paths once trodden by the whole of humanity in the early ages of civilisation—paths of whose existence customs of speech, superstitions, and morals still give testimony to this day.
I here insert the promised flower dream of a lady patient, in which I have italicised everything which is to be sexually interpreted. This beautiful dream seemed to lose its entire charm for the dreamer after it had been interpreted.
(a) Preliminary dream: She goes to the two maids in the kitchen and scolds them for taking so long to prepare "a little bite of food." She also sees a great many coarse dishes standing in the kitchen inverted so that the water may drip off them, and heaped up in a pile. Later addition: The two maids go to fetch water, and must, as it were, step into a river which reaches up into the house or into the yard.[1]
(b) Main dream[2]: She is descending from a high place[3] over balustrades that are curiously fashioned or fences which are united into big squares and consist of a conglomeration of little squares.[4] It is really not intended for climbing upon; she is worried about finding a place for her foot, and she is glad her dress doesn't get caught anywhere, and that she remains so respectable while she is going.[5] She is also carrying a large bough in her hand,[6] really a bough of a tree, which is thickly studded with red blossoms; it has many branches, and spreads out.[7] With this is connected the idea of cherry blossoms, but they look like full-bloom camelias, which of course do not grow on trees. While she is descending, she first has one, then suddenly two, and later again only one.[8] When she arrives at the bottom of
- ↑ For the interpretation of this preliminary dream, which is to be regarded as "casual," see p. 292.
- ↑ Her career.
- ↑ High birth, the wish contrast to the preliminary dream.
- ↑ A composite image, which unites two localities, the so-called garret (German Boden—floor, garret) of her father's house, in which she played with her brother, the object of her later fancies, and the garden of a malicious uncle, who used to tease her.
- ↑ Wish contrast to an actual memory of her uncle's garden, to the effect that she used to expose herself while she was asleep.
- ↑ Just as the angel bears a lily stem in the Annunciation.
- ↑ For the explanation of this composite image, see p. 296; innocence, menstruation, Camille.
- ↑ Referring to the plurality of the persons who serve the purpose of her fancy.
