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by squeaky » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:08 pm
hi floraw,
carl jung developed the archetypal references for personalites, however the original references are thousands of years old and are today commonly known as the zodiac. many have tried to modify these references only to complicate them rather than simplify.
as to dream symbology neither freud, who in particular has been successfully usurped, nor jung can claim the origin. the rem sleep state usually takes reference to a daily input of information and the individuals relating to that, but the delta state is fully acknowledged to be separate from that. dream symboloby however has a very real and common base, psychologist, hypnotherapists, dream interpreters, shamans etc all have a common reference for the symbols that is actually pretty accurate or it would be impossible to work out. the variations in interpretation of these symbols is new and often bought forward as a money maker book. most are very straight forward and as an inner dialogue will represent an aspect of personality rather than situation, but it is an aspect that is usually being challenged currently by the dreamer.
there are prophesy dreams and these do not bear interpreting and have a different quality for the dreamer. it is all too incorrect to assume that all dreams are the product of daily activity only, there are mulititudes of sleep study findings to support the different states and the different types of information related to those states
the more famous dream interpreter in the modern history would, however, be edgar caysey. his extensive information related to dream psychology included an awareness of an inner dialogue.
warm regards
d