Graduate Research Library: A Library Guide to Jung's Collected Works: Dreams

Reference publications on Dreams

"Dreams" In A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis by Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F.
Call Number: BF173.J85 S275 1986
Publication Date: 1986
Dreams: "Jung defined the dream in broad terms as 'a spontaneous self-portrayal, in symbolic form, of the actual situation in the unconscious' (CW 8, para. 505). He saw the relation of the dream to consciousness as basically a compensatory one. in contrast to Freud, whom he felt looked at dreams only from a casual standpoint, Jung spoke of them as psychic products that could be seen either from a causal or a purposeful point of view. The causal point of view tends toward uniformity of meaning, he wrote, a sameness of interpretation, and tempts one to assign a fixed significance to a symbol, while the purposeful point of view 'perceives in the dream image the expression of an altered psychological situation. It recognises no fixed meaning of symbols' (CW 8, para. 471)." [Read more]
"Dreams" In Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts by Sharp, D. (Ed.).
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Call Number: BF109.J8S53 1991
Publication Date: 1991
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Dreams. "In symbolic form, dreams picture the current situation in the psyche from the point of view of the unconscious." (Sharp, 1991) [Read more]
"Dreams" in New Dictionary of the History of Ideas by M. Epstein. M. Horowitz (Ed.)
ISBN: 9780684314525
Publication Date: 2004
"It is midnight in the desert, and the full moon has just passed its apex. On the sandy ground, staff in hand, guitar and jug by his side, a dark-skinned man is nuzzled by a tawny-maned lion. Is the man dreaming? Are we? Or is this the dream of the artist, Henri Rousseau (1844–1910)? If, as some traditions have it, the Universe was dreamed into existence by its Creator, then it makes perfect sense that all of art—the microcosm created by human beings in emulation of the Creator's macrocosm—is a dream of sorts. And art is a dream, in a way—a projection of the deepest subconscious and unconscious desires upon canvas and stone, the etching plate and the loom. But when artists depict dreams and dreaming, whether explicitly, with the dreamer in the picture, or implicitly, with the picture illustrating the dream, ambiguities flourish, and polyvalency abounds." (Epstein, 2004, p. 593) [Read more]
"Interpretation of Dreams (Analytical Psychology)" In International dictionary of psychoanalysis by Kirsch, T. B. (Alain de Mijolla, ed.)
Call Number: Ladera: REF RC501.4.D4313
Publication Date: 2005
"Jung considered the dream a natural and normal psychic phenomenon describing the inner situation of the dreamer, a "spontaneous self-portrayal in symbolical form of the actual situation in the unconscious" (Jung, 1947). In analytical psychology the dream is seen as neither a disguise nor a symptom but as a source of new understanding, especially of the psychic function of archetypal imagery. Jung never distinguished between manifest and latent meaning, since he based his understanding directly on dream content. Analytical psychology does not generally encourage free association per se; rather, it employs circular associations around the various images and actions in the dream to make sense of the dream in its entirety. In analytical psychology, the concepts of sign and symbol have meanings different from their meanings in psychoanalytic usage. For Jung, a sign is a token of meaning that stands for something known, whereas a symbol is an image that points to something partially known but unknowable at its core. A symbol has a subjective dynamic that powerfully attracts the individual and transforms psychological energy. Jung first read Freud's Interpretation of Dreams in 1900 as a student at the Burgholzi Psychiatric Clinic in Zurich, reviewing it for his fellow psychiatric students (Jung, 1907). He began to develop his own ideas about the meaning of dreams shortly after his break with Freud around 1912 to 1913, and by 1928 he had outlined his mature views." (Kirsch, 2005, p. 864) [Read more]

