Heroes and archetypes

The idea of being a hero is based on an archetype - a way of seeing yourself in a dream experience. Many people dream at one time or another of doing something heroic. We all know what a heroic action is by a sort of mystic human understanding of goodness and sacrifice. This mystic understanding is an archetype - the event of being a hero is an archetype experience.

There are many archetypes in life. The philosopher Carl Jung formulated these archetypes out of his studies of human beings and mythologies around the world. In many ethnic and religious backgrounds, there are myths that embody the ultimate version of various archetype experiences. An example of a hero myth may be Hercules or Sinbad. We are prone to see ourselves as archetypal figures - which may be heroic, tragic, romantic, mythical and so on - at transition points in our lives.

Change brings about anxiety and self-reflection. Going from education to joining the work force, singledom to marriage, or childless to parent are some archetypal transitions. Ask yourself what changes are going on in your waking life and the roles you are playing during those changes.

See also Rescued

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(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Heroes and archetypes, Meaning of Dreams about Heroes and archetypes, Dream Interpretation Heroes and archetypes)

Angels

Jacob wrestled the angel, and the angel was overcome.

- Bono, U2, Rattle and Hum

The word 'angel' literally means 'messenger.' Often, delivery of a particular message in the dream is the role filled by these beings. As the needs arise, they may provide additional help to the dreamer beyond simply delivering information. Since so many religions and contemporary worldviews have made room for angels in their understanding of the universe, this topic needs to be broken down a little more.

The philosopher Carl Jung had room in his worldview for 'spirit guides'. These were apparitions that shared both knowledge and insight. This insight came as dialogue. Consequently, the Jungian angel was something of a spiritual mentor.

Religious angels have usually served more as ambassadors. They come with specific information, but not much dialogue. They are dispatched for specific purposes. Revelation, not dialogue, is the mission of the angel in this context.

Beginning with popular literature of the 1970s, angels have become more involved with tangible needs of this world. Tyres are repaired, oncoming traffic is diverted, and rickety homes are preserved from the weather by angels. This seems to be a reflection on the growing interest in finding a reliable help in a malevolent world.

Angels have also become, in a sense, the sort of instant wish-granter. Some people dream of angels helping them in this way. In this sort of case, you may be turning toward an actual friend in real life to give you something.

Many angels in dreams represent help from an unknown and unseeable origin to survive a difficult situation. You are turning out into the unknown, expecting help from beyond your actual means. This could be called 'wish-projection.'

Finally, the angel may be what the name implies: a message.

To discern which type of angel you have in your dreams requires some energy. Does your worldview include the possibility of such beings? If not, your angel may be wish-projection.

Did your angel speak or act mysteriously? If the angel spoke, what was the content? If the angel merely acted, what was the nature of the action?

What area of your life seems to need a special solution that exceeds your resources? Do you feel emotionally unsupported in one of your personal quests or spiritual struggles?

See also Death and Magical powers

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(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Angels, Meaning of Dreams about Angels, Dream Interpretation Angels)

Angels

Jacob wrestled the angel, and the angel was overcome.

- Bono, U2, Rattle and Hum

The word 'angel' literally means 'messenger.' Often, delivery of a particular message in the dream is the role filled by these beings. As the needs arise, they may provide additional help to the dreamer beyond simply delivering information. Since so many religions and contemporary worldviews have made room for angels in their understanding of the universe, this topic needs to be broken down a little more.

The philosopher Carl Jung had room in his worldview for 'spirit guides'. These were apparitions that shared both knowledge and insight. This insight came as dialogue. Consequently, the Jungian angel was something of a spiritual mentor.

Religious angels have usually served more as ambassadors. They come with specific information, but not much dialogue. They are dispatched for specific purposes. Revelation, not dialogue, is the mission of the angel in this context.

Beginning with popular literature of the 1970s, angels have become more involved with tangible needs of this world. Tyres are repaired, oncoming traffic is diverted, and rickety homes are preserved from the weather by angels. This seems to be a reflection on the growing interest in finding a reliable help in a malevolent world.

