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Old Jul 08, 2013, 10:13 PM
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I just have time to look at the first dream right now, but it's interesting. My therapist has a Jungian orientation.

Are you male? You may know that Jung spoke of the anima, the woman within, as being the guide toward the Self, the totality of the psyche from a centered perspective. I think of that when the dream character says she was the bridge to carry you. You arrive at the center of a circular tower which has some resemblance to Jung's first dream of encountering the Self as a circular pool. The rawness of the untamed psyche can seem threatening, as the wolf is threatening, but when you insist you are unafraid and have the rights to enter, the wolf is transformed. Like you are taking your rightful place in the center. My own therapist likes the metaphor of "The Return Of The King" in Tolkien--when the psyche has been dominated by destructive complexes, there is eventually, hopefully, a return of control to the rightful center.

Mike