{"id":1232,"date":"2007-07-05T12:27:43","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/do-you-dream-of-dead-lovedones.html"},"modified":"2007-07-05T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2007-07-05T12:27:43","slug":"do-you-dream-of-dead-lovedones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/do-you-dream-of-dead-lovedones.html","title":{"rendered":"Do You Dream of the Dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s <\/a> a nice article about the significant dreams people have that feature cameo appearances of deceased parents, children, spouses, or friends.
\nHave you ever experienced such a dream at night, where a dead person appears to help, comfort, or offer assistance? Here’s an excerpt from the piece by Rebecca Cathcart:
\n“Our dreams have to do with how we internalize the people we love,\u201d said Pamela McCarthy, director of counseling services at Smith College. \u201cYou learn to look within for the loved one and the particular function that person played in your life, such as caretaking or guidance in the case of a parent. This becomes part of a function that you can provide for yourself.\u201d
\nCultural narratives in regions like Vietnam and North and South America assign special importance to such dreams and consider them actual encounters with the spirits of lost loved ones.
\n\u201cThis notion is so widely shared by traditions all across the globe that some scholars have gone so far as to argue that religion itself actually originated in dream experience,\u201d Kelly Bulkeley, past president of the Association for the Study of Dreams, wrote in his book \u201cTransforming Dreams: Learning Spiritual Lessons From the Dreams You Never Forget.\u201d <\/a>
\nYou might enjoy reading this Beliefnet.com article <\/a>by Lisa Schneider about vivid dreams of the dearly departed. Fascinating stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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