Key
Access, secret knowledge, the unlocking of the self.
ChristianJungianAlchemical
The key is an access granted. Christian iconography gives Peter two keys, to bind and to loose. Alchemical tradition speaks of the silver key (lunar, intuitive) and the golden key (solar, rational). Jungian analysis treats a dream-key as a faculty becoming available in the dreamer — an ability to unlock some part of the psyche that has been closed. Losing a key in a dream is almost always about losing access to something you once had: a feeling, a relationship, a sense of self. Finding a key, the opposite. Notice what the key fits, and whether you actually use it or pocket it for later.
Themes
access secret knowledge
Related symbols