If our dreams aren't our own, where could they come from?

If you're interested in exploring alternatives to the "classical" paradigms, examine research results and published books and articles by leading institutions and academic centers which take a less classical perspective on dreams and memory.

Genetic memory studies and neurobiological investigations are telling us that while Freud and Jung may have broached a subject and topic of rampant speculation verging on the mystical, new research in the fields of genetics and neurology are providing insights into brain function/dysfunction that could significantly modify our understanding and treatment of mental illness. While labels like "ego" "id" and "super-ego" and a plethora of theoretical constructs are used as the foundation for psychoanalytic and therapeutic interventions, a new age of electron microscopes, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography are unlocking secrets of the brain that lend credible weight to the argument that dreams aren't simply reconstructions of emotionally driven impulses but have biological and chemical signatures that weren't available to the world of Sigmund Freud or Carl Jung.