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Personal Stories and Practical Insights into Analytical Psychology
In 2020, the Philemon Foundation released The Black Books (TBB), a seven-volume collection of Jung’s private diaries ranging from 1913 to 1932. This is 11 years after the publication of The Red Book (TRB), which is an illustrated and augmented manuscript of the events from 1913 to 1916. This means that TBB are the raw material that Jung edited, reworked, and illustrated into what would become known as TRB.
Since March 2020, it has been observed that dreams have become more common, more vivid, and are usually on the dark side. Also, the dreams have started to include symbolism related to the pandemic such as vaccines, masks, social distancing, lockdown, etc.
Going through the ups and downs of life, one will realize soon enough that “what one wants” and “what one needs” are seriously not the same thing.
You’ve probably discovered on your own – and many times over – how unsatisfactory and short-lived getting what you want feels like. Worse, sometimes there is an overwhelming emptiness when achieving a lifelong goal.