This singular phenomenon is often referred to as a precognitive dream. According to the American Psychological Association, a precognitive dream is defined as: “a dream that seemingly includes knowledge about the future which cannot be inferred from actually available information.”
In various religions it is widely believed that precognitive dreams are possible. For instance, in the Bible (Book of Daniel), Daniel had prophetic dreams from God, while in Islam it is believed that sometimes a dream is based on the truth and foreshadows a coming event. Similarly, in Buddhism and Hinduism precognitive dreams are accepted.
There are numerous examples of prophetic dreams throughout history. Caesar’s wife Calpurnia is said to have dreamed that something terrible was going to befall her husband, and begged him to stay home. He ignored her warnings and later ended up being stabbed to death by
