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Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin), 1880-1936

"The Dream Doctor"

Consciously you
feared the death of your husband because unconsciously you wished
it."
It was startling, dramatic, cruel, perhaps, merciless--this
dissecting of the soul of the handsome woman before us; but it had
come to a point where it was necessary to get at the truth.
Mrs. Maitland, hitherto pale, was now flushed and indignant. Yet
the very manner of her indignation showed the truth of the new
psychology of dreams, for, as I learned afterward, people often
become indignant when the Freudists strike what is called the
"main complex."
"There are other motives just as important," protested Dr. Boss.
"Here in America the money motive, ambition--"
"Let me finish," interposed Kennedy. "I want to consider the other
dream also. Fear is equivalent to a wish in this sort of dream. It
also, as I have said, denotes sex. In dreams animals are usually
symbols. Now, in this second dream we find both the bull and the
serpent, from time immemorial, symbols of the continuing of the
life-force. Dreams are always based on experiences or thoughts of
the day preceding the dreams.


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