Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious.
Carl JungRead
Between the dreams of night and day there is not so great a difference.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Dreams blur the line between our waking life and our subconscious, suggesting that both realms hold significant truth.
Carl Jung's quote highlights the thin barrier that exists between our dreams and our conscious thoughts. It suggests that the insights we gain from our dreams are as valuable as those we experience while awake, inviting us to pay attention to the messages our subconscious mind communicates through the dream state.
Themes
DreamsSubconsciousConsciousnessSelf-DiscoveryInsight
In practice
Example use cases
During a psychology lecture, one might reference Jung's quote to illustrate the importance of dreams in understanding human behavior.
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I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.
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