“It is important to have a secret, a premonition of things unknown. It fills life with something impersonal, a numinosum. A man who has never experienced that has missed something important. He must sense that he lives in a world which in some respects is mysterious; that things happen and can be anticipated. The unexpected and the … Continue reading Seeing is Believing
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Dream Journal 14: Taking up Context
For the purpose of ascertaining the meaning of the dream, Jung created a procedure he called taking up context. This consists of making sure every shade of meaning which each salient feature of the dream has for the dream is determined by the associations of the dreaming himself, he'd precede the same away as if … Continue reading Dream Journal 14: Taking up Context
Dream Journal Entry, 13: Animosity
The dream is a natural occurrence, and there is no reason why we should assume that it’s a crafty device to lead us astray. It occurs when consciousness and will are extinguished. Animosity – manifestation of both the anima and animus. The anima causes illogical moods, and the animus produces irritating platitudes and unreasonable opinions. Both … Continue reading Dream Journal Entry, 13: Animosity
Dream Journal 12: Four Causes of Dreams
Dreams are the voice of the unknown, ever threatening new schemes, new dangers, sacrifices, warfare, and other troublesome things. There are four causes of dreams: 1. An affection of the body. 2. An affect or vehement commotion of the mind caused by love, hope, fear, or hatred. 3. The power and cunning of the demons. … Continue reading Dream Journal 12: Four Causes of Dreams
Dream Journal Entry 11: Dialectical Discussion in Dreams
Collective works - C.G. Jung During the process ... the dialectical discussion leads logically to a meeting between the [individual] and his shadow the dark half of the psyche which we invariably get rid by means of projection: either by burdening our neighbors with all the faults which we obviously have ourselves, or the casting our sign upon a … Continue reading Dream Journal Entry 11: Dialectical Discussion in Dreams
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