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 §465 "Now whether this dream should be considered meaningful or meaningless depends on a very important question, namely, whether the standpoint of morality, handed down through the ages, is itself meaningful or meaningless. I do not wish to wander off into a philosophical discussion of this question, but would merely observe that mankind must obviously have had very strong reasons for devising this morality, for otherwise it would be truly incomprehensible why such restraints should be imposed on one of man's strongest desires. If we give this fact its due, we are bound to pronounce the dream to be meaningful, because it shows the young man the necessity of looking at his erotic conduct for once from the standpoint of morality. Primitive tribes have in some respects extremely strict laws concerning sexuality. This proves that sexual morality is a not-to·be-neglected factor in the higher functions of the psyche and deserves to be taken fully into account. In the case in question we should have to say that the young man, hypnotized by his friends' example, has somewhat thoughtlessly given way to his erotic desires, unmindful of the fact that man is a morally responsible being who, voluntarily or involuntarily, submits to the morality that he himself has created." §465 "Now whether this dream should be considered meaningful or meaningless depends on a very important question, namely, whether the standpoint of morality, handed down through the ages, is itself meaningful or meaningless. I do not wish to wander off into a philosophical discussion of this question, but would merely observe that mankind must obviously have had very strong reasons for devising this morality, for otherwise it would be truly incomprehensible why such restraints should be imposed on one of man's strongest desires. If we give this fact its due, we are bound to pronounce the dream to be meaningful, because it shows the young man the necessity of looking at his erotic conduct for once from the standpoint of morality. Primitive tribes have in some respects extremely strict laws concerning sexuality. This proves that sexual morality is a not-to·be-neglected factor in the higher functions of the psyche and deserves to be taken fully into account. In the case in question we should have to say that the young man, hypnotized by his friends' example, has somewhat thoughtlessly given way to his erotic desires, unmindful of the fact that man is a morally responsible being who, voluntarily or involuntarily, submits to the morality that he himself has created."
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 +<fc green>The Language of dreams</fc>\\ 
 +§474-475 "It is characteristic that a dream never expresses itself in a logically abstract way, but always in the language of parable or simile. This peculiarity is also a characteristic feature of primitive languages. . . . Just as the body bears traces of its phylogenetic development, so also does the human mind. Hence there is nothing surprising about the possibility that the figurative language of dreams is a survival from an archaic mode of thought."
  
 <fc green>This is very interesting as it speaks to the topic of mythological content appearing in dreams spontaneously, without the dreamer having any knowledge of the mythological content.  Jung does talk about this elsewhere.  The example of the phallus on the sun disk for example in his schizophrenic patient I think it was.  This idea that such an archaic motif and symbol (image) may appear spontaneously from the unconscious without the dreamer having any prior knowledge of such content.</fc> \\  <fc green>This is very interesting as it speaks to the topic of mythological content appearing in dreams spontaneously, without the dreamer having any knowledge of the mythological content.  Jung does talk about this elsewhere.  The example of the phallus on the sun disk for example in his schizophrenic patient I think it was.  This idea that such an archaic motif and symbol (image) may appear spontaneously from the unconscious without the dreamer having any prior knowledge of such content.</fc> \\ 
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