Jung notes that many modern dreamers report visions in which the soul appears as a radiant sphere. These images arise spontaneously regardless of a person’s knowledge of symbolism. They often appear floating, rotating, or shining within dream landscapes.
To Jung, such spherical forms symbolize the archetype of totality and reflect the Self’s attempt to unify conscious and unconscious elements. Their symmetry and luminosity connect them to ancient conceptions of the world-soul described by philosophers like Plato.
Although not a single narrative dream, Jung emphasizes that these dreamlike visions function as encounters with an inherited archetype embedded in the psyche.
