Dreams have always offered a mysterious look into the human mind, inspiring both curiosity and research. This study presents a computational approach to interpreting dream narratives by combining artificial intelligence with classical psychoanalytic concepts proposed by Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Using natural language processing techniques, the system analyses written dream reports to...
Altered states of consciousness (ASC) represent a universal human capacity for accessing and transforming the subconscious mind, employed across cultures and millennia through diverse contemplative, somatic, pharmacological, ritual, and technological modalities. This comprehensive review synthesizes evidence from over 25 distinct disciplines spanning five clusters: (A) contemplative and...
This article introduces Chapters 1 and 2 of La Transmutation: Jung et l’Islam, in which Jad Hatem offers a close hermeneutic reading of Qur’anic Sura 18 (The Cave) through the lens of analytical psychology. Engaging, and at times challenging C.G. Jung’s own interpretations, Hatem situates the narrative of the Sleepers, Moses, and Khidr within the process of individuation, emphasizing...
Sleep MedicineApril 1, 2026Su Min Kim, Tae-Gon Noh, J. Byun et al.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) involves dream enactment behaviors (DEBs) during REM sleep, accompanied by REM sleep without atonia (RWA). While most DEBs are bed-confined, a minority engage in ambulatory behaviors. This study investigated clinical, behavioral, and physiological characteristics of iRBD patients exhibiting ambulatory behaviors....
Abstract This study explores spiritual experiences in online video games and dreams from the perspective of analytical psychology, focusing on how such experiences activate the archetype of initiation in adolescents. Method: The present study adopted a Jungian psychological perspective to analyse symbols and psychological processes emerging in dreams that occurred after interaction with video...
Dreams have fascinated humankind since antiquity and have transcended cultures, religions, and scientific paradigms. From prophetic visions and divine messages to neurophysiological phenomena and psychological expressions of the unconscious, dreams occupy a unique position at the interface of the mind, body, and soul. Ancient civilizations interpret dreams as supernatural communication, while...
Sleep MedicineApril 1, 2026Zulkayda Mamat, Rumia B Owaisi, Sarif Alrai et al.
This systematic scoping review (ScR) and mixed-methods systematic review (MMSR) investigates dreams of the deceased (DoD), i.e., experiences where individuals dream of deceased loved ones. We examined prevalence, characteristics of dreamers and the deceased, functions of these dreams, and cultural interpretations. A comprehensive search across five academic databases resulted in 4030 reports...
“Eric, you no longer have an Americano soul,” my Avá-Guaraní sister told me as my 2006-2007 fieldwork was ending. In 2005, her mother became my ritual sponsor in the naming/ensouling ritual, mitã karaí, identifying me as “Yvyrajú”, indicating the tree for which I was named/ensouled. That ritual enmeshed me in relations of familial reciprocity, positioning me in their cosmology, and identified...
This article examines the initiation plot in Aslan Zhaksylykov’s novel “Dreams of the Damned” against thebackdrop of collective nuclear trauma caused by the Semipalatinsk nuclear tests. The study is relevant due tothe limited scholarly exploration of initiation plots in post-Soviet Kazakhstani literature and the need to interpret literary texts through the lens of historical, cultural, and...
Dreams have always contributed to religious consciousness and religions have always, in turn, shaped dream content (McNamara, 2016; Lanternari, 1975). Many religions began as literally a dream or vision in the mind of the founder. In the holy scriptures of the three Abrahamic Faiths dreams abound, with perhaps the dream called “Jacob’s ladder” being one of the most famous. The patriarch Jacob...