From dreams to the psychology of the pre-animist

Abstract

The author draws a striking parallel between the functioning of the Oneiric-I (the real “I” who reappears in dreams as the main protagonist), as presented in his previous publications, and the mental functioning of the pre-animist, as presented by Lévy-Bruhl (1922). He proposes the hypothesis that our Oneiric-I could be the imprint of the “I” that once governed the pre-animist mind.