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Shadow Under Archetypes

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Gives gender-specific: Depending on whether the dreamer is masculine or feminine, a wild woman will represent the anima or the shadow. Also consult the entries for animals, flowers, tame and...

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The archetypes listed here are just a few of the many ancient patterns that exist in human consciousness and manifest as symbolic figures, played by yourself or someone else, in...

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According to Jung, the shadow is the repressed or unacceptable part of your own personality, so if a shadow or shadowy figure appears in your dream, this represents an aspect...

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Vision: Seeing your own shadow: detach from negative friends—troubles and grief are at your door. Sitting in the shade: be careful—someone is about to cheat you. Seeing the shadows of...

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Example: A shadow thing came very quickly up the stairs, along our corridor and into the bed­room, over to the bed to bend over me. I felt fear as I...

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Putting on eye shadow accentuates the eyes with color. Eye shadow may mention that you would like to be noticed. Specifically, it may suggest that you wish your eyes were...

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Feeling ‘put in the shade’; feelings still overshadowing one from past experiences or relationships; feeling inferior, protection; occasionally a sense of the dead or fear of the unknown. Idioms: afraid...

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The shadow is one of the most powerful elements of depth psychology and dream work. It relates to the parts of your psyche that you wish weren’t so, prefer to...

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Who's in Your Dreams: Jungian Archetypes and Other People Introduction: Our dreams tend to be very self-centered; they are almost always about us. So, when we dream of other people,...

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If some celebrity or famous person appears in your dream, they may be there to express something about you or someone close to you.According to Freudians, such dreams are pure...

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The zodiac is a system of archetypes that together describe the human experience as a function of twelve different styles or sensibilities. While not everyone believes in the validity of...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: In order to disentangle the various types of ‘information’ that each character brings to the dreamer, it is often necessary to decide what or who each...

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Water is such a life giving force that it symbolizes the flow of life energy itself.It is a rather mysterious substance, given that it has the ability to flow through,...

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[DREAM IMAGES: DOUBLE AGENT; PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR; SHERLOCK HOLMES; SLEUTH; SNOOP; SPY ETC.]Positive characteristics of the detective include the ability to seek out knowledge and information that supports solving crimes and...

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Dreams of an enemy represent your shadow and an opportunity for -integration and empowerment, and realization.If you inquire into the qualities that this person represents (i.e., stubbornness, deceitfulness, selfishness, insensitivity,...

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Dreams of an actor or actress represent the archetypes you embody, or the roles you play in life.If you dream of an actor/actress that you admire, then this dream is...

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The generic beast of the dream world is expressing the more animalistic aspect of the human condition. Since a specific Earth-dwelling animal will carry with it the meaning associated with...

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Something new is announced.The image can also point to the shadow (the stranger within), rejected or unknown characteristics in yourself that you don’t want to see.See Shadow.

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Material aspects: Dream images connected with television drama series and ‘soaps’ where we are able to follow a story are much to do with our ability to recognize archetypes that...

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Well-known symbol for our shadow, where a shadow depicts something invisible. Fear of people, emotions, thoughts, actions, and situations we don’t understand, since they are in the dark. Ambiguous premonition;...

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Dreams of shade signify that you are connecting with your shadow, your inner mystery, and aspects of yourself that are edgy, shady and socially unacceptable. This dream is attempting to...

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Dreaming about devils and demons is usually very frightening and you may awake from fear.The devil does not generally represent something outside of yourself. It usually symbolizes the most negative...

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Dreams of a dungeon symbolize your unexplored subconscious, shadow side, unintegrated aspects of your consciousness. There is a great deal of unintegrated power, wisdom and talent that you have yet...

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Dreams of anything dark symbolize shadow aspects of yourself that want to be integrated into the light of your being. Anything dark can also represents a personal challenge, the mystery...

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Dreams of a voyage signify that you are taking an excursion into the waters of your unconscious, uncharted, sacred, sexual, mysterious, intuitive feminine and mystical nature. This may be an...

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[DREAM IMAGES: INVENTOR; MAGICIAN; SCIENTIST; WIZARD ETC.]The alchemist, wizard and magician are capable of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Whereas a wizard is associated with magical powers, the magician...

