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assumption ot telepathy would thus fall through'. On the other hand
one might well come to closer qrips with the problem of why
many tolepatliic and prophetic dreams concern themselves with
death.* The adherence to the view that dreams have a prophetic
character shows how deeply anchored are superstition and folk-
belief in the unconscious, and Jiow strong the tendencies are to regard
the consciously intelligible dream content as the only one bringing
happiness or wish-fulfilment.
' In one example erroneously described as a "veridical dream" (59) there was clearly present an unconscious knawhdi^e.
' Sec the case of clairvoyance analysed by llitschmann, "Zur Kritik dcs Hellsehens", Wr. klin. Rundscliau, 1910, Nr. 6.
