Many things which are often quickly dismissed tend to have rich and interesting symbolic interpretations. One example is a kind of "ghost". For example, if som

Many things which are often quickly dismissed tend to have rich and interesting symbolic interpretations. One example is a kind of "ghost". For example, if someone passes away and you miss them deeply it's possible for you to be "haunted" by their ghost / memory. And how do you get rid of the ghost? By using salt, i.e. crying. (Obviously this example is meant to be illustrative and basic.) Jung has some really interesting interpretations of symbols but he can sometimes go a bit overboard. I recently read Aion and while the first few chapters were intellectually interesting, he absolutely lost me when he went on an 8(?) chapter detour rambling about opaque fish symbolism. Admittedly, maybe I'm just a bad reader and was unable to fully grasp the full intricacies of his points.