The Content Analysis of Dreams: Charting Your Symbolic Depths
The two most well known methods for working with dreams are 1). Interpreting the symbolism of dreams through Carl Jung’s theory that dream images are representative of our subjective psychological concerns using free association and mythological amplification, and 2). Experiencing the events of the dream as a lived reality, either one that is self-generated as with lucid dreaming, one that is objectified and animated from our psychic concerns as with post-Jungian active imagination, or one that is spiritually authentic as with many ancient and magical approaches to dreaming. These approaches are good for working with individual images within individual dreams, but for those who are more deeply invested in their dreaming, it can be extremely helpful to get a deeper understanding of the ways that the various symbols of our dreams interrelate or change over time. One of the best methods for working with dreams longterm and for understanding the scope of this inner symbolism is to per...
