That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists

That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it…. We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself. – Paracelsus, quoted in The Dream Game

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