A highly esteemed dream experience is the establishment of contact between a man and an ancient warrior soul that enables him to sur- vive an attack. The most powerful Aguaruna dreams con- cern success in hunting and warfare, and they exercise the same control over the world as magic songs (which might be regarded as magic “spells”). For the Aguaruna dreams represent a potential field for exercising human control because they occur in an arena of direct contact between people and powerful supernatural beings. The latter are more significant than the former, in that they require more personal sacrifice and offer greater rewards with respect to their manipulative potential. Dreams can be distinguished according to whether they are spontaneous or intentionally sought. In any case, dreams are considered exclusive events experienced only by the dreamer they cannot be seen by other people. However, the recent exposure of the Aguaruna to Christian concepts of the soul has introduced confusion regarding their understanding of dream experiences, in that some Aguaruna now argue that soul loss of any kind can only result in sickness. Dreams are generally regarded as taking place during the wanderings of the soul during sleep, when it encounters other souls and discovers their intentions.
Although the interest in dreams and visions among this people has been declining in recent years, it still plays an important role in their response to contemporary problems and in day- today decision making.Īccording to the Aguaruna, dreams may reveal emergent possibilities and events that are developing but have not yet occurred or become fully accomplished facts. The Aguaruna are a people who inhabit Peru’s northern region, where they support themselves through horticulture, hunting, and fishing. In case such fortune is shared with a friend, it is a happy prediction of achievement, satisfaction, and joy. This dream provides a false certainty, an external abundance that, in fact, only hides misery. Ultimately, this kind of dream could be reminding us we must not get used to any particular condition of abundance because chances are high it will evolve into a period of famine. Judeo-Christian tradition clearly understands this as Joseph explains the dream of seven fat cows and seven gaunt ones (the parable symbolizes the alternation between prosperity and poverty). However, as is widely known, that is not the case.
The temporal possession could lead you into think that it is permanent and will last forever.
As it occurs with some symbols, the interpretation of abundance is the opposite of its literal manifestation.ĭreaming of material wealth provokes a very nice and pleasant feeling but this kind of oneiric image should be taken with due precaution.
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