The Interpretation of Dreams in 1901 as part of Lowenfeld and Kurella's "Grenzfragen des Nerven und Seelenlebens". It was re-published in 1911 in slightly larger form as a book. "On Dreams" is also included in the 1953 edition and the second part of Freud's work on dreams, Volume Five, "The Interpretation of Dreams II and On Dreams". It follows chapter seven in "The Interpretation of Dreams" and in this edition, is fifty-three pages in length. There are thirteen chapters in total and Freud directs the reader to "The Interpretation of Dreams" for further reading throughout "On Dreams," in particular, in the final chapter. Immediately
Dream interpretation would be effected through divine grace by incubating dreams within the confines of the temple. Dreams were also considered prophetic or omens of particular significance. Artemidorus of Daldis, who lived in the 2nd century AD, wrote a comprehensive text "Oneirocritica (The Interpretation of Dreams)". Although Artemidorus believed that dreams can predict the future, he presaged many contemporary approaches to dreams. He thought that the meaning of a dream image could involve puns and could be understood by decoding the image into its component words. For example, Alexander, while waging war against the Tyrians, dreamt that a satyr was dancing on