An opponent figure in a dream, often embodying an internal conflict or a rejected part of the personality.
An enemy in a dream—by superstition, means hidden ill-wishers in waking life. An enemy in a dream almost always carries traits of the Shadow—that which the ego rejects as alien and dangerous, but which is actually part of its own psyche. The stronger the hostility toward this figure, the more important the material it symbolizes for integration.
Fear, anger, tension
Often arrives during a real conflict or an internal struggle with an unacknowledged part of oneself. Perhaps the qualities of this enemy, if you look closely, are faintly familiar—like something you reject in yourself.
Write what one advantage would be if you allowed yourself a little of this rejected quality in an appropriate situation.
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