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Article: Dream interpretation: Valuable insights or psychological garbage?
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- July 8, 2007
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More than 100 years ago, Sigmund Freud published "The
Interpretation of Dreams."
He claimed that the surreal imagery of dreams -- nude public
strolls, running from piano-playing snakes or cities of chocolate --
were actually shameful desires, couched in metaphor, that we censored
from our waking thoughts.
"I think Freud kind of scared everybody," says dream interpreter
Cynthia Pearson, of Point Breeze, laughing. "I think people started
feeling like their dreams might be shameful so they kind of got
worried about talking about it."
Freud wasn't the first to ascribe meanings to dreams, of course.
The ancient Egyptians and Greeks interpreted dreams. In the Old
Testament, dreams often were ...