Can we not see how a whole nation is reviving an archaic symbol, yes even archaic religious forms, and how this mass emotion is influencing and revolutionizing the life of the individual in a catastrophic manner?
~ C. G. Jung, The Concept of the Collective Unconscious
I am a writer and a psychotherapist interested in gathering, organizing, archiving – and eventually writing about – our collective dreams about the current political era.
What guidance does our psyche offer?
How does the individual and collective unconscious respond to the strain of this moment in history?
I have collected and sorted over 3000 dreams about Donald Trump and the Trump administration through this blog, private emails, personal communications, and via the @45dreamsproject twitter feed. This site shares the first fourteen of twenty-eight chapters examining the themes and patterns that emerged.
The complete outline and dream count is available here.
If you find this time-consuming project of interest and would like to support it:
Let’s listen in and see if we can hear the wisdom of the collective unconscious: