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Jung<\/em>\u00a0(CW 8, para. 739), which posits Analytical Psychology as a response to the excessive rationalization of modern consciousness and its resulting estrangement from the deeper psychic foundations of nature, myth, ancestry, and the collective unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating theoretical reflection with personal experience, this presentation examines the role of dreams, particularly the first analytic dream, as expressions of the psyche\u2019s movement toward individuation. Central to this inquiry is the concept of the\u00a0<em>autochthonous self<\/em>, understood as the dimension of psyche rooted in ancestry, landscape, and mythic imagination. Drawing on long-term experience working with First Nations Australians, we will consider psychogeographical resonances between Jungian concepts of the collective unconscious and individuation, and First Nations understandings of the Dreaming and Songlines.\u00a0 We will explore archetypal narrative expressions of<em>\u00a0<\/em>the symbolic union of the rational and archaic that lies at the heart of individuation, through texts such as\u00a0<em>Moby Dick<\/em>\u00a0and the film\u00a0<em>Storm Boy<\/em>\u00a0and other timeless tales.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the analytic relationship will be considered as a \u201cthin place\u201d in which conscious and unconscious realms may encounter one another through symbolically driven transformations. 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