ABSTRACT
The boy’s longing for male direction, however, continued to develop, unfortunately in the form of homosexuality, a crippled development that might perhaps not have resulted, had some man taken a hand in the further elaboration of his childhood phantasy. The deviation toward homosexuality has, to be sure, numerous historical antecedents. According to the dream context, the patient’s submission to treatment signifies the fulfilment of the meaning of his homosexuality, in other words, his entrance into the world of mature men. The dream thus corroborates the fact that the unconscious meaning of the homosexuality has been fulfilled, and that a new development can be started. The meaning of the dreams almost seems to suggest that the patient entered into the treatment with the greatest expectation and hopefulness, and that he was quite prepared to discard his adolescence and become a man. The pale light of reality may thus perhaps become embellished through the golden afterglow of the dream feelings.
