In the Tanach, Joseph intrepreted the dreams of the Pharaoh of Egypt; Daniel also interpreted dreams. Artemidorus gives a list of authors mentioned in this longest of the ancient dreambooks. All are lost, but fragments are preserved in Artemidorus and other ancient authors. Aristotle and Plato both discuss dreams in various works. Achmet wrote an edition of Artemidorus Oneirocritica in addition to his own. Astrampsychus was the pseudonymous author of a number of divinatory, magical and medical wor ...

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Oneiromancy, Oneiromancy - Ancient, Oneiromancy - Contemporary, Oneiromancy - Hall, Oneiromancy - Freud, Oneiromancy - Jung, Oneiromancy - New Age

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Japanese poetry - Poems in Kojiki and Nihonshoki. Until Korean scholars brought Chinese classical texts to Japan in the 6th century, Japanese was an unwritten language. The oldest written work in Japanese literature is Kojiki in the 8th century, in which Ota Yasumaro recorded Japanese mythology and history as recited by Hieda no Are, to whom it was handed down by his ancestors. Many of the poetic pieces recorded by the Kojiki were perhaps transmitted from the time the Japanese had no w ...

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Japanese poetry, Japanese poetry - Ancient, Japanese poetry - Poems in Kojiki and Nihonshoki, Japanese poetry - Early Manyoshu poets Vol. I-III, Japanese poetry - Chinese influence, Japanese poetry - Nara period poets, Japanese poetry - Waka in the early Heian period, Japanese poetry - The culmination of Kanshi, Japanese poetry - Kokinshu, Japanese poetry - Influence of Kokin-wakashu, Japanese poetry - Imperial anthologies of Waka, Japanese poetry - From the late ancient to Middle, Japanese poetry - Waka in the life of Kuge, Japanese poetry - Roei style, Japanese poetry - Age of Nyobo or court ladies, Japanese poetry - Poetry in the period of cloistered rule, Japanese poetry - Shinkokin Wakashu, Japanese poetry - Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poetry - Pre-modern, Japanese poetry - Modern, Japanese poetry - Contemporary, Japanese poetry - Important Poets premodern, Japanese poetry - Important poets Modern, Japanese poetry - Important collections and works

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Precautionary Note: These ethnic names were culled from a variety of ancient and mediaeval sources dating from the middle of the 1st millennium BC to the early 2nd millennium AD. They do not necessarily represent contemporaneous, distinct or Germanic-speaking populations. The peoples referenced do not necessarily have common ancestral populations. Some identities closely fit the concept of a tribe. Others are confederations or even unions of tribes. Some may not have spoken Germanic at all, but were bundled by the sources with ...

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List of Germanic peoples, List of Germanic peoples - Ancient, List of Germanic peoples - Contemporary

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The Phoenicians are known to have visited the Rock circa 950 BC and named the Rock Calpe. The Carthaginians also visited, however neither group appears to have settled permanently. Plato refers to Gibraltar as one of the Pillars of Hercules along with Jebel Musa or Monte Hacho on the other side of the Strait. Gibraltar was next visited by the Romans. Again, no permanent settlement was established. Following the fall of the Roman Empire, Gibraltar was visited by the Vandals and later the Goths. The Vandals' stay was temporary; h ...

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History of Gibraltar, History of Gibraltar - Prehistoric, History of Gibraltar - Ancient, History of Gibraltar - Muslim, History of Gibraltar - Castilian / Spanish, History of Gibraltar - The War of the Spanish Succession, History of Gibraltar - Habsburg Gibraltar under the rule of the Archduke Charles pretender to the Spanish Throne, History of Gibraltar - The Gibraltar capture, History of Gibraltar - The first Spanish siege Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar, History of Gibraltar - During the rest of the war, History of Gibraltar - British rule, History of Gibraltar - Treaty of Utrecht, History of Gibraltar - Until the Peninsular Wars, History of Gibraltar - Until the Second World War, History of Gibraltar - Second World War and after, History of Gibraltar - 21st Century, History of Gibraltar - Sources, History of Gibraltar - British sources, History of Gibraltar - Gibraltarian sources, History of Gibraltar - Spanish sources, History of Gibraltar - Notes

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Two of the first human civilizations began in the Mediterranean area. The Nile River valley was unified under the Pharaohs in the fourth millennium BC. Soon after, civilization developed in Mesopotamia and quickly spread through the fertile crescent to the east coast of the sea and throughout the Levant, which happens to make the Mediterranean countries of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel part of the Cradle of Humanity. These areas shared similar climates and geographies, but it was more difficult to spread techn ...

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History of the Mediterranean region, History of the Mediterranean region - Ancient, History of the Mediterranean region - Classical, History of the Mediterranean region - Middle Ages, History of the Mediterranean region - Modern

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For many thousands of years our ancestors have been visiting and venerating the power places of Europe. One culture after another has often frequented the same power sites and the story of how these magical places were discovered and used is filled with fairies and nature spirits, sages and astronomers, and enigmatic myths of world destroying cataclysms.

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Homas is an ancient form of fire rituals, stemming from the Vedic Science. A homa can help you to get well, have good relationships, find a partner, have children and it may even remove bad karma or negative aspects in a horoscope or with Vastu.

