Private Myths: Dreams and Dreaming
Modernizing Erich Fromm's The Forgotten Language (1951), Stevens (The Two-Million-Year-Old Self, Texas A&M; Univ., 1993) presents a masterful work on the psychology and physiology of dreams, discussing, among others, the theories of Freud and Jung. Jung's theory, he concludes, holds up better under the scrutiny of current dream research than the psychoanalytic approach. He subjects the famous dream of Descartes to analysis and shows how Hitler interpreted his revelations as the guiding hand of Providence. Resonant with the belief that dreams are a living aspect of humanity's consciousness, this book shows that dreams illuminate the archetypal foundation of the psyche and reveal the contents of the unconscious. Highly recommended.?Dennis Glenn Twiggs, Winston-Salem, N.C.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.