The Dream Book of Self-Knowledge
- if a person on a spiritual journey manages to assimilate the negative components of his own psyche, if he assimilates all dependencies, then in crossing the threshold of death he will not be confronted by such a strong figure (Mara*3) and the person will perceive the struggle with the figure as one of many conflicts in life (see Numinosum archetype); in this case realization*68 can take place almost unnoticed in waking consciousness and its confirmation then appears in other dream images in the dream.
