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Decolonizing the Night: Dreams, Spirituality, and the West's Intellectual Hegemony

Dreams are complex mental experiences during sleep that reflect our inner states, emotions, and can sometimes carry spiritual or biblical significance, but there is no scientific evidence they can predict the future. The West's clinical, materialistic approach to understanding dreams, stripping away their spiritual and cultural dimensions, is a subtle form of intellectual colonialism that dismisses the profound, civilizationally-rooted wisdom found in traditions across the Global South.