 Jung distinguishes the personal unconscious (which he relates to his concept of the shadow) from the collective unconscious, which he describes variously in this essay as containing ‘primordial images,’ ‘inherited possibilities of human imagination,’ ‘thought-forms,’ ‘motifs,’ ‘dominants,’ and ‘archetypes.’ Jung explains that archetypes have a powerful emotional fascination akin to a religious experience.Jung elaborates on his theories by going through some examples of his method of dream interpretation, and amplifying the material provided by connecting it with archetypal figures such as the shadow, the magician/wise old man, and the hero undertaking the night sea journey.Jung maintains that there is great healing potential in a thoughtful integration of the unconscious.