An Introduction To Dreamwork And The Collective Unconscious

by timewheel.net

There’s a common saying among those who study dreams: that the mind is like an iceberg; the conscious (and unconscious) mind being just that which is viewable “above water” while the subconscious mind expands far deeper into the dark recesses of the ocean depths.

When it comes to the realm of human experience, much extends beyond the reach of the conscious mind that rules over our day to day interactions or even the forgotten unconscious mind that ensures our heart and other organs function without us needing to constantly regulate it.

The subconscious realm touted as an impossibly vast structure; an avenue in which we can encounter another more transient side of human experience; is the link through which we can experience the “reality” of dreams. Many believe that dreams offer a very valuable lens of insight and that by studying them, we can begin to dig deeper and glean a far greater knowing of ourselves.

The most well known figure in psychology, Sigmund Freud, asserted the notion of a personal subconscious element of the mind that acted as a storehouse of repressed wishes and forgotten content. Carl Jung, a contemporary of Freud, broke rank from Freud’s ideology and in doing so provided a more expansive classical framework to approaching dream study. One of Jung’s major contribution to psychology and dreamwork was in introducing the notion of a “collective unconscious”. He states:
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