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Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey - Inner City Books

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80 Dream On<br />

<strong>the</strong> point; <strong>the</strong> dream may be commenting on a significant aspect of<br />

our relationship.<br />

In ei<strong>the</strong>r case, <strong>the</strong> image of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r person derives from my<br />

own psychology. But whe<strong>the</strong>r a subjective or objective approach is<br />

more valid, or some balance in between, has to be determined from<br />

<strong>the</strong> context of <strong>the</strong> dream and <strong>the</strong> personal associations. That is <strong>the</strong><br />

work of analysis.<br />

Dreams invariably have more than one meaning. Ten analysts<br />

can look at a dream and come up with ten different interpretations,<br />

depending on <strong>the</strong>ir typology and <strong>the</strong>ir own complexes. That is why<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is no valid interpretation without dialogue, and why <strong>the</strong><br />

dreamer must have <strong>the</strong> final say. What “clicks” <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> dreamer is<br />

“right”—but only <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> moment, because subsequent events and<br />

later dreams often throw new light on previous interpretations.

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