A syllabus is read as a plan for what must be learned, laid out in advance. It points to the wish to know what lies ahead, and to how much of the path is set by others.
Where in your waking life have you met something like this lately?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.