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This captivating documentary explores the dream world through the insights of renowned Jungian psychoanalyst Marie-Louise von Franz. Directed by Fraser Boa, the film features street interviews with ordinary men and women recounting their dreams, which von Franz then interprets as she would in a private analytical session. The documentary serves as a comprehensive introduction to the art and science of dream analysis for a general audience, covering topics such as dreams of men and women, the personal and relational insights dreams offer, their historical significance, and dreams about death and dying.
Marie-Louise von Franz emphasizes the profound role of dreams in guiding us toward personal meaning and destiny, stating, “Dreams show us how to find meaning in our lives, how to fulfill our destiny, and realize the greater potential of life within us.” The documentary also features the acclaimed Jungian analyst Marion Woodman, further enriching this exploration of the unconscious mind.
This film offers a compelling look at the ways dreams can illuminate our inner lives and help us navigate the complexities of being human.
I highly recommend establishing a daily connection with the dream world by maintaining a dream journal, reflecting on your dreams, and exploring the rich insights they offer. In my experience, dreams are not random; they are creative and intentional expressions from our inner center, which lovingly guides us—even through challenging or unsettling dreams. By engaging with them regularly, we allow ourselves to deepen our understanding of the unconscious and align more closely with the wisdom it provides.
I strive to mediate the profound light that Jung himself brought forth through his work and life. It is part of my life’s purpose. In many ways, we modern humans have lost touch with the core of our being—our psyche, our soul. Jung guides us back to that source in a way uniquely suited to our modern consciousness. Through his teachings, I have found the most meaningful path toward realizing my own potential for wholeness, joy, maturity, and creativity.
Jung mapped the inner world with remarkable clarity, revealing where our psyche and civilization stand and what is necessary for our individual and collective growth. With his guidance, I hope we can keep our inner flames burning in the midst of the darkness that surrounds and inhabits us, thus promoting in our world and selves – health, courage, and reflection.
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0:00:00 Introduction to unconscious: Discussion on psychology and understanding the unconscious.
0:25:00 Dreams and symbols: Early dreams and their role in accessing the unconscious.
0:55:00 Jung’s contributions: Reflections on Jung’s work, particularly the anima.
1:10:00 Integration of dreams: How integrating dreams impacts personal growth.
1:35:00 Depth psychology insights: Focus on the shadow in personal and collective development.
2:00:00 Anima and animus dynamics: How these dynamics play out in relationships.
2:20:00 The collective unconscious: Shared cultural symbols and their impact.
2:50:00 Unconscious communication: How the unconscious connects personal and collective realms.
3:15:00 Transformation through dreams: How dreams bring transformation by revealing the unconscious.
3:40:00 Archetypes and personal growth: How archetypes shape self-awareness and growth.
4:00:00 Encountering the shadow: Importance of facing shadow aspects for personal development.
4:30:00 Jung’s therapeutic approach: Jung’s methods and balancing conscious with unconscious.
4:55:00 The hero’s journey: Exploring the hero’s journey in myth and personal growth.
5:15:00 The role of myth in therapy: Myths as guides in navigating life’s challenges.
5:40:00 Depths of the unconscious: Understanding deeper unconscious layers in growth.
6:00:00 Shadow projection: Projecting personal darkness onto others.
6:25:00 Spiritual integration: The role of spirituality in Jung’s individuation process.
6:50:00 The feminine archetype: Exploring feminine archetypes in the psyche.
7:10:00 Unconscious symbols in culture: How culture reflects unconscious symbols.
7:30:00 Anima as a guide: The anima as a guide through psychological growth.
7:55:00 Collective shadows in society: The collective shadow’s effect on society.
8:15:00 Overcoming resistance: Facing inner fears to overcome resistance to change.
8:45:00 Archetypal energy in therapy: Using archetypal energy for meaning and direction.
9:10:00 The integration process: The process of integrating the shadow into consciousness.
9:30:00 The power of self-knowledge: The transformative power of self-knowledge.
9:50:00 Necessary integrating: The need to integrate dark aspects for holistic growth.
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So glad you posted this. Von Franz is a powerhouse and carried on Jung's thought magnificently. She's no fluff or filler, profound thinker and clear communicator. I have CDs in my car that are Von Franz lectures of mortality.
Dreams are also an excellent source of poetic (and creative) exploration. There's an active imagination component to writing poetry, writing from a "poetic dream state." I've a video on my channel about Jung, dreams, and poetry — I'll be making more videos about Jung soon enough.
