Anyone else wake up from vivid dreams wondering if you've tapped into something psychic or magical? Or maybe you've woken up in a sweat, hoping the events of your subconscious never come to fruition. Whether you can never remember or can recount them point by point — cultures throughout time have put meanings to this wandering state of mind. 

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Let's take a dive into some of the key historical interpretations and determine whether you should have tea with the white rabbit or ask for directions out of that place! 

 

Ancient Egyptians 

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The ancient Egyptians perceived dreams as the realm between the land of the living and the spiritual world of deities. Dreams were messages from the other side, foretelling the future and offering advice. They would even incubate dream states to induce this form of communication. 

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Aboriginal Australian Cultures 

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In ancient Aboriginal mythology, dreams were tools of creation. They believed our world was a product of their ancestral spirits' dreams — known throughout various dialects as 'The Dreaming' or 'Dreamtime'. While other cultures understand the world to have been created in the past, ancient Aboriginals see the creation of the world as an ongoing process — a continual reality.