(This is a continuation of last week's post.) The Freudian idea of dreams, in a nutshell: The essence of the dream is wish-fulfillment. As transient dwellers in a world not exactly designed for our individual satisfactions, each of us is bound to harbor a host of intense and vital wishes, … [Read more...]
Prophetic Dreams – Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and “Blackhawk” Comics (Part 1)
In 1858, Mark Twain had a prophetic dream of the death of his brother. In 1958, or possibly a year or so earlier, I experienced a prophetic dream of my own, on a subject vastly more banal. Specifically, a full-page panel of a "Blackhawk" comic book. Samuel Clemens--Twain's original name--was a … [Read more...]
