Carl Jung

Founder of Jungian psychology.

A pioneering Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. He introduced concepts such as the collective unconscious, archetypes, and synchronicity, which have had a profound impact on psychology, philosophy, and spirituality. Jung's exploration of the human psyche included the study of dreams, myths, and symbols, emphasizing the importance of integrating the shadow self and understanding the deeper aspects of human nature for psychological growth and self-awareness.

Carl Jung Quotes about Dreams

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
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No dream symbol can be separated from the individual who dreams it, and there is no definite or straightforward interpretation of any dream
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I have no theory about dreams. I do not know how dreams arise. On the other hand, I know that if we meditate on a dream sufficiently long and thoroughly — if we take the boat with us and turn it over and over — something almost always comes out of it.
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The 'squaring of the circle' is one of the many archetypal motifs which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies. But it is distinguished by the fact that it is one of the most important of them from the functional point of view. Indeed, it could even be called the archetype of wholeness.
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The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream material that re-establishes, in a subtle way, the total psychic equilibrium.
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