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The Egyptians believed in a ‘double’ which was like a shadow of the body. This double remained as long as the body remained. The soul was only a double. It had no individuality of its own. It was never able to do away with its connection with the body. If the body was injured in any part the double or soul was also injured. Hence they preserved the bodies to keep the soul intact. They took recourse to mummification of the bodies of the dead. They wanted to preserve the dead bodies for a very long time in order to make the departed soul immortal.

The death and dying and the life after death has always fascinated man. This is an excerpt from the book What Becomes Of The Soul After Death by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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Celtic Marriage

This article is not just for those interested in the traditions of Celtic Marriage, it is also a look into the complex body of law that governed the ancient Celts.

For the ancient Celts, marriage was a very different thing than what we conceive of as "marriage" today. For them, marriage or handfasting as some know it was a form of contract that had several purposes. These included the protection of property rights, the care of progeny (children), and the rights of the individuals involved in the relationships themselves.

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Antique Dream Symbols:

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Ancient Dream Symbols:

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From Oxygen Dream Dictionary:

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Satan's earthly proxy - the beast from the sea - also has seven heads and ten horns, and he is scarlet in color as well (13:1; 17:3). Satan's character is mirrored in his earthly representatives. The dragon personifies evil. Since ancient mythology had many references to dragons, John's audience would have understood that the dragon of Revelation 13 represented a cosmic enemy.

Exactly what the dragon's seven heads represent is not immediately clear. However, given John's use of seven as a numerical symbol of completeness, perhaps this suggests the universal nature of Satan's power and that he completely embodies within himself all evil. The dragon also has seven diadems or royal crowns on his heads. They could represent Satan's spurious claim against Christ. As the Lord of Lords, it is to Jesus that all crowns of authority belong. He is the one who will be crowned with many diadems (19:12, 16).

We are told the dragon had 'swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to earth" (12:4). This fraction is used several times in Revelation. Perhaps we should interpret it as meaning a significant minority.

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Old Dream Symbols:

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Knowledge of Ancient Indian History and Culture: The Mahabharata contains also the immortal discourse of Bhishma on Dharma, which he gave to Yudhishthira, when he was lying on the bed of arrows. The whole Mahabharata forms an encyclopaedia of history, morals and religion unsurpassed by any other epic in the world.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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The Vedas 

The Vedas are the Divine scriptures of ancient India and in modern times can be traced as least as far back as 12,OOO B.C. a lthough it is generally accepted tat the Vedas appear at different times of the cosmic creation forte benefit of human society. They are considered to be the revelations of the Divine nature, and its relationship within and without us. "Mantra" is the term used to mean Divine sound vibration or the word of God. There are teachings of mantras (hymns), teachings of ritual, theology, and philosophy at the root of all the vedic sciences. The point of all is the knowledge of the soul called "atma vidya", being our real "self" and separate and distinct from the material body , and the material world which surrounds us.

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There is no one "head God" in the Egyptian pantheon, and this fact has mystified, frustrated, confused, puzzled, amused and outraged monotheists around the world for 2,500 years. Egyptian philosophy has been labeled with the curious oxymoron of "spiritual materialism," and so dismissed as primitive.

An excerpt from Walk Like An Egyptian: A Modern Guide To The Religion And Philosophy Of Ancient Egypt

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The Indigo children, as they are now called by science, were first traced back to the year 1984. This was the year when suddenly a child appeared with very different human traits. As of 1999, science has suggested that approximately 80 to 90 percent of all the children born in the United States are Indigo children. I believe it probably will rise to nearly 100 percent in the future. You and I are obviously being phased out. These children are being born not only in the U.S., but also in many other areas of the world that seem to be connected with the wide use of computers.

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Persian Heritage In Hindu Traditions

Many would be surprised to learn that no ancient Hindu temple was dedicated to Rama - neither in Ayodhya nor anywhere else.

There had been many old temples and shrines devoted to Vishnu and Shiva and a few to Brahma, Ganesh, Kartikeya, Hanuman, Kubera, Nagas, Kali and Durga as well as a huge number honouring numerous local tribal deities. Only 180 years ago Raja Ram Mohan Roy coined the word 'Hindu' to describe the huge variety of faiths and sects with similar but not identical philosophies, myths and rituals.

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Meaning of Dreams in Islam

Few Western dream researchers have any familiarity with the rich dream traditions of Islam. The Muslim faith first emerged in seventh century B.C.E. Arabia as a profound revisioning of early Jewish and Christian beliefs and practices. One theme the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) drew from the scriptures of those two religions was a reverence for dreaming. In the Quran, as in the Jewish Torah and the Christian New Testament, dreams serve as a vital medium by which God communicates with humans. Dreams offer divine guidance and comfort, warn people of impending danger, and offer prophetic glimpses of the future. Although the three religions drastically differ on many other topics, they find substantial agreement on this particular point: dreaming is a valuable source of wisdom, understanding, and inspiration. Indeed, as I will propose in this brief essay, Islam has historically shown greater interest in dreams than either of the other two traditions, and has done more to weave dreaming into the daily lives of its members. From the first revelatory visions of Muhammed to the myriad dream practices of present-day Muslims, Islam has developed and sustained a complex, multifaceted tradition of active engagement with the dreaming imagination.

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Islam and Hinduism: The Thousand Names of Vishnu and Allah

Allah is Al-Ahad or The One and Vishnu is called Eka, The One. It's curious but there are striking similarities between the many names of Vishnu and those of Allah.

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