so  establishes a  cooperative  relationship  between  the
Ego   and   the   autonomous,   guiding    Self.   Now   the
dreamer, as priest mediating  this relationship, can bless
the  Shadow,   absolve  it  of  its  sin,  and  accept  it  as a
member of the family.
      George    returning    from    the   dead    provides  an
additional wrinkle.  It seems to suggest  that the dreamer
felt  that  the problem of  not dealing with little things as
they come up had  been solved in his life.  He felt, to use
the dream image, that it was a dead  issue and that  it  had
passed into a realm  where  it  would  not  need  attention
in   daily  life.  It's   no  wonder,  then,  that   the   Shadow
character  was  not  recognized  immediately.  The dream
seems  to  say  that  not  only  is  such  a   problem  never
completely beyond  the need for attention, but the better
one  feels about  having  solved it, the  more easily it can
again become active.

Multi-Level Interpretation

      Note the  multi-level nature of  this dream.  We  see,
both from  what  has  been said  and  from  what  follows,
that  the  interpretation of  the  dream cannot proceed  at
any single level. Rather, it requires  an  agile playfulness
among several.
      First,  the  way  we  have  been  discussing  the dream
is  at  a kind  of  impersonal level. It  exists as  a  level of
abstraction   or generalization  just  beyond the  personal.
This  is  the  general  theme  or  theory presented  by  the
dream  regarding  the  methodology  of  dealing with  the
Shadow.  This  material  is  applicable  to  any  individual,
not just the dreamer.
      Second, there is the detailed, everyday personal level
of interpretation. This amounts to taking  the impersonal
interpretation,    the   theory,   and    applying   it   to   the
dreamer's daily life. It is also  at  this  level  that  we  can
see the dream  working  over  a  long period of  time and
pressing to be understood.
      The dream came at a time in  the dreamer's life when
a particular situation seemed to demand the suppression
of  many  kinds  of  feelings,  both  good  and   bad.  It  is

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