"Jung's Dream Theory" In Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams by Kelly Bulkeley. (D. Barrett & P. McNamara, Eds.)
ISBN: 031338665X
Publication Date: 2012
"Both Jung and Freud agreed that dreams offer a window into the unconscious, but they disagreed about what can be seen through that window. Jung emphasized the direct and natural expressiveness of dreaming. Dreams give us an honest portrayal of who we are and who we might become. One of the important functions of dreams, according to Jung, is a prospective anticipation of future growth. While Freud looked for insights into the dreamer’s past, Jung sought visions of possible development in the future. Jung did not mean that dreams make predictions, but rather that dreaming uses the psyche’s vast powers of imagination and symbolic creativity to speculate about where one’s life may be leading. The other major function Jung identifies is the compensation of psychological imbalance. Dreaming helps preserve a healthy and well-integrated personality by bringing important feelings, memories, and intuitions from the unconscious into the conscious mind." (p. 378) [Read more]
"Dreams" In Encyclopedia of Religion by Barbara Tedlock. (Lindsay Jones, Ed.)
Publication Date: 2005
"DREAMS: The category of dreams designates both sleeping and imaginal states of consciousness together with waking descriptions and other representations of these states. Sleeping consciousness includes healing dreams, prophetic dreams, archetypal dreams, nightmares, and lucid dreams. Imaginal consciousness includes guided fantasies known as waking dreams, omens, and visions. Dreaming is both a sleeping and a waking experience that is activated whenever energy flows inward toward the spiritual and intellectual senses rather than outward toward the worldly and perceptual senses. When one falls into a trance or falls asleep, the worldly senses vanish inside, the everyday mind stops functioning, and one is sleeping. After a period of nothingness, the mind begins to function again, and dreaming begins. As this happens one slowly moves from private sensations, personal memories, images, and symbols to transpersonal imagining as an interactive social process." (Tedlock, 2005, p. 2482) [Read more]
"Dreams" In Encyclopedia of psychology and religion (3rd ed.) by Louis Hagood
Publication Date: 2020
Dreams: "Up until the time of Aristotle, dreams were divine – messengers from the gods or spirit world with the power of prophecy or healing. Priests or shamans were the intermediaries for these messengers, and in ancient Greece a network of temples, dedicated to the half God Aesculapius were popular sites for dream healing. Aristotle declared that dreams were not from the gods and were not prophetic but leftover sensory impressions from waking life." (p. 681 ) [Read more]

"Dreams" In The quotable Jung (pp. 226-246.). by C. G. Jung
Publication Date: 2015
"[T]he dream is a living thing, by no means a dead thing that rustles like dry paper. It is a living situation, it is like an animal with feelers, or with many umbilical cords. We don’t realize that while we are talking of it, it is producing.
Dream Analysis: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1928-1930 (28 November 1928), p. 44." [Read more]

"Dreams" In The handbook of Jungian psychology by Mattoon, M. A. (R. Papadopoulos, Ed.)
Call Number: BF173 .H333 2006
Publication Date: 2012
"Dreams: "Is a dream a door to the soul, or is it, as we often hear, `only a dream'? Sometimes the `only a dream' statement is an effort at consoling the person who has had a disturbing dream; on other occasions it is a way of saying that a dream has no bearing on reality. Increasingly, however, many people appreciate their night dreams as being not so `only'; rather, dreams are vital in their lives. After considering the importance of dreams in Jungian psychotherapy and the history of their role, we will look at the methods of working on a dream. Then we will approach the interpretation: amplifying, seeking its meaning and exploring validation of the interpretation." (Mattoon, 2012, p. 244) [Read more]
"Dreams and Dream Interpretation" in A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung by Robert H. Hopcke
Call Number: REF BF173 .J85 H66
ISBN: 9781570624056
Publication Date: 1999
"Unarguably the cornerstone of Jungian  psychology and analytic technique, dream  interpretation is one of the most influential  contributions Jung has made to modem  psychological thought and practice. For this  reason, a thorough understanding of the place  and character of dream interpretation in  Jung’s work is vital to understand his  psychology as a whole. As one might expect,  Jung’s methods of dream interpretation are  founded on his conception of what a dream is  and the psychological function dreams serve." (p. 24) [Read more]

Jung on Dreams

Jung's essays on Dreams from the Collected Works:

On the significance of number dreams (pp. 48-55)

Jung, C. G. (1967). On the significance of number dreams (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung: Vol. 4. Freud and psychoanalysis (pp. 48-55). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1910/11) https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850938.48
The practical use of dream-analysis (pp. 139-161)

