Dreaming in Christianity and Islam: Culture, Conflict, and Creativity

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257 INDEX Aaron (biblical), 19–20 Abbas, Abdullah b., 92 Abid, Abd al-Aziz b. al-, 10 Abimelech, 21, 66 ablutions, 101, 106, 117, 118, 121, 128 Abraham (biblical), 105, 11, 126 Abraham, book of, 113 active imagination, 192–193 Acts, book of, 28 Adams, Kate, 5 al-Adghath (confused dream), 102 adhan (call for prayers), 111 afterlife, dreams about, 87–88 Ahmad, Imam, 10–105 Aisha (wife of Muhammad), 83, 87, 90, 189 A’isha, Qandisha, 16 Alam-al-mithal (imagined realm), 1 ‘Alamiyyah (dreams that relate to all people), 101 Ambrose, 60 Amsterdam. See prison, dream discussions in Anahita, 156, 157–158 angels, 138, 17 Anglo-Saxon dream reports, 7 anima/animus, 19, 150, 193 an-nafs (the self), 112 Annafsu al ammaratu bi-ssu’ (psychic state of self), 113 Annafsu al-lawwamah (psychic state of self), 113 Annafsu al-mutmainnah (psychic state of self), 113 anticipatory function, of dreams, 19–195 Apuleius, 18; Metamorphoses, 18 al ‘aqual (the mind or intellect), 112 ‘arabi, Abu Bakr Bnu al-, 116, 1 archetypal psychology, 193, 195, 239 Aristotle, 17, 18–19 ar-rooh (purest spirit), 112–113 arrows, divining, 123–12, 125, 133 Artemidorus, 19, 23, 39, 171–173; Oneirocritica (The Interpretation of Dreams), 167, 170–171 Assyrians, 167 Asurbanibal (emperor), 167 Aydar, Hidayet, 181–182 Azam, Umar, 99; Dreams in Islam, 99 Baghawi, Al Imam al-, 119 Ba’hai movement, 22 Barry, William, 55 Bashir, Salih b., 139 bassar (sight), 16 Bathsheba (biblical), 233 Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 178 Bible, 113, 238. See also New Testament; Old Testament big dream, 176 Bijlmer. See prison, discussion of dreams in bin Laden, Obama, confession video, 25–27 bin Malik, Anas, 86–87 birds, 75–76, 12, 133n, 171, 172 books on dream interpretation: in ancient world, 167; in Islamic tradition, 167–168; religions or belief systems and dream interpretation, 168–170. See also et-Ta’biru’l-munif ve’t-te’vilu’s-serif Brueggemann, Walter, 68–69n1 Bukhari, Abu Abdullah Muhammad b. Ismail al-, 81, 82, 108n3, 188–189, 190 Bulkeley, Kelly, 2, 7, 175, 176, 183–18, 186 Bulkley, Patricia, 7 Burton, Dan, 15 al-bushra (good tidings), 98 Caedmon, 9–51, 178–179, 182, 186; auditory message dream, 50; discernment criterion, consistency with scripture, 50; discernment criterion, fruits, 50; 258 INDEX Caedmon (continued) discernment criterion, religious authority, 50 Calvin, John: attitude toward dreams, 60; classification of dreams, 61; on dreams as consolatory, 66; on false prophets, 6, 67; on Holy Spirit, 62–63; and idols, 67; Institutes of the Christian Religion, 58, 66, 69n1; lack of personal reflection, 68; parallels to modern understanding, 6–66; on sleep, 58 Catherine of Sienna, 7, 55 chalom (dreaming), 17–18 chasing dreams, 215 Chester Beatty papyrus, 167 children, themes in dreams of Muslim/ Christian: auditory messages, 222–223; dream content, 218–223; implications for adults working with children, 223–22; religious imagery, 218–220; similarities, 22–225; symbolic messages, 220–221; understanding divine connection, 220 Christianity, and auditory message dreams: approval of religious authority, 5; auditory message from divine source, ; Caedmon the hymn writer of Anglo-Saxon England, 9–51; conformity with scripture, 5; criteria to discern spiritually valid dreams, 5–6, 7; dream/vision distinction, 6–7; fragmentary visual images reflecting psychological status, ; fruits metaphor, 5–6, 7, 50; life cycle dreams, ; Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. civil rights leader, 51–5; Perpetua the martyr of Carthage, 7–9; predeath dreams, 7; sensory experience, ; visual symbolic messages requiring interpretation, . See also Christianity, early, and dreams Christianity, early, and dreams: Caedmon conversion dreams, 178–179, 182, 186; demonic concept, 0; dream discernment, 35–39, 1; dreams of martyrs, 36–0; dreams of quality of faith, 1; Jerome, 0–1; King Oswald conversion dreams, 177–178, 182, 186; Tertullian, 33–35. See also Christianity, and auditory message dreams Christianity and Islam: differences in dreams/dream interpretation, 251; similarities in dreams/dream interpretation, 29–250; using dreams to foster dialogue between, 29, 251–252 Christian judgment, 7 Cicero, 19; De Divinatione, 19 collective unconscious, 193, 239 compensatory nature of dreams, 6, 66, 192 consciousness, dreaming and evolution of, 27–28 conversion dreams: Caedmon, seventhcentury Northumbria, 178–179, 182, 186; defining, 175; Kathleen, late twentiethcentury Britain, 181–182, 183, 18–185; King Oswald, seventh-century Northumbria, 177–178, 182, 186; mazeway reformulation theory, 176, 177, 186; precipitating crisis theme, 182–183t; qualities...