“Ancient Egyptians actually called sleep, “the little death”, because in the dream state we have no physical body just like when we die. These wise ancients understood that in dreams, our eyes are opened. Their word for dream, "rswt", is connected to the root meaning of “to be awake”. It was written with a symbol representing an open eye..."

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Using dreams to access the secrets of the Universe

• Exploring the nature of dreams through the eyes of ancient civilizations and indigenous cultures, including:  the Aboriginals of Australia, the Sonenekuiñaji from the Peruvian Amazon, the Chipewyan people of Northern Canada, the East Cree people, the Achuar People from the Peruvian Amazon, the ancient Egyptians, and Synesius of Cyrene

• Communicating with animal spirits while sleeping

• Kairomancy: "divination by special moments"

• Sleep is "the little death"

• The role of imagination 

• Oracles of night and day

• The magic of “liminal” dreaming

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✭ Intro & outro music by my love: Justin Goncalves

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