Dreams Have Been Objects Of Boundless Fascination And Mystery For Humankind Sinc

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Term Paper Title	Dreams Have Been Objects Of Boundless Fascination And Mystery For Humankind Sinc
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Dreams have been objects of boundless fascination and mystery for humankind since the beginning
of time. These nocturnal vivid images seem to arise from some source other than our ordinary
conscious mind. They contain a mixture of elements from our own personal identity which we
recognize as familiar along with a quality of `otherness' in the dream images that carries a
sense of the strange and eerie. The bizarre and nonsensical characters and plots in dreams
point to deeper meanings and contain rational and insightful comments on our waking situations
and emotional experiences.

The ancients thought that dreams were messages from the gods.

The cornerstone of Sigmund Freud's infamous psychoanalysis is the interpretation of dreams.
Freud called dream-interpretation the "via reggia," or the "royal road" to the unconscious, and
it is his theory of dreams that has best stood the test of time over a period of more than
seventy years (Many of Freud's other theories have been disputed in recent years).

Freud reportedly admired Aristotle's assertion that dreaming is the activity of the mind during
sleep (Fine, 1973). It was perhaps the use of the term activity that Freud most appreciated in
this brief definition for, as his understanding of the dynamics of dreaming increased, so did
the impression of ceaseless mental activity differing in quality from that of ordinary waking
life (Fine, 1973). In fact, the quality of mental activity during sleep differed so radically
from what we take to be the essence of mental functioning that Freud coined the term "Kingdom
of the Illogical" to describe that realm of the human psyche. This technique of
dream-interpretation allowed him to penetrate (Fine, 1973).

We dream every single night whether it stays with us or not. It is a time when "our minds bring
together material which is kept apart during out waking hours" (Anonymous, 1991). As Erik Craig
said while we dream we entertain a wider range of human possibilities then when awake; the
"open house" of dreaming is less guarded (Craig, 1992).

Superficially, we are all convinced that we know just what a "dream" is. But the most cursory
investigation into the dream's essence suggests that after describing it as a mental something
which we have while sleeping," and perhaps, in accord with experiments currently being carried
out in connection with the physiological accompaniments of dreaming, such as Rapid-Eye
Movements (REM), the various stages and depths of dream activity as ...

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