Cryptograms are types of puzzles that consist of short pieces of encrypted text. Frequently used are substitution ciphers where each letter is replaced by a different letter/number. Originally these were created for entertainment purposes (published in newspapers) but the real encryption happens in the military and person secrets.
Solving:
based on substitution ciphers can often be solved by frequency analysis and by recognizing letter patterns in words. Double letters, apostrophes and the fact that no letter can substitute for itself in the cipher also offers clues to the solution.
Reflection:Dreams are almost like cryptograms as they pass through the different processes mentioned by Carl Jung in his book "Interpretation of Dreams" (Condensation, Displacement and Secondary Elaboration). Its complexity and cryptic nature reflects a person's unconscious mind and which helps decipher a person's wish fulfilment in dreams.
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