From Wise’s perspective (1995, 2002), theta is the subconscious, akin to Jung’s personal unconscious. It is the individual’s repressed materials, the abuses, the traumas, the trials, the tribulations, and the terrors. Theta is also the reverie, the deep longings and wishes, all those things that we push down, to be forgotten in our subconscious. Theta gives these deeply repressed memories life at the top of the sleep cycle in the form of dreams. Wise (1995, 2002) notes that theta can also be a repository for suppressed creativity and inspiration; she felt that theta was particularly strong during peak experiences, spiritual insights, and high-functioning brain states (such as deep meditation). She thought that theta brainwave states—which occur predominantly when we dream—were affiliated with the subconscious (a match for Jung’s personal unconscious): underlying interpretations and meanings that we are not privy to, but which we create—those that reside under the threshold of our awareness.  The personal unconscious is the place where we bury our shadows and from which our behaviors unconsciously emerge.