from which to examine other symbols and sequences in
the dream. I do not say airplanes in dream mean ideals; I
do say that my association of planes to ideals provides
one possible entry into the dream. From this entry point,
other elements in the dream may or may not fall into
place. If my approach leads to a sequence of associations
that gives meaning to the other elements of the dream,
then I may have a helpful and applicable approach to the
dream. However, it may be tempting, if the associations
begin to fit, for me to assume too quickly that the
interpretations at which I have arrived are correct.
      Throughout the ages of man up to the present day,
there have been attempts to categorize men and their
characteristics in terms of various typologies. One of the
earliest of these was to classify personalities in terms of
their similarities to the qualities of the four elements:
earth, water, fire, and air. Although this seems overly
simplified, we should not too quickly discount the
possible usefulness of this ancient approach. Other
typologies have found that the body type accurately
reflects personality characteristics. An example of such
an approach is Sheldon's classification of physique types
into ectomorphic, mesomorphic and endomorphic, each
of which demonstrates distinct personality differences.
The Hindus speak of three types of personality: the
tamasic, a gluttonous type; the rajastic type, a fiery
personality; and the sattvic, or sanguine personality.
The twelve zodiacal sun signs are also a form of typology.
      Carl Jung worked with a typology of four functions:
thinking, feeling, sensing and intuiting. The most
sophisticated approaches to this and other typologies
have revealed that an individual possesses a mixture of
different proportions of the qualities of each category of
a typology.
      If a typology can be seen as a hypothesis for entering
the dream, rather than a system which defines symbols
with fixed meanings, then the use of it may be very
fruitful.
      In giving a possible interpretation of the Revelation of
John, the Edgar Cayce readings suggest a most

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