eprintid: 14147
rev_number: 6
eprint_status: archive
userid: 192
dir: disk0/00/01/41/47
datestamp: 2012-11-27 11:42:22
lastmod: 2022-07-18 01:23:18
status_changed: 2012-11-27 15:01:56
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Stephens, John C.
title: The dreams of Aelius Aristides: A psychological interpretation
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-300
divisions: i-851200
keywords: Ancient Greece, Aristides, Cult of Asclepius
abstract: The topic of this article is the religious experience of Aelius Aristides, a second century A.D. sophist. Aristides was a member of the cult of Asclepius, a Greco-Roman religious healing cult.  Aristides recorded his experiences in this cult and this personal narrative includes detailed descriptions of many of Aristides’ dreams. This unusual diary is called the Sacred Tales. Our psychological analysis of Aristides’ religiosity will begin by assessing the numerical frequency of the dream images appearing in the manifest-contents of Aristides’ dreams. Our identification of the predominant images in the manifest contents of Aristides’ dreams will help us to decode the latent unconscious meaning of several of Aristides’ dreams.  Our goal is to identify the main source of Aristides’ psychological problems.
date: 2012
date_type: published
id_scheme: ojs
official_url: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/9271
ppn_swb: 1445937263
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-141473
language: eng
bibsort: STEPHENSJOTHEDREAMSO2012
full_text_status: none
publication: International Journal of Dream Research
volume: 5
number: 1
pagerange: 76-86
citation:   Stephens, John C.  (2012) The dreams of Aelius Aristides: A psychological interpretation.  International Journal of Dream Research, 5 (1).  pp. 76-86.