"The forest, dark and impenetrable, like deep water and the sea, is the con­tainer of the unknown and the mysterious. an appropriate synonym for the unconscious.

Trees represent the living contents of the unconscious.

Trees have individuality. A tree, therefore, is often a symbol of per­sonality.

the prototype of the self, of the source and goal of the individuation process.

stands for the still unconscious core of the personality, plant symbolic of a state of deep unconsciousness."