C.G. Jung, On the Soul and Dreams “I must learn the dregs of my thought, my dreams, are the speech of my soul. I must carry them in my heart, and go back and forth over them in my mind, like the words of the person dearest to me. Dreams are the guiding words of…
Animals almost invariably represent instincts when we meet them in dreams…. Each animal represents a different instinct or, if you prefer it, another aspect of instinct. The Cat, Dog and Horse Lectures, 1954; Page 55 Barbara Hannah Image: Detail of Henri Rousseau’s “The Dream”
Jacob’s dream” by Nicolas Dipre, 1495-1531. The Dream of Jacob Genesis 28:10-22 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep….
Before I discovered alchemy, I had a series of dreams which repeatedly dealt with the same theme. Beside my house stood another, that is to say, another wing or annex, which was strange to me. Each time I would wonder in my dream why I did not know this house, although it had apparently always…
Jung: “You can be sure your dream is your nearest friend.” When I went to East Africa, I went to a small tribe in Mount Elgon and I asked the medicine-man about dreams. He said, “I know what you mean; my father still had dreams.” I said, “You have no dreams?” And then…
Jung: On Water Symbolism… When one has awoken from Muladhara, one goes into the water, which represents the unconscious where one faces the Leviathan/Crocodile from the depths which are ones own demons. The Leviathan is the biggest and most fearsome creature of the watery depths. (but it represents the same animal as the…
C.G. Jung: “Never apply any theory, but always ask a patient how he feels about his dream images.” Never apply any theory, but always ask the patient how he feels about his dream images. For dreams are always about a particular problem of the individual about which he has a wrong conscious judgment. The dreams…
When you dream of a savage bull, or a lion, or a wolf pursuing you, this means: it wants to come to you. You would like to split it off, you experience it as something alien, but it just becomes all the more dangerous. . . The best stance would be: ‘Please, come…
Hokusai: The Great Wave Off Kanagawa We know that the mask of the unconscious is not rigid – it reflects the face we turn towards it. Hostility lends it a threatening aspect, friendliness softens its features. C.G. Jung; Psychology and Alchemy (1944). CW 12: P.29 —– Make being receptive to dreams an intention;…