ABSTRACT
The Freudian dreams that are most often associated with the theme of cocaine are the "Irma's injection" dream, the "Non vixit" dream, and the dream of the "Botanical monograph". Bernfeld claims that the episode of cocaine surfaces in many other dreams interpreted by Freud during his self-analysis. Yet, these other dreams form part of The Interpretation of Dreams. There are clues to suggest that Freud felt guilty about having initiated Fleischl to cocaine, in a dream that he interprets in a completely different way from what we might have expected. Freud indulges in a detailed description of the dream-work that leads to the formation of these "collective and composite figures", through the process of condensation. The process of condensation further explains certain constituents of the content of dreams which are peculiar to them and are not found in waking ideation. Thus, it is possible that the desire emerging from this dream is an aspect of Freud's countertransference towards Dora.
