Great Books: Freuds Interpretation of Dreams (1 of 24)

Great Books: Freuds Interpretation of Dreams

There is a dark side to each one of us where our forbidden fear, lust and anger lurk.
These unconscious desires do not rest quietly in the human psyche.
They are in a sense our enemy within.
One man believed he could exorcise our demons through the study of dreams Sigmund Freud took pride in disturbing the sleep of humanity.
At the turn of the century in Vienna, Austria Dr.Sigmund Freud claimed he had discovered a new doorway to the unconscious.
So tell me anything that comes into your mind.
Perhaps we could begin with your dream last night.
As a child I had a recurring nightmare of falling down what seemed to be an endless well.
Drive for miles and miles uh down this tunnel...

when suddenly we're attacked by a sea creature.
It turns out to be a giant octopus.
...and I may have been invisible at the time.
There's a man in front of her with a snake.
I can see the teeth of the snake.
...out from the tunnel, out onto the deck of a sailboat.
...chases me through the ship and eventually I come to a door behind which I know the octopus is waiting for me.
I woke up before I reached the bottom.
I shall bring forward proof that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams.
Freud's self-proclaimed masterpiece, The Interpretation of Dreams, offered readers a window into our most secret selves.