Thank you for posting this wonderful video.
i have waking aphantasia and do hypnogogia dream work as well as automatic and psychedelic trance visionary art and meditate and when i get deep into any i find concentric rings and radiating blue phosphene blooms that eventually swim out and become abstract and greenish yellow and then materialize into forms that become the dream images
เราหรือใครอ่่นๆนั้นเข้าใจกับคำว่าฝันในระหว่างที่นอนหลับความฝันนั้นส่วนใหญ่มาจากพฤติกรรมประจำวันและความคิดที่เป็นสาเหตุหลักสาเหตุที่ฝันเป็นเรื่องที่มาจากผลกระทบให้ได้รู้สึกมักจะหาทางที่ดีกว่าให้กับสิ่งที่มากระทบทั้งทางดีและทางเลวร้าย ฝันร้ายมาจากสาเหตุของชีวิตประจำวันแย่ๆซ้ำๆย้ำๆและรู้สึกนไม่ไหววันนั้นช่วงของเดือนนั้นก็จะฝันร้ายไป แต่ครเราจะจำฝคนได้ไหมอยู่ที่ความใส่ใจรายละเอียดมากกว่าเรื่องไหนถึงแก่นเป็นที่มาค่ะ
สร้างให้เห็นสาเหตุของคนเลือกปรับตัวเองอยู่ในจุดยืนไหนบางคนจะจำฝันไม่ได้เพราะสมองพวกเขาไม่ได้ค้นหาทางให้ตนหรือใครเลยคือพวกเขาไม่ค้องคิดค้นหาอะไรพวกเขาก็มีพร้อมทุกอย่างชีวิตมีความพร้อมตะไม่ค่อยมีอะไรมากระทบใจให้รู้สึกหวั่นไหวคนที่ฝันมักจะไปตามที่เราวางแผนไว้เช่นฝันของพวกมีงานวิจัยงานสร้างตำนานโลกในหัวคนพวกนี้จะฝันทั้งในระหว่างหลับและฝันใฝ่ต่อยอดของผลงานของพวกเขาค่ะ
แต่ฉันเคยฝันแปลกประหลาดบ่อยเรื่องที่เคยคิดไว้ทั้งหมดโดยรวมแต่ที่แปลกก็เวลานอนหลับในช่วงอาทิตย์นั้นก็ได้ฝัน เช่นเราเลือกเชื่อว่าชีวิตนี้ของเราจะอาศัยใครได้ยามแย่คืนนั้นเวลาเราป่วยไข้เรามักจะเห็นคนที่เขาตายแล้วมาในฝันเพราะเขาเคยเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของชีวิตเรา นั่นเอง คนที่เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของชีวิตเราเช่นลูกเช่นสามีพ่อแม่คนที่เราห่วงห่วงเราก็จะฝันถึงเมื่อได้ยินข่าวที่ดีฝันดี แต่ถ้าห่วงก็ฝันไม่ค่อยดี
ความฝันมาจากสาเหตุลึกๆของรู้สึกของชีวิตของเราเอง ความฝันที่เราจำได้อยู่ที่เราเลือกใส่ใจตั้งใจจนเป็นนิสัยค่ะ คนเราถ้ามีความมุ่งมั่นกับสิ่งที่เลือกจากใจจริงจะจำได้ดีแม้จะฝันระหว่างหลับลึกและแม้แต่ฝันใฝ่อยากทำได้ดีเป็นเรื่องสืบเนื่องต่อยอดให้งานที่เลือกก็ทำให้ให้เช่นกัน
ความเข้าใจในความเป็นมนุษย์ชาตินั้นมาจากระบบระเบียบวินัยที่สามารถสร้างให้เกิดประโยชน์และเป็นผลงานที่สร้างตำนานระดับโลกทางที่ไม่ทำให้เสื่อมเสียหรือขายหน้าครที่เกิดมาถูกฝึกให้เข้าใจชีวิตที่ดีและเลือกอยู่ในสภาพที่ต้องปลอดภัยและให้ได้ความถูกต้องเท่านั้นคนเหล่าเลือกความสงบคสามถูกต้ิงตามศีลธรรม มี่มีศีลธรรมไม่โง่ไม่ฟังคนลวงโลกผู้นั้นก็ฝันดีระดับอยู่ได้ทุกที่เพราะเลือกเป็นคนดีมีศีลธรรมค่ะ
ธรรมชาติโลกคือสิ่งที่เราต้องยอมรับเพราะความจริงของทุกสิ่งที่มีหัวใจมีลมหายใจเป็นสิ่งที่ไม่อยากตายคนหรือสัตว์ที่ไม่อยากตายจะมีวิธีสร้างทางเดินให้กับชีวิตของตนให้ได้ความพออยู่ต่อได้สิาวมีชีวิตอยู่ต่อได้นั้นเป็นเรื่องที่ต้องค้นคว้าค้นคว้าจนเป็นนิสัยเลยต้องฝันและดันฝันแล้วจำได้
Omg what a wonderful restoration as well!! Glad to have this back up on YouTube.
Marvellous! Thank you! so valuable for us!
This is great! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I feel like I have received an amazing gift, thank you Jungian Aion! ❤
Oh my god, this is priceless! Thanks for uploading.
Yoga, salt bath, sleep affirmations = great dream life ; beats my waking life for adventure hands down
Gracias por este maravilloso video ❤
The guy on the bike who called the interviewer crazy also gave him a lucid dreaming technique about holding ur intention 🙄 lol
5:13:00
What is this music?
