Re: Water- a view from the mountaintop

Posted by Bartholomew on May 12, 2001 at 17:26:25:

In Reply to: Water- a view from the mountaintop posted by Paul the Pharmacist on May 12, 2001 at 14:09:16:

: In Jungian psychoogy water in the form of lakes rivers the sea etc is the most common symbol for the unconcious. Jung once had a pt wh dreamed of a sea overrunning the beach he was standing on and felt the emotion of terror in his dream. Physiolofically

I think someone who is deranged enough to be morally capable of using words like "physiolofically" in polite society should be shot.

: this makes sense as life began in the sea. The post that stated water as yin (the triagram Kan of the I ching is quite correct at least in men as the unconcious in a man is viewed as yin. One of the important unconcious figures in a man is the anima (feminine soul in Latin) which comes up in dreams as a woman, often an unknown one. Baptism which is a rebirth symbol is also an apt interpretation as the new personality that forms as a result of the intermingling of the ego with the unconcious is a form of rebithe

It is my understanding that anyone's unconscious is predominantly yin. I mean, it's a thing that hides in the background and has secret and subtle effects on the person's actions.

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