For Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz, dreams are not riddles to crack but living images to befriend. Von Franz “amplified” a dream image by gathering its echoes in myth and fairy tale — widening its meaning rather than nailing it down.
Active imagination takes the next step: meeting an inner figure while awake, letting it speak, and answering honestly — a real dialogue with the unconscious.
Recall one dream image. Don’t interpret it — just stay beside it for a minute.
Pick one image from a dream. What myths or memories does it echo?