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The theory of Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist from the early 20th century, offers one of the most powerful methods for interpreting dreams. Jung’s theory was inspired by his own vivid dreams, especially from his childhood, and by his relationship
...read moreThe theory of Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist from the early 20th century, offers one of the most powerful methods for interpreting dreams. Jung’s theory was inspired by his own vivid dreams, especially from his childhood, and by his relationship with Sigmund Freud, who was Jung’s elder mentor for many years. Jung later split from Freud over a disagreement about dreams. For Jung, dreams speak in the natural language of the psyche, a language of symbols, images, and metaphors. Dreams do not disguise their meanings, as Freud claimed; on the contrary, dreams give us an honest self-portrayal of our lives. If dreams seem strange and bizarre, that is because our rational minds have lost touch with the natural language of the psyche. One of the values of Jungian dream interpretation is that it becomes a powerful practice for re-learning the deep language of your own unconscious mind.
Jung taught that the lifelong process of human growth is guided by individuation, which means an innate drive to bring all of our inner potentials into an actual, integrated whole (as suggested by the images of Mandala symbolism). Dreams are especially helpful in promoting individuation because they identify areas of imbalance in our development (the compensatory function) or anticipate future opportunities for growth (the prospective function).
To interpret a dream, Jung started by admitting that he knew nothing about it, so he could prepare himself to be surprised by whatever new images and energies might emerge from the unconscious. Jung took special interest in dreams with archetypes, which he defined as special symbols carrying collective meanings that represent recurrent figures along the path of individuation. The Shadow, the Trickster, the Anima and Animus, the Persona, and the Self are some of the archetypes Jung focused on. He called his interpretive method “amplification,” which means highlighting the archetypes in people’s dreams and connecting them to other instances of the same archetypes in myths, fairy tales, and sacred texts. When you become more conscious of these connections, you begin to re-learn the language of your archetypal dreaming, and the result can be a release of new energy and creativity and an acceleration of your psychological and spiritual growth.
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