dream interpretation

 ought to be conducted on the same principles as works of art: observe faithfully (literal), note all references to external events (allegorical), place in relation to your own libidinous urges (moral) & then aim for anagogic completeness.

The therapeutic role of dreams must ultimately be that of enlarging vision, & dreams should be interpreted on the same principles as works of art: observe faithfully (literal), note all references to external events (allegorical), place in relation to your own libidinous urges (moral) & then aim for anagogic completeness.

is the rendering of dreams as psychical structures with meanings which can be assigned to points in the mental activities of waking life.

There is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and . . . if that procedure is employed, every dream reveals itself as a psychical structure which has a meaning and which can be inserted at an assignable point in the mental activities of waking life. Freud

is a process that, on paper, may look arbitrary, muddled, and spurious, but in reality it may be a little drama of unsurpassed realism.

On paper the interpretation of a dream may look arbitrary, muddled, and spurious... but the same thing in reality can be a little drama of unsurpassed realism. To experience a dream and its interpretation is very different from having a tepid rehash set before you on paper. Everything about this psychology is, in the deepest sense, experience... the entire theory, even where it puts on the most abstract airs, is the direct outcome of something experienced.

is a necessary part of dreaming --- A dream uninterpreted is like a letter unopened.

A dream uninterpreted is like a letter unopened. .

dream interpretation, n.All

dream interpretation