The author discusses Meltzer's concept of the “dreamlife,” which takes the unconscious process to be the continuous flux of our inner life that finds its particular form of manifestation in dreaming. The categories symbol, unconscious, and transference are utilized in discussing Meltzer's theories. In the second part of his argument, Pollak criticizes as a tendency toward counter-enlightenment Meltzer's leanings toward a magical mode of thought and uniform interpretation of the world.