The manifest content is the dream as it is remembered - what happened, where you were, who was in it, what you were doing, etc. It may be sensible or full of nonsense. Dreams are full of symbolism. Symbols are very important in religion, especially in primal religion. Religious symbols are the mediators in religions between the finite and the infinite, the profane and the holy.
Primal religions place symbolic meaning to almost everything.
The symbolist vision sees the things of the world as transparent to their divine source. Symbols are important in all aspects of life and are not to be ignored. Therefore, when one has a dream it should not be taken lightly. He says that symbols to the white man are just pleasant things to think about, but that to the Indians they are much more. The water in it bubbles and steam rises out.