"Let us not forget that all the sexual dreams of analyzes are considered by him to belong to the category on ': hence they tell "what will be"... and what is "told" in the dream, is the position of the dreamer as a subject of activity—active or passsive, dominant or dominated, winner or loser, "on top" or "on the bottom," profit-taker or spender, deriving benefits or experiencing losses, finding himself in an advantageous position or suffering damages. ...to tell the subject's mode of being, as destiny has arranged it. ...The Interpretation of Dreams ['] ...shows ...the connection between that which constitutes the individual as an active subject in the sexual relation and that which situates him in the field of social activities. ...In another section of the book ...The male organ ...anagkaion ...is expressive of a whole cluster of relations and activities that determine the individual's standing in the city and in the world. ...One is in a world ...marked by the central position of the male personage and by the importance accorded to the masculine role ..."
Oneirology

January 1, 1970

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