Thankyou so much Jerry for taking the time to work on my dream, it was somewhat epic for me and has stayed with me for the few weeks since having it. Infact i just went on a trip where without my prior knowledge my friend lived almost next to a very wide and fast flowing river in the middle of a city, which we walked along each day.

I will try to reply to the parts that resonate the most with me along side your words.

My sense from the dream is you are in a stage or phase involving strong emotional 'currents'. There could also be a transition taking place, one you wish to make but have yet to achieve.

I am changing. Earlier in the year my dear friend died and this set me off on a new path. He was a very spiritual person and we connected deeply but i had not really been practicing much for many years. SInce then i have been returning to meditaion and looking within myself more than i have done for a long time. I often feel i waste time, when i should be practicing, i feel this slows me down.

There seems to be aspects that are preventing you from achieving a higher level of 'experience' and may be related to 'complexes' you possess.

My life is complicated, i have a young family, a very disabled son who i adore but of course adds many extra worries, sresses and tiredness into life.


These could be unconscious motivators to do with foundations in life, early life experiences/influences. There seems to be a desire to reach a higher level of 'being' in your life but something is preventing it.

I dont know what is preventing it, maybe its me, not being commited enough or tired. I have spent many years turning to drink and smoking not to an exsessive level but i often feel guilty about it. I had problems with my relationship with my mother when i was a child, we are much closer now but there are hangovers still there that i wish i could let go of, but somehow i seem too proud to do so, wich is silly , she does so much for me and has more than made up for things.

I sense these are unconscious aspects. There may be a conflict of conscious awareness and unconscious motivations {you are not consciously aware of exactly why you can not reach this higher level of being}. You are being held back by unconscious forces, perhaps those being normal patterns of behavior in your life that need to be transcended. You have yet to be able to do this. There is a 'house' you wish to be in but are unable to make that move {the house is you}.

I have been reading Man and his symbols, this is my first experience with jung. FOr many years his name has been all over my life, i chose resently to go with signs and follow these pointers. Start recording my dreams and try to listen to them. When i read i seem to have more dreams, when i was away, after reading your analysis i had 2 more very powerful dreams. One that my husband got very drunk and out of control at a party (unlike him), I was embaressed in front of my friends, i was hurt and he said he was having an affair (he isnt)there was nothing i could do to calm him down. ANd another that my mother turned up at my meditation class saying she just wanted to see what it was all about, i was very angry that she couldnt let me have this thing for myself and had spoiled it.


Dream I have a house, that i don't live in yet, between bath and Bristol (20ish miles from my home) I am going to live there soon. the house is made of stone and has a curved wall, it is by a river. At fist i worry that this house will flood or get washed away then i see my part of the house is slightly set back and i feel ok.


Analysis A question I would ask right off is, are you actually planning on moving into a new residence?

No i am not, i am very happy in my home, it is perfect for my family and has been adapted to my sons needs.


Analysis The house you have yet not lived in but already possess suggests it is an unrealized experience or/and an unconscious aspect that has not yet been realized or understood. Being in-between two cities could suggest an emotional conflict or/and perhaps indecision.

I find it hard to balance my spiritual life with my home life. The river to me definatley represents the spirit - as i was told! Some while ago i was very much under the controll of my emotions, fears, sadness and paranoias, that has become much less so. I suppose i would like to feel like i am in control and can achieve a more peaceful state.

But it soon will be something you will have to deal with {going to live there soon}. A house made of stone may suggest something about you that is a 'steadfast' and not negotiable {which may be a cause for any conflict}. Being curved is something that deviates from the norm {also possibly a cause for any conflict} and being by the river would suggest the current flow of emotions related to the issue of this 'new house' {aspect of yourself}.

I do feel that i am different to my family, but they all accept me, and i have a lot of friends who share my visions and a few who are on a similar path,

There is an unrealized fear but something has a buffer to this fear. Being 'set back' slightly could suggest it is pushed back from conscious thought 'slightly' but not entirely {it is not something you are thinking about all the time}.

Perhaps i am afraid that if i change will i be so different? my husband does not share this path with me, though he listens to me and understands, he is happy for me.

Dream I see the river flowing away from the house. When i turn to face the current the river is gone. There is vast river bed made from yellow sand/stone, and hundreds of men line it working to forge this bed, some of them are naked and some are peeing into the river bed. I talk to some of them. The river bed winds off into the distance for eternity like a serpent, it is beautifully shaped.


Analysis There are emotional currents are flowing from this particular issue in your life. When you consciously confront the issue you remove any conscious conflict that may exist {although unconsciously they remain}. A river bed {with no water current} may suggest a complex exists which could point to underlying uncnscious issues related to personality/early life experiencesand influences. The hundreds of men would suggest overwhelming animus aspects at work, some that are conscious {naked/exposed} and others that need to be released so to exposed what is not consciously known {to do with any complex you may possess}. You are aware of some of the issues {talking to some of the men} and unconsciously your psyche is working to inform you of what other aspects that are not unknown {which would bring about a needed transformation/snake and perhaps reshape important aspects of who you are}.


