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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Jennifer's Interpretation of Natalie's Dream
This is a Big Dream for me, there is a big message here, huge symbols wrapped around symbols. I am being given a
message here and I cannot leave this place. So many ancient old references here: the pond, a place where water is stagnant
or not moving, a place where ancient organisms can grow and grow, like the primordial sea, a place where life begins.
The fish with the sharp teeth, reminds me of the prehistoric fish, huge, predators-but the fish is also an ancient paleolithic
symbol of the divine-even borrowed by Christianity as the symbol for Christ. These fish, divine, predators, carry defence
mechanisms, like a part of myself within this pond that is being protected by a huge huge snake. This particular snake,
the way it lays, it's position is in the form of the ourboros...the snake or dragon symbol wrapped around itself, eating it's
own tail. Infinity, healing, regeneration, life and death cycle. This is collective, this symbol. I am standing
at a place where the symbol of the ancient Divine being, wrapped upon itself, is guarding the contents of my Soul, this teething
(teeth, like the fish) place of life and death, of predator fish waiting to eat what will enter. I am not a part of
this circle, I fear it somehow. I see it, I know that it contains serious threats but yet the symbols are divine, and
also a metaphor of evolution and time....I stand to witness this ancient place, this is a place within myself and it contains
all the answers but it is dangerous. Can I go into these waters yet? I feel like it is stagnant but contains potential
for evolving into something....The middle of the snake, I see it and it is a strong image: Like something growing inside of
this snake, something that has been digested...a thought, a past event, something being held in the middle, swollen, like
a swollen belly full of babies...birthing something or the thought or idea that could be birthed....a swollen idea or thought,
a dream perhaps. This Snake holds serious healing energy, it has the power to bring forth change, regeneration, shedding
of skin, it is also an ancient symbol for the divine Goddess or the goddess societies (Minoan for example, the snake goddess
found on Crete). Alchemy. The transformation of the soul. This pond holds serious energy for me, potential
for growth but stagnant. I feel like there needs to be more flow, a flow of energy is needed. Like I am at a place
where I see symbols of my own soul stuck in the muck of trying to change or evolve. But the symbols that have shown
themselves are powerful indeed. There is serious potential. I am not allowed to leave this pond and I feel like
there is something I need to digest.
I am a pond, my purpose is to hold water in one place for plant and animal
life to grow: my purpose is to help things thrive and grow-I hold the essential ingredients for growth.
My goal, as
a pond: to provide safe haven for many different organisms, a support system for many different "things" (ideas,
thoughts, past....)
As a pond, I love: having water added regularly, to be cleaned out and cleared out for more room
to grow and clearer waters. A good pond has flow, refuge for fish and other life forms, aeration...life support.
As a pond, I fear stagnation, being or feeling murky, not being able to move (think) clearly. I fear my waters will
be too low to promote life or too condensed or concentrated....
You can also become the snake and fish and ask
yourself the 6 magic questions. I only tackled 4 above and sometimes it only takes a couple in order to understand how
they connect. I have this on my website....(I am a ___, my purpose/goal/I fear/I hate/I love/I desire)
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Natalie's Dream Response
natalies dream
i complete the snake that is circling the pond
(water=emotion) i complete the circle/snake
which would mean to me- spirit. i am complete and connected
-the snake has eaten and is full content the fish (emotional freedom) have large teeth-
teeth that
are for eating and for protection,
feelings of protection as i explore my emtions
the
fish look at me from time to time to see
if i am paying attention to my emotions......
i like this dream
(dreamer unknown)
Natalie's Dream
I am standing on the bank of a small pond.
It's a familiar setting from my childhood.
An enormous snake is wrapped around
the pond,
except for the part where I am standing.
I can't see its head or the end of its tail,
but across
the pond I see its middle is incredibly thick,
more than six feet. The snake does not move.
In the pond are very
large, strange fish which surface
and look at me now and then. Their teeth are larger than shark teeth.
Other people
may have been near me but I don't remember who they were, if they were there.
I cannot leave the pond. The dream ends.
I have had this dream or a version of it on a few occasions.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Jennifer's interpretation of Darcy's dream
If this were my dream,
the city of Florence would represent the Mater or Mother, the feminine that has been lost to me or cut off. The feminine,
emotional part of me that is needed in order to become whole. It is a mandala, the symbol of Self, of wholeness represented
by the city. I just read that the romance
language cities are very emotional, very feminine-centered places: they love their women (compared to Germany or Scandanavia
where the women are treated as "not so special" which is quoted by Marie-Louise Von Franz, an amazing Jungian analyst and
accomplished, sadly passed, writer who I cannot say enough about-my heroine). Italy would be, just as you said, a place where I find my lost emotions. What is also
amazing is that my animus, this new love, embodies all that I need to become whole. I can see it in him in my conscious
life but my dreams are now showing me just how important these qualities are. I can now see the projection,
when I look at the dream, that he has everything within him that I need to become whole.
