Episode 30 - Escaping Literalism

This Jungian Life Podcast · Oct 25, 2018 · 1h 1m

We consider literalism as a normal state in childhood; children’s literalism can be funny and charming. We grow first into the ability to understand metaphor and conceptualize symbols and levels of meaning. Literalism can then serve as a defense against uncertainty, as ego’s resistance to any threat to its power, and as a refusal to confront unwelcome truths from the unconscious. A symbolic attitude, however, opens the inner world to adventure, mystery and creativity.

The dream:

I had a wild animal skin. At first, I thought it was a zebra skin but then I realized it something more rare and…