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Dream as Symptom,Dream as Myth:A Cross-Cultural
Perspective on Dream Narratives
Katherine Pratt Ewing, Ph.D.
Freudian dream analysis pays little attention to a dream’s manifest content,except as a
starting point for free association.But many dreams have a clear narrative tructure,and
in many cultures,the manifest content of such dreams is culturally patterned and significant
on its own terms.The dreamer and others may find in the story of the dream a resolution
to personal and even social conflicts that may be transformative.Such phenomena suggest
that in clinical settings,attention to dreams as a creative process as well as a vehicle for
expressing symptoms may further healing.(Sleep and Hypnosis 2000;4:152-159)
Keywords: dreams, Sufis, manifest content, narrative, anthropology, psychoanalysis,
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