Among dreams which recur in the experience of the same or of different persons there is one which is of special interest for psycho-analysis. In it the dreamer views his own corpse or assists at its burial. It is proposed here to make some general observations on dreams of this type; and then, taking a few examples, to examine them from the standpoint of meta-psychology.

A reference may be made first to Rank's work on the significance of the double. According to this, the concept of the double is traceable to a desire to escape death. Examples of this mechanism may be found in the popular idea of the cat as having nine lives and in the