Desirous Dreams: Our Private Erotic Encounters

About this episode

The episode explores the nature of erotic dreams and their interpretations from a Jungian perspective.

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 deny or disobey. They may also offer us potent images of unexplored desires. Join us as we interpret four erotic dreams: a hedonistic experience in a hotel pool, an unsettling meeting with a repellent music teacher, a ritualistic sauna experience, and an unwanted kitchen encounter that invites the dreamer to reclaim her own desires. Read the dreams we analyze in full on our website . Connect With This Jungian Life We’re collecting your short dreams or dream fragments to celebrate the publication of the paperback of Dream Wise: send your short dream here . Pre-order the paperback edition of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

Topics covered

• erotic dreams
• Jungian analysis
• dream interpretation
• psychology
• intimacy
• shadow figures

Keywords

• erotic dreams
• dream analysis
• Jungian psychology
• intimacy
• shadow
• desires
• dream interpretation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams

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