity or from contact with the divine realm. Throughout his piece he states specific occurrences where dream reports mention physical presence's of the deities themselves and of times when they have spoken or has caused the dreamer to "see" things. The reasoning these individuals had in making such a conclusion comes when Gnuse states, " Dream reports usually have a formal termination which implies the continued sleep of the recipient until the morning.. Such termination verifies the recipient was asleep, and therefore the dream truly came from the divine realm." This sort of definition could have had a positive light to it back then, but now it seems somewhat unrealistic. During this time period, this may have been a way to explain dreams because they didn't have any medical or psychological information to prove otherwise, but today this is a very questionable case. Some individuals may want to believe that our dream processes have specific meanings and are sent by gods. Whether this is because they seem more believable if sent by a higher being or because they need some explanation and this is it. However, there are other theories, which do pose a more stable and defendable notion.Contrary to the theory Gnuse supports, Freud ...
