This Jungian Life Blog of Dreams
Here is our Dream Blog -- a place to learn more about understanding dreams. You can read a transcript of the dream portion of our episodes, along with a brief discussion about the main themes.
Understanding Your Dreams with Jungian Dream Interpretation
“In each of us there is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from the way we see ourselves. When, therefore, we find ourselves in a difficult situation to which there is no solution, he can sometimes kindle a...
Symbols
Begin with a symbolic lens Symbolic thinking has many gradations, beginning with the specific meanings of signs: the familiar man/woman icons for public restrooms to animal crossing signs on roadways to skull and crossbones poison warnings. We can move a notch up to...
Do Dreams Have Meaning?
For thousands of years people have found dreams significant. They inscribed cuneiform tablets with dreams, interpreted dreams for pharaohs, and sought healing knowledge in dream incubation sanatoriums. Dreams were a source of mysterious wisdom from without until the...
Snakes in Cages
Dream from Episode 229 -- Hatred: A Way to Hide our Secrets Snakes show up all the time in dreams. Full of rich, symbolic significance, their meaning in a dream often touches upon the deep secrets of the body and of life and death. In this dream, the snake seems to be...
Eating the Lion
Animals appear in all kinds of guises in dreams. When we have dreams about animals, we know we have had an archetypal encounter -- but of what kind? This dream lends itself to a consideration of two very different ways we might understand the image of eating a lion....
Dreams of Destruction
Dream from Episode 226 Images of great destruction are common in dreams. These scenes often recall the tarot card of "The Tower." What once stood tall and sturdy is laid waste in a scene of destruction and chaos. Dreams such as these can be tremendously frightening....
In the Bath with Putin
Dream from episode 224 Have you ever had a dream about a political figure? Maybe someone you admire and revere, or possibly someone you find odious and detestable. Political figures can carry powerful suggestions of split off or denied parts of ourselves. Sometimes we...
The North Pole
Images of snow and ice abound in dreams, sometimes speaking to us of emotional coldness or frozen feelings. In this dream, the inhospitable blizzard raging outside contrasts with the warm, safe space of the cabin.
