October 25th~

Titling this entry "October 25th" strangely reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Donnie Darko, where each day of October farther counts down the days until the world's end. If you haven't seen the movie, I highly suggest it. You can watch it here. Interesting enough, the movie is somewhat about dreaming... Or sleep.. Kinda. But it's also quite hilarious and relatable, or at least I find it to be. 

On a different note, 

I read this interesting article the other day about the history of dreaming titled, "The Oldest Language Known to Man." (or, you know, people in general..) It explores the common belief between many cultures that dreaming is a form of communication, in most cases with some type of "creator." This didn't surprise me due to the fact that many ancient cultures believed heavily in some type of God, and had no other explanation for this nighttime phenomena. 

Dreaming has been along as long as humans have, and there are many ancient archives expressing the curiosity of what, how, and why dreaming occurs. The Greeks thought that dreams were a way to be telepathic and to communicate with the dead. That is, until Aristotle, one seriously clever dude, suggested that dreams came from within one's self. Two thousand some years later, some old Austrian guy determined that dreams were ultimately about the dreamer them self and called them,"The royal road to self-knowledge."

Any who, you can all read the article for yourself. 

I have always thought it's interesting how much impact religion has on the world's view of, well, everything. In a way, it allows people to make excuses for concepts that are too big to comprehend or seem unreal. 

I haven't found much specifically on the history of interpreting dreams quite yet. This topic intrigues me and I would really like to know more about it. I will delve deeper into it and have something posted soon. 

Keep it real~