Jung, C. G. (1966). The practical use of dream-analysis (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung: Vol. 16. Practice of psychotherapy (2nd ed., pp. 139-161). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1934) https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400851003.139
Individual dream symbolism in relation to alchemy (pp. 39-224)
Jung, C. G. (1968). Individual dream symbolism in relation to alchemy (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung: Vol. 12. Psychology and alchemy (2nd ed., pp. 38-223). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1936) https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850877.39
General aspects of dream psychology (pp. 237-280)
Jung, C. G. (1969). General aspects of dream psychology (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung: Vol. 8. Structure and dynamics of the psyche (2nd ed., pp. 237-280). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1948) https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850952.237
On the nature of dreams (pp. 281-297)
Jung, C. G. (1969). On the nature of dreams (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung: Vol. 8. Structure and dynamics of the psyche (2nd ed., pp. 281-297). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1948) https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850952.281

Children’s dreams: Notes from the seminar given in 1936-1940 by Jung, C. G. (L. Jung & M. Meyer-Grass, Eds.).
Publication Date: 2008
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"In the 1930s C. G. Jung embarked upon a bold investigation into childhood dreams as remembered by adults to better understand their significance to the lives of the dreamers. Jung presented his findings in a four-year seminar series at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Children's Dreams marks their first publication in English, and fills a critical gap in Jung's collected works. Here we witness Jung the clinician more vividly than ever before--and he is witty, impatient, sometimes authoritarian, always wise and intellectually daring, but also a teacher who, though brilliant, could be vulnerable, uncertain, and humbled by life's great mysteries. These seminars represent the most penetrating account of Jung's insights into children's dreams and the psychology of childhood. At the same time they offer the best example of group supervision by Jung, presenting his most detailed and thorough exposition of Jungian dream analysis and providing a picture of how he taught others to interpret dreams. Presented here in an inspired English translation commissioned by the Philemon Foundation, these seminars reveal Jung as an impassioned educator in dialogue with his students and developing the practice of analytical psychology. An invaluable document of perhaps the most important psychologist of the twentieth century at work, this splendid volume is the fullest representation of Jung's views on the interpretation of children's dreams, and signals a new wave in the publication of Jung's collected works as well as a renaissance in contemporary Jung studies."
Dream Interpretation Ancient and Modern: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1941 by J. Peck, L. Jung & M. Meyer-Grass, (Eds.)
Publication Date: 2014
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Call number: Lambert library: BF1099.C55 J8613 2014

"Jung's landmark seminar sessions on dream interpretation and its history. From 1936 to 1941, C. G. Jung gave a four-part seminar series in Zurich on children's dreams and the historical literature on dream interpretation. This book completes the two-part publication of this landmark seminar, presenting the sessions devoted to dream interpretation and its history. Here we witness Jung as both clinician and teacher: impatient and sometimes authoritarian but also witty, wise, and intellectually daring, a man who, though brilliant, could be vulnerable, uncertain, and humbled by life's mysteries. These sessions open a window on Jungian dream interpretation in practice, as Jung examines a long dream series from the Renaissance physician Girolamo Cardano. They also provide the best example of group supervision by Jung the educator. Presented here in an inspired English translation commissioned by the Philemon Foundation, these sessions reveal Jung as an impassioned teacher in dialogue with his students as he developed and refined the discipline of analytical psychology. An invaluable document of perhaps the most important psychologist of the twentieth century at work, this splendid book is the fullest representation of Jung's interpretations of dream literatures, filling a critical gap in his collected works.
Dreams by C. G. Jung; R. F. C. Hull (Trans.)
Call Number: BF1078.J84 1974
Publication Date: 2010
Dream analysis is a distinctive and foundational part of analytical psychology, the school of psychology founded by C. G. Jung and his successors. This volume collects Jung's most insightful contributions to the study of dreams and their meaning. The essays in this volume, written by Jung between 1909 and 1945, reveal Jung's most essential views about dreaming--especially regarding the relationship between language and dream. Through these studies, Jung grew to understand that dreams are themselves a language, a language through which the soul communicates with the body. The essays included are "The Analysis of Dreams," "On the Significance of Number Dreams," "General Aspects of Dream Psychology," "On the Nature of Dreams," "The Practical Use of Dream Analysis," and "Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy" (complete with illustrations). New to this edition is a foreword by Sonu Shamdasani, Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London.

