THE DREAM - I am in a pond somewhere and I am starting to look at something that is underneath the pond. I carefully clear away the sand and it appears to be the cargo that has been sunk. The ship is completely intact. People gather around and it seems to become a kind of free for all. We are trying to discover this kind of hidden treasure.

GUESSWORK The dreamer was becoming very ill. He felt he had built up some very specialist knowledge in subject. He was thinking of the future and his own demise or descent into poor health. He had been thinking the night before of his own experience and knowledge being lost and what a pity this was.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. SUNKEN. What could sinking in dream mean? Well the night before the dreamer had been thinking of his own poor health and even of the possibility that he might die. So the sunken boat could represent his own health failing.
2. TREASURE. The night before the dreamer had been thinking of his own wealth of knowledge in a very specialist field. This treasure could easily be a symbol for the possibility that this knowledge could be lost forever. After all the dreamer was thinking of his own poor health.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers thoughts about his health. It dealt with the following themes.
- The feeling that something could be lost
- Something very valuable

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture this thought that the dreamer was thinking at the time-"I have been thinking about my own failing health. I might even die! It really think that I have built up a good knowledge at work and I fear that this would be lost to the world. I want to write a book and pass on my knowledge to others."