The Foundations of Psychoanalysis in "The Assault on Truth" (1984), that Freud abandoned his seduction theory out of cowardice, Masson's position that "actual seductions" are the etiological factors in the development of hysteria is unfounded and credulous. He attributes to Freud a view he calls the "Tally Argument", arguing that Freud used it to justify the claim that durable therapeutic success guarantees not only that the pertinent analytic interpretations appear true or credible to the analysand but also that they are veridical, or at least close to the truth. He criticizes the theory of dreams Freud propounded in "The Interpretation of Dreams" (1899), referring
Psychology of religion and dreams a religious worldview. Traditional societies wouldn't have had a problem declaring dreams to be more than just a psychological state, but of an encounter with a different realm. Most of the world's religious traditions in the 21st century have considered dreams to be sacred and part of a religious landscape. Each culture has a different way of expressing their traditions and contemporary beliefs on dream and interpretation. It is important to explore these different worldviews to gain a better sense of the relation between religion and dreams. Native Americans' belief of dreaming is more similar to Buddhism versus that of