ABSTRACT
In this chapter I introduce the subject of C. G. Jung’s work on “pre- and post-mortal” psychic phenomena and premonitory dreams. I recount the synchronistic events and dreams related to the death of my daughter in 1988, while I was in training at the C. G. Jung Institute (Zürich). I introduce the concept of a dream series featuring images of the dead, and mention Jung’s 1902 dissertation on occult phenomena. The distinction between pathological hallucinations and the normal appearance of images of the dead in grief dreams is noted. Mourning is described as an archetypal experience which, in Jung’s words, can help the bereaved “build up a conception” of the afterlife. I close by outlining the structure of the book and encouraging the reader to approach the material with an open mind.
