Psychoanalysis of Dreams: Dream Theory and Its Relationship to Literature and Popular Culture: Freud, Billy Joel, Appelfeld, and Abe

Walden, Daniel; Poch, Helena

doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1998.3201_113.x

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“…From an anthropological point of view, cultural factors may also play an important role in the process of dream formation, determining the construction of manifest contents of dreams. Psychosocial functions and folk styles that are prevalent in a culture should be also applied to dream interpretations (Cox-Miller, 1998;Freud & Oppenheim, 1958;Hori, 2005;Kukharenko, 2017;Lu, 2016;Lv, 2012;Shushan, 2006;Walden & Poch, 1998;Yin, Li, & Shen, 2015). Take Chinese culture for example, dreaming was thought as the sights of the night-wandering soul, as stated in The Readings of the Tai-ping Era (Tai-ping Yu-lan 太平御覽, vol.…”

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Demonic Dreaming: Two Case Studies

Lu¹

2018

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The intriguing study of dreams related to mystical symbols has attracted not only such conventional fields as comparative religions and philosophy, but also psychoanalyses. In this report, first, the author briefly introduces, from the perspectives of Freud and Jung, the importance of energetic desire (libido), symbolism, and unconsciousness in interpreting dreams. Then, the author presents two case studies focusing on demonic dreams, which have been rarely investigated in scholarly research. The dreams are discussed in terms of their significance in the dreamers' experience and their implications for the use of dreams in psychoanalysis. The findings suggest that demonic symbols in dreaming could result unconsciously from dreamers' daily residues, fulfillment of will, or inferiority complex. The report discusses at the end Chinese folklore in interpreting demonic dreams.

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