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SAKIS TOTLIS*
Sakis Totlis
is a well-known Greek author of novels, short stories, movie
scripts, historical and philosophical books. On his novel “The
combination” one of the most reknown Greek films of all times
was based: “Balkanizater”.
Sakis
Totlis is an ardent researcher of the Dream, having formulated
the dream interpreting method and theory of Space and Emotion.
So
far he has published three books on the subject:
1.
“Space and Emotion – an idea”. An analytical
introduction to the theory. Edessa 1992, 160 pgs.
2.
“12 Dreams”. Twelve dreams interpreted extensively
according to the Space-Emotional method. Editions “Dolphin”,
Athens 1997.
3.
“One dream and seven lawyers”. A dramatized account
of how the author conceived the idea and developed the theory of
Space and Emotion. Editions “Patakis”, 370 pages, Athens
2001.
Recently
his work on Space and emotion was presented by “Archeology and
arts”. Editions “Lambrakis”, issue 81 “Theories of
dreams”, Dec 2001, pgs 27-35. This was the last issue of a
four-issue dedication to dreams in Greece:
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Issue 78,
“Dreams in ancient Greece”
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Issue 79,
“Dreams in Byzantine era”
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Issue 80,
“Dreams in contemporary Greece”
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Issue 81,
“Theories of dreams”.
On
the right you can get a sketchy idea of the lines along which
the theory of “Space and emotion” unfolds.
* Special
thanks to Sakis Totlis for his contribution in the whole Dreams
and Greece project.
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SPACE
AND EMOTION
(Dream
symbolism of literal reality)
A
“dream” for conscience is fundamentally an “imaginative
picture”, formed briefly in the imagination during sleep.
This
“made-up picture” is constructed by audio-visual material
“borrowed” momentarily from memory.
This
material is structured (condensed) on the basis of a hidden
structural idea, which acts as an invisible guide-pattern.
This
hidden structural idea is a real picture the dreamer actually
“saw” during a “real” initial event of the day before.
So,
in dreams we see specific “imaginary pictures” in the place
of specific “real ones”.
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Out of this basic claim a thousand questions may
rise. Most interesting is to ask WHY? Why does conscience bother
to perform this precise maneuver of substitution in dreaming?
Helpful
reminders:
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“Symbolism” is defined as “(seeing) something
instead of (seeing) something else”.
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“Idea” is defined as a “classification principle”
or a “structural guide-pattern”.
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