DREAMWORK PATH 4:   DREAM ARCHETYPE DIALOGUE

 Stimulated by Dallet, J., "Active Imagination in Practice" in Jungian  Analysis, Stein, M., editor, Boulder: Shambala, 1984.

     Close your eyes.  Become centered and receptive.

     Recall a symbol, motif, or ARCHETYPE from one of your recent or recurrent dreams.  Tell me what you see.

     Identify with it; become it.  As it, say your NAME out loud.

     As the archetype, say WHAT YOU ARE LIKE.

     Become yourself again.  Ask the Archetype a QUESTION.

     Be the archetype again and reply.

     As the archetype, tell the person playing you WHAT YOU WANT of her or him and what you need.

     Be yourself again.  Tell the archetype the realistic LIMITATIONS you, as a socially conscious person, enmeshed with family, friends and institutions must live.

     Have a dialogue with it about its expression and your limits.  Shift between being the archetype and yourself as appropriate.

     Ask the archetype if it has rivals.

     Establish a similar DIALOGUE with any RIVAL ARCHETYPES suggested by the one with whom you initially spoke.

     Alternately become each rival archetype and dialogue with the other archetype until you and they feel unity your underlying unity.

     Tell me how you can TRANSLATE what you learned from these dialogues INTO YOUR LIFE this week.