Dream
Workshop
Dream
Workshop
Carl Jung believed that a dream's content incorporates symbolic language. He proposed that a dream expresses collective unconscious memories and instincts shared by all people.
Jung considers the dream
fundamentally as a natural expression of the unconscious psychic process. It
provides an X-ray of the unconscious, so to speak, as it is - as a matrix of
symbols, it presents its dynamic source of all psychic processes in symbolic
form with its own peculiar language. In this sense, the validity of dream analysis
depends on the realisation of the unconscious process (the acquisition of awareness
over it)- awareness already considered as therapeutic by Freud.
In opposition to the manifest concept of the more recent collective consciousness, in past ages dreams were regarded as a vital force of enormous importance to the most diverse cultures. For instance, in the Bible dreams appear as guides, as psychopompos Joseph interprets the Pharaoh's dreams thus avoiding starvation in ancient Egypt. The escape of Christ to Egypt came as a consequence of Saint Joseph's dreams according to the New Testament. In the Jewish culture, the Talmud emphasizes the importance of the dream and its interpretation.
In ancient Greek culture, dreams had a special significance. "... the Greeks, especially in the early period, regarded the dream as something that really happened. For them it was not, as it was in later times and to 'modern man' in particular, an imaginary experience. The natural consequence of this attitude was that people felt it necessary to create the conditions that caused dreams to happen.
This course runs over four evenings, one per week and one full day workshop
on a Saturday.
Workshop Facilitator:
Anita is one of South Africa's foremost Astrologers, and is Vice-president for ISAR Africa. She has been teaching and practicing professionally for 18 years, locally and internationally. The launching of one of her companies, Higher Sources International, led to her being a finalist in two consecutive SA Business Woman of the Year Awards: 2000, 2001. She is actively involved in the business community as a consultant, lecturer and guest speaker and is involved in radio and TV on an ongoing basis. She has been doing incredible work regarding the empowerment of women, and is in constant demand as a guest speaker. She is currently working on international projects in the educational and business fields.