Dreams

The absurdities of dreams not only testify to pressure of unexpressed emotions but also bear witness to the horrible distortion of the spiritual concepts presented by the Adjusters. 110:5.4

In the Urantia Book

Celestials seldom use dreams to communicate (86:5.11)

• human dreams are the disordered, disconnected parade of uncoordinated sleeping mind 44:4.7 110:5.2-5
• While we are asleep, the Adjusters try to register their creations in the higher levels of our material mind, and some of our grotesque dreams indicate their failure to make efficient contact. 110:5.2-5

Interpretation of dreams

• The great danger in all these psychic speculations is that visions and other so-called mystic experiences, along with extraordinary dreams, may be regarded as divine communications to the human mind. 100:5.6 110:5.5
• The interpretation of dreams is largely a superstitious and groundless system of ignorant and fantastic speculation. 90:2.5 150:3.9
• ordinary dreams are purely physiologic and psychologic 110:5.5

Particular dreams

• Some important dreams in history:
• * Zoroaster’s one that caused him to remodel his religion 95:6.2
• * The dream that informed a strange religious teacher of Jesus’ birth 122:8.6
• * The one that convinced Zacharias regarding John, his son, the Baptist 122:2.5
• * The one reconciled Joseph regarding Jesus’ birth 122:4.1
• * Young Jesus’ one disturbed by revolting of slaughters in Jerusalem temple 125:2.4
• * Peter’s one seeing Jesus walking on Sea of Galilee 152:4
• * Claudia Procula’s, wife of Pilate, about Jesus 185:5.8
• * The one that delivered Peter from fear of Jewish traditions about uncleanness 153:3.6

Primitives’ dreams

• primitive man believed dreams as real as waking experience 86:5.10
• primitive man believed soul left body during dreams (86:5.6,10)
• Probably the greatest single factor in the evolution of human society was the ghost dream. 68:3 87:5.14
• primitive man self-convinced of afterlife existence by dreams 63:3.5 86:4.1-2

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• When you hear sound of wind 90:2.5 — 1 Ch 14:15; 2 Sam 5:24.
• Astrology 90:2.5 — Is 47:13; Dn 2:2; Am 5:26; Mt 2:7,9-10.
• Shamanesses 90:2.5 — 1 Sam 28:7-19.
• Visit of wise men 122:8.6 — Mt 2:1-12.
• Elizabeth's secret 122:2.5 — Lk 1:24-25.
• Zacharias' doubt 122:2.5 — Lk 1:18.
• Joseph's dream 122:4.1 — Mt 1:20-21,24.
• Contents of message 185:5.8 — Mt 27:19b.
• Delay helps enemies 185:5.8 — Mt 27:20; Mk 15:11.
• Peter's vivid dream 153:3.6 — Acts 10:9-16.

See also

• sleep

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