The weekly soliphone., 1916-12-21
THE. LAWS OF DREAMS.
(By Frederic j. Haskin)

Neutrality-suspicious. of the most interesting things i'll
modern science is the work being done in the lnvestlga
ton of dreams The dream world is still the frontier
of science-only few daring Investigators have venr
ed to explore its boundaries and lay down It's laws with
any assurance Their work has been followed with keen
attention by all who CHANGED to in contact with It,
for the land of dreams has always powerfully eXclted
the wonder and the curiosity of humanity
The study of dreams is anything but new study
the science of dreams is still the newest of sciences
Ever since humanity began to think at ALL 1t has ponder
ed over dreams and the meaning of Dreams as witness
Joseph and his Interpretation of the dream OF Pharaoh
Dreams play big part in all primitive religions; eabor-
ate manuals explaining the significance OF all sorts or
dreams and objects in them have appeared from
time to time for thousands of years Yet 1t is only today
that the scientific method which has revoutonzed SO
many fields of human knowledge directing its search
light on the mystery of dreams
It is still too early to look for complete scientific
explanation of dreams and their meaning But the SCI
entists have collected of material on the nature OF
dreams and dreaming; they have established certain
fundamental principles of the causes and processes Oh
dreams
The name of Prof Sigmund Freud of Vienna stands
at the head of the list of men who have done notable
work in the explanation of dreams Prof Freud IS recog
nzed as one of the most eminent in his field; he has la
bored elessly and his theories have host OF followers
According to Freud every dream has meaning, none is
insignificant to the expert who understands the laws OF
dreaming Freud advances single explanation for the
cause of all dreams. He holds that they spring from
some form of wish or desire. Suppressed during waking
life this desire pushes forth in strange and symbol
ic shape during sleep, causing and shaping dream
All dreams are full of symbolism. The strange crea-
lures and objects which abound in them almost al
WAYS be traced to idea emotion which is repre-
sened in the dream by figure whose connection with
its source may be clear to the dreamer In TINS
respect dreams have been we'll compared to the cartoons
in the daily papers is pointed out that If the eXpana
tory line of type the labels the figures III many car
toons were taken away, the cartoon would seem groes
que and meaningless yet touched with vague suggeS
ton of hidden meaning Looked at i'll this light dream
is sort of an elaborate animated cartoon with the eN
PLANTATION lost.
Almost all scientific authorities on the subject agree
with Freud in regarding the figures in dreams as sym
bolc of thoughts and feelings and actions OF waking
life Freud's position in assigning single cause to all
dreams is regarded by many as too radical Most IN
vestgatos do not go far. They are willing to see
hidden or forgotten wish desire the cause OF some
dreams but not of ALL Professor Freud has, how
ever made lasting by his work IN this line, ano
he is recognized the chief figure in the new filed By
means Of his interpretations of dreams he has been able
to understand and many of the more obscure forms
of nervous and mental trouble His work is hence partlc
larv associated with dreams in less morbid peo
pie.