New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
SK8Jo QUESTIONS ANSWERED S6A A7RR
INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS.

e. D. Cos Angeles. Cal.): Are there prophetic
Creams foreshadoWing future events?
In & certain respect there are such dreams, in
esmuch as they sometimes are the reflections Of
our internal sensations, and therefore may re-
veal scrle incipient disease OF which we are not
conscious IN the waking state. Physicians have
therefore found the dream good means Of dag
nosis Does q patient complain OF horrible
nightmares? Il is at least the indication Of a
morbid affection OF the heart or the large blood
vessels Of the brain. These Nightmares are pro-
ouced by defective blood circulation. A per-
Son dreaming that his limbs are transformed
into stone runs the risk OF having the limbs
paralyzed 81 an early date. Conrad Gesner.
Dreaming that he was bitten on the right side
Of his body. inferred from the dream some
lesion in that region, and few days later there
actually appeared on the spot dreamed of an
anthrax from which the celebrated naturalist
oieo. Arnauld de Villeneuve dreamed one night
mat ne was bitten on his foot, and the day fol-
io~lrg q generous ulcer developed there
These citations could be multiplied infinitely,
Alppocrates Aristotle and a great number OF
MODERN physicians and Psychologists have rec
pshzeo the utility OF inteTrogating the dreams
ti NE patient. Hindoo and Chinese physicians
~ particular avail themselves much OF dreams
" their diagnosis. They divide the dreams into
i've classes, corresp onding TO the heart the
Aungs, the kidneys. the milt and the liver. Ac-
N'i44I46 as llere Is REPETITION OF
Hsssel me dream changes In nature. mus, as
% The heart there IS pepletion II we dream or
ghosts and monsters inanition If of fire or light
smoke. Repletion Of the lungs is indicated by
dreaming OF arms soldiers, fights; hamilton, by
pains landscapes, difficult voyage. etc. This 49,
d any rate, little more interesting than the
vulgar interpretations OF the dream book that
,els US that running donkey signifies misfor-
tune and crying donkey calumny-
but dreams are not only the true mirrors OF
our Physiological and pathological state; they
he Cla rsc fran OS
inc thoughts with which he was occupied when
awake. cause latent ideas 10 emerge above the
threshold Of consciousness and TO this are due
the wonderful dreams in which poetry ana
. sl nave been composed and even scientiho
discoveries made. AS the attention during sleep
= Uholsturbed by great number OF external
sooepuons. memory acts with a perfection
.efsI observed during the waking state. Thus
y comes to pass that the facts things which
" thought entirely forgotten suddenly arise TO
o1 Consciousness when asleep and assume the
scter or an intuition. This gave rise 10 the
.elei that dreams were OF divine supernat-
80 origin. and the supposition that they fore
~sUo"eo future events. This erroneous view
- - Aoitfled by another circumstance. In the
.si4s our personality splits, as IL were. in two;
~ -. az Descartes well remarks, the soul Is in
80 ts DE OF rescting against the impressions
upon u by the senses, q state that causes
- % look upon ourselves as strangers. We are,
g. e-NFe, leo 20 attribute TO imaginary beings
g. words we ourselves mentally pronounce, the
~ -eHs which engrOss our own minds. Under
sway Of a religious fear. of the belief In
S.sslel spirits. We See these beings In the
leans. ascrfbe to them talks and acts in &C
b-ohce with our own convictions with our own
So So OF apprehensions. This explains those in
VEL OF presontiment, of which history tells
49, 4persutloEs awe. Anxiety or desire, vague
o. o. .noehnite during the waking state, assume
sons sieep form and shape, and appear Wis
va. Mhicn sometimes have happened TO agree
ps-S ne naturally foreseen reality But re-
esr.rs me so-caIled dreams foreshadowins future
49, Independent OF the causes referred to- the
W.. an Their existence is without foundation
snS - They are either mere condolences
- ~ ~ these that are cited over and over again
81 the event after its occurrence is uncon-
n t - related 70 some previous dream 20 which
"Ncishr MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION.
w. Lisbon. Ne: How did the ancient