Dreams and Freudian Theory
Dreams have been objects of boundless fascination and mystery for humankind
since the beginning of time. These nocturnal vivid images seem to arise from
some source other than our ordinary conscious mind. They contain a mixture of
elements from our own personal identity which we recognize as familiar along
with a quality of `otherness\' in the dream images that carries a sense of the
strange and eerie. The bizarre and nonsensical characters and plots in dreams
point to deeper meanings and contain rational and insightful comments on our
waking situations and emotional experiences. The ancients thought that dreams
were messages from the gods.
