At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud declared that dream analysis was the royal road to the unconscious. Over a hundred years later, despite extensive research into the process of sleep and dreams, as well as the experience of countless thousands of people who have been helped by engaging in the process of […]
This is the final part in the series of postings examining the Wisdom of the Dream conference put on by the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston this past fall. The discussions of the other speakers and presenters in this series can be found by clicking these links: William Ventimiglia, Robert Stickgold, Erik Goodwyn, Jill Fischer, […]
In this post I continue my look at the Wisdom of the Dream conference put on by the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston. To read the previous posts in this series just click on the following links: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In this fourth part I will discuss the experiential dream group […]
In the first part of this series on the Wisdom of the Dream conference put on by the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, I presented Jungian Analyst William Ventimiglia’s talk, “Dreams: The Unconscious Has A Voice.” In part two, I looked at Robert Stickgold’s talk titled, “Sleep, Memory, and Dreams: What Does It All Mean?” […]
In the first part of this series reviewing the Wisdom of the Dream conference put on by the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, I presented the main details of the talk given by Jungian Analyst William Ventimiglia on Jungian dream interpretation. In this second part, I will be looking at the presentation given by Robert […]
A Serpentine Journey Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a conference put on by the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston and held at Brandeis University called The Wisdom of the Dream. This conference brought together a diverse group of presenters to examine dreams from a variety of perspectives with the stated goal to “enrich […]
Recently, a client with whom I have been working for quite some time, asked me why she was having such trouble understanding the meaning of dreams that she attempted to work on by herself. In our sessions together, we often worked with her dreams and she found the experience illuminating and helpful. She had a […]
The Undiscovered Self In 1957, Carl Jung wrote an essay titled The Undiscovered Self which addresses “the plight of the individual in modern society.” It is a powerful and important work that, in many ways, incorporates and outlines many of the main insights of his whole life’s work. The heart of Jung’s thesis is that the […]
The Unlived Life of the Parents One of the most potent forces upon the psyche of the individual, according to C.G. Jung, is the unlived life of one’s parents. By this he means the potentials of the parents that have remained unrealized and the personal qualities that have never been developed or expressed. Jung, however, […]
Jungian Psychology and Dreams This month I find myself thinking about the meaning and purpose of dreams a lot. Apparently, I find myself in good company as many of July’s blogs from the field of Jungian Psychology took the dream as their focus. Jung had enormous respect for dreams. He was wary of using a […]