Dream interpretation his shield. Artemidorus reports that this dream was interpreted as follows: satyr = "sa tyros" ("Tyre will be thine"), predicting that Alexander would be triumphant. Freud acknowledged this example of Artemidorus when he proposed that dreams be interpreted like a rebus. In medieval Islamic psychology, certain hadiths indicate that dreams consist of three parts, and early Muslim scholars recognized three kinds of dreams: false, patho-genetic, and true. Ibn Sirin (654–728) was renowned for his "Ta'bir al-Ru'ya and Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tabir al-Ahlam", a book on dreams. The work is divided into 25 sections on dream interpretation, from the etiquette of
Psychology of religion and dreams different psychologists claim there is very little evidence to the research on the psychology of religion and dreams. The contemporary 21st century has brought about a scientific materialism that can be detrimental to understanding the concept of dreams and how to interpret them. Traditionally, the concept of dreaming and interpreting dreams through religious means is universal. Some of the cultures around the world consider dream interpretation through their religious views as a means of spiritual discipline. A psychological view of this connection between religious views and dream interpretation stems from analyzing the content of dreams. The continuity theory has proposed