Why do people dream? What do dreams mean? How important are dreams? What relevance, if any, even if it's just chemical activity during sleep? Are dreams a mystical message from a greater source? Are dreams simply a biological work? Why are some dreams and fragments remembered while others are forgotten? How to understand dreams? All of these questions and more have been raised by people for as long as human beings have existed on Earth (Springett, 2000). This talk is only a partial list of questions that may be asked by people even today, while dreams remain a great mystery. In this article, two traditions of psychology that still have some influence, particularly in the Euro-American world. cultures will be examined. This will come from the work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, two people who played major roles in the studies of dreams and psychology. Here, certain legacies from their traditions will be examined in the light of dreams. In conclusion, this article will be accompanied by a critical sociological and anthropological perspective, mainly from the perspective of aborigines and shamans. Freud started out as a physiologist. The traditions of his time dealt with a mechanical approach to the human body and mind. Most conditions, such as “neurosis,” were considered to have a biological basis in the sense that symptoms arose from a biological origin. Over time, as Freud began to study topics such as hypnotism on patients reported to be neurotic or psychotic, he began to expand his practice of medicine and his theory of how he understood this practice. Freud went beyond a neurological basis and developed a more distinctive psychological theory that was both normal and middle of paper ......s represents a crying need to regain a broader awareness of the human identity. In this sense, dreams are part of the ability to imagine something different from what people are or have been trained to be in conscious, waking life. References Armstrong, K. (2005). A brief history of the myth. New York: Canongate Campbell, J. and Moyers, B. (1991). The power of myth. AncreEliade, M. (1987). The sacred and the profane. Harcourt Brace Jonanovich Houston, S. (1994). World religions illustrated. California: Wordsworth Jung, C. G. (2011). Dreams. NY: Princeton Jung, C. (1989). Memories, dreams, reflections. New York: VintageRozak, Gomes, Kanner (1995). Ecopsychology. California: Sierra Club Books Sigmund, F. (1990). The interpretation of dreams. VA: Wordsworth Springett, B. (2000) Philosophy of Dreams. Retrieved from http://www.iep.eduThorton, SP Sigmund Freud. Retrieved from http://www.iep.edu