ENLIGHTENMENT OR COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENT - ON SOME PSYCHOANALYTIC MYSTIFICATIONS IN MELTZER,D. DREAMLIFE

Meltzer's concept of the ''dreamlife'' takes the unconscious process t o be a continuous flux of our inner life finding its particular form o f manifestation in dreaming. The categories symbol, unconscious and tr ansference are utilized in a discussion of Meltzer's theories. In the second part of his argument the author criticizes a tendency to counte r-enlightenment displayed for him in a leaning of Meltzer's towards a magical mode of thought and uniform interpretation of the world.