Freud and Tylor both believed that dreams were meaningful (Pals, p. 56). While Tylor claimed that dreams caused primitive souls to believe in spirits, Freud expanded on this theory by stating that these dreams occurred within an unconscious mind. He explained that this unconscious mind contains basic biological drives as well as images and emotions that “sink [into the unconscious mind] from the conscious mind upwards” (Pals, p. 57). These emotions can diminish naturally or be forced based on a complex sequence of events. Although Freud agreed with Tylor that dreams can influence religious beliefs, Freud himself did not believe in a God (Pals, p. 64). Furthermore, unlike Tylor, Freud was interested in asking why people hold these beliefs despite them being “so obviously false” (Pals, p. 64). In attempting to answer these questions, Freud noted similarities between those who participated in religious activities and his neurotic patients, such as obsession with repeated actions or rituals and guilt which, in both cases, resulted from “repression of instincts fundamental” (Amici, page 64). Freud defines this behavior as “a universal obsessive neurosis” (Pals, page 65). Despite their different views on what religion is, both Freud and Tylor believe that “mature people. . . let their lives be guided by reason and science, not by superstition and faith." (Pals, page 71) The theories of Tylor and Freud are just two examples of the complexity of the study of religions and their