The Interpretation of Dreams his dream theory, but actually disprove it. The philosopher Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen and the psychologist Sonu Shamdasani argued that Freud's analysis of the dream of Irma's injection was partly based on Belgian psychologist Joseph Delboeuf's analysis of the "dream of lizards and of the "Asplenium Ruta muraria"" in "Sleep and Dreams". In their view, Freud's work should be placed in the context of the "introspective hypnotism" practiced by figures such as Auguste Forel, Eugen Bleuler, and Oskar Vogt. They charged Freud with selectively citing some authors on dreams (including Marie-Jean-Léon, Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys and Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury), passing
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