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ODD THEORY OF otR' DKEAss!!
This Vienna Psychologist Explains
Phenomena as Mental Struggle.
London Cor. New York Sum-

Freund, the VienneSe psychologist, in
his recently published book, "The In
depreciation OF Dreams"
The theory Is that in every human
mind there is censor" of dreams.
Dreams, according to Prof. Freund,
are the outcome of our wishes and
are the product of a primitive con-
scious mind, and while they are be-
ing fashioned in the land Of sleep a
greater mind, the conscious mind, is
constantly at work repressing them.
This Is the censor" But it fire.
quently happens that the censor"
is not fully alert, and so the uncon-
sc1ous mind smuggles in some Of
these fantasies or dreams.
In the human body dwell vestigos
OF the ascent of man. There are or
gans, or the relics Of organs, such
as the gills Of fish or the prehensile
toe OF a monkey, which were useful
to mans ancestors, but, having been
superseded by his acquired habits, or
rendered useless to his new needs.
have been oSerlaid or become atten-
uated to extinction.
In the same way, below the mind
which by it's intelligence and moral
code sets man above the beast, lies
the mind that is thousands Of years
older than his civilization, the primi-
tive mind of instincts, desires and
memories, called the unconscious
nina. The conscious mind is it's
Keeper, and allows it to show itself
only after subjecting it's wishes to
interpretation
PSVchOlOpistc do NOT I,,ou, ,>,,,.,
OF this unconscious mind, because
the conscious mind is alwurs inter
posing itself and making or Interpret
ing the unconscious. 1t is only when
the conscious mind loses control.
that is to say, in people who are not
quite normal, not quite sound-mind-
ed, that the unconscious mind can
snow itself nakedly; and there are
evident reasons against applying the
results OF observations OF these in
stances to people Of normal minds.
let some inferences may be made.
The unconscious mind is ALWAYS
dreaming, whether we are awake or
asleep, weaving its own fancies, ioin-
Ing up its own memories, giving
vent to It's own wishes unashamed,
The unconscious mind is quite capa-
Bile of presenting all this in perfectly
proper form to the conscious mind.
This explains the meaning Of Sleep
Ing over a Vexed question. The un-
conscious mind will often rearrange
the FACTORS of proS,em and some
times put the emphasis in the right
place for the conscious mind to con
slider. Then the ideas on the uncon-
scious mind are allowed to rise TO
the level of consciousness.
But more often the unconscious
mind does nothing but wish. It
wishes hungrily, eagerly, without any
| consideration for Il. ,so pruprieties
ana conventions which thousands of
generations have taught it's keeper.
But the Keeper is stronger Conse-
quently these impulses, these primi-
tive wishes and instincts, are sill
pressed. They may rise to the sur
face, but they are thrust d,,wn
| again They barely emerge into con-
sciousness before they are sci aside
and forgotten.
How, then, can any one say that
they ever exist? The answer is that
there are times when the censorship
eXerted by the upper mind is less
"atchful than usual. These are the
moments when the mind lies be-
tween sleeping and waking. The
censorship then is not quite so alert,
and the wishes slip by disguised as
dreams. According to Prof. Freund,
every dream is the fulfilment of
wish.
The first objection every one would
naturally make to this theory Is that
SO many dreams are unpleasant that
1T seems impossible for them to be
wishes, or else they are dreams in
which no possible wish can be dis
cerned .'t.'
Freund's explanation Of this Is
that dreams as we remember them
are not the real dream thou ghts of
the unconscious mind. They are the
Interpretation or rendering of them
which the censor of dreams has
passed. 1t is necessary to inter-
pret the remembered ream, and try
to find what the unconscious mind
was driving at.
The woud-be Interpreter must be
quite candid and not reject anything
because it is far-fetched or unconyen-
tional or even unlawful. Let him
take what he remembers OF his
dream, pull 1T to pieces, and trace
back each item of it to the event or
the recollection or the thought I'm his
waking life which gave it origin. He
Will find that there is always in the
dream some recollection Of the previ
Gus day (the dream day,") but
there are scores Of other recollec-
tions and connections which ioin nm
with one another, and which have
been woven together with strange in
genuity. The memories often run
right back to childhood. But amidst
this bewildering fabric of dream
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