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Oneiromancy
Oneriomancy is a form of divination by the analysis of dreams.
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Notable Greco-Roman Authors
Extant
- Artemidorus
- Achmet
- Astrampsychus, pseudonymous author of a number of divinatory, magical and medical works, including an Oneirocriticon.
Lost or Fragmentary
- Also see Artemidorus for a list of authors mentioned in this longest of the ancient dreambooks. All are lost, but fragments are preserved in Artemidorus and other ancient authors.
External links
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Interpretation of Dreams, covering classical and biblical dream interpretation
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Persian dream interpreation, pre- and post-Islamic
- "Oneiromancy", the complete text of Jean Bottero's essay on Mesopotamian dream divination. Seminal.
- Dream Interpretation Resources, from Ancient Astrology and Divination on the Web (Tim Spalding)
Sources
- Galen, On Diagnosis in Dreams translated by Lee T. Pearcy (Medicina Antiqua)
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