Post by The Void on Jul 24, 2010 19:20:50 GMT -5
"This collective unconscious is considered to consist of preexistent thought forms, called archetypes, which give form to certain psychic material which then enters the conscious. Archetypes are likened to instinctual behavior patterns. "
- Carl Jung
We all have dreams. Even if we fail to remember them, our subconscious is constantly buzzing with thoughts and ideas that can manifest themselves in the strangest of ways.
But when we dream, where do we go?
Carl Jung believed in a 'Collective Unconscious', one central area where the dreaming mind found itself in while one slept. Every individual's knowledge of the outside world was pooled into that single hub, and it could only be accessed through the world of sleep.
It very well is - in a sense - another world.
Fast forward to the present.
Something is starting to happen. Common dreams are being shared by everyone, regardless of relationship to each other. These dreams are no ordinary story, however. Dreamers all over the world find themselves in them, and they realize that they are fully aware of the lives they lead awake, as well as the fact that they're dreaming.
In these dreams, as in most dreams, things are always not as they appear to be. Dreamers find the worlds they know to be altered, almost surreal. Everything has symbolism, even some of the dreamers, as they realize their appearances are shifted and changed.
This strange sleep phenomenon is believed by some to be the very same 'collective unconscious' theorized so many years ago.
Everybody has their own personal 'demons'; parts of themselves they think they'd do better without. These could be things like past actions, mistakes, character traits, thoughts and thought processes, and even physical aspects. Sometimes these aspects can become exaggerated when dreaming, and articulate themselves as challenges (monsters, physical alteration of a world itself, etc) that a character must overcome, mostly with help from others.
Everyone sleeps. The brain needs it to organize its thoughts and sort through memories. As dreamers get used to the habit of entering this 'dream world' upon closing their eyes, they start being able to take note of the strange imaginary worlds around them, as well as the other dreamers who have come there.
Do you dare venture into your dreams? Will you overcome your fears? Will you face your 'demons'? Or will it all consume you whole before you have the chance?