The fact that you say "an act
of God" to create this whole senario would tell me, if it were my dream, that this is an act of God or the Great Goddess...that
it is time that I allow my animus (Matt) to open up the city of love to me and bring back the emotions that I keep mixed up
with everything else in my life (the city, socializing, ect.). It is time to feel whole and reconnect with these emotions.
If this were my dream, It WOULD
be an act of God/dess, that S/He is opening up my inferior function of emotion (which I can fully relate to, in reality).
Matt would be everything that I wish I could be, that I want to be (strong, independant, accomplished, intelligent, gentle,
loving, devoted and self confident). All of these things I need to feel within me in order to bring passion and love
to my own relationship.
What a beautiful archetypal dream
of wholeness....
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Darcy's Dream
So Im in Italy, and Im assuming that its Florence because of the
Ponte Vecio river and bridge ...and Im walking down the street and there is NO ONE in the entire city....its dusk, Im walking
across the bridge and all of the shop keepers are looking out their windows at me but no other people are there....its like
no tourists or people came out in Florance that evening - which is very strange, if you have ever been to Florance, it is
one of those places that is ALWAYS busy....so anyway I'm walking alone and I get to this beautiful, very old looking building
with this small Italian restaurant on the curb side...I walk in and this guy greets me and brings me thru the back of the
restaurant - the kitchen, out a back door to a patio - and there you are, sitting there as if you had been waiting for me
(which would never happen in real life, because I'm always on time). .... there is only one table for 2 on the patio,
and all these little white lights are strung around above and there are these candles all over the ground except for a little
path to the table. I remember feeling so much joy and just beyond happy - im not even sure I can describe the feelings I was
having, and they were so real. Its like I knew where I was going and I knew I was meeting you but I had never been there,
so I asked you how you knew where to go or how did you find it...and you said, its our favorite place, how could I forget?
So I assume we ate dinner and drank wine, b/c that's my favorite thing to do in Italy, but that part I
really don't remember. The only part after that I remember is us walking down the cobble stone streets together- holding hands,
talking , and I was telling you how amazed I was that it was just you and I here, Florance to our selves........there might
not be anything more romantic than Italy, except renting the city and having it all to yourself. I remember being so
amazed by that and kept asking you how you did it, and you kept saying I didn't do anything, It just happened that way, maybe
we are just lucky, or maybe it was meant to be- I remember thinking, okay Matt- you dont have to tell me how, I can just appreciate
it for what it is. .........then we were at this park, beside this river that runs thru Florance and the moon was reflecting
off the water, I remember the feeling of really wanting to kiss you was building up, but....then I woke up because this stupid
taxi driver was honking his horn right below my window.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Interpretation of "Snakes" by Jennifer
If this were my dream, the snakes would represent two phases
of my life, the past and the future. Snakes are an archetypal symbol, one of the oldest in written history. The
snake, in this dream would represent rebirth, a symbol for the divine goddess, a shedding of old skin for the new turquoise...basically
I am heading into a new phase in my life; one filled with new knowledge or ideas-a new way of thinking (tree of life, connected
with the snake).
The brown, flat snakes would represent how I am feeling now:
needing a recharge, a new sense of direction-a new shape to my life. Maybe the snakes are showing me how I felt about
my old self or how I feel now... the turquoise snakes that appear in the planter (or next to it) shows how I will grow.
The planting of new seeds and ideas will bring about a total transformation-a beautiful color of turquoise which is my favorite
color and stone. The brillant blue that is worn by these snakes is a metaphor for my future and how things will eventually
turn out.
Why am I in my childhood home? Perhaps it is the feeling
of finally being "home" which I have grappled with for years. The need to feel "at home" where I am now is important.
I want to feel like I belong here and the snakes are telling me that with my new transformation to come, I will feel at home-or
I will be planting the seeds with my new endeavor/idea which will in turn, give me the feeling of finally being "at home"
with mySelf. Home doesn't neccesarily mean a physical home but rather in my own skin-finally finding what I want to
do with life.
I see the before: brown, flat, fat...things I have felt about
myself in the past to brillant turquoise...what I would like to present to the world and feel inside.
I cannot ignore the phallic symbol of the arrowheaded skake
either. Freud would have a field day with this one...however I will say that, if it were my dream, the idea of a sexual
transformation of some sort, maybe a sexual healing of the past, would be imminent. In this sense, the dream would be
completely auspicious and I would feel like I had a dream from the Divine.
