Jungian Dream Analysis
Dreamography
Help us map the world of dreams.
A deeper understanding of dream types and dream images
Your teeth are falling out. You’re being chased. A tsunami looms. You had a baby, but can’t remember where you left him. A beloved pet is injured.
The world of dreams is one of creativity and variety. The crocodile in your dream is not the same as the crocodile in your great-aunt’s dream. And yet, we do have similar types of dreams. Certain dream types and dream images recur for many people.
“Although symbolic meanings are highly personal, Jung also acknowledged “relatively fixed” symbols, because without them, the unconscious would lack the structure essential to meaning. The ocean’s depths signify the unconscious; animals represent qualities of instinctual energy; and the stars are associated with the divine, for they let us know that we are part of a great, glorious whole.”
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How will Dreamography work?
We will discuss particular types of dreams on the podcast. We’ll explore each type using the dreams sent in by you, our listeners and readers. Each time we explore a dream type, we’ll also publish our analysis of each dream type, including highlights from the dreams you send us.
All you have to do is send us your dream. This month, we are requesting dreams about Sex.
Dream Type Analysis
Working with Short Dreams and Fragments
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Desirous Dreams: Our Private Erotic Encounters
Erotic dreams are extremely common. We may experience them as pleasurable, exciting and moving,…
Dreams About Pregnancy and Babies: A Jungian Exploration
Dreams about pregnancy and babies symbolize something new taking shape within us, like a creative project, a hidden talent, or a psychological shift that’s quietly developing beneath our awareness. These images express the mysterious tension we sense during periods of growth, change, or potential, drawing our attention inward and challenging our current identity or circumstances. When our symbolic baby finally arrives in the dream, it reveals a hidden part of ourselves that is now ready to enter consciousness, creating both excitement and anxiety about how this new aspect will fit into our lives. Join us to explore how dreams of pregnancy or babies reveal our emergent potential.
What Does Your House Dream Mean?
A house in a dream is not décor; it is Psyche showing her floor plan. Every doorway marks a function, every wall a limit. Treat it as the headline or miss the argument entirely. When the unconscious stages action inside four walls, conscious life must pay rent. Ignore the image and the rest of the dream loses structure. Your job is to walk through, take inventory, and own what you find.
What Does Your Childhood Dream Mean?
Listeners frequently submit dreams they remember from childhood for interpretation. These dreams present a…
What Does Your Wedding Dream Mean?
Dreams about weddings may be among the most memorable of our lives. We slip a packet of tissues into our pockets…
What Does Your Dog Dream Mean?
Dogs pad into our dreams with astonishing regularity. We dream of reunions with beloved childhood pets; but we also…
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…
Symbols
Begin with a symbolic lens Symbolic thinking has many gradations, beginning with the specific meanings of signs: the…
Do Dreams Have Meaning?
For thousands of years people have found dreams significant. They inscribed cuneiform tablets with dreams, interpreted…
Dreams Of God: A Jungian Philosophy of Theophany
When a dream presents God (personally or symbolically), it typically signifies a constellation of the Self, the regulating center and totality of your Psyche. We experience this as other, and it evokes a religious feeling. It often brings a question: “Who is the maker of dreams, what is the status of that superior intelligence, and how does it relate to my religion, ethics, and matter itself?”