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Archives for November 2009

The Dream Theories of Carl Jung

By Ryan Hurd

Except for Dr Freud, no one has influenced modern dream studies more than Carl Jung. A psychoanalyst based in Zurich, Switzerland, Jung (1875  -1961) was a friend and follower of Freud but soon developed his own ideas about how dreams are formed.  … [Read more...] about The Dream Theories of Carl Jung

Filed Under: Theories of Dreaming Tagged With: archetypal images, Carl Jung, depth psychology, Jung, Jungian dream interpretation, myers-briggs, Philemon, Red Book, uroboros

Contemporary Dream Theories Starting with Freud

By Ryan Hurd

I’ve been brewing this post series for a long time.  Many readers have asked me to review the influential theories of dream formation that are still at work today.   Unfortunately, in our Western culture, where dreaming has long been considered … [Read more...] about Contemporary Dream Theories Starting with Freud

Filed Under: Theories of Dreaming Tagged With: cigar dreams, contemporary dream theories, day residue, Dream & Sleep Research, dream theories, dreamwork, Freudian dream theory, latent content, manifest content, Sigmund Freud

How Dreams of Bereavement Reach Out to Us

By Ryan Hurd

In my last article about dreams of the dead, I gave short shrift to dreams of bereavement, which is a subset of dreams where we are visited by the deceased.  Often, all visitation dreams are interpreted to be grief dreams, despite the wide range of … [Read more...] about How Dreams of Bereavement Reach Out to Us

Filed Under: Visitation Dreams Tagged With: bereavement dreams, dreams of the dead, dreams of the departed, grief dreams, healing dreams, transformative dreams, Visitation Dreams

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