If this were my dream,
the city of Florence would represent the Mater or Mother, the feminine that has been lost to me or cut off. The feminine,
emotional part of me that is needed in order to become whole. It is a mandala, the symbol of Self, of wholeness represented
by the city. I just read that the romance
language cities are very emotional, very feminine-centered places: they love their women (compared to Germany or Scandanavia
where the women are treated as "not so special" which is quoted by Marie-Louise Von Franz, an amazing Jungian analyst and
accomplished, sadly passed, writer who I cannot say enough about-my heroine). Italy would be, just as you said, a place where I find my lost emotions. What is also
amazing is that my animus, this new love, embodies all that I need to become whole. I can see it in him in my conscious
life but my dreams are now showing me just how important these qualities are. I can now see the projection,
when I look at the dream, that he has everything within him that I need to become whole.
The fact that you say "an act
of God" to create this whole senario would tell me, if it were my dream, that this is an act of God or the Great Goddess...that
it is time that I allow my animus (Matt) to open up the city of love to me and bring back the emotions that I keep mixed up
with everything else in my life (the city, socializing, ect.). It is time to feel whole and reconnect with these emotions.
If this were my dream, It WOULD
be an act of God/dess, that S/He is opening up my inferior function of emotion (which I can fully relate to, in reality).
Matt would be everything that I wish I could be, that I want to be (strong, independant, accomplished, intelligent, gentle,
loving, devoted and self confident). All of these things I need to feel within me in order to bring passion and love
to my own relationship.
What a beautiful archetypal dream
of wholeness....
