Antropologia codziennej conocności
Nightly Anthropology

Summary/Abstract: A presentation of discoveries pertaining to dreams initiated by the psychoanalytical studies concerning dreams, conducted at the turn of the nineteenth century by Freud, and in numerous instances confirmed today by neurophysiological research. In Poland, the pioneer of psychological investigations concerning dreams was the outstanding Julian Ochorowicz, whose manner of comprehending the significance of the dream was close to Freud’s findings. Upon the basis of examples provided by literature the author proposed metaphysical conceptions of the dream, whose ancient lineage is to be found in the history of culture, the metaphysical conception of dreams as well as psychological notions – precursors of the discoveries made by the author of psychoanalysis. An exemplification of classical psychoanalytical methods of understanding the meaning of dreams is an analysis of the so-called St. Petersburg dreams experienced by Mickiewicz, who considered them to be prophetic; at the same time, the article demonstrates the source of the allegedly visionary nature of this particular dream.

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