Development of the relationship must proceed slowly with mutual respect, as with any other serious attempt at deep friendship. Boundaries must be clear and acknowledged. The shadow potentials of each partner must be kept conscious and on the screen while trust is being developed. An arcing of golden energy gradually begins to occur. As the benefice

The dragon guards the treasures of life. Those who avoid it find their lives drained of energy and creativity. Those who encounter it without conscious intention and good will must know its terrible, horrific face. As Jung suggested, the unconscious meets us in the same spirit that we bring to it.

We must, on the other hand, realize that trying to live without the aid of dragon energies condemns us to a dull, depressed, and gray life. People with rigid enough ego-defenses may live out their lives in quiet desperation, but they will seldom experience the golden energies beneath the surface. People with weaker defenses will find the energies m

We must give up the arrogant, hopeless attempt to destroy the dragon, for it will be our companion as long as we survive. We must learn to acknowledge it with respect at the same time we disidentify with it. We must resist the temptation to regress into a merger with its beauty and power, its unlimited aspirations and ever-flowing golden energies.

the community at large can benefit from a positive relationship based on respectful good will and cooperation.

When we relate to the dragon energies consciously and with respect, then individuals and

Those people who think they have destroyed or mastered the dragon must look again. They are simply in a trickster trance, and it is having its way.

on. When we project grandiosity onto others to displace it from ourselves, the onset of chaos is only delayed and shifted to another more insidious form of expression.

This great force in the psyche is characterized by grandiose energies that constantly pressure the human ego from within, resulting in anxiety, mania, and depression. It generates two kinds of inflation: (a) personal, psychological, and spiritual states of possession and (b) idealizing projections that displace the grandiose energies onto other per