The unconscious : $b The fundamentals of human personality, normal and abnormalPrince, Morton
Science
The unconscious : $b The fundamentals of human personality, normal and abnormal
Prince, Morton
Psychology, Pathological; Subconsciousness
It is interesting to note how the dream has a logical form which is
unfolded as an argument. This itself is an allegorical transcript of the
reasons previously suggested to her for the particular solution of her
problem.
The dream was a long one and into it were logically introduced as a part
of the argument the actual distressing circumstances for the relief of
which I had advised taking up the piece of psychological work as an
outlet to her feelings and solution of her problem of life. I will give
in detail only so much of the dream as contains the wish fulfilment
(which became also a part of the dream argument), summarizing the
remainder. The dream begins with an allegorical description of the great
task involved in the study of psychology by all the workers of the
world. The science of psychology is symbolized by a temple. “I dreamed I
was where they were building a great temple or cathedral; an enormous
place covering many acres of ground. Hundreds of men were building. Some
were building spires, some were building foundations, and some were
tearing down what they had built, some parts had fallen down of
themselves. I was wandering around looking on.” Then she proceeds to
help one of the builders who was building a particular part of the
temple by bringing him material in the form of stones. This she had
actually done, in real life, contributing much psychological material
out of her own experiences. Many of these experiences had been very
intimate ones from her inner life and had involved much suffering; hence
the stones which she contributed in her dream were big and heavy and
were beyond her strength to carry, so that she could only roll them,—and
some were sharp and made her hands bleed, so that her contribution
involved much suffering. This part of the dream was not only a prelude
to the suggested wish fulfilment but, as interpreted, contained a wish
fulfilment in itself.
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