Almost every person in his life had to deal with the fact that the dream he saw came true partially or completely. Some people have such dreams quite often. But there are also dreams that are called prophetic, and the meaning of which is encrypted in the images seen in a dream. Clairvoyants and palmists explain such dreams. In addition, there are also various kinds of dream books in which interpretations of prophetic dreams are given.
It is extremely difficult to explain prophetic dreams with rational arguments. Sometimes a person in a dream can see what is happening in real life, but thousands of kilometers away from him. Skeptics argue that dreams should not be given importance at all, since they are just a meaningless set of pictures that depict real events. However, history knows many cases when, thanks to prophetic dreams, great scientific discoveries were laid, such as, for example, the periodic system of chemical elements of Dmitry Mendeleev.
There are many explanations of the nature of prophetic dreams, but more or less scientific says that many different events take place in a person's life throughout the day. At the same time, consciousness notices only what seems important, while absolutely everything is recorded at the subconscious level. When a person sleeps, on the basis of the information received during the day, the brain makes a forecast for the future. Often people see such forecasts in a dream, and such dreams are called prophetic or prophetic. Thus, if we adhere to this point of view, then there is nothing mystical in the existence of prophetic dreams - this is the usual work of the subconscious.
However, prophetic dreams often foreshadow situations with a negative connotation, and it is almost impossible to avoid them. It is popularly believed that dreams that were dreamed from Thursday to Friday come true. Some people believe that dreams come true from Friday to Saturday, especially if a person had the same dream several times.
But by what criteria and criteria can a prophetic dream be distinguished from the most ordinary one? The main difficulty in defining a prophetic dream is that it often does not differ in any way from the usual one, which does not carry any predictions. There is a theory that prophetic dreams have a different illumination, but there is no evidence of this: probably not a single person will remember what kind of illumination was in his dream and whether it was different from the illumination in his other dreams.
To distinguish a prophetic dream from an ordinary one, as a rule, they go from the opposite, that is, they highlight those dreams that can be prophetic. However, the main factors that can affect a person's sleep are preliminarily identified. So, in particular, the state of the stomach affects dreams, and the hungry person sees food in his sleep. In other words, a prophetic dream cannot be dreamed of by either a hungry or a well-fed person. Factors that affect sleep include drugs, alcohol and tobacco. If before going to bed a person did not take drugs or other psychotropic drugs, did not drink alcohol, then the likelihood that he can see a prophetic dream increases. Long-term sexual abstinence and disorders (temperature, pain, malaise) have a significant effect on sleep. Cold and heat, extraneous loud sounds negatively affect the purity of dreams. Simply put,a prophetic dream can only be a healthy sleep in the most comfortable atmosphere.
Since ancient times, dreams have been considered something mystical. As a rule, people unconditionally believed the signs that they saw in a dream, considering them to be predictions. People believed that dreams helped to understand what awaited them in the future, but at the same time, there was no scientific knowledge at the heart of solving dreams.
The first to introduce a rational grain into the interpretation of dreams were the ancient Greek philosophers. Plato believed that dreams can be a source of creative inspiration. Aristotle became the founder of the psychological approach to the interpretation of dreams. He viewed dreams as an extension of activity in the dream state.
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For the Middle Ages, a religious and moralistic interpretation of dreams, which dates back to biblical ideas, is characteristic. The Renaissance era introduced elements of the occult into the interpretation of dreams, but at the same time, rationalism gradually replaced interest in dreams to the periphery of interests.
The situation changed dramatically in the 19th and 20th centuries. During this period of time, dream books began to be published en masse. Psychologists showed great interest in dreams, who suggested that sleep is the result of the work of the subconscious - in a dream, a person sees what worries him most. True, opinions diverged here too. Some experts believed that the images seen in dreams were absolutely chaotic, while others, on the contrary, were sure that they obey certain laws. Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud are among the most famous scientists who have studied such images.
