31. Carl Jung on The Significance of Dreams Unpacking Ideas

In this episode we unpack several essays from Swiss psychologist Carl Jung's Collected Works on Dreams.

These Essays Explore...


The Differences between Freudian and Jungian Dream Interpretation
Why Common Symbols and Themes Show up in our Dreams
The Benefits of Making Dream Material Conscious

Links to Reading & Articles mentioned

Dreams (excepts from collected works) by Carl Jung

Memories, Dreams, and Reflections by Carl Jung

Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!

Host: Zach Stehura  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UnpackingIdeas.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Aiden Moore ⁠*For one-on-one dream interpretation sessions with Aiden visit AidenMoore.com

Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Polyenso⁠⁠⁠



Time Stamps

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:19 Differences Between Freudian & Jungian Dream Interpretation

00:05:09 Beginner's Mind

00:08:14 Assimilation vs. Accommodation

00:12:30 Taking up the Context of the Dream

00:19:45 The Dream as Repressed Wish-Fulfillment

00:24:11 The Language of the Unconscious

00:29:47 Causal vs. Final Explanations of Dreams

00:35:05 Compensatory Dreams

00:37:31 Prospective Dreams

00:41:39 Little Dreams vs. Big Dreams

00:44:07 Archetypes/The Collective Unconscious 

00:49:07 The Objective vs. Subjective Interpretation of Dreams

00:55:30 Practical Application to Dream Interpretation

00:56:56 The "Punny" Character of Dream Images

01:00:12 Resisting the "Correct" Interpretation of a Dream

01:03:43 Slowing Integrating Unconscious Material

01:06:03 Repressed Material Will Follow You Until You Face It

01:08:46 The Empathy & Tact needed to Interpret Dreams

01:10:26 Resisting the "Correct" Interpretation of a Dream

01:13:38 The Consequences of Ignoring Recurring Dreams

01:18:10 Wrapping Up/Outro