CHAPTER VIII. Dreams of the Dead

DREAMS OF THE DEAD

Mental Dissociation during sleep--Illustrated by the Dream of Returning to School Life--The Typical Dream of a Dead Friend--Examples--Early Records of this Type of Dream--Analysis of such Dreams--Atypical Forms--The Consolation sometimes afforded by Dreams of the Dead--Ancient Legends of this Dream Type--The Influence of Dreams on the Belief of Primitive Man in the Survival of the Dead, 194