"Where there is no vision, the people perish." So we read in Scripture.
God reveals himself to His children in many ways in parables, symbols, types, and visions. Mrs. Eddy says in "Rudimental Divine Science," page 31, "The Discoverer of this Science could tell you of timidity, of self-distrust, of friendlessness, toil, agonies, and victories, under which she needed miraculous vision to sustain her, when taking the first footsteps in this Science."
There seems to be a thought among many that visions smack of modern spiritualism, and so they put them away, and lose the lessons they would teach.