By the way, dream books, which are very popular in our time, are mostly written either on the basis of folk signs, or compiled by psychologists who study dreams. However, it is impossible to confidently talk about what you need to rely on more, since no one can answer the question of which of these dream books is more correct. Thus, from the point of view of psychology, the interpretation of prophetic dreams is quite an interesting matter. It helps to understand what awaits a person in the future, but at the same time, one should not consider interpretations from dream books as absolute truth.
It is worth saying that the prophetic helped not only Dmitry Mendeleev. For a long time, the inventor of the sewing machine, Elias Howe, could not figure out how to place the eye of the needle so that the thread could catch on the opposite side of the fabric. All his experiments were unsuccessful. But one day in a dream he saw himself in a round dance of savages who captured him. They shook their spears in front of him, danced, and then Elias saw that the spears had an eyelet under the point. When he woke up, he moved the eye of the needle to the opposite end of the needle, to the point itself, thereby solving the problem.
The famous Russian poet M. Lermontov was very fond of mathematics, and in his spare time he often solved various problems. Once he failed to come to the right decision, and he went to bed. In a dream, the poet saw a stranger who suggested a solution to him. After awakening, Lermontov not only wrote down the solution he received in a dream, but also painted a portrait of a stranger. After a while, this drawing ended up in the hands of specialists, who recognized in the portrait the creator of logarithms, John Napier, who lived two centuries earlier than the poet.
The famous musician Paul McCartney said that one day he woke up and a beautiful melody sounded in his head. He got out of bed, walked over to the instrument. The most amazing thing is that Paul had never written anything like this before. This is how the song Yesterday, beloved by millions, appeared.
The prophetic dream also helped the Russian director Mark Zakharov. In his youth, at the insistence of his mother, he decided to enter the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, but before the exams his mother had a prophetic dream that her son would have great success in the theater. Then Mark went to enroll in a theater university, and there was one more talented director.
But still, unfortunately, in most cases, prophetic dreams are harbingers of misfortune or death. The Trojan Queen Hecuba, when she was pregnant with Paris, saw in a dream that she was giving birth to a torch that would cause a fire and destroy the whole city. The soothsayer interpreted the dream, and the baby was thrown into the mountains. After many years, Paris appeared in Troy, and he was very well received, as if he had forgotten the warning. But later it was through the fault of Paris that the enemies managed to burn Troy to the ground.
The famous Russian poet Konstantin Ryleev was very sick in childhood. One day his mother had a prophetic dream in which a voice told her not to pray for healing for her child, because he was destined for a very difficult life and a terrible death. In a dream, the mother saw all the details of her son's life and even the gallows. After that, the boy began to recover. Nevertheless, the end of his life was the same as his mother saw in a dream: he was hanged in the Peter and Paul Fortress.
As a young man, Lomonosov saw in a dream the death of his own father. And, amazingly, the death occurred at that time. This case is considered to be an example of telepathy.
Other famous personalities also saw prophetic dreams. For example, US President Abraham Lincoln had a dream in which he went down to one of the halls of the White House and saw a crowd of people and a coffin covered with a national flag. He was told that the American president was being buried. And ten days later he was shot in the box of the theater by the actor Booth.
However, one should not think that prophetic dreams are exclusively the privilege of famous people. Ordinary people also have such dreams. But in any case, it is currently impossible to definitely answer the question of why people see prophetic dreams. Such dreams can be dreamed without any apparent reason and clearly reflect future random events in life that are not of great importance to a person. In some cases, prophetic dreams can show some key moments in life and suggest solutions, thereby helping to avoid trouble.
The existence of prophetic dreams, as well as the fact that they bring tangible benefits, has been proven repeatedly. You can believe in them or not. But the bottom can be said for sure: if the dream began to come true, then it must be taken very seriously. Perhaps this is a good chance to change your life for the better.
Ancient sorcerers and shamans were convinced that sleep is a second reality. They argued that everyone can see prophetic dreams, but not everyone can recognize and understand them. And to the difficult question, when exactly prophetic dreams are dreamed, they confidently answered - always …