In 1913, Jung came up with a creative visualization technique called "active imagination" which looks to daydreams to harness the wisdom of the unconscious mind to help solve the problems of the conscious mind. Jung claimed that the free visualizations and mind wandering involved in the technique helped him heal from the emotional problems he was undergoing at the time by giving him new insights on his situation. He referred to the communication between the unconscious and the conscious mind that occurs during this process as the "transcendent function"--transcendent because it makes it possible for the mind to shift in and out of consciousness.