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Freud and Jung Explore Dreams 
Sigmund Freud explored the idea of dreams thinking 
that dreams would reveal man’s submerged personality. He 
placed great emphasis on sexuality as the key to interpreting 
dreams. He said all dreams are expressions of the irrational and 
asocial nature of man. Carl Gustav Jung was not able to swal-
low Freud’s theory of sexual interpretation for everything but 
DREAMS THROUGH THE AGES 

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proposed the idea that the unconscious mind thinks symboli-
cally, and metaphorically, in images. So, he said, we must learn 
the language of symbols. He also believed that dreams were 
worthy of serious religious consideration.
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He came closer to 
the truth. In this book, we will later explore the idea that 
dreams are to be interpreted as symbols. 
Dreams Recorded in the Old Testament 
Continuing now with the history of dreams, we will go 
back to the time of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob 
(2100 – 1900 B.C.) Abimelech, the king of Gerar had a dream 
and talked to the Lord about Sarah and Abraham. This was the 
first mention of the word “dream” in the Bible. It is interesting 
to note that there are more dreams recorded in the book of 
Genesis than anywhere else in the Bible.
Jacob is the next one who had an awesome dream. Af-
ter he fled from his brother Esau, Jacob found a stone to rest his 
head upon while he slept in the wilderness. Then in a dream he 
saw the heavens open and a ladder appeared from earth to 
heaven. with angels going up and down on the ladder. The Lord 
stood above the ladder and spoke to him. 
I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and 
the God of Isaac, the land on which you lie I will 
give to you and your descendants. Also your de-
scendants shall be as the dust of the earth, you 
shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to 
the north and the south; and in you and in your 
seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 
Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever 
you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I