1. An aspect of personality as represented by the dead person.
2. A need to resolve old issues—likely in relationships, often behavioral—and finally lay them to rest.
3. An overwhelming fear of loss.
4. Positive changes are in the offing.
5. A level of the unconscious is attempting to communicate with the conscious.
[1]In the past, dreams about dead people were rather frequent; today they are relatively rare.
The land of the dead is that of the unconscious where the Shadow resides.
A dead person, according to Jung, is first and foremost a representative of unconscious incidents.
See Also: Death.
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