The Symbolism of Travel Inner and Outer

This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

Jungian, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Psychology, Dreams, Jung, Relationships, Selfhelp, Society & Culture, Psychoanalysis

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Travel speaks to something far deeper in us than simply going from one place to another; it’s a powerful metaphor for inner change. In our dreams or daydreams, the drive to “hit the road” or venture overseas often signals Psyche’s desire for growth and transformation. Instead of just showing us new sights, these journeys hint at unexplored parts of ourselves—regions of the unconscious that hold insight, energy, or aspects of our own personality we’ve yet to embrace.

When you find yourself repeatedly dreaming about traveling or caught up in fantasies of far-off adventures, it may be your inner life nudging you toward new perspectives, solutions, or even a bold reinvention. Much like ancient heroes setting sail to unknown realms, we, too, embark on soul-level quests whenever we step beyond our comfort zones. Seen this way, traveling—physically or in our dreams—becomes a path to self-discovery. Each trek outward reflects a deeper journey within as we gradually gather up previously hidden pieces of ourselves, weaving them into a truer, fuller picture of who we are meant to become.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this Jungian life.
0:04.2	Three good friends and Jungian analysts, Lisa Marchiano, Deborah Stewart, and Joseph Lee,
0:09.7	invite you to join them for an intimate and honest conversation that brings a psychological perspective to important issues of the day.
0:19.4	I'm Lisa Marchiano, and I'm a Jungian analyst in Philadelphia. I'm Joseph Lee,
0:24.9	and I'm a Jungian analyst in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I'm Deborah Stewart, a Jungian analyst,
0:31.1	and Cape Cod.
0:48.1	Thank you. Welcome to another episode of our dreamography project.
0:56.2	Our dreamography project takes a look every month at a different category of dream. It's something that was inspired as we worked on our new book, Dreamwise, unlocking the meaning of your dreams, which,
1:02.7	oh, look at that. I have a copy right here. By purest coincidence. We co-wrote this book to help you work with your dreams.
1:13.9	And if you haven't purchased your copy yet, you can, of course, do so wherever you get your books.
1:18.7	And if you have it and you love it, we'd love it if you would write a review.
1:23.6	But, you know, in Dreamwise, we take you through all different kinds of techniques that you can
1:31.3	use to work with your own dreams. And we also do a little bit of this dreamography, where we
1:38.9	take a certain type of dream, you know, lots of people have dreams about travel. That features in dreams and
1:46.7	what might that mean? So we wanted to take this opportunity on the podcast to take a deeper
1:51.6	dive into some of these themes. And this month we are looking at travel. By the way,
1:57.1	next month, we're going to be looking at house dreams. So if you have a house
2:02.2	dream you'd like to share, you can go to the link and share your house room. This is a
2:07.2	different link than our usual share your dream link and we'll collect all of your house dreams.
2:13.7	So in travel dreams, we are often driving cars. We're riding buses or subways or boats or planes. We're in airports. What do, of course, you know, as we know, no image always means the same thing in dreams and our associations are highly individualized. But taking that into account, what are some of the types of themes
2:38.1	that travel might introduce into a dream? What might travel images stand for when we see them in a
2:49.5	dream? So many of you were kind enough to share your travel
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