Do our dreams really have meaning? There has always been debate in this area. But dreams have been interpreted since the dawn of humanity. As far back as the cave-people, dreams and visions of hunting game and the changing of the seasons were recorded and used in shamanistic divination for the betterment of the clan. Many dreams have become famous. The Bible is full of dreams and dream interpretations. Jacob seeing the ladder, the dream of Joseph; seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. And in the gospels the angel appeared to Joseph and foretold the coming of Jesus and later for them to flee to Egypt.

Hindu and Chinese for centuries have used dreams to help diagnose illness in their advanced medical practices. They would divide dreams into different classes to relate to different areas of the body, the heart, the lungs, etc. The great body of knowledge used in dream analysis has come from many sources, many areas of expertise and many cultures. Modern dream analysis was pioneered by Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Emil Gutheil and others.

Dream interpretation can also be linked to numerology, the charting of important numbers in your life. The Egyptians, Greeks and Romans all had systems of arriving at number vibrations, which to this day are remarkably accurate. Everything in nature and reality is made of and responds to numbers. Astrology functions in this same manner; the day you were born, the position of the sun, planets and stars all have numerical symbolism.

DREAM INTERPRETATION

As you begin to look at your dreams, you will see elements appear that have a meaning to occurrences in your life and what they symbolize. There are a few general rules. The importance of the events is in relation to the impression of the dream by its omen. There are always many exceptions, sometimes the meaning is the opposite of the dream. So dreaming of death can mean rebirth or marriage. Also colors can have meanings. And the meanings can depend on the shade of the color. Bright red can equal love; dark red can mean violent passion, light red equals affection, and so on.

DREAM JOURNAL

For the process of dream analysis, you must record the dream. Then divide the dream into its parts. The discovery of dream by memory. The discovery by free association or intuition of the more intimate details by the subconscious. And the fundamental cause of the dream that occurred through a wish or a fear.

The first step will be to begin keeping a journal or log of your dreams. It is a nightly record of every dream you have and all of the characters, details, setting and actions that appear important. This journal is important, because dreams are meaningful only in relation to other dreams and in relation to what you know about yourself. You must look at all of your dreams as a whole just as all of the parts of yourself equal who you are.

Print the dream papers that we have provided for your journal and keep them beside your bed with a pen. That way as soon as you wake up you can record the elements of the dream while they are fresh in your mind. Do not attempt to analyze them while you are recording them. You will do that later, by going to the Ladyfire dream center.

It may take awhile before you can put together pieces. Just as looking up a dream and seeing good fortune will need to be interpreted with other dreams for a week or more to find their true meaning. Have fun. You will enjoy the personal results that will come from finding the meanings to your dreams.

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