Ep 2 #550 Dream Symbols & Archetypes
What if your dreams are speaking in the language of the Bible, because the Bible speaks in the language of dreams?
Dreams aren’t random noise. They’re self-knowledge rising from your subconscious through symbolic language. Dreams speak in symbols because some truths can’t be reached by logic alone. And with Scripture and prayer, they can reveal truths for growth, healing, and deeper authenticity in loving God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
In this episode, we dive into the archetypes and biblical symbols that shape our dreams — the hidden patterns common to all humanity. We explore Carl Jung’s key archetypes. Among them: the persona (the public mask), the shadow (the repressed dark side), and the anima/animus (the inner opposite gender).
Then we compare them to biblical figures and stories — Christ as the unified Self, the serpent in Eden as new awareness, the hero in David and Jesus, and the wise old man in Elijah and Simeon — showing how universal symbols appear in Scripture and come to life in real people.
Dream symbols are deeply personal (your own associations matter most), but they’re drawn from the “collective unconscious” — a shared reservoir of humanity’s inherited patterns.
Learn to prayerfully interpret your dreams with solid Catholic discernment, deepen your prayer life, and encounter Christ in the hidden places of your soul. No New Age fluff — just faithful exploration at the crossroads of psychology and Scripture.
If you’ve ever wondered what your dreams really mean, this is for you.👇
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L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)
O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.)
Now that you know some common universal symbols, did you gain insight into the meaning of your dream? What do you think the message might be? What do you want to say to the Lord about that?
V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.)
Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin.
E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.)
St. Joseph, Patron of Dreams, with the Holy Spirit, guard and illumine the contents of my sleep, I pray, so I that I may hear God speak as you did. Amen +
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