It is always a pleasure to find (or to be found by) blogs with Jungian content. It is particularly enjoyable to find blogs written with style: Ms. Bellette writes with panache, irony, humor… (Excerpt from her latest blog) August 18, 2010 … I was hoping I would have a dream before the trip. We…
I take the dream for what it is. The dream is such a difficult and complicated thing that I do not dare to make any assumptions about its possible cunning or its tendency to deceive. The dream is a natural occurrence, and there is no earthly reason why we should assume that it is a…
The view that dreams are merely the imaginary fulfillments of repressed wishes is hopelessly out of date. There are, it is true, dreams which manifestly represent wishes or fears, but what about all the other things? Dreams may contain ineluctable truths, philosophical pronouncements, illusions, wild fantasies, memories, plans, anticipations, irrational experiences, even telepathic visions, and…
Nature is often obscure or impenetrable, but she is not, like man, deceitful. We must therefore take it that the dream is just what it pretends to be, neither more nor less. If it shows something in a negative light, there is no reason for assuming that it is meant positively. “On the Psychology of…
Dreams are impartial, spontaneous products of the unconscious psyche, outside the control of the will. They are pure nature; they show us the unvarnished, natural truth, and are therefore fitted, as nothing else is, to give us back an attitude that accords with our basic human nature when our consciousness has strayed too far from…
I have no theory about dreams, I do not know how dreams arise. And I am not at all sure that – my way of handling dreams even deserves the name of a “method.” I share all your prejudices against dream-interpretation as the quintessence of uncertainty and arbitrariness. On the other hand, I know that…
The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far our ego-consciousness extends. For all ego-consciousness is isolated; because it separates and discriminates, it…
The internet is full of quotes attributed to Carl Jung. At least this site gives the source (at least the book, though not the page). And the photos add a nice touch. “Wherever an inferiority complex exists, there is a good reason for it.” —Interview, 1943 “The great problems of life—sexuality, of course, among others—are…
One of the wonderful aspects of Inception is that it takes dreams seriously, enough so that they provide the main architecture of the film. It also very intellectually complex, asking for the viewer to think on many levels about the nature of reality. Unfortunately, director Chris Nolan filled the movie with too many chase scenes,…