The World of Dreams (eBook, PDF) - Ellis, Havelock
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A fascinating look at psychology from nearly a hundred years ago - long before the advent of EEGs or the discovery of the different phases of sleep. Instead, Havelock Ellis has to rely on his own experiences and the testimony of trusted acquaintances as he sets out to map the world we occupy when we're asleep. There are plenty of accounts of abnormal dreams, whether they are recounted by "nervous" or "highly strung" individuals or prompted by the use of strong drugs (evidently the smart set really went in for "hashisch" in a big way back then, although the effects of mescalin and laudanum are…mehr

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A fascinating look at psychology from nearly a hundred years ago - long before the advent of EEGs or the discovery of the different phases of sleep. Instead, Havelock Ellis has to rely on his own experiences and the testimony of trusted acquaintances as he sets out to map the world we occupy when we're asleep. There are plenty of accounts of abnormal dreams, whether they are recounted by "nervous" or "highly strung" individuals or prompted by the use of strong drugs (evidently the smart set really went in for "hashisch" in a big way back then, although the effects of mescalin and laudanum are also reviewed - with much the same tone as we'd write a restaurant review.) It's a classist, vaguely misogynistic, condescending, and occasionally preposterous reminder of a byegone age. 

The little book now presented to the reader belongs mainly to the introspective group of dream studies, though not to the psycho-analytic variety.

 
Autorenporträt
Henry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 - 8 July 1939) was a British physician, eugenicist, author, liberal intellectual and social reformer who researched the sexuality of humans. He developed the theories of narcissism and autoeroticism, later accepted by psychoanalysis. Ellis was among the pioneering investigators of psychedelic drugs and the author of one of the earliest documented reports to the public of an experience with mescaline, which he conducted on himself in 1896. He encouraged genetics and served as one of the 16 vice-presidents of the Eugenics Association from 1909 to 1912. Ellis, who is son of Edward Peppen Ellis and Susannah Mary Wheatley, was raised in Croydon, England Surrey (now part of Greater London). His father was a sea captain and an Anglican, whereas his mom was the daughter of a sea captain who had numerous additional family who lived on or near the sea. When he was seven his father brought him on one of his journeys, during which they called at Sydney, Australia; Callao, Peru; and Antwerp, Belgium. After his return, Ellis attended the French and German College near Wimbledon, and thereafter attended a school in Mitcham.