By Olivene Godfrey

DO DREAMS REVEAL OUR PERSONALITES ?

Some dream authorities are convinced that the dream state is
a natural arena from which the product of creativity may emerge.
And evidence of the relationship of dreams can be found in the
experience of scientists and artists who have used their dreams
for creative purposes.
Robert Louis Stevenson as a youngster discovered he could dream
complete stories. But, even more amazing he could go back to
them on succeeding nights to change an un-satisfactory ending.
Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde " was a resist pf a dream
he had of a fleeing criminal who drank a potion that changed
his appearance.
Writers and poets have used dream material in their poetry and
prose. Some of these are Goethe, William Blake, Dante, Voltaire,
Leo Tolstoy and Edgar Alien Poe.
Some musicians, such as Robert Schumann, Mozart, Vincent d'lndy
said they first heard some of their music in dreams.
Some people remember their dreams more often than others. Dream
authorities say this is related to variations in personality
and situations, rather than actual time dreaming. Persons who
study dreams have found in testing that more creative persons
describe highly imaginative dreams. Unimaginative persons tend
to have dreams that take place in everyday situations.
Human beings have long been intrigued by what takes place in
our minds while we sleep. Early people believed that that dreams
were actual visits from the gods or that their souls traveled
to distant places.
Despite the great advances made in understanding the psychology
of dreaming, we haven't progressed very far in investigating
the psychology of dreaming. But, modern ego - oriented
psychologists believe that the manifest dream does reveal the
dreamer's personality. They think the manifest dream serves
as mirrors of the self.
ON a personal note, my sister, Jeanette, claims that her dreams
often warn of impending doom of various family members, while
some of us may be skeptical, we don't want to be in her dreams
just in case she is right about her predictions.