Throughthemwemaymeasuretime，space，qualityandquantity。
ThesymboloandIexistbyreasonofnothingandsomethingordeathandlife。Thefigureoneissubjecttoillimitableexpansion。Itiswithoutbeginningintheinfiniteofnumber，asGodiswithoutbeginningintheinfiniteofbeing。Aswiththevegetablekingdom，thetinyseedoracornsilentlyworkingitsmagicaltransformationintoaplantortree，anddirectingitsdestinywithmarvelousintelligencethroughthetorridandfrigidvicissitudesoftheseasons；soismanwithoutbeginningintheinfinitudeofhisownbeingormicrocosm。Manisbothatypeandantitype。Atypeofwhatpre-existedintheimaginationoftheworld，andanantitypeofafuturelifeyetto31
manifestitselfonanotherplanewheretheincidentsoftheonewillbesubjective，astheeventsoccurringininfancyorinotherplanesarenowsubjective。Hisdreams，thoughtsandactions，andtheinfluencesthatproducethemandtheirmultiplyingcombination，cannotbenumberedorreproducedanymorethanyoucannumbertheleavesoftheforest，orfindtwoexactlysimilarunitsamongthem。Thusthefullmeaningorinterpretationofdreamscannotbefullydemonstratedthroughmentalorevenspiritualstereotypes。
Butbytheintelligentuseofthisbookyouwillbeabletotraceoutalmostanydreamcombinationandarriveatthetruenatureofitsportent。
Awisedoctor，inpreparingmedicineforapatient，considerswellhisage，temperamentandhispresentcondition。Soshouldtheinterpreterofdreamsponderwellthementalstate，thehealth，habitsandtemperamentofthedreamer。Thesethingsnoonecanknowsowellasthedreamerhimself。