The Dream Book of Self-Knowledge
- an attempt to clean up a mess is synonymous with the cleansing of oneself of various negative traits and various dependencies (relates to the cleansing of the personality and ego – see Persona archetype – and to individuality – see Individuality archetype).
- a woman or man tidying up: represents the emotional level of the human soul and helps the dreamer remove moral impurities known in mythology as the "Augean stable."
- a superior maintaining peace and order: conscious inner desire for the purity of one's soul, for peace and calm in the soul.
- a rag for wiping and cleaning: the attempt at tidying up helps the dreamer remove moral impurities and often raises the experience to the emotional level.
- with a vacuum cleaner: see Vacuum cleaner, vacuuming.
- with a broom: see Broom.
- on a table, under a table or inside it (in a drawer, in a compartment): see Table.
- an office: the dreamer is removing moral impurities and sometimes elevates the dream experience to the emotional level.
- in a pub: represents in the person cleaning assistance of the emotional level in understanding and later also in eliminating instinctual dependencies.
- in a bedroom: moves future experiences closer to the emotional level; mental cleaning in one's life.
- kitchen, pantry: since these rooms in the house are on the lowest – instinctual – level, cleaning guides experiences toward the emotional level.
- cleaning a cottage: the dreamer's attempt to clear the mind of unsound thoughts.
- a barn: see Barn.
- a stable: see Stable, shed.
- a corridor: the gradual completion of the process of understanding the Basic Perinatal Matrix archetype.
- a podium: represents the dreamer's attempt to rectify his own egotistical behavior.
- a park: dreamer’s effort to cleanse himself in the eyes of others (relates to the personality and ego – see Persona archetype) or effort to cleanse one's soul of various dependencies (relates to individuality – see Individuality archetype).
- a forest: a very positive image that symbolizes the gradual processing and elimination of the mind's instinctual content.
- leaves (raking): the subconscious desire to heap together and understand all viewed images of transience in one's worldview; we need to be very careful since the handle and lower part of the rake (claws) have a clear phallic and sexual subtext.
- clothes and putting clothes into a wardrobe: an attempt to eliminate the superficiality of the personality and to find a non-egotistical state that will not manipulate the dreamer's consciousness; this image is often accompanied by unification symbols (e.g. children) or symbols of the emotional level.
- a refrigerator, freezer: the dreamer is trying to clean his mind of unnecessary content and longs to eliminate the power of instinctual symbols over his consciousness (emotional and spiritual).
- sand: a very positive image since it documents the dreamer's attempt to work with the instinctual content of his own psyche.
- pillows: ending one of your life stages.
- corpses: this grim picture expresses one of the largest positive shifts in the self-improvement process.
- a balcony: a longing for thoughts freed of sexual images; a longing for peace, the right time for meditation.
- sugar: attempt at eliminating complacency from life.
- a garage: very positive since the dreamer is putting his sexual relations in order.
- drain pipes, drains and cesspits: in the extent of filth and impurities, the unconscious is showing the dreamer the amount of cleansing that he will have to undertake in the near future.
- manure: one of the most natural images of moral cleansing; the similarity with Heracles cleaning the Augean stables is no coincidence (see Hero archetype).
- cleaning work: see Cleaning.
