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Dreams

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Visions
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Images from the collections

Images about Dreams

57 images from works
  • The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: a steeply descending road, with telegraph poles on the left, a wall and fields on the right, huge mountainous waves in the distance. Drawing by M.A.C.T., 1978.
  • The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: a tunnel, into which water cascades from the top into a swirling pool; small people look down from the top. Drawing by M.A.C.T., 197-.
  • The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: logs rolling along a stream through a tunnel, a person stepping from one log to another. Drawing by M.A.C.T., 197-.
  • The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: a path through trees, on which three cyclists ride. Drawing by M.A.C.T., 197-.
  • A dream: an owl flies overhead, while large and small figures stand by. Drawing attributed to Thomas Uwins.
  • A Scottish soldier sleeping after battle dreams of a reunion with his wife and family. Colour wood engraving by Edmund Evans after F. Goodall.
  • A young man, on his way to London, dreams of a successful future. Photograph after C. Nanteuil.
  • A young man, on his way to London, dreams of a successful future. Photograph after C. Nanteuil.
  • The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: a view through a window towards fields, hills and woods, with the hands of a writer in the foreground. Drawing by M.A.C.T., 1977.
  • A dream in which Captain Ducie holding a dagger approaches himself asleep and sees a black man emerging from under his bed. Process print after R. Taylor after M.L. Gow, 1891.
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Works from the collections

391 works

    • Books

    Neue Traumexperimente in Zusammenhang mit älteren und neuen Traumtheorien / von Johan Stärcke.

    Stärcke, Johan. | Date: 1913
    • Books

    Night : an exploration of night life, night language, sleep and dreams / A. Alvarez.

    Al Alvarez | Date: [1995], ©1995
    • Books

    Dreams and nightmares / J.A. Hadfield.

    J. A. Hadfield | Date: 1954
    • Pictures

    Allegory of dreams: a man half skeleton and half flesh is reclining in a vineyard holding the caduceus and a horn; Jacob's dream of the ladder in the background. Drawing, ca. 1740.

    | Date: 1740 | Reference: 579386i
    Part of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Receipt-Book, Italian: 18th century

    | Date: Early 18th century | Reference: MS.4106
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Related topics

Sleep
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic Interpretation
Jungian psychology
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Narcotics
Sleep Wake Disorders
Medieval
Angels
Visions in the Bible

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