This dual aspect in which a man’s collective unconscious can present itself was brought very vividly to my attention through the dream of a young divinity student about whom I was once consulted.
He was in a conflict of doubts as to whether he had chosen right in becoming a minister, as to whether he really believed as he thought he did, etc.
Many of you, however, have heard this dream before, so I do not know that it is worthwhile for me to repeat it.
(It was requested that the dream be repeated.)
Well then, the dreamer found himself in the presence of a very beautiful venerable old man who was clad in a black robe.
This dual aspect in which a man’s collective unconscious can present itself was brought very vividly to my attention through the dream of a young divinity student about whom I was once consulted.
He was in a conflict of doubts as to whether he had chosen right in becoming a minister, as to whether he really believed as he thought he did, etc.
Many of you, however, have heard this dream before, so I do not know that it is worthwhile for me to repeat it.
(It was requested that the dream be repeated.)
Well then, the dreamer found himself in the presence of a very beautiful venerable old man who was clad in a black robe.
He knew this man was the White Magician.
The old man had just finished a sort of discourse, which the dreamer knew was full of fine things, but he could not quite remember what had been said, though he did know the old man had said the Black Magician would be needed.
Just then in came another very beautiful old man dressed in white, and this was the Black Magician.
He wanted to speak to the White Magician but, seeing the young man there, hesitated.
Then the White Magician immediately explained that the young man was “an innocent,” and that the Black Magician could speak quite freely before him.
So the Black Magician related that he came from a country where there was an old king reigning, and this old king, bethinking himself of approaching death, began to look about for a suitable and dignified grave in which he should be buried.
Among some old monuments he came upon a very beautiful tomb, which he caused to be opened and cleaned.
Within they found the grave of a virgin who had lived ages and ages ago.
When they threw out the bones and these came into the sunlight, they immediately formed themselves into a black horse which ran away into the desert and was lost.
The Black Magician said he had heard about this horse and thought it very important to find him, so he went back to the place where all this had taken place, and there he found the horse’s tracks.
These he followed into the desert, and for days and days, until he came to the other side of the desert, and there he found the black horse grazing.
By his side lay the keys to Paradise.
With these he had come to the White Magician for help, as he did not know what to do with them. Carl Jung, 1925 Seminar, Pages 120-121.
The old man had just finished a sort of discourse, which the dreamer knew was full of fine things, but he could not quite remember what had been said, though he did know the old man had said the Black Magician would be needed.
Just then in came another very beautiful old man dressed in white, and this was the Black Magician.
He wanted to speak to the White Magician but, seeing the young man there, hesitated.
Then the White Magician immediately explained that the young man was “an innocent,” and that the Black Magician could speak quite freely before him.
So the Black Magician related that he came from a country where there was an old king reigning, and this old king, bethinking himself of approaching death, began to look about for a suitable and dignified grave in which he should be buried.
Among some old monuments he came upon a very beautiful tomb, which he caused to be opened and cleaned.
Within they found the grave of a virgin who had lived ages and ages ago.
When they threw out the bones and these came into the sunlight, they immediately formed themselves into a black horse which ran away into the desert and was lost.
The Black Magician said he had heard about this horse and thought it very important to find him, so he went back to the place where all this had taken place, and there he found the horse’s tracks.
These he followed into the desert, and for days and days, until he came to the other side of the desert, and there he found the black horse grazing.
By his side lay the keys to Paradise.
With these he had come to the White Magician for help, as he did not know what to do with them. ~Carl Jung, 1925 Seminar, Pages 120-121.
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