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1、CHAPTERONE:THESCIENTIFICLITERATUREOFDREAM-PROBLEMS (UPTO1900)InthefollowingpagesIshalldemonstratethatthereisapsychologicaltechniquewhichmakesitpossibletointerpretdreams,andthatontheapplicationofthistechniqueeverydreamwillrevealitselfasapsychologicalstructure,fullofsignificance,a
2、ndonewhichmaybeassignedtoaspecificplaceinthepsychicactivitiesofthewakingstate.Further,Ishallendeavourtoelucidatetheprocesseswhichunderliethestrangenessandobscurityofdreams,andtodeducefromtheseprocessesthenatureofthepsychicforceswhoseconflictorcooperationisresponsibleforourdreams
3、.Thisdone,myinvestigationwillterminate,asitwillhavereachedthepointwheretheproblemofthedreammergesintomorecomprehensiveproblems,andtosolvethesewemusthaverecoursetomaterialofadifferentkind.Ishallbeginbygivingashortaccountoftheviewsofearlierwritersonthissubject,andofthestatusofthed
4、ream-problemincontemporaryscience;sinceinthecourseofthistreatiseIshallnotoftenhaveoccasiontorefertoeither.Inspiteofthousandsofyearsofendeavour,littleprogresshasbeenmadeinthescientificunderstandingofdreams.Thisfacthasbeensouniversallyacknowledgedbypreviouswritersonthesubjectthati
5、tseemshardlynecessarytoquoteindividualopinions.Thereaderwillfind,intheworkslistedattheendofthiswork,manystimulatingobservations,andplentyofinterestingmaterialrelatingtooursubject,butlittleornothingthatconcernsthetruenatureofthedream,orthatsolvesdefinitelyanyofitsenigmas.Theeduca
6、tedlayman,ofcourse,knowsevenlessofthematter.Theconceptionofthedreamthatwasheldinprehistoricagesbyprimitivepeoples,andtheinfluencewhichitmayhaveexertedontheformationoftheirconceptionsoftheuniverse,andofthesoul,isathemeofsuchgreatinterestthatitisonlywithreluctancethatIrefrainfromd
7、ealingwithitinthesepages.Iwillreferthereadertothewell-knownworksofSirJohnLubbock(LordAvebury),HerbertSpencer,E.B.Tylor,andotherwriters;Iwillonlyaddthatweshallnotrealizetheimportanceoftheseproblemsandspeculationsuntilwehavecompletedthetaskofdream-interpretationthatliesbeforeus.Ar
8、eminiscenceoftheconceptofthedreamthatwasheldinp
