ABSTRACT
The symbols of the process of individuation that appear in dreams are images of an archetypal nature which depict the centralizing process or the production of a new centre of personality. A general idea of this process may be got from my essay, “The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious.” For certain reasons mentioned there I call this centre the “self,” which should be understood as the totality of the psyche. The self is not only the centre, but also the whole circumference which embraces both conscious and unconscious; it is the centre of this totality, just as the ego is the centre of consciousness. Seven virgins being transformed.—Béroalde de Verville, Le Songe de Poliphile (1600) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203165935/6fb63859-70d0-4c61-b305-86e8d7a10a01/content/fig5_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
