Dreams are personal and different for everyone, just like how each and every one of you is not exactly the same as anyone else in the world. With this in mind, psychologists have tried to come up with theories to try and figure out the meaning of dreams to individuals and interpret symbols seen in dreams in order to understand the mind. This process is called dream interpretation and this is a relatively new concept. In the book called “Private Myths” by Anthony Stevens, it says that experts and researchers are still trying to find a way to classify dreams that are categorized as themes (like falling or flying), affect (like anxiety dreams or nightmares), and major life events (such as birth, marriage, or death), (Stevens). Since I cannot tell
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To Jung, a “symbol” in the context of a dream is an image you see in your dreams, like a person, place, or object. According to the book called “Applied Dream Analysis” by Mary Ann Mattoon, published in 1978, “Jung did not assign a fixed meaning to a dream image; he looked for a meaning that exceeded the obvious and immediate appearance of the image and accorded with the dreamer’s experience. To him, a symbol was ‘the best possible formulation for still unknown or unconscious facts, which could not ‘be reduced to anything else’” (Mattoon 98). Jung tended not to assume that one symbol meant a specific thing because he believed that it depended on the dreamer’s specific situation. According to the book, “The Psychology of Dreams” by Raul Robbins, published in 1988, Jung believed that “A dream expresses exactly what it means, and that any interpretation which yields a meaning not expressed in the manifest dream-image is therefore wrong” (Robbins …show more content…
The steps that I am going to explain were found in the book by Mary Ann Mattoon called “Applied Dream Analysis,” published in 1978.
1) First, Jung says to “State the dream text in terms of structure; examine for completeness.”
a. What Jung means is that the dreamer or another interpreter needs to write down what the dreamer remembers about the dream. It will most likely be fragments of information because we never remember a full dream from beginning to end.
2) Next, Jung says to “Establish the dream context, the situational material in which the dream is embedded.”
a. After the dreamer writes down what he/she remembers happening, the images seen in the dream must be reviewed in order to find where they came from. Some images can be found from memories from the past couple of days or people from a long time ago.
3) After that, Jung says to “Review the appropriate attitudes to bring to dream interpretation.”
a. Jung means that nothing should be assumed about the meaning of the dream or of specific images.
4) Next, “Characterize the dream images as objective or
To Jung, a “symbol” in the context of a dream is an image you see in your dreams, like a person, place, or object. According to the book called “Applied Dream Analysis” by Mary Ann Mattoon, published in 1978, “Jung did not assign a fixed meaning to a dream image; he looked for a meaning that exceeded the obvious and immediate appearance of the image and accorded with the dreamer’s experience. To him, a symbol was ‘the best possible formulation for still unknown or unconscious facts, which could not ‘be reduced to anything else’” (Mattoon 98). Jung tended not to assume that one symbol meant a specific thing because he believed that it depended on the dreamer’s specific situation. According to the book, “The Psychology of Dreams” by Raul Robbins, published in 1988, Jung believed that “A dream expresses exactly what it means, and that any interpretation which yields a meaning not expressed in the manifest dream-image is therefore wrong” (Robbins …show more content…
The steps that I am going to explain were found in the book by Mary Ann Mattoon called “Applied Dream Analysis,” published in 1978.
1) First, Jung says to “State the dream text in terms of structure; examine for completeness.”
a. What Jung means is that the dreamer or another interpreter needs to write down what the dreamer remembers about the dream. It will most likely be fragments of information because we never remember a full dream from beginning to end.
2) Next, Jung says to “Establish the dream context, the situational material in which the dream is embedded.”
a. After the dreamer writes down what he/she remembers happening, the images seen in the dream must be reviewed in order to find where they came from. Some images can be found from memories from the past couple of days or people from a long time ago.
3) After that, Jung says to “Review the appropriate attitudes to bring to dream interpretation.”
a. Jung means that nothing should be assumed about the meaning of the dream or of specific images.
4) Next, “Characterize the dream images as objective or