East & West Dream Symbols

[Guest guest]

My question appears in the last paragraph, so if this is too wordy

to wade through, please go there first.

 

So much is claimed to be different between the East and the

West in the ways we look at the world, the self, God, etc. I often

refer to a book called A Dictionary of Dream Symbols by Eric

Ackroyd when I contemplate dreams and visions and daily life

experiences I have, and I refer to the regular dictionary and pay

attention to the etymology of words when contemplating the

symbols in dreams and visions and life, too. One of the yoga

sutra mentions the information we receive through our dreams.

 

My acupunturist, a man who identifies as American but whose

family originated in Asia, told me he thinks East and West dream

imagery and the meanings we assign to such imagery would be

very different.

 

Are there books written by Hindus about dream interpretation? I

am interested to know if Indian thinkers and scholars share in

ideas such as the "collective unconscious," and/or what ideas

Indians have about dream symbology.

 

I look forward to responses to this.

 

Mary Ann