The Views on Dream Interpretation
No one really knows why people dream. There are theories as to where they hail from, but a firm understanding of why dreams prevail is still far from being established. Society today sees dream and dream interpretations as glimpses into understanding one's own mental psyche, spearheaded by Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory. Others believe that dreams and dream interpretations are actually glimpses into the future, allowing dreamers a view as to what awaits for them in their future.
Dreams and Dream Interpretation
The subject of dreams and dream interpretation has been around for years. In ancient times, certain cultures even found it to be a must for their society to have someone dedicated for dream interpretation, as it was believed that dreams were avenues to which answers to countless questions could be gained.
One of the most famous of dream interpretations would take shape with that of Joseph the Dreamer, whose dream interpretation saved Egypt from seven years of famine. What happened was the king had a dream of seven healthy cattle crossing over a river, followed by seven malnourished cows crossing a river. Joseph's dream interpretation entailed seven years of plenty, to be followed by seven years of famine, giving Egypt time to prepare for the famine. Being the most popular of future telling dream interpretations, it really isn't a wonder why the aspect of dreams being tellers of the future prevailed in society today, but a lot has changed with regards this view towards dreams and dream interpretations since then.
As already mentioned Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytic theory is known to delve into the arena of dreams, relating dream interpretations to be not "advance calls" from the future, but rather, testaments to the innate desires which a person is known to be feeling. At times dream interpretations entail both elements combined, talking about dream interpretations with regards personal mindsets and as well as what they could state with regards one's future.
Commonly, dream interpretations take place over radio shows, where inquisitive callers call up, relating their dreams to a dream interpreter, whose dream interpretations would be given out. Other venues where dream interpretations prevail would be the internet, as well as the "old fashioned" home visits, where a dream interpreter visits those with questions regarding their dreams. At times, there are also dream interpreters know to "peddle" their services on the streets, allowing by-passers to find out what their dreams mean, and what they are actually saying.
No scientific proof or explanation is known to be out detailing the 100 percent accuracy of forecasting dream interpretations, though there are certain known cases where future geared dream interpretations have been known to be right.
