Imagination and Symbols
“The images with whom we interact are symbols, and we encounter them on a symbolic plane of existence. But a magical principle is at work: When we experience the images, we also directly experience the inner parts of ourselves that are clothed in the images. This is the power of symbolic experience in the human psyche when it is entered into consciously: Its intensity and its effect on us is often as concrete as a physical experience would be. Its power to realign our attitudes, teach us and change us at deep levels, is much greater than that of external events that we may pass through without noticing.”
~ Robert A. Johnson, Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth.
Image: Greenman mask with eyes.
Artist: Lauren raine.
Image source: Wikimedia Commons.
Image licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0).
