ABSTRACT
This article explores the archetypal aspects of dream images of the anus and the alimentary canal including their psychological and psychosocial significance as a site of psychic coniunctio. Freudian anal regression theory and Jungian alchemical interpretations are discussed in both their illumination and obfuscation of these symbols as well as their expression of a possible heterosexist ideologue. Positive meanings of the anal-coniunctio union, reflecting on patient dreams and fantasy material concerning anal penetration and its possible psychic significance, are described. The author argues that the disavowal of the anal-coniunctio union is an instance of othering that precludes fertile considerations.
