imposition    of    rationality   feels   like   an    irritating
irrelevancy. The contrast  is  strong  because  the person
has  not  yet  visited   the  "place  of  wisdom" to learn of
its  positive "gift." And  I  purposefully  use  terminology
from Seven Arrows here  because it  contains  so  many
beautiful  stories of  the  struggles  and   reconciliations
of the four functions.
     The   person  who   is  more   comfortable  with   their
thinking   and   sensation    functions  would   find  Jung's
Psychological Types  to  be  the illuminating  exposition
of  the  fourfold   nature of  wholeness. But  those  more
comfortable  with  their  feeling   and  intuitive functions
would   find  the  stories   in  Seven   Arrows   to   be  the
more  lucid  revelation.   I've  tried  to  combine  the  two
orientations in the dream shield I describe below.
     At   a  dream  workshop  I   once  gave   the  following
instructions  for  making  a  dream  shield:  Find symbols
from  your dreams  that reflect  the activities of  the four
functions—thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition—in
your  life. Arrange  these  symbols  into  a  dream shield,
with the symbol for your dominant function at the top of
the shield and its complementary  function at the bottom
of the shield. Add  whatever  other dream  symbols seem
necessary to provide you with a sense of wholeness.
     In  the  shield  I  drew (a later version is shown here) I
began  with the  symbol  of  "sun"  to  reflect my intuitive
function, the symbol of "tree"  to reflect the most valued
aspect of  my sensation  function, the symbol of "147" to
reflect  my  thinking function,  and "heart"  to  reflect my
feeling  function.   By  themselves  on  the  shield,  these
four  symbols  seemed  isolated from  one another.  So I
began to add other dream symbols  to reflect the ways in
which the four functions operate together within me. The
"dancing  clown"  touches   the  earth   and  also,  through
expressive  movement,  transforms his body into feeling.
The  dream  symbol of the  "star"  reflects  how,  through
geometry,  my thinking  and intuition  functions  become
partners.   And  so  it  goes,  around  and  around.   At  the
psychological   center   of   the   shield   is   the   symbol,
"Amethyst   Krystal."   All   together,   the   dance  of  the
symbols  on  the  shield  forms  a  mask,  a  glimpse  of a
higher order of integration.

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