Dream Galaxy

Research case · Cities & buildings

The earthquake is coming

Zurich, Switzerland · c. 1910

Anna had a terrifying dream from which she awoke crying, “The earthquake is coming, the house has begun to shake.”

Original text — Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology (ed. Constance E. Long), C. G. Jung

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Source
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology (ed. Constance E. Long) — C. G. Jung, 1916 (English ed.). Ch. II, Psychic Conflicts in a Child
Rights
Public domain (US)
Record type
Research case
Place
Zurich, Switzerland · Swiss
Date
c. 1910
Uncertainty
Moderate — Case reported by C. G. Jung (Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, 1916 English ed.). Public domain in the US; in life+70 countries Jung’s works remain protected until the end of 2031.
Imagery
House · Child · Storm
Feelings
Fear

How traditions have read this kind of dream

Psychological

Houses, corridors and endless stairs are frequent dream settings. Some writers read buildings as figures for the self; others note simply that dreams rebuild the spaces we move through every day.

cf. Stevenson, A Chapter on Dreams (1888)

Mythological

Labyrinths, towers and underground cities appear in myths from Crete to Babel — built places where people lose their way, reach too high, or find hidden kingdoms.

Greek myth; Genesis 11

Chinese traditions

Tang tales like “The Governor of Nanke” place a whole kingdom of palaces inside a dream, only to reveal it as an ants’ nest — a lasting image for the brevity of worldly glory.

Li Gongzuo, c. 802

These are cultural lenses, not a diagnosis.

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