The Babylonians revered the Jews as dream interpreters, and in the sixth century BC they summoned the Israelite prophet Daniel to interpret one of King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams, whereupon he correctly predicted the king's imminent seven years of madness (Daniel 4: 535). ... By avoiding narrative and emotional complexity of REM dreams and instead loosening the usual restrictions upon thought, they allow the dreamer to survey the contents of his or her unconscious, like leafing through the pages of an illustrated book. ...

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