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Dreams of something haunted represent your shadow and fear based negative thoughts that are eating at you and feeding off your fear.If you’ve done something in the past of which...

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Dreams of an ugly person or object signifies that you are grappling you’re your shadow. This dream is helping you to come to terms with and embrace all aspects of...

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General Meaning: A picture of the Holy Spirit and His ability to protect us and do warfare on our behalf.Dreams Positive:There are so many positive connotations for the eagle, that...

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Material aspects: A threat to our security or way of life can translate itself in dreams to an image of a threatening situation or environment.The shadow – that part of...

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If you feel empowered by this dream, then a witch signifies your irreverent power and ability to create magic in your life.If you feel weakened or scared by this dream,...

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1- Most people have a rather antiquated idea of the sailor.It is this image that usually appears in dreams. He represents freedom, both of movement and of spirit, and is...

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Dreams of Halloween signify that you are embracing and bringing awareness to the different masks you wear and to the social roles you play. This powerful dream is about embracing...

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(1) A wilderness may symbolize your shadow - that is, the parts of you that consciousness has not yet reached (for shadow).(2) Going into the wildemess / outback / bush...

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See God; the self under archetypes.

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Symbols are the language of the subconscious mind, and both Tarot and dreams speak to us in exactly the same way, in the language of symbols. Some dream experts believe...

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See sirens in archetypes in the introduction

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This is a strong image that is ultimately archetypal in nature, but is often difficult to get a grasp on because of the enormous emotional content often associated with it.The...

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While the notion of archetypes is at least as old as Plato, it is most familiar to the modern world through the work of Carl Jung, the prominent Swiss psychotherapist....

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[DREAM IMAGES: APPRENTICE; DEVOTEE; DISCIPLE; FOLLOWER; PUPIL]The student archetype suggests an open mind and the ability to absorb new information as an essential part of one’s well-being. The shadow student...

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Dreams of a skeleton signify your feelings about death, impermanence, and your shadow. This dream could be giving you the message to embrace feelings or aspects of yourself you have...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The number of sides a shape has will be significant, as will the colours. Considerable symbology has grown up around shape. You might also like to...

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See archetypes in the introduction, monk, nun and people

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[DREAM IMAGES: ARBITRATOR; CRITIC; EXAMINER; MEDIATOR]One need not be an attorney, judge, or critic by profession to identify with this archetype; it can appear in your dreams if you are,...

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See archetypes in the introduction, hero / heroine and people

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Father, the self; what we have leamt from our active experience.See the self under archetypes; example in cliff.

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Dreams of Hell are venting dreams of your greatest fears and most disassociated shadow figures.A terrifying dream such as this is a golden opportunity for you to embrace your shadow,...

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(1) If in your dream you have a friend or companion of the same sex as vourself, he or she may svmbolize your alter ego or shadow, which consists of...

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Self giving—this can be a very positive action, or a son of self punishment out of guilt; place of death, but also of rebinh.See archetypes.

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Also consult the entries for mystic and caring professions in people as well as the information on priestess in archetypes in the introduction.

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Being in contact with instinctive or feeling reac­tions in self; the Self.See farmer within this entry; Christ under archetypes.

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The horse in a dream represents the energy at our disposal.A white horse depicts our spiritual awareness, a brown one the more pragmatic and down-to-earth side, while a black horse...

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If you dream of being stocked, then you are venting out feelings of victimhood and are running from your shadow. Your dream is giving you the message to face and...

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Consult the entry for hunt / hunting / huntsman as well as the information on archetypes in the introduction for further clarification.

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The creative but practical part of us; the side of us which tends to create with old ideas and attitudes (the wood) but which perhaps is not very radical; sometimes...

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Universal Landscape: Pervasive underbelly of Shadow.Dreaming Lens: Where were the rats in your dream? Was there just one or was there an infestation? Were you frightened of them? Were they...

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This is the spiritually irresponsible part of our nature. We have not yet put ourselves on the correct spiritual path and need to do so. Consult the entries for chaos...

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The approach of our individual self to the sense of wholeness, the communal whole or collective mind, or to the Christ.See Christ under archetypes.

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