Dream Interpretation: Do you believe there are archtypal images in all dreams? I read an abridged book by freud about dream interpretation and I found it all to be hogwash. He went on and on about archtype images that supposedly mean something specific no matter who dreams the dream.
It has always seemed to me that the specific images in a dream usually make no sence, and that its the actions that are trying to convey a message. When interpreting a dream, I look at the general feelings and actions rather than trying to ascribe a specific literal or archtypal meaning to am image. I’m not saying images are NEVER what they are. I’m just saying that often, its not about the images at all but about the general sence they convey. What do you think?
I think it was also Freud who said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar", so he wasn’t sold on items being representations always being symbols of something else. References :
Whenever I think on this term "archtype" or "archtypical", I think on the differences between Freud and Jung……
I did not put much on Freudian terms. As Freud was a cocaine head that prescribed the drug, not only to his patients and friends, but also to himself…. At that time, Cocaine was untested as being detrimental to health.
It is actually a Jungian philosophical term….. I have held more relevant truth from Carl Jung than Freud who were at once partners until the differencess in understanding. Therefore, they parted company like a fork in the road……
However, there are universal patterns found in human nature and experience; but not all the human race will think on the same terms….
For example: "ICE"…. cannot mean the same, universally, to all persons….. Ice is cold… but, will it have the same meaning to someone, say in Africa? or Alaska? New York? or New Mexico?…… Certainly not…..
That is why I say, stay away from those dream dictionaries…. They do not mean the same to all…… The ‘story’ of the dream gives all the understanding one need…. and if you need to know what a matter pertains to, consider the symbol
Freud was a bit off the deep end…okay, not a bit….a lot…
i think there are symbols that we are influenced to believe mean one thing by society, like snakes represent lies and light represents good things…but i also think that the way YOU individually interpret a symbol means a lot…dreams are created by YOUR brain, so what you take them to mean is most important, right? 0.o References :
Hi there. I think that there is only one way that you can find out the answer to this question, and that is to prove it to yourself by keeping a dream journal for a period of time. In this way you will be able to keep a record of your dreams and so can go back to read them in the future (two or three months later) and look at them with hindsight. When you do this then you can better understand what your dream was trying to tell you because you are able to better analyze what was happening in your own life at that point. The problem with analyzing dreams soon after we have them is that we are not in tune enough with what our dreams tell us (and it is different for every person), so you have to figure this out first and then things will start to make more sense. If you use a free dream journal site like http://www.matchadream.com it might help because it also links your dreams to a dream dictionary which has the "archtypal images" that you mentioned and are at the heart of your question. I hope this makes sense. Good luck finding the answer. References :
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Dream Interpretation: Do you believe there are archtypal images in all dreams?
I read an abridged book by freud about dream interpretation and I found it all to be hogwash. He went on and on about archtype images that supposedly mean something specific no matter who dreams the dream.
It has always seemed to me that the specific images in a dream usually make no sence, and that its the actions that are trying to convey a message. When interpreting a dream, I look at the general feelings and actions rather than trying to ascribe a specific literal or archtypal meaning to am image. I’m not saying images are NEVER what they are. I’m just saying that often, its not about the images at all but about the general sence they convey. What do you think?
I think it was also Freud who said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar", so he wasn’t sold on items being representations always being symbols of something else.
References :
I think it’s all play, having dreamed and remembered many, I find them to be mostly about things I was doing that day and nothing more.
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Hi Nash,
Whenever I think on this term "archtype" or "archtypical", I think on the differences between Freud and Jung……
I did not put much on Freudian terms. As Freud was a cocaine head that prescribed the drug, not only to his patients and friends, but also to himself…. At that time, Cocaine was untested as being detrimental to health.
It is actually a Jungian philosophical term….. I have held more relevant truth from Carl Jung than Freud who were at once partners until the differencess in understanding. Therefore, they parted company like a fork in the road……
However, there are universal patterns found in human nature and experience; but not all the human race will think on the same terms….
For example: "ICE"…. cannot mean the same, universally, to all persons….. Ice is cold… but, will it have the same meaning to someone, say in Africa? or Alaska? New York? or New Mexico?…… Certainly not…..
That is why I say, stay away from those dream dictionaries…. They do not mean the same to all…… The ‘story’ of the dream gives all the understanding one need…. and if you need to know what a matter pertains to, consider the symbol
Your sister,
Ginger
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To understand more on dreams: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-CQaJFnA2dqUZRlJ79RwAFRY-?cq=1&list=1
Freud was a bit off the deep end…okay, not a bit….a lot…
i think there are symbols that we are influenced to believe mean one thing by society, like snakes represent lies and light represents good things…but i also think that the way YOU individually interpret a symbol means a lot…dreams are created by YOUR brain, so what you take them to mean is most important, right? 0.o
References :
Hi there. I think that there is only one way that you can find out the answer to this question, and that is to prove it to yourself by keeping a dream journal for a period of time. In this way you will be able to keep a record of your dreams and so can go back to read them in the future (two or three months later) and look at them with hindsight. When you do this then you can better understand what your dream was trying to tell you because you are able to better analyze what was happening in your own life at that point. The problem with analyzing dreams soon after we have them is that we are not in tune enough with what our dreams tell us (and it is different for every person), so you have to figure this out first and then things will start to make more sense. If you use a free dream journal site like http://www.matchadream.com it might help because it also links your dreams to a dream dictionary which has the "archtypal images" that you mentioned and are at the heart of your question. I hope this makes sense. Good luck finding the answer.
References :