Dream Interpretation and Metaphysics

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The paper examines the role that archetypes play in the grief dreams of Americans with different cultural backgrounds, to determine what role, if any, culture plays in the dreamscape. The paper provides a literature review on grief dreams and studies the grief dreams of people from different cultures, including African-Americans, Vietnamese-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Indian-Americans. The paper describes the results that show that while cultural aspects may not change the basic content of grief dreams, it is clear that one's cultural orientation can certainly change how one views and interprets a grief dream and the archetypes present in such dreams.

Outline:
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Review of Literature
Chapter Three: Methods
Chapter Four: Results
Chapter Five: Discussion
Chapter Six: Summary and Conclusions

From the Paper:

"Every person dreams. Whether the dreamer remembers those dreams, or believes they drift into a dark see of absolute nothingness in sleep, the fact is that all people demonstrate the brain and eye activity that researchers know is associated with dreams. However, given that so many people fail to remember their dreams, it is clear that not all dreaming is memorable and productive. Even those dreamers who remember the majority of their dreams may find most of them to be insignificant and inconsequential. Likewise, even those people who find most of their dreams to be absolutely unmemorable occasionally have a dream that they believe reveals something significant. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bloom, Harold Ed. 1987SIGMUND FREUD'S THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS. Philadelphia,Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers.
• Bosnack, Robert 1996TRACKS IN THE WILDERNESS OF DREAMS: EXPLORING INTERIORLANDSCAPE THROUGH PRACTICAL DREAMWORK. New York, New York: Delacorte Press.
• Garfield, Patricia 1997"Dreams of Grief." DREAMS DURING GRIEF.http://www.patriciagarfield.com/messenger_journey.pdf
• Gifford, Jerry 2007"The Importance of Dreams," MYTHS-DREAMS-SYMBOLS.http://www.mythsdreamssymbols.com/importanceofdreams.html
• Hartman, Ernest 1998DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: THE NEW THEORY ON THE ORIGIN ANDMEANING OF DREAMS. New York, New York: Plenum Press.

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