

As soon as I had the feeling that I was myself again, I abandoned this restraint upon the emotions and allowed the images and inner voices to speak afresh…

But since it was my purpose to know what was going on within myself, I would do these exercises only until I had calmed myself enough to resume my work with the unconscious. “I was frequently so wrought up that I had to do certain yoga exercises in order to hold my emotions in check. But there was a demonic strength in me, and from the beginning there was no doubt in my mind that I must find the meaning of what I was experiencing in these fantasies. I stood helpless before an alien world everything in it seemed difficult and incomprehensible.

“… I did my best not to lose my head but to find some way to understand these strange things.
