say  that  a  person  has  a  dream  of  a  tiger. We find no
mention  of  a  tiger  in  the  chart;  however, we note the
relationship of the lion to the adrenals and the similarity
of  the  tiger  to  the  lion.  Perhaps  a  symbol in another
dream is a kitten instead of a tiger. We may still wonder
about  a  possible  relationship  of  this type of animal to
the adrenals.  We  can then ask,  "How would relating the
symbol  of the kitten  to the qualities  of adrenal activity
enhance our understanding of the dream?"
     Working with the possible relationship of the symbol
to the adrenals,  we  can inquire into our activities of the
past  few  days  or,  more importantly,  those  of the next
few days to come;  we would focus  on those happenings
in  which  the  feelings   and   emotions  associated  with
adrenal activity might be centrally involved. If in another
dream  within  the  same  time  span  the  dreamer  has  a
dream  of  a  fire,  at  first  being  comfortably  warm and
later  getting  out of control,  we  may now have a way of
confirming  an  interpretation  that  there  is  an  ongoing
emotional  process   related  to  the  adrenals.   We  may
tentatively associate the kitten with the small,  warm fire
and the tiger with the later,  more potentially destructive
one.
      This  simplified  illustration  shows  how  the various
items  on the chart above  can  serve  as  entry points and
possible correlating  symbols  to help identify the major
emotional  themes  of  dreams.  Having  begun  with  this
entry point as a springboard,  we can then pursue a fuller
interpretation  of  the dream sequence in  these terms. If
we find  that  such  an  entry  leads  us into stretching the
interpretation beyond what  the dream is saying,  we may
freely discard this entry and look for another.
      Notice  the great difference between the naive, fixed
interpretation  of  saying  that  cats  in dreams symbolize
adrenal activity  and  the more sophisticated approach of
saying that  the  possible association may be utilized as a
tentative entry into the dream. The suggested association
thus becomes  a  beginning  point  for  further reflection
about the area  of  the dreamer's  life to which the dream
may relate.

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