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#JosephCampbell #quotes #dreams The bold and truly epoch-making writings of the psychoanalysts are indispensable to the student of mythology; for, whatever may be thought of the detailed and sometimes contradictory interpretations of specific cases and problems, Freud, Jung, and their followers have demonstrated irrefutably that the logic, the heroes, and the deeds of myth survived . . . → Read More: Campbell: Modern Mythology is Pantheon of Dreams #CarlJung #Quotes #dreams 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 #CarlJung #Quotes #dreams "Whispers of Aloha," Zentangle Inspired Art by Lois Heinani Stokes, CZT® As individuals we are not completely unique, but are like all other men. Hence the dream with a collective meaning is valid in the first place for the dreamer, but it expresses at the same time the fact that his . . . → Read More: When the Dream has Collective Meaning #JosephCampbell #quote #Mythology A mythologically grounded culture presents you with symbols that immediately evoke your participation; they are all vital, living connections, and so they link you both to the underlying mystery and to the culture itself. Yet when that culture uses symbols that are no longer alive, that are no longer effective, it cuts . . . → Read More: The Way to Find Your Own Myth #JosephCampbell #quote #Mythology The World Tree
Now, as I’ve said, these themes are universal. Of course, they occur with different historical inflections here, there, and elsewhere; just so, they’ll occur with different inflections in your life from those in anyone else’s. For every mythological symbol, there are two aspects to be distinguished: the . . . → Read More: Mythological Symbols as Universal Themes #JosephCampbell #CarlJung #quote #dreams Then comes another kind of dream, where you find yourself facing a problem that’s not specific to your particular life or social or age situation. Rather, you’ve run up against one of the great problems of man. These are what Jung called big dreams. For instance, take the question that I . . . → Read More: Jung: Big Dreams #JosephCampbell #quotes #Mythology #dreams Now, that’s the big thing, to activate your imagination somehow. You can do this by taking suggestions from somebody else. You must find that which your own unconscious wants to meditate on. With his imagination activated, Jung found all kinds of new fantasies coming, dreams of all kinds. He began making . . . → Read More: Jung’s Discovery of His Myth Now, this topic of living your own, personal myth–finding it, learning what it is, in writing on it–first occurred to me when I read Jung’s autobiographical work Memories, Dreams, Reflections. In one passage, he described a crisis in his own life. In 1911–12, Jung was working on his seminal book The Symbols of Transformation. He . . . → Read More: Jung: What Myth Do I Live By? #JosephCampbell #quote #Freud Primitive societies insist on the mythological attitude, as the Oriental societies. These cultures encourage the child to interpret the world in terms of the mythological patterns. Those years of adolescence are the critical years, and there the years that in traditional Oriental societies do not produce the little scientific mind, the mind . . . → Read More: Indigenous Cultures Interpret the World in Terms of the Mythological Patterns #JosephCampbell #quote #dreams #archetypes Now, typically, all these archetypes come out personified in myths and dreams. We personify the mystery of the universe as God. The ego becomes the hero or heroine figure. The unconscious self becomes the wise man or woman. The shadow becomes personified, too, as a kind of Mephistophelian figure. Evidently, the . . . → Read More: Myths & Dreams Contain Personified Archetypes |
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