{"id":128379,"date":"2026-10-13T09:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=128379"},"modified":"2026-10-13T09:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:31:58","slug":"first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C. G. Jung championed the view of fate and destiny as one\u2019s path in life, dictated and even preordained by the Objective Psyche. This unconscious dimension of the human psyche guides a person along the path toward fulfilling the process of individuation.<\/p>\n<p>Aniela Jaff\u00e9, one of Jung\u2019s closest colleagues, expressed the relationship between fate and destiny:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future does not really come into being but is already existent in some form. It appears to be unavoidable and unchangeable, and that brings us the age-old question of the freedom of human will\u2026. One can almost say that man\u2019s freedom consists of being able either to struggle against fate or to accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jungian conception of a person\u2019s fate and destiny as predestined\u2014and lacking, to a large degree, in free will\u2014can be a disturbing idea. To better understand this view, we can look at certain themes in movies from the 1940s, when a particular film genre dominated the films being released during that tumultuous era.<\/p>\n<p>That genre, film noir, dramatized the struggle of protagonists against a fate they considered to be a malevolent force driving them down a disastrous path in life. As one film noir protagonist expressed it:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me for no good reason at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This lecture will explore more deeply the relationship between the Jungian conception of fate and destiny and the film noir perspective. It will examine how these views both mirror and differ from one another, and how fate may either doom a person to self-destruction or lead to an experience of self-transformation and the fulfillment of the process of individuation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C. G. Jung championed the view of fate and destiny as one\u2019s path in life, dictated and even preordained by the Objective Psyche. This unconscious dimension of the human psyche guides a person along the path toward fulfilling the process of individuation. Aniela Jaff\u00e9, one of Jung\u2019s closest colleagues, expressed the relationship between fate and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":128380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[542,210],"mec_speaker":[3024],"class_list":["post-128379","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-webinar","mec_category-workshop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality - JungianDirectory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"C. G. Jung championed the view of fate and destiny as one\u2019s path in life, dictated and even preordained by the Objective Psyche. This unconscious dimension of the human psyche guides a person along the path toward fulfilling the process of individuation. Aniela Jaff\u00e9, one of Jung\u2019s closest colleagues, expressed the relationship between fate and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JungianDirectory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/\",\"name\":\"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality - JungianDirectory\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-13T08:31:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg\",\"width\":550,\"height\":414},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/\",\"name\":\"JungianDirectory\",\"description\":\"Analysts, Events, Training, CPD, Books, etc\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"JungianDirectory\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/cropped-new-logo-test-2024-03-03.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/cropped-new-logo-test-2024-03-03.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"JungianDirectory\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality - JungianDirectory","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality","og_description":"C. G. Jung championed the view of fate and destiny as one\u2019s path in life, dictated and even preordained by the Objective Psyche. This unconscious dimension of the human psyche guides a person along the path toward fulfilling the process of individuation. Aniela Jaff\u00e9, one of Jung\u2019s closest colleagues, expressed the relationship between fate and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/","og_site_name":"JungianDirectory","og_image":[{"width":550,"height":414,"url":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/","url":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/","name":"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality - JungianDirectory","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-13T08:31:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Third-Man-movie-still-1-e1791401427880.jpg","width":550,"height":414},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/first-you-dream-then-you-die-a-cinematic-guide-to-fate-free-will-and-psychic-reality\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"First You Dream, Then You Die: A Cinematic Guide to Fate, Free Will, and Psychic Reality"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/","name":"JungianDirectory","description":"Analysts, Events, Training, CPD, Books, etc","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/#organization","name":"JungianDirectory","url":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cropped-new-logo-test-2024-03-03.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cropped-new-logo-test-2024-03-03.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"JungianDirectory"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/128379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128379"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=128379"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_speaker?post=128379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}