The Dream - Introduction into the Psychology of Dreams of psychoanalysis. Being a pioneer in interpreting an alchemical text in a symbolic, psychologic and psychoanalytic way, Silberer formed a connecting link to Jung's symbolic, archetypal interpretation of dreams as well as his analytical theory. In his work "Mysterium Conjunctionis" Jung wrote: "Herbert Silberer has the merit of being the first to discover the secret threads that lead from alchemy to the psychology of the unconscious". The relationship between Silberer and Freud became increasingly tensed when Silberer got into closer contact with Wilhelm Stekel and C. G. Jung, who both had distanced themselves from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society by that
The Hill of Dreams of Dreams" was little noticed on its publication in 1907 save in a glowing review by Alfred Douglas. It was actually written between 1895 and 1897 and has elements of the style of the decadent and aesthetic movement of the period, seen through Machen's own mystical preoccupations. Lord Dunsany admired "The Hill of Dreams" and wrote an introduction to a 1954 reprint of the novel. In "Henry and June", Henry Miller tells Anaïs Nin about "The Hill of Dreams". According to the Friends of Arthur Machen website, the novel is The Hill of Dreams The Hill of Dreams is a