This paper presents an approach to dream analysis utilizing the manifest content of a number of consecutive dreams
PERSPECTIVES ON THE MANIFEST CONTENT OF DREAMSThere has been considerable controversy regarding the value of the manifest content of the dream. Freud (1900Freud ( , 1911Freud ( , 1915Freud ( -1917Freud ( , 1925 believed that the manifest content of a dream was a mere "facade," and he regretted the tendency of analysts to make interpretations on the basis of the manifest dream content alone. He emphasized the need for obtaining detailed associations in order to get at the latent dream thoughts and the eventual understanding of the dream. His position was that "intuitive insight" with-