I would like to understand this more i am new to jung. My animus is my male counterpart. I am a very male person - i think. i tend to prefer to be with other male women too. Right now my youngest son has just started school and i am starting a new phase of my life. One where i feel i must work. I cannot be employed because of my elder son. But at home i must work. I started off at art college but then fell into work i didnt enjoy, then i had kids, so now is my time to try and start working within arts and crafts again, i need to employ myself. I take a lot of responsibility for my family, i work hard to fight for my disabled sons needs. i often find this hard. My husband is not terribly romantic and dosnt allways nurture my feminine side, and we do not get much respite.


Dream The river has a name and i am given its spelling, though i may have lost the correct one - it is something like - Xyntzy -said "tinksy" or something similar and i am told the river is the source of the spirit, it will flow through Bristol and around my new house.


Analysis This part of your dream definitely seems to be touching on archetypal aspects. Could the name of the river be 'syzygy'? The syzygy The combination of the anima and animus is known as the syzygy, or the divine couple. The syzygy represents completion, unification and wholeness, a combination of the anima and animus, masculine and feminine aspects of the psyche.

I dont know - this could be the name - could it be given to me if i had never heard it before? i cant say, it is similar for sure. Of course it is what i am looking for, i want to be whole, i often feel more male than female, i try to be feminine and i am in many ways, but there are issues there for sure.


Jung used the term to denote "an archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, which symbolized the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds, the conjunction of two organisms without the loss of identity."

this is certainly a place i am trying to find, particularly by listening to my dreams. Someone i know recently said that they live in a permanently visionary state - i thought about this, and i thought about those signs and feeling and vvisions in dreams that you pass off, and i thought what if thoise things are important and i should follow up on those. So i am trying to do that - creativly.

Analysis This would be the source of completion that brings about your true self and identity and would remove any conflict to realizing this 'spirit' aspect {any complexes}. Between Bristol and your new house may suggest a conflict of conscious and unconscious aspects. This new house would be an important aspect in your life.

I have always had very vivid dreams and often that stay with me for a long time, could this be my new house? Meditaion, listening to nature, all these things i am learing.


Analysis There may be aspects about your friend {a positive influence to do with her as well as your own psyche} you identify with. She could be a true friend in your waking life as well as a part of you {positive aspects you identify with}. The bond within you is strong not only to the friend but also to the qualities she possesses that you identify with. It is this aspect that may hold the answer to why the emotional flow that is a conflict in your life is 'dammed up' and not able to be released consciously so you can realize the wholeness you seek. But because it is rising the unconscious flow is about to become conscious which can bring about realizations that lead to wholeness.

this is absolultly true. i admire and respect her enormously she has a good heart and wise head and beautiful spirit. I dont know what 'the ' conflict is though? shaking off my old ways? i conect with her very strongly, she is probably the person who thinks about me most in this life.


Analysis There is a phase you are currently experiencing {that can/will lead to a 'transcendence' to another higher level of experience}. The endless windows in a uniform pattern would be the continuing existence of the emotional patterns that hold you back from transcending the barriers that lead to wholeness. You are probably are in a very emotional stage when you had this dream, to the flood there are a 'flood' of emotions.


I am trying to break old patterns , emotional ones, i used to punish myself alot emotionaly. I often have felt that my husbands family judge me harshly and dont feel i am good enough, or show me they love me enough. I am learning that that is a problem that they own and not me.i spend less time having these thoughts. I sused to feel my husband didnt pay me enough attention, but he has his problems too and i am learning to not absorb so much of this and not to let my ego speak so badly!


Analysis This stage involves deciding whether to be forceful in the attempt to get to a higher level or staying in this same pattern of emotional experiences {your friend is you, you unconsciously do not want to be with 'that' person who refuses to seek higher aspirations}.

This is true, I am changing, i used to spend a lot of time smoking, perhaps in some vein hope of acheiving a higher level, and sometimes to avoid my painful feelings - i am no good on that stuff, and i want to be with that version of me less and less, because it does prevent me from seeking higher asperations, though i find it very hard to switch the desire off.


Analysis You are on the verge of being at a place of higher consciousness but the inner conflicts prevent you from being your true self. The true self is ready to blossom but the outlines of your foundations prevent this. You have to remove the emotional aspects if you are to embrace your true self and reach higher consciousness/aspirations.

I know this and i want to, i have thought that perhaps i need some more therapy, there are things i need to talk through probably, things need unpicking because they are there but i dont fully understand it all, i did have a traumatic childhood for a while, there have been other painful things that have happened that i deal with but probably am not completley at peace with. I never feel like i am loved enough by those close to me, i am quite controlling sometimes, and easily spill over with emotion, happy and sad.



Analysis You are stagnated by your emotions. The underlying foundations of your life are preventing you from realizing a higher level of being/consciousness. You are aware of the path you wish to go but have yet to gain the 'drive' to do so. There are unconscious motivators holding you back.

yes , i have baggage and its probably wieghing me down, i am trying to fly but im hovering when i want to soar!

thanks jerry,, hope i made sense, i'd like to continue any dialogue on this if you would like!

Jerry