Is it Bach?
“The tragedy in our culture is that so many people do not believe in symbolic language, and so they try to satisfy a spiritual yearning with physical food, alcohol, drugs, or silk underwear – whatever the addiction is. That cannot work. There is no satiation point for a spiritual longing by physical means. So long as that symbol is not alive, it cannot do its work to bring us into our totality.” ~ Marion Woodman, 'The Way of the Dream'.
What a quote, what a woman. Marion Woodman captures, with genius insight, the tragic state of our culture. In myth, we hear of luminous beings descending to earth, clothed in human form for a divine mission—only to become blinded by the enticing experiences this world offers, lost in the senses, and disconnected from their true identity and purpose. This is more than tragic—it is the story of us, of me. I strive to remain awake to my essence and rise above those forces that pull me into seeking fulfillment in surface-level pursuits.
But the pull of the world is strong, and it often feels like a constant battle between what nourishes the Soul and what merely distracts the senses. Our culture encourages quick fixes—comfort, consumption, distraction—while neglecting the deeper symbolic nourishment that sustains us. We become tangled in a web of illusions, mistaking temporary pleasure for lasting fulfillment, and before we know it, we've drifted far from our true selves.
Yet, within each of us lies the capacity to re-member, to re-connect with the deeper meaning that gives our lives direction. The living symbols that once guided our ancestors are not lost, nor dormant, they are alive, and when ignored, they assert themselves in ways we cannot control—forcing us to confront the parts of ourselves we've neglected. We might experience this as neuroses, addiction, anxiety, or other psychological struggles, as these powerful symbols seek their expression, and our acknowledgment and devotion.
The challenge is to remain conscious, to bring those symbols back to conscious life, and to embrace their guidance as they lead us toward wholeness. I am committed to this path, even when the world tries to lull me into forgetting.
You can watch the half-hour (https://youtu.be/w-tn5z8TBss) where Marion is explaining Jung’s psyche model and gives a fundamental lesson in Jungian psychology, while Illustrating beautifully.
Thank you foe being here, I'll see you soon.
I can't tell you how this put a smile on my face. I feel pure happiness watching and listening to both of them. What an amazing women they seemed to be. The people on the street from that time, just priceless. Then I realized it is almost 10 hours of it! 😂….. this is going to be an amazing 10 hours for me. Thanks for posting this, truly a blessing to listen to them. I'm just happy now 😀.
1:43:46 worshipping others 😮
11.58 the brilliant Ivor Cutler 🏴👍
Is anyone carrying on these studies today? Amazing
When was Maria v Franz interviewed ? Which year ?
"Pregnant Lady On The Cross" metal cover please?
Beautiful.
As a 13 year old in 1983 and the threat of Nuclear war…my world view was shaken and knowing now that my psyche was fractured…hearing Maria talk of this is validating. I lost myself and had no anchors.
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what a gem! thanks for uploading…
mostly, my dreams are snatches of future events that im going to be experiencing, but too random and quick for me to remember but a glimpse but i surely do remember it when the event happens that i dreamt about and i experience dejavu
Thank you for posting this 🙂 I don't know how many days it'll take me to get through, but it looks awesome enough for me to try
Waking dream
Sleep dream
Deep sleep
Turiya.
The 4 stateless states
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Hey. Anyone have the year these different interviews take place?
when i was in my years of rprimary schooling, for a year i had the most repetitive dream that had haunted me with its meaning in the back of my mind. i never conciously analysed or thought of it, but it makes sense now, as i am approaching my 20's. it's a funny thing, this fate. you write it yourself, or the unconcious follows the predestined rulebook and it shows you its next path through dreams, impulses and synchronicities you ignore your whole life as dr. marie says it, as insignificant.
in the dream i was in a huge basketball court where i used to frequent my karate lessons, it had large glass windows, i was alone in the court and it had a sort of eery quietness to it. thanks to now more descriptive words, it felt like the backrooms so to say. people were walking outside of it and no matter how much i banged the glass windows from inside, they wouldn't hear me. i then felt something was chasing me, something sinister, so i ran and opened the door in the corner of the court which led to a room, but it was continuous, one room led to the other with no exit in sight, i felt a feeling i was going to be trapped forever as i opened one room to the next. finally always upon nearing my wakeful state, in the last room i opened, there the shadow that was following me would be right in front of me, large and writhing full of darkness. then after i woke up i would feel a sense of dread that i was the only remaning person in the world. somehow i never knew what it meant. but now as i delve into shadow work, i realize i had foreseen the potential of what my shadow would become, or the work that i will do in the future to face this shadow, and what i must or will do in the future and integrate it. just that when i was young, i had no tools to interpret it.
its one of those fascinating aha moment that just clicked when i was analysing my dreams. it was with no doubt reinforcing more that the unconcious is stronger, holds much more depth that we realize.