Since our inception, humanity has looked to dreams for guidance. Butwhat are they? How can we understand them? And how can we use them toshape our lives? There is perhaps no one more equipped to answer these questions than thelegendary psychologist Carl G. Jung. It is in his life’s work that theunconscious mind comes to be understood as an expansive, rich world justas vital and true a part of the mind as the conscious, and it is in ourdreams—those personal, integral expressions of our deepest selves—thatit communicates itself to us. A seminal text written explicitly for the general reader, Man and His Symbols is a guide to understanding our dreams and interrogating themany facets of identity—our egos and our shadows, “the dark side of ournatures. ” Full of fascinating case studies and examples pulled fromphilosophy, history, myth, fairy tales, and more, this groundbreakingwork—profusely illustrated with hundreds of visual examples—offers invaluable insight into the symbols we dream that demand understanding, why we seek meaning at all, and how these very symbols affect our lives. Armed with the knowledge of the self and our shadow, we may buildfuller, more receptive lives. By illuminating the means to examine our prejudices, interpretpsychological meanings, break free of our infl(más...)
