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A continued analysis of Miss Miller’s dreams, yet Jung now seems to be riffing on the symbolic possibilities related to the libido and the whole range of ancient art and wisdom, from pagan statues and passages from the bible to favourite lines from Faust. While his dizzying analysis of sexual nature in archetypal myths stays on track, there are flourishes like his interpretation of a “childish” Sphinx.

The archetypal interests of Dr. Jung and the arts-based account of his patient Miss Miller appear to be well suited to each other: she jots down a poem or mentions seeing a play, he unravels a complex web of symbols from ancient civilizations and the bible. In the most metaphorical way possible, this discovery is groundbreaking as it would break up the soil of Freudian psychology to find a fertile patch subconscious.