Visitation Dreams – Dreaming of the Deceased
Website design By BotEap.comMany of us have lost loved ones, unexpectedly like my brother, or after illness like my father. Sooner or later, we will all experience the pain and trauma of the death of an important person in our lives.
Website design By BotEap.comVirtually every lore and religion tells us that we, our souls, survive after death, and most assure us that those who have passed on can communicate with us through our dreams.
Website design By BotEap.comPeople of all ages, cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs have reported communicating with a deceased loved one while in a deep sleep. They are convinced that the experience was not “just a dream” and that the character in the dream was not a character in the dream at all, but rather their deceased loved one. These types of dreams are commonly known as visiting dreams.
Website design By BotEap.comPsychologists and dream researchers love to catalog and categorize data, and while many tend to categorize and sub-categorize these types of dreams in various (and different) ways, I prefer to stick to a simple, general definition, for reasons I’ll explain. momentarily. I define a visitation dream as: a dream experience in which the dreamer feels that the deceased person was actually present in the dream. This feeling can occur during sleep and/or upon waking.
Website design By BotEap.comTo give you an idea of the different categories developed by different researchers, I will give you a brief sample.
Website design By BotEap.comDeirdre Barrett lists four types of these dreams:
- Describe the state of death.
- Deliver messages to the living.
- Seek to change the circumstances of his death.
- Give your loved ones a chance to say goodbye.
- The survivor may or may not realize that the person is actually dead.
- The deceased suffers from the symptoms that caused death.
- The dead man says goodbye to the dreamer.
- The deceased travels in a kind of vehicle.
- The survivor receives a phone call.
- The deceased appears young and healthy.
- The deceased criticizes or approves of the dreamer.
- The dead person offers advice and/or comfort to the dreamer.
- The deceased returns for a romantic or sexual encounter.
- The dead man seems to encourage the dreamer to join them in death.
- The deceased is going about their daily routines or may just be present.
- Dreams of Visitation
- dreams with messages
- calming dreams
- traumatic dreams