Introduction to Dream Interpretations

In the article "A Introduction to Dream Interpretation" by Michael Sheridan, helps to give good infromation about dreams and what lies beyond them. When sleeping, you can enter the world of dreams where it is magical, but yet times are horrifying. Sometimes you can enter in four to five times at night. Everyone has dreams and you cannot stop it. Learning to interpret dreams can help change someones life for the better. An example is about this guy named John, who dreamt that Van Morrison was sitting on the floor holding a pint of Guinness in his hand and arguing with his wife. In reality John and his wife were having an ongoing conflict; John was holding onto a childhood memory of his parents arguing with John sitting on the floor watching them. Dream analysis is not new. "As far back as the old Testament, Joseph showed us that dreams contain important messages. Native American cultures hold dreams in high regard as messages from the spirit world" (Sheridan). Dreams are a type of language of the soul. All aspects of our lives such as health, relationships, career, and spirituality in dreams. Health dreams have benefits; each person who dies of a heart attack or stroke has normally had several dreams alerting them of their fatal condition. Dreams can provide early warnings for health problems in the future. Relationship advice comes from dreams as well. Dreams will tell you if you are moving to fast in a new relationship. Your dreams can make you attentive to your partner's feelings. Career dreams can tell you when to apply for a promotion and if your going in the wrong career path. Spirituality dreams help with expression within open minds.

Michael Sheridan's article helps with my topic because he gives concrete details on what different dreams can stand for. Dreams come from past, present, and future adventures; which relates to my topic with understanding dreams. Dream interpretations that Sheridan portrayed such as: health, relationship advice, careers; and spirituality, helps people realize what they need to do in life. My only question is why do dreams have to be horrifying? Sheridan does not tell you why, just that they can be horrifying. I do like how some dreams can help with relationship advice because I have actually had a dream about my relationship falling apart and it did. Over all this article was pretty well written and easy to recieve the right interpretations that Michael was trying to put it out there for people.

Sheridan, Michael. "An Introduction to Dream Interpretations." Aisling Dream Interpretation 2009: 1. Web. 1 April 2010. http://www.dream-analysis.com/.