Angels have also become, in a sense, the sort of instant wish-granter. Some people dream of angels helping them in this way. In this sort of case, you may be turning toward an actual friend in real life to give you something.

Many angels in dreams represent help from an unknown and unseeable origin to survive a difficult situation. You are turning out into the unknown, expecting help from beyond your actual means. This could be called 'wish-projection.'

Finally, the angel may be what the name implies: a message.

To discern which type of angel you have in your dreams requires some energy. Does your worldview include the possibility of such beings? If not, your angel may be wish-projection.

Did your angel speak or act mysteriously? If the angel spoke, what was the content? If the angel merely acted, what was the nature of the action?

What area of your life seems to need a special solution that exceeds your resources? Do you feel emotionally unsupported in one of your personal quests or spiritual struggles?

See also Death and Magical powers

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(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Angels, Meaning of Dreams about Angels, Dream Interpretation Angels)

Pregnancy

Pregnancy has two points of entry into our dream lives. The first is dreaming of oneself as being pregnant. The second is that you actually become pregnant in waking life and that trigger event creates this particular dream content.

In dreams, anyone can get pregnant. It is not an experience that is limited by gender or age. Generally, it is a herald of creativity, virility, or wealth. However, there are numerous underlying themes that need additional interpretation.

If you are a younger woman who dreams of getting pregnant, but has no waking intention of doing so, it is likely that you are working through an archetypal transition into a new self-awareness. One of Jung's archetypes is the archetype of parenting or preserving the species. To see oneself engaged in such activity is to grow from being a child to identifying more prominently with adults.

If you are sexually active, but without the intention for pregnancy, your dreams of pregnancy may occur in harmony with your monthly cycle. In these dreams, there may be a certain amount of "what-if" anxiety that needs resolution.

A man who dreams of being pregnant himself is often in a situation where his virility or creative participation in the world is in question. This occurs most among men who see themselves as less creative than they would like to be. The dream serves as a form of compensation to illuminate the more creative facets of their personality. Men who are pregnant do not give birth exclusively to children, but a wide range of objects that somehow support their mission in the world.

Becoming pregnant in waking life can conjure a huge variety of dream events. These range from the violent to the hilarious and almost everything in between. Since pregnancy conjures a wide variety of feelings in waking life, from euphoria to tremendous anxiety, this is not too surprising.

Other dreams that are prevalent during pregnancy include dreams of marital infidelity, death of the partner, chronic health problems, birth defects in the child, losing the pregnancy through accident or miscarriage, having twins or multiples, and dreams of heightened fertility where additional conceptions and gestations occur frequently or despite prevention.

Infidelity and death of the partner dreams often are played out in response to feelings of insecurity due to appearance changes or changes in sexual relationships during pregnancy.

Dreams of chronic health problems and birth defects represent negative wish-fulfilment anxiety on the part of the woman.

Dreams of multiple-order birth and repeated gestation are the most complex dreams. Often, pregnancy is overwhelming at some level for the woman. These feelings most often stem from fear to adequately mother. The onslaught of pregnancies may be a visual representation of this anxiety.

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(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Pregnancy, Meaning of Dreams about Pregnancy, Dream Interpretation Pregnancy)

Pregnancy

Pregnancy has two points of entry into our dream lives. The first is dreaming of oneself as being pregnant. The second is that you actually become pregnant in waking life and that trigger event creates this particular dream content.

In dreams, anyone can get pregnant. It is not an experience that is limited by gender or age. Generally, it is a herald of creativity, virility, or wealth. However, there are numerous underlying themes that need additional interpretation.

If you are a younger woman who dreams of getting pregnant, but has no waking intention of doing so, it is likely that you are working through an archetypal transition into a new self-awareness. One of Jung's archetypes is the archetype of parenting or preserving the species. To see oneself engaged in such activity is to grow from being a child to identifying more prominently with adults.

If you are sexually active, but without the intention for pregnancy, your dreams of pregnancy may occur in harmony with your monthly cycle. In these dreams, there may be a certain amount of "what-if" anxiety that needs resolution.

