Journeys in oneiric expression

Abstract

Drawing on the technique of linking dreams to waking experiences through a shared community of impressions, this paper explores the symbolism of journeys and vehicles. The journey reflects the ups and downs of a story’s unfolding, while the vehicle represents a pre-conceptual content that fuses perceptions related to skills, behavioral matrices, judgments of sublimity, and promises of affect—all formed by the Oneiric Subject (the waking “I” reappearing as the dream’s “I”). Addressing the case of the driver, the paper introduces elements of the symbolism of persons, seen as segregated profiles—facets of personality, whether real or imaginary—belonging either to the dreamer or a third party.