the archetypal manifestations in our lives—in both dream and waking states—form a symbolic narrative meant to show to ego-consciousness what is going on in the unconscious. They illustrate, in symbolic form, the longings, fears and insights of the unconscious, which remain dissociated from ego-consciousness or beyond the reach of self-reflective introspection. Importantly, they also illustrate how the unconscious regards what is going on in ego-consciousness, thereby conveying the unconscious’s own perspective on life. Archetypal images thus represent an effort by the unconscious to reach out
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