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#CarlJung #quotes #dreams Owl Head Stand by Thomas Woodruff Nature is often obscure or impenetrable, but she is not, like men, deceitful. We must therefore take it that the dream is just what pretends to be, neither more nor less. If it shows something in a negative light, there is no reason for assuming . . . → Read More: Dreams, Like Nature, Do not Deceive #CarlJung #quotes #dreams I call every interpretation which equates the dream images with real objects an interpretation on the objective level. In contrast to this is the interpretation which refers every part of the dream and all the actors in it back to the dreamer himself. This I call interpretation on the subjective level. Interpretation . . . → Read More: Jung: Subjective vs. Objective Dream Interpretation #CarlJung #quotes #dreams The causal point of view tends by its very nature towards uniformity of meaning, that is, towards a fixed significance of symbols. The final point of view, on the other hand, perceives in the altered dream-image the expression of an altered psychological situation. It recognizes no fixed meaning of symbols. From this . . . → Read More: Jung: Dream Symbols are Parables (Not to Conceal But to Teach) #CarlJung #quotes #dreams Though dreams contribute to the self-regulation of the psyche by automatically bringing up everything that is repressed or neglected or unknown, their compensatory significance is often not immediately apparent because we still have only a very incomplete knowledge of the nature and the needs of the human psyche. There are psychological compensations . . . → Read More: Jung: Compensation – From the Collective to the Individual #CarlJung #quotes #dreams As against Freud’s view that the dream is essentially a wish-fulfillment, I hold . . . that the dream is a spontaneous self-portrayal, in symbolic form, of the actual situation in the unconscious. Carl Jung (CW 8: The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, “General Aspects of Dream Psychology,” 505) See larger image The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8) (Hardcover) List Price: New From: Used from: #CarlJung #quotes #dreams As in our waking state, real people and things enter our field of vision, so the dream-images enter like another kind of reality into the field of consciousness of the dream-ego. We do not feel as if we were producing the dreams, it is rather as if the dreams came to us. . . . → Read More: Jung: Dreams Come From the Unconscious #JosephCampbell #quotes #dreams #Mythology But what if you want to gain some idea of what your myth is while you are living it? Well, another way to try to discern your destiny–your myth–would be to follow Jung’s example: observe your dreams, observe your conscious choices, keep a journal, and see which images and stories surface . . . → Read More: Discover Your Myth Through Dreams #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 #quote #Mythology In our tradition, however, these images–the symbols–have been applied to historical events. In our religious traditions, we interpret the motifs of the Virgin Birth, death, Resurrection, and Ascension has particular, temporal episodes. If you begin to doubt the possibility of these occurrences, your faith may be troubled. You will lose the symbol . . . → Read More: Mythology is not History |
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