A man who dreams of being pregnant himself is often in a situation where his virility or creative participation in the world is in question. This occurs most among men who see themselves as less creative than they would like to be. The dream serves as a form of compensation to illuminate the more creative facets of their personality. Men who are pregnant do not give birth exclusively to children, but a wide range of objects that somehow support their mission in the world.

Becoming pregnant in waking life can conjure a huge variety of dream events. These range from the violent to the hilarious and almost everything in between. Since pregnancy conjures a wide variety of feelings in waking life, from euphoria to tremendous anxiety, this is not too surprising.

Other dreams that are prevalent during pregnancy include dreams of marital infidelity, death of the partner, chronic health problems, birth defects in the child, losing the pregnancy through accident or miscarriage, having twins or multiples, and dreams of heightened fertility where additional conceptions and gestations occur frequently or despite prevention.

Infidelity and death of the partner dreams often are played out in response to feelings of insecurity due to appearance changes or changes in sexual relationships during pregnancy.

Dreams of chronic health problems and birth defects represent negative wish-fulfilment anxiety on the part of the woman.

Dreams of multiple-order birth and repeated gestation are the most complex dreams. Often, pregnancy is overwhelming at some level for the woman. These feelings most often stem from fear to adequately mother. The onslaught of pregnancies may be a visual representation of this anxiety.

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(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Pregnancy, Meaning of Dreams about Pregnancy, Dream Interpretation Pregnancy)

Jungian dream interpretation: Jungian mode of dreamwork. According to its theory, the discovery and understanding of previously obscure elements of one's unconscious can release new energy into one's life.

(See also: Jungian dream interpretation, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Scientific skeptics such as Robert Todd Carroll, author of The Skeptic's Dictionary, have presented several potential problems with the MBTI. The foremost issue is that the way the MBTI is designed makes it difficult to validate any of the claims it makes about types using scientific methods. Carroll says, "no matter what your preferences, your behavior will still sometimes indicate contrasting behavior. Thus, no behavior can ever be used to ...

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Historical development, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The preferences, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Type dynamics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The type table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Descriptions of the function-attitudes, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Cognitive function dynamics in each type, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Introverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Extroverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Function table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Controversy surrounding the cognitive functions, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Temperament, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the test scoring and psychometrics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Statistical studies, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Ethics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Skeptical view

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In each type, all four of the cognitive, or mental functions, which are sensing, intuition, thinking and feeling, are present and arranged in a different order. The type acronym is used as a quick way to figure out this order, which is slightly different in introverts and extroverts. An important point to remember is that the first and last letter of the type are used as guides to figure out the order of the middle two letters, which are the main priority. The chart below this section has the dynamics worked o ...

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Historical development, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The preferences, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Type dynamics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The type table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Descriptions of the function-attitudes, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Cognitive function dynamics in each type, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Introverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Extroverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Function table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Controversy surrounding the cognitive functions, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Temperament, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the test scoring and psychometrics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Statistical studies, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Ethics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Skeptical view

Read more here: » Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia II - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Cognitive function dynamics in each type

Rank came to Freud's Wednesday discussion circle from a non-medical background. From 1906 he became secretary of the emerging Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. Freud described him as "a pleasant, intelligent youngster ... qualified in mechanical engineering ... studying Latin and Greek for admission to university... I expect a good deal of him once he has got himself an education" (letter to Jung, 5th March 1908). Rank obtained a PhD in 1912. Rank was one of Freud's six close collaborators who were brought together in a secret "co ...

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Otto Rank, Otto Rank - In the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, Otto Rank - Post-Vienna Life and Work, Otto Rank - Influence, Otto Rank - Major publications

Read more here: » Otto Rank: Encyclopedia II - Otto Rank - In the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society

Hillman’s archetypal psychology is inspired by and heavily indebted to Jung’s analytical psychology (and to an extent Freud’s psychoanalysis), yet at the same time is a radical departure from it. Whereas Jung’s psychology focused on the Self, its dynamics and its constellations (ego, anima, animus, shadow), Hillman’s archetypal psychology relativizes and deliteralizes the ego and focuses on the psyche, or soul, itself and the archai, the deepest patterns of psychic functioning, “the fundamental fantasies that animat ...

