The Interpretation of Dreams like Freud's other works it posits a "semantics of desire". The mythologist Joseph Campbell described the book as an "epochal work", noting that it was "based on insights derived from years devoted to the fantasies of neurotics". Max Schur, Freud's physician and friend, has provided evidence that the first dream that Freud analyzed, his so-called "Irma dream" was not very disguised, but actually closely portrayed a medical disaster of Emma Steinbeck, one of Freud's patients. The psychologist Hans Eysenck, writing in "Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire" (1985), argued that the dreams Freud cites not only do not support
Great Book of Interpretation of Dreams Great Book of Interpretation of Dreams The Great Book of Interpretation of Dreams ("Tafsir al-Ahlam al-kabir") attributed to the 7th century scholar Ibn Sirin which was originally compiled in the 15th century by al-Dārī under the title "Selection of Statements on the Exegesis of Dreams". The typology of categorization of dreams in Arabic literature of dream interpretation is noted for it close adherence to orthodox theological categories, and assumes an intimate relationship between dreaming and conventional expressions of devotional religious piety. Traditional Arabic books of dream-interpretation were composed by theologians. The "Great Book of Interpretation of Dreams" is in 59