So glad you're enjoying Jung! As far as books I read last year, but didn't finish, as I rarely do these days, some include: An Idealist View of Life by Radhakrishnan; C.G. Jung Speaking, Interviews and Encounters; The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine by Scott-Baumann; G.W. Leibniz and Samel Clarke, Correspondence; A History of Philosophy Vol.1 by Frederick Copleston; Schelling's Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel by Peter Dews; Primeval Evil in Kabbalah by Moshe Idel; Religion and Nothingness by Keiji Nishitani; Israelis and Palestinians, From the Cycle of Violence to the Conversation of Mankind by Jonathan Glover; the book of Enoch; and Appearance and Reality by F.H. Bradley. Hope your 2025 is filled with wholness and well-being ✌️

The gnostics ,it seems to me, have a point. Also, Joseph Campbell “ Masks of God” is a must read. And all his lectures are worth a listen. Camille Paglia anyone?

I wonder why the parents originally took the Royal robe off of their child? What loving parent would do that? JBH

I just finished this book some weeks ago, so I was pleasantly surprised to see your video pop up on my homepage. 10:53 I think the ritual part is a really important touch because otherwise, it's possible to keep the dream/active imagination at the cognitive level. And while that's good to understand yourself, it doesn't become "real" until you do anything with it. It's a similar concept to the idea that we all already have an idea of what we need to do, but that doesn’t automatically equal to taking action. Without being translated into action, information is less valuable.

Wow....

Reading through at the moment, I just had to find a relevant video to post how it's spot on with Metal Gear Solid 2 story, especially the ending dialogue. Great insights really.

When was this dream in relation to the previous one where you left in a car after the date? Did you have other dreams between them or did this one come after that one?

Really wanting to develop my understanding of this. Thank you so much!

I came here to listen to you read, not apply a liberal worldview onto the book

Trier is pronounced “TREER”

Ive had two dreams of my anima being pregnant and somewhat self conscious of her belly. I thought she was beautiful and mysterious. It's so awesome to have found your channel!! I also recently had a dream of purple ink on the tops of my barefeet. When i saw my feet i thought of Jesus.. it was strange but rather intriguing. Im trying to meditate on that one.

What can you add to my interpretation, or do you have a totally different take (I'm not an expert of dream interpretation - just trying to learn). Also, feel free to share any similar dreams with themes/your thoughts. I actually forgot to interpret the fact that the angry waiter was blind.

Film Noir vibes

I know I say this often, but really am looking forward to this. I just read an interesting essay by Graham Harman the creator of OOO (Object Oriented Ontology) on Whitehead and Heidegger. And a lot of people have compared Whitheads system to Robert Pirsig, who is one of my all time favorites. So I am curious to see what you have to say about him! (Whitehead)

I eat junk food in my dreams very frequently… I tend to think of it as wish fulfillment but I don’t feel like that is a very satisfying explanation. My take is that indulgence in food is an easy way for the psyche to represent indulgence in general. In my mind I’ve put austerity and asceticism high up on the list of virtues, admittedly to the point of being unbalanced. Your unconscious looks like it’s doing something similar. Even the ideology that the shadow self alludes to when yelling at the pizza guy seems sort of indulgent. The brown haired woman appears free in a way that welcomes indulgence. Not to be flippant but she seems like a funny character😅

Note: I was just at a dream interpretation workshop, and someone said that the fact that I have brown hair, could indicate I need to look at what brown symbolizes. Apparently it might have to do with the Root or Sacral chakra, or like intimacy issues or digestive/colon issues. I don't know, but there are perhaps themes of those with the flirtation/romantic connection that doesn't end up happening and the content of the pizza. Thoughts? The leader of the group says that brown indicates something about practicality (maybe being too practical or needing to be practical). I really thought it might indicate a past life because I always have blonde hair in my dreams otherwise, and also, there was a weird disconnect with the consciousness, like my conscious had a kind of duality - partly within the brown-haired woman but also as an observer (outside of her). P.S. I don't ever eat pizza IRL, but I want to. lol.

I’m glad you brought up the idea of dreams as spirit guides. In my personal philosophy I like to think that Jung’s individuation and Steiner’s evolution of consciousness perfectly compatible ideas. When I was younger I had much more vivid and complex dreams, or it appeared so. If your dreams have followed a similar pattern it may be because your self, ego, personality, etc are more solidified. It does become quite subjective when you enter this territory though!

Update: Fall Break is now over. I graded some papers over the week, but not all I needed to. I worked on Latin for one day (Sat.) and prepped for class (Sun.). But I mostly had a really relaxed, good, but psychologically intense week because of what I was reading. No regrets though. Hope it was a good week for all of you! The Gene Keys is awesome! I didn't read any Jung. Also, I found out the I Ching uses yarrow sticks.

I have 2 full editions of The Family Idiot...an extremely underrated text

Have you read this book? What do you think of it? What do you want to hear more about?

Tell me something about Jungian Dream Interpretation that I should know or recommend a book to me:

The process could be spherical symmetry forming and breaking! Entropy with the potential for greater symmetry.

My son and I are both hexagram 64. Pretty wild/spot on.

If you want to see your free profile, go to www.genekeys.com. Tell me what your most interesting gifts, essences, or shadows are. My most interesting shadows are Fantasy, Dissatisfaction, and Exhaustion. My most interesting essences are Bliss, Innocence, and Emanation. Let's share!

That critical dictionary looks pretty cool!