Compensatory Dreams have Mythological Motifs

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Dreamtime

If, in addition to this, we bear in mind that the unconscious contains everything that is lacking to consciousness, that the unconscious therefore has a compensatory tendency, then we can begin to draw conclusions–provided, of course, that the dream does not come from to deep a psychic level. If it . . . → Read More: Compensatory Dreams have Mythological Motifs

Dreams Can Influence Conscious Mental Life

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Anyone sufficiently interested in the dream problem cannot have failed to observe that dreams also have a continuity forwards–if such an expression be permitted–since dreams occasionally exert a remarkable influence on the conscious mental life even of persons who cannot be considered superstitious or particularly abnormal.

Carl Jung (CW 8: The Structure . . . → Read More: Dreams Can Influence Conscious Mental Life

Freud’s definition of the unconscious and ego

Today, we have the idea of a two-story psyche, so to say. Down below lies the unconscious, while the conscious individual is above. This individual has a sort of flashlight in his hand: consciousness. Now, if I ask you what were you doing at 10:30 PM on such and such a day, you might not . . . → Read More: Freud’s definition of the unconscious and ego

A Deity is a Personification of a Spiritual Power

Here is a basic theological formula:  a deity is a personification of a spiritual power. And deities who are not recognized become demonic; they become dangerous. When you have not been in communication with them, whether messages have gone unheard or unheeded, and when they do, inevitably, breakthrough, your conscious life is overthrown. There is, . . . → Read More: A Deity is a Personification of a Spiritual Power