Ebooks books available from the library:

A dream in the world by Robin van Lõben Sels
Call Number: BF175.5.D74 V36 2003
ISBN: 9781135479596
Publication Date: 2004
"How can science and religion co-exist in the modern discipline of psychotherapy? A Dream in the World explores the interfaces between religious experience and dream analysis. At the heart of this book is a selection of dreams presented by the author's patient during analysis, which are compared with the dreams of Hadewijch, a thirteenth century woman mystic. The patient's dreams led the modern woman to an unanticipated breakthrough encounter with the divine, her "experience of soul". The experience reoriented and energized her life, and became her "dream-in-the-world". Following Jung's idea that the psyche has a religious instinct, Robin van Loben Sels demonstrates that the healing process possible through psychotherapy can come from beyond the psyche and can not be explained by our usual theories of scientific psychology."
Dream science by J. F. Pagel
Publication Date: 2014-02-05
"Dreaming is the cognitive state uniquely experienced by humans and integral to our creativity, the survival characteristic that allows for the rapid change and innovation that defines our species and provides the basis for our art, philosophy, science, and humanity. Yet there is little empiric or scientific evidence supporting the generally accepted dream-based theories of neuroconsciousness. Dream Science examines the cognitive science of dreaming and offers an evidence-based view of the phenomenon. Today, such evidence-based breakthroughs in the field of dream science are altering our understanding of consciousness. Different forms of dreaming consciousness occur throughout sleep, and dreamlike states extend into wake. Each dream state is developed on a framework of memories, emotions, representational images, and electrophysiology, amenable to studies utilizing emerging and evolving technology. Dream Science discusses basic insights into the scientific study of dreaming, including the limits to traditional Freudian-based dream theory and the more modern evidence-based science. It also includes coverage of the processes of memory and parasomnias, the sleep-disturbance diagnoses related to dreaming. This comprehensive book is a scientific exploration of the mind-brain interface and a look into the future of dream science. Provides a more evidence-based approach than any other work on the market Single source of integrated information on all aspects of dream science makes this a critical time-saving reference for researchers and clinicians Authored by one of the leaders in the field of dream research".
"Dream interpretation and the creation of symbolic meaning " In Jungian Psychoanalysis by C. Warren. (Murray Stein, Ed.)
Call Number: BF173.J85 J887 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Abstract: "Jung's own preferred method for working in analysis was dream interpretation. This chapter shows how Jung's approach differed from Freud's and how the modem Jungian psychoanalyst employs dream interpretation centrally and importantly today"
Dreams and visions by McNamara, P.
Publication Date: 2016
"A standout resource on the emerging field of applying neuropsychology and the latest findings in sleep and dream research to religious experience, this book investigates the proven biological links between REM dreams and religious ideas, covering past and current schools of thought in both the science of dreams and the science of religion. Across time and around the world, billions of people with highly dissimilar backgrounds and cultures have felt spiritual or religious inspiration that shaped their lives and supplemented their mental strength--and in many cases, this inspiration came via a dream. The "how" and "why" of this common phenomenon is one that science has largely failed to explain. In this book, nationally recognized behavioral neuroscientist Patrick McNamara taps the latest science in sleep and dreams as well as neuropsychology to investigate one facet of the answer from the "inside out"--the human brain's role. The first study of its kind in an emerging field, Dreams and Visions: How Religious Ideas Emerge in Sleep and Dreams provides a comprehensive summary of past theory and examines the latest science on dreams, REM sleep, cognitive approaches to religion, and neuroscience approaches to religion. Readers will come away with an in-depth understanding of how and why god beliefs and spiritual convictions so often emerge in our dreams. Dedicated sections address special dream types like visitation dreams, nightmares, precognitive dreams, "big" dreams, lucid dreams, paralysis dreams, twin dreams, and more. "
The significance of dreams by Taylor, D., Leuzinger-Bohleber, M., Fonagy, P. & Kachele, H. (Eds.)
Publication Date: 2012
