Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-16
ODD THEORY OF DREAMS
This Vienna Psychologist Explains
Phenomena as Mental Struggle.

Phenomena as Mental Struggle.
A Remarkable theory of dreams is
put forward by Prof. Sigmund Freund,
the Viennese psychologist, in his re-
Gently published book, The Interpre-
tation 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 conscious mind,
and while they are being fashioned In
the land of sleep greater mind, the
conscious mind, is continually at work
repressing them. This is the censor
But it frequently happens that the
censor" is not fully alert, and so the
unconscious mind smuggles in some of
these fantasies or dreams.
In the human body dwell vestiges OF
the ascent of man. There are organs,
or relics of organs. such as the gills of
fish or the prehensile toe of a mon-
key, which were useful to mans an
cestors, but, having been superseded
by his acquired habits, or rendered
useless to his new needs, have been
overlaid or become attenuated to ex-
tinction.
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
called the unconscious mind. The con-
than his civilization, the primitive mind
scious mind is its keeper, and allows 1t
to show itself only after subjecting
it's wishes to Interpretation.
Psychologists do not know much of
scious mind is always interposing it
self and masking or interpreting the
unconscious. 1t is only when the con-
scious mind loses control, that is to say
in people who are not quite normal,
not quite soundminded, that the un-
conscious mind can show itself naked
ly; and there are evident reasons
against applying the results of obser-
normal minds.
Yet some inferences may be made.
The unconscious mind is always dream
ing, whether we are awake or asleep,
weaving its own fancies, Joining up Its
own memories, giving vent to its own
wishes unashamed The unconscious
mind is quite capable Of presenting all
this in perfectly proper form to the
conscious mind. This explains the
meaning of sleeping over" a vexed
question. The unconscious mind will
often rearrange the factors Of prob
lem and sometimes put the emphasis
in the right place for the conscious
mind to consider. Then the ideas on
the unconscious mind are allowed to
rise to the level Of consciousness.
But more often the unconscious mind
does nothing but wish. 1t wishes hum
grily, eagerly, without any considera-
ton for those proprieties and conven-
tions which thousands of generations
have taught its keeper. But the keep
er is stronger. Consequently these i'm
pulses, these primitive wishes and in
stincts, are suppressed. They may rise
to the surface, but they are thrust
down again. They barely emerge into
conscious before they are set 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
watchful than usual. These are the
moments when the mind lies between
sleeping and waking. The censorship
then is not quite so alert, and the
wishes slip by disguised as dreams.
According to Prof. Freand, every
dream is the fulfillment of a wish.
The first objection every one would
naturally make to this theory is that
so many dreams are unpleasant that it
seems impossible for them to be wishes
or else they are dreams in which no
possible wish can be discerned.
Freund's explanation of this is that
dreams as we remember them are not
the real dream thoughts of the uncon-