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Behind Closed Eyes: Dreams and Nightmares in Ancient Egypt

by Kasia Szpakowska

This new book is the first to present a comprehensive study of dreams as they were perceived and interpreted by the Egyptians in the third and second millennia BC - from Old Kingdom to New Kingdom. The author examines the various roles dreams could play in ancient Egyptian society, whether political, religious, magical, or literary. Also considered is the value of dream-interpretation for the happiness of private individuals. The work is accessibly written, and should inform the wider study of psychology and comparative religion. Its arguments are based on an intimate study of the original Egyptian texts; the texts themselves are here set out in translation. Dr. Kasia Szpakowska is Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Wales Swansea.
200p (Classical Press of Wales, 2003)

Review Quotes

While previous books have dealt with ancient Egyptian oracles, incubation and dream interpretation, this is the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of dreams and their place in society and religion of the phraonic era. With its wide range of coverage, the book will be useful to scholars of Egyptian religion, politics, literature, magic and medicine.

Denise M. Doxey, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Religious Studies Review (October 2004)

"provides the reader with a valuable collection of texts and a succinct statement of current scholarlship ... Her arguments are also well served by a comprehensible and engaging writig style,"

Robyn A Gillam
Chronique d'Egypte (2007)

... a scholarly, stimulating, and engagingly written account which Egyptologists and others will find of great interest.

Terence DuQuesne
Discussions in Egyptology (2004)

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