"This book looks at dreams from a twenty-first century perspective. It takes its inspiration from Freud's insights, but pursues psychoanalytic interest into both neuroscience and the modern psychoanalytic consulting room. The book looks at laboratory research on dreaming alongside the modern clinical use of dreams and links together clinical and empirical research, integrating classical ideas with the plurality of psychoanalytic theoretical constructs available to modern researchers. Psychoanalysts writing about dreams have traditionally represented the cutting edge of clinical and theoretical development, and this book is no exception. Many of the contributions, as well as the epistemological position taken by the writers, represent a kind of radical openness to new ways of thinking about the clinical situation and about theory. In line with the ambition of the editors, this volume represents an integration of theories and disciplines, and a scientific context for modern psychoanalysis. The link between clinical research and extraclinical research via the royal road of dreaming is a theme that runs through all the contributions."
Understanding dreams In clinical practice by Marcus West
ISBN: 9781849409339
Publication Date: 2011
"This book presents a simple, effective and illuminating way of understanding and working with dreams in clinical practice. It describes the mechanisms through which the mind/brain processes our experience and forms symbols, which embody a rich network of associations. It demonstrates how the dream and this network of associations can apply on a number of levels and thus shows how the full richness and vital importance of dreams, their meanings and purposes, can be explored. The book also explores the history, theory and science of dreams and dreaming. It reviews the debates between, and contributions from, Freud, Jung and other psychoanalysts, as well as the developments and discoveries from neuroscientists and dream laboratories, bringing the subject right up to date. Whilst the book primarily uses Jungian terminology, and highly values Jung's insights and approach to dreams, it gives a critical, contemporary account of the whole field of dream work and will be useful to practitioners of all theoretical persuasions. The book is a valuable resource for the trainee counsellor or therapist who is just beginning to work with dreams, as well as the experienced practitioner who wants to re-evaluate and re-invigorate their practise. It explores the practical and theoretical difficulties and dilemmas, satisfactions and wonders of working dreams."
Visions in the night: Jungian and ancient dream interpretation by Joel Covita
Call Number: BF1078 .C67 2000
ISBN: 9780919123922
Publication Date: 2000
"Thousands of years before Freud and Jung, the role of dream interpreter was an established profession. This book examines ancient and modern literature for insight into the nature of dreams, illuminating a Jungian approach to the role of dreamwork in the analytic process" [Read more]
Weaving the dream fields of Jung and Kohut In Re-Encountering Jung by Marcia Dobson; Robin Brown (Ed.)
ISBN: 9781138225336
Publication Date: 2017
"Kohut and Jung take quite different approaches to dreams. This is despite the fact that both of their theories consider the discovery of the self to be the final goal of analysis. Kohut, unlike Jung, did not place much store in the idea of an archetypal or collective unconscious that could, through primordial images and universal patterns, assist the individuation process. Kohut, rather, looked to dreams as representing 'self-states' that could help in the understanding of the development of the narcissistic transferences in the therapeutic process. How compatible are these approaches? Empathy, for Kohut, is a means to reach the deepest and most fragile parts of the psyche and to offer the possibility of establishing a coherent self. For Jung, 'This bond is often of such intensity that we could almost speak of it as a ‘combination.’ When two chemical substances combine, both are altered. This is precisely what happens in the transference'. In this experience, there is a sense of participation in a supraordinate dimension of being that grants the self a feeling of meaning not explicable through everyday experience. Both Jungian archetypal experiences that come through dreams and become part of the archetypal field in the analysis, and Kohut’s empathic immersion that is experienced in the consulting room, have a feeling of the numinous, of two becoming one in the empathic surround. While Kohut is clearly more cautious than Jung in the way in which he portrays empathy, there are moments where the overlap between the two men is more apparent. Kohut goes so far as to state: 'I have little doubt that those who are able to achieve this ultimate attitude toward life do so on the strength of a new, expanded, transformed narcissism: a cosmic narcissism which has transcended the bounds of the individual'."

