Food in a dream seems like a no brainer- the dreamer went to bed hungry. Who was I fooling when I thought it could be so easy. I am going to attempt to highlight the important details from Hillman, although I can make absolutely no sense of it all.
What is truly important to understand is the sacrificial atmosphere that transforms eating into a ritual for the psyche. Hades is the hidden host at the life banquet. These feasts open the way into the fellowship with the "dead person". These are usually family influences from the past. By sitting at the table with them we are feeding them and they are feeding us. This goes along with the idea that the psyche needs to be fed.
So what we eat is not food but images. When we drink a huge glass of orange juice we are actually taking in the sun and rebirth. A cup of tea represents the ritual for starting a new day. It all has to do with the psychic need to nourish images and has little to do with hunger.
Get it...Got it...
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