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The Way We Dream

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Dreams - The Only Possible Light

From ancient times all the way up to the middle ages, dreams were often used to try to predict future events. Special people in society were assigned the role of interpreting dreams. In many indigenous cultures around the world, dream interpretations were taken into consideration when making decisions - sometimes even for entire communities. But after the development of a proper science, and that, i think, is related to capitalism, the insight into the future became technical, scientific. Dreams should not be taken at face value.

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