I could make the summer

Zurich, Switzerland · c. 1910

I dreamed that I could make the summer, and then some one threw a Punch down into the closet.

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

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: Sun · Child · House · Falling
Feelings: Joy · Wonder

How traditions have read this kind of dream

Psychological

Dreamers often report vivid light, shadow and colour. Ellis observed that vision dominates dreams even though the eyes are closed; some later writers treat light and dark as figures for knowing and not-knowing.

Ellis (1911), ch. IV

Mythological

Sun, moon and stars bow to Joseph in his dream; across cultures celestial lights mark rank, destiny and the order of the cosmos.

Genesis 37

Chinese traditions

The moon in Chinese poetry is a shared light across distance — the same moon seen by people far apart — which is why it appears so often in dreams of absent loved ones.

Su Shi; Du Fu

These are cultural lenses, not a diagnosis.

Dreams that share its images

Last night I dreamt we were at Simony Hut Aussee, Austria · summer 1896
Would the fall never come to an end? Oxford, England · 1865 (novel)
Thornfield Hall a dreary ruin England · 1847 (novel)
The scene I had to write England · before 1911
Why is the babe weeping? Russia · 1880 (novel)
The general’s buried sword Shouchun, Anhui, China · Tang (undated)