Walsh, Pearce Hughes

Hughes (4)
This is a very interesting chapter to read about. About dreams and the unconsciousness. I have always wanted to know more about dreams, why they occur, whether we are conscious when it comes to out of body experiences in the spiritual nature. Also I ponder to myself about whether dreams are real and do we get sent messages through our dreams by a higher being. There were a lot of high points in this chapter for me.One of those is the correlation of dreams and reality, dreams and rem sleep, and what the effect of not dreaming at night would do. It was mentioned in the chapter that it important for us to dream. I got from that that there is some connection to dreaming and a good night rest. I was also fascinated by the fact that we are all "psychotic" when we are dreaming or in deep rem sleep. : "In fact by strict medical criteria each of us when dreaming is formally psychotic, delirious, or demented. Do these words imply that we are somehow mentally disturbed when we are asleep. Can we read any meaning in our dreams? These are puzzling questions I would imagine for researchers alike. What links do dreams have to artistic creativity and do they influence certain artist. "Images, ideas, and even entire works of art have been brought back from the dream state with great creative effect." The The telepathic and precognitive part of dreams are interesting to me because of its prevelance in our society. Many have expressed having been told or sent a message through their dreams good or bad. It has a religious connection in which characters from the bible back in the olden days would interpret people's dreams for them. Out of body experience is the lat thing that I will talk about that caught my interest in the reading. I have always wondered whether this is possible? Who or what do these people see and what messsges are they given through this.

Walsh (v)
I liked this reading somewhat. The part about the sharms been asked to identify an unclear or blurry picture. A non sherman would look at the picture and not see anything there but a sherman would look at it and see there is a hidden message in that blurry picture almost like they have some kind of sixth sense. What I admire about the sharmans and their beliefs is that they are one with the non-material and of another realm other than what we live in. I also found as a high point as I read was their attempts to see spirits and the traing they have to go through to see or be one with a spirit God. The robbind of ointment on the eye or with the help of hallucionogens. Also the eir religions connection with Christianity. The three tiers of belief which is upper, middle or lower world. "Earth to the skyor from earth to the under world." In Christian teaching it is from earth to either heaven(Sky)or the underworld(hell).They are very similar in theory. To what extent were their beliefs affected by their culture? What was the main theory that everything in the universe had life. Hylozoism and Animism. In Christian teachings that is worshipping idol gods.
Pearce(4)
I found this reading to be a bit dry and boring. It was not as good as the other two.