Journal articles available from the library:

Bortz, M. (2011). Carrying the fire: Individuation toward the mature masculine and telos of cultural myth in Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men and The Road. Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, 5(4), 28–42. https://doi-org.pgi.idm.oclc.org/10.1525/jung.2011.5.4.28
Abstract: "This alchemical hermeneutical study analyzes Cormac McCarthy's novels No Country for Old Men and The Road as cultural dreams using Jungian and post-Jungian theory. McCarthy’s work elucidates the archetypal process of individuation toward the mature masculine in our time. Following McCarthy’s imagery and James Hillman's work, I focus on the split in the senex-puer archetype that structures the masculine psyche as the ultimate psychological site of our cultural dissociation. I also examine the teleological implications in the novel regarding the evolution of the God-image, which reflects man's understanding of the objective psyche, as well as the nature and psychological function of human evil."

Gillespie, S. (2013). Climate change and psyche: Conversations with and through dreams. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 7(3), 343–354.
Abstract: In the last few years, awareness of anthropogenic global warming has become widespread as its effects are felt across the globe and warnings from scientists have become increasingly urgent. Psychological research into human reactions to reports of climate change has predominantly focussed on mechanisms of denial, and cognitive strategies for effecting changes in behaviour. This paper presents research inquiring into the psychological realities of those who are actively engaged with climate change issues, asking questions about how such people can be supported, and what can be learnt from understanding their psychological processes. Utilising a depth psychological approach, a co-operative research group of activists, researchers, policy makers and social communicators met in Sydney, Australia to share their daily experiences and concerns, and nightly dreams, articulating frustrations, griefs, hopes and fears in relation to global warming. The shared dreams acted as a provocative voice within the research, facilitating in-depth discussions of topics and perspectives that might otherwise have been avoided or repressed. This paper describes the research methods used to support dream sharing in a co-operative research group situation, and reflects upon the value of doing so within the framework of a depth psychological inquiry.

Kline, J. (2017). The feral boy: Archetypal image of pathos in a dream series. International Journal of Jungian Studies, 9(3), 137–147. https://doi-org.pgi.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/19409052.2017.1339624
Abstract: "The figure of a half-human, half-feline boy appearing in a dream series of a middle-aged businessman suffering from job burnout is investigated from a Jungian perspective, noting its relevance to Jung’s concept of eros as a relatedness principle as well as an example of the puer aeternus or eternal child archetype. Further investigation into the feral boy figure reveals its compensatory function: a reaction to the dreamer’s regression to a more primitive state of self-identity and forced alienation from his business profession and his private life. Additional references to the feral boy from the Mesoamerican Olmec civilization provide evidence of the figure’s identity as an archetypal image of pathos, arousing sympathetic pity that leads to reconnecting the dreamer with his societal and familial responsibilities"

Knudson, R. M., Adame, A. L., & Finocan, G. M. (2006). Significant dreams: Repositioning the self narrative. Dreaming, 16(3), 215–222. https://doi-org.pgi.idm.oclc.org/10.1037/1053-0797.16.3.215 https://doi-org.pgi.idm.oclc.org/10.1525/jung.2011.5.4.28
Abstract: "This alchemical hermeneutical study analyzes Cormac McCarthy's novels No Country for Old Men and The Road as cultural dreams using Jungian and post-Jungian theory. McCarthy’s work elucidates the archetypal process of individuation toward the mature masculine in our time. Following McCarthy’s imagery and James Hillman's work, I focus on the split in the senex-puer archetype that structures the masculine psyche as the ultimate psychological site of our cultural dissociation. I also examine the teleological implications in the novel regarding the evolution of the God-image, which reflects man's understanding of the objective psyche, as well as the nature and psychological function of human evil."

Platek, B. (2019). When snake comes: Reflections on a dream. Psychological Perspectives, 62(2–3), 251–258. https://doi-org.pgi.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/00332925.2019.1625669
Abstract: "A dream encounter with a large snake continues to reverberate through my life and psyche. In this article I explore the dream’s impact on my training as a Jungian analyst as well as its archetypal underpinnings in the Asklepian tradition. Over the years since the dream occurred, I find myself resonating with the snake’s earth-based wisdom on new and deepening levels. The mystery of the dream—and the snake—remains."

Slattery, D. P. (2012). In the belly of oneiric images. Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, 6(4), 119–126. https://doi-org.pgi.idm.oclc.org/10.1525/jung.2012.6.4.119
Abstract: "Reviews the book, Earth and Reveries of Repose: An Essay on Images of Interiority by Gaston Bachelard (2011). The power and value of both oneiric and poetic images are revealed in Earth and Reveries of Repose: An Essay on Images of Interiority. Gaston Bachelard’s unique form of imagining is revealed through a study of literary and dream images. In this, the writer’s most Jungian-oriented text, he reveals that the depths of images correspond to the depths of the soul and to meditate on these images is to invite an alchemical transformation of the reader’s psyche. Reverie over analysis is the preferred method and is expressed best through slow reading. By gathering images from dozens of writers, primarily French novelists and poets, Bachelard furthers his understanding of both the material and dynamic imaginations, two persuasive inroads to the dreaming and poetic self. Guiding his work is a fundamental assumption that we are beings who are deep; depth is achieved and enjoyed through a particular set of images that he conveys with imaginal dexterity and fresh forms of knowing."