Desirous Dreams: Our Private Erotic Encounters

This Jungian Life Podcast · May 14, 2026 · 1h 9m · transcript

Erotic dreams are extremely common. We may experience them as pleasurable, exciting and moving, or as disturbing and upsetting. It can be hard to talk about erotic dreams, even in therapy, as they insist on attending to secret satisfactions and shames.

There is relatively little written on the subject from a Jungian perspective, so this week we dive in and discuss how to work with your erotic dreams. We also analyze some of the many dreams our listeners sent in.

Erotic dreams may be about connection, union and intimacy, or confront us with shadow figures and situations that show us what we…