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Valleys and lakes
Identifier
004956
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious – C G Jung
A dream........
He stood on a mountain slope with a deep valley below, and in it a dark lake. He knew in the dream that something had always prevented him from approaching the lake. This time he resolved to go to the water. As he approached the shore, everything grew dark and uncanny and a gust of wind suddenly rushed over the face of the water. He was seized by a panic fear and awoke
This dream shows us the natural symbolism. The dreamer descends into his own depths, and the way leads him to the mysterious water. Man's descent to the water is needed in order to evoke the miracle of its coming to life. But the breath of the spirit rushing over the dark water is uncanny, like everything whose cause we do not know – since it is not ourselves. It hints at an unseen presence.... and a shudder runs through the man who thought that 'spirit' was merely what he believes