Regions of Reality.

I had a sudden conviction last night that there are three forms of reality – let’s call them regions – accessible by us humans. The first and densest region is the phenomenal world of routine waking reality. The second is the more rarefied dream region, which is easily experienced but only in a physically subdued state like sleep or trance. The third is the region of magic, myth and archetypes. This region is so ethereal, so far from us or hidden so deep inside, that we usually only get the hint of a smell or the sound of a distant echo from it.

This is my latest theory, and one that I’m hoping Carl Jung can elucidate for me. Mr J is the newest entry to my shopping list. It does, however, prompt one immediate thought:

I have observed that some people instinctively seek the third region with an unusual degree of seriousness and urgency. I’ve also observed that the greater mass of mundane humanity tends to describe such people as ‘dreamy.’ It says they need grounding; it even accuses them of escapism, which, by extension, implies inadequacy.

Maybe this is entirely wrong. Maybe such people are simply more aware of finer energies than the greater mass of mundane humanity.