Carl Jung believed dreams are of vital importance to our mental and physical health. The interpretation of dreams was an integral part of Jung's therapeutic approach. According to his own estimate, he analyzed no less than 80,000 dreams. Psychological development is facilitated by bringing unconscious contents into the light of consciousness.
“We also live in our dreams, we do not live only by day. Sometimes we accomplish our greatest deeds in dreams.” Carl Jung, The Red Book Are dreams the product of random brain activity, or a side effect of the mind consolidating its memories? Are they, as Sigmund Freud suggested, the expression of repressed wishes […]
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Carl Jung and the Psychology of Dreams – Messages from the Unconscious first appeared on
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