The Language of Symbols in Our Dreams
In the previous article on the faces we see when we dream (you can read it here), I explained the function of dreams and the way our brain constructs images.
Those images though don’t always make sense if we look at them rationally. That’s because the mind conveys messages using symbols. These symbols can be decoded into meaningful units of information. Before I start explaining though how that’s done, let’s take a brief look at the foundations of psychoanalytic dream interpretation.
If you don’t feel like reading lots of theory, feel free to go straight to the section “Identifying symbols in dreams” to get the answer on what is the symbolism of the people we see in our dreams.
Table of Contents
− What is the unconscious?
− Commonly misused terms
− Scientific evidence of symbolism
− The meaning of the archetypes
− Identifying symbols in dreams
− Decoding symbols in dreams
− An example of dreamwork
− What else is there?
− Conclusion
