Throughout history, dreams have captivated people's attention, both ‎frightening and making them reflect. Primitive humans viewed dreams not ‎just as a nightly experience, but as a mystical state where the soul leaves the ‎body and travels to other realms. Over time, these beliefs influenced the ‎formation of religions and cultures, becoming closely associated with concepts ‎of the soul, death, and life after death.‎

The goal of our research is to understand the significance of the "dream" ‎phenomenon in human history, to learn how people have understood dreams ‎over time, and to investigate how ancient cultures applied dreams in human ‎life.‎

Our research analyzes the cultural, religious, and sociological functions of ‎dreams in ancient cultures and religions. It compares how civilizations such as ‎Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, Greece, and Rome interpreted dreams and used ‎them for prophecy, healing, and divine communication. For example, ‎Mesopotamian priests interpreted dreams as signs for political decisions, in ‎Egyptian temples, people performed "dream vision" rituals to heal from ‎illness, and in the Vedas of India, dreams were seen as steps of the soul ‎towards higher truth. The research is based on the hermeneutic analysis of ‎historical texts (the Epic of Gilgamesh, Egyptian papyri, and writings of ‎Hippocrates), and shows that dreams are not only an individual psychological ‎experience but also form the foundation of collective spirituality. As a result of ‎the study, we can partially understand how significant dreams are in terms of ‎their functionality in human life.‎