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THE EQUINOX
We append the following table. As it will be seen P.
divides his dream-states into seven main divisions, each being
again split up into further subdivisions to enable the various
correspondences to be seen at a glance.
CLASSIFICATION OF DREAMS
A. Depth of impression.
1. Vivid. 2. Ordinary. 3. Slight. 4. Doubtful.
B. Degree of Memory.
1. Detailed. 2. Outlined. 3. Partially outlined. 4. Central idea
only. 5. Incident only. 6. Nothing save fact of dream.
C. Cause.
1. Traceable to thoughts of previous day. 2. Traceable to local
circumstances (e.g. Dream of river from rain falling on face). 3. Not
so traceable.
D. Character.
1. Surprising. 2. Ordinary.
E. Character.
1. Rational. 2. Irrational.
F. Character General.
1. Lascivious, (a) Finished, (b) Baffled. 2. Of travel. 3. Of
literature. 4. Of art. 5. Of magic. 6. Of beauty. 7. Of religion. 8. Of
social affairs. 9. Of disgust. 10. Of old friends (or foes). 11. Various.
12. Humorous. 13. Of very definite men not known to P. 14. Of
combat. 15. Of money.
G. Character Special.
1. Of losing a tooth. 2. Of beard being shaved off. 3. Of climbing a
mountain. 4. Of being taken in adultery. 5. Of Poem or Magical
book I have written (in dream). 6. Of being embarrassed. 7. Of
flying, especially of escaping.