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The Dictionary of Dreams: Every Meaning Interpreted
Sigmund Freud, Gustavus Hindman Miller
3.17 AVERAGE
9 reviews for:
The Dictionary of Dreams: Every Meaning Interpreted
Sigmund Freud, Gustavus Hindman Miller
3.17 AVERAGE
If you ever have a recurring or troubling dream and ask all your friends what it means, try looking here first. While the main portion of the book is what the symbolic meanings of objects or actions in dreams mean, the first part of it is devoted to excerpts from philosophers and psychologists about how they would interpret dreams, or how they imagine dreams function. Yes Freud is included, but so are several others to balance him out, and I liked the list of explanations for the most common dreams. Some of the symbols I think could be interpreted differently, but the meanings listed are simply a starting point to begin your own journey. The second part includes some helpful ideas for recording your dreams, and when the best time would be to record them.
This would be an interesting read for those interested in the subject, and a helpful gift for the friend who keeps asking you what you think of their dreams.
This would be an interesting read for those interested in the subject, and a helpful gift for the friend who keeps asking you what you think of their dreams.
An easy to use dictionary for deciphering your dreams, some of the explanations could've been expanded on but this is very handy as a quick reference guide.
informative
I love dream dictionaries! This one is good, but didn’t have the term that I was looking for.
lol SORRY but this holds no meaning for me at this time
Interesting. It left out sexual dreams. It was very good for compiling the different possibilities in one place saving readers the research. I admit to skipping the history part as I felt it wasn't needed.
Easy for dreams, there is the fact that not everything will be there but after that everything else is helpful
@ladiesgettinglit.erature has a link to an image of a dumpster fire in her bio for books like this. That's it. That's my review. ⠀
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Oh, did you want an explanation? Well buckle up. This book is called 10,000 Dreams Interpreted, so it's not like I was expecting meticulous research. I knew it would be a little out there, a little hippiedippie. What I didn't know was precisely how infuriated I would become upon reading it. An incomplete list of reasons why 10,000 Dreams Interpreted is trash even Oscar the Grouch wouldn't touch:⠀
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1. Freud's Interpretation of Dreams was published in 1900. This book, with an almost identical name, was published in 1901. Miller was the kid who never helped with the group project and then put his name on it, amiright?⠀
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2. However discredited, Freud was an actual doctor who studied the mind. Gustavus Hindman Miller, on the other hand, is described (per Wikipedia) as: "a prominent merchant, manufacturer, financier, capitalist farmer, author and public spirited citizen of Chattanooga, Tennessee." Naturally.⠀
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3. The jacket claims this book is "updated with modernized text and a new introduction by Hand Holzer," who as far as I can tell, "updated" the book in 1995 while somehow managing to retain 101% of it's offensive content.⠀
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4. You know, intellectually, that a book published in 1901 is going to be unapologetically Euro-centric, sexist, and racist, but STILL. When you come across passages like:⠀
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"To see yourself caught among briers, forwarns that black enemies are weaving chords of calumny and perjury intricately around you and will cause you great distress..."⠀
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"For young woman to dream that she impersonates a nymph, is a sign that she is using her attractions for selfish purposes, and thus for the undoing of men."⠀
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They are ALL like that. All 576 pages of them. Why this book continues to be in circulation today, I'll never know. It provides nothing of value - if you opened a fortune cookie with one of these "insights" inside, you would want the two seconds it took you to read it back. If I could have the guys from Men in Black erase this book from my memory, I would.
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Oh, did you want an explanation? Well buckle up. This book is called 10,000 Dreams Interpreted, so it's not like I was expecting meticulous research. I knew it would be a little out there, a little hippiedippie. What I didn't know was precisely how infuriated I would become upon reading it. An incomplete list of reasons why 10,000 Dreams Interpreted is trash even Oscar the Grouch wouldn't touch:⠀
⠀
1. Freud's Interpretation of Dreams was published in 1900. This book, with an almost identical name, was published in 1901. Miller was the kid who never helped with the group project and then put his name on it, amiright?⠀
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2. However discredited, Freud was an actual doctor who studied the mind. Gustavus Hindman Miller, on the other hand, is described (per Wikipedia) as: "a prominent merchant, manufacturer, financier, capitalist farmer, author and public spirited citizen of Chattanooga, Tennessee." Naturally.⠀
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3. The jacket claims this book is "updated with modernized text and a new introduction by Hand Holzer," who as far as I can tell, "updated" the book in 1995 while somehow managing to retain 101% of it's offensive content.⠀
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4. You know, intellectually, that a book published in 1901 is going to be unapologetically Euro-centric, sexist, and racist, but STILL. When you come across passages like:⠀
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"To see yourself caught among briers, forwarns that black enemies are weaving chords of calumny and perjury intricately around you and will cause you great distress..."⠀
⠀
"For young woman to dream that she impersonates a nymph, is a sign that she is using her attractions for selfish purposes, and thus for the undoing of men."⠀
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They are ALL like that. All 576 pages of them. Why this book continues to be in circulation today, I'll never know. It provides nothing of value - if you opened a fortune cookie with one of these "insights" inside, you would want the two seconds it took you to read it back. If I could have the guys from Men in Black erase this book from my memory, I would.