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James Hillman, James Hillman - Brief Biography, James Hillman - Archetypal Psychology, James Hillman - Influences, James Hillman - Psyche or Soul, James Hillman - Dream Analysis, James Hillman - The Soul's Code, James Hillman - Select Bibliography

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Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he grew up. He graduated from Harvard University, receiving a BA in 1926 and an MA in 1927. In his early twenties he published his first work. He moved to New York, taking a job with the H. W. Wilson company as an editor of the Wilson Library Bulletin. At this time he also began a collaborative work with Howard Haycraft on four important biographical dictionaries of English and American authors. His first book of poems, Intellectual Things (1930) was barely recognized, and Kunitz did ...

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Stanley Kunitz, Stanley Kunitz - Life, Stanley Kunitz - Career, Stanley Kunitz - Bibliography

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The indicator differs from standardized tests and others measuring traits, such as intelligence, instead identifying preferred types. While types and traits are both inborn, traits can be improved akin to skills, whereas types, if supported by a healthy environment, naturally differentiate over time. The indicator attempts to tell the order in which this occurs in each person, and it is that information, combined with interviews done with others who have indicated having the same preferences, that the complete descriptions are based on. The ...

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Historical development, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The preferences, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Type dynamics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The type table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Descriptions of the function-attitudes, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Cognitive function dynamics in each type, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Introverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Extroverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Function table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Controversy surrounding the cognitive functions, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Temperament, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the test scoring and psychometrics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Statistical studies, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Ethics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Skeptical view

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Hippocrates, a Greek philosopher who lived from 460-377 B.C., proposed four humours in his writings. These were blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. In 1978, David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates reintroduced temperament theory in modern form and identified them as Guardian (SJ temperament), Artisan (SP), Idealist (NF), and Rationalist (NT). After developing modern temperament theory, Keirsey discovered the MBTI, and found that by combining intuition with the judging functions, NT and NF, and sensing with the perceiving functions, SJ and SP, ...

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Historical development, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the indicator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The preferences, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Type dynamics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The type table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Descriptions of the function-attitudes, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Cognitive function dynamics in each type, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Introverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Extroverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Function table, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Controversy surrounding the cognitive functions, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Temperament, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - About the test scoring and psychometrics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Statistical studies, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Ethics, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Skeptical view

Read more here: » Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia II - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Temperament

Four Dream Symbols:

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

Related pages: Dream Symbols, Dream Interpretation, Dream Symbol Four, Dream Dictionary Four, Meaning of dreams about Four, Dream Interpretation Four, Dream Analysis Four, Dreaming of Four

Four, Wholeness, Jung, Jungian, Consciousness, Thinking, Feeling, Intuitiveness, Sensation, Four functions of consciousness, Four corners of the earth

Personal & Collective Unconscious

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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Personal & Collective Unconscious, Personal Unconscious, Collective Unconscious, Jung, Jungian

Fish

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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Flying Dream Symbols:

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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Flying, Out of body experience, Inner planes, Astral planes, Edgar Cayce, Astral travel, Soul travel, Lucid dreaming, Carl Jung, Jung, Jungian, Break free of restrictions, Limitations, Alfred Adler, Superiority, Desire to dominate, Libido, Freud, Sexual desires, Spiritual experience

House Dreams Dream Symbols:

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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House Dreams, Houses, Symbol of yourself, Self-image, Rooms, Room, Attitudes, Complexes, Parental home, Home, Childhood home, Childhood, Feelings, Collective unconscious, Jung, Jungian, Basement, Hidden spaces, New rooms, New spaces

Dragons and Serpents

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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Dragons, Serpents, Snake, Snakes, Serpent, Dragon guarding a treasure, Dragon, Treasure, Abraxas, Jung, Freud, True self, Cave, Individuation process, Conscious ego, Dragon-slayer, St George, Mother, Generative power, Nature, Womb, Pregnant

Conflict - Fighting

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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Frog

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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Numbers Dream Symbols

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

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