Snakes - dream by Gail
I was in my backyard at the house I grew up in which is in Phoenix,
AZ. I have never dreamed of that backyard before unless it was in childhood. Every detail of the yard was so clear that I
felt I was there.
There were brown snakes moving around on the ground. They weren't
like real snakes. They had short, fat, flat bodies and heads that were somewhat shaped like an arrow. I wasn't afraid of the
snakes. I'm terrified of snakes in "real life". Those snakes went away. Suddenly, one of the half barrel planters like I have
now in my yard appeared in the middle of my childhood back yard. There was dirt, but no plants in the planter. Instead, there
were the same snakes, but a brilliant turquoise blue color this time. Once again, I wasn't afraid. Then, I woke up.
Interpretation of Barb's dream by Gail
I believe that I have two guardian angels in my life. One I
never see. That is the angel that stops me at the last minute from being in a traffic accident caused by a careless driver.
The other angel spoke to me once. I was having a bad time. The angel told me as I was sitting in my living room that everything
would be fine. That everything would always be fine for me.
I believe that Barb's angel was addressing her fear of death
and spoke to her.
Interpretation of Barb's Dream by Jennifer
If it were my dream: The lucidity of the dream and the voice from above would make this dream "Big" for me, in
other words, this dream would be a voice from the Divine, and I would take this dream literally.
However it would be possible to look at the voice as a part of myself that is all knowing...my Soul with all Her/My knowledge
of past lives. In this case, I am telling myself that I need not fear death, rather look at it as a chance to begin
again and be in the love, peace, and joy of the Divine.
Barb's Dream
let me please start by saying that I have always feared death, perhaps because of fear of the unknow. It is not a comsuming
fear just something I find uncomfortable to think about. so with that said here is my lucid dream. I thought I was lying awake
thinking about what it is like to die and the thought or voice of myself said: I as in we are forever. as a form of game to
learn or experience we choose to reincarnate. everything and anything is all one therefore all the things that you think are
foreign or strange {like unexplained beings ghost alein etc.} are just reincarnate souls. There is nothing to fear, it is
the place where all is love,energy, peace, forever
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Interpretation of Sherry's dream by Jennifer
I want to use the 6 magic questions here on this one, using the wasp:
I am a wasp; my purpose is to build a nest and collect food to give to my eggs before they hatch.
I desire, as a wasp, light or easy to carry food so I don't have to hurt myself while I carry it back to the nest.
I fear that my nest will be moved or destroyed; I fear that I will loose my eggs/nest
I hate people getting in the way of my goals; I hate being swatted at or threatned; I hate my eggs being threatened.
I love being able to complete my task and creating a safe and bountiful harvest for my young.
I will stop here.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Bee/Wasp Dream from Sherry
The setting was my house, but it wasn't my house. There
was a side room that was part of the master bedroom. The room was fashioned in a burgundy wood. I hated it! I had noticed
these large dead bugs here and there on the floor in the corner. I didn't know where they were coming from. On this night,
I saw another one on the floor and thought, cockroach?? Then one started flying around. I thought, a wasp? a bee? When I looked
up watching it fly, they had built a nest in my ceiling fan. I thought, "yes, that is where they are coming from", but was
also upset that they were in my room. Kevin came in the room or woke up then, he asked what was going on? Before, I could
tell him, one started to fly again. He started to swat at it. I tried to tell him..no, you will disturb the whole nest, but
it was too late. They came swarming. I laid on the bed very still. A bunch of them flew towards me and landed on my arm and
hand stinging me. They were very yellow in color. I thought then, I am going to die. I told Kevin that. He looked horrified,
I don't know what he did after that. (In real life, the only flying bugs that haven't stung me are bees and hornets, I am
going to ask my doctor for an Epipen as I am allergic to many insects and fear that I would be allergic to bees as well) The
next thing I knew, the paramedics were there. I walked toward one with my hand. I had about 3 swollen bites. I asked him which
insect they were. He said, they were wasps. I was relieved b/c I am not allergic to wasps. End of dream. What is funny to
me is that I know what wasps, bees, yellow jackets, and hornets all look like, but in the dream I could not tell the difference!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Interpretation of Sherry's dream
If this were my dream, there would be soo much symbolism here that speaks directly to my heart. The man who saves me, whom
I allow to help me is my animus...the spiritual male part of me that is needed to take over sometimes (take the wheel and
become dominant). He loves me fully and will not allow anything to happen to me, he is within me and I know that I can take
over situations and be strong, I know I can fully love myself in every aspect, including my strong independant part of me.
I can swim the tides and the emotions with ease and strength...he is where I want to be. I feel guilty that I might have feelings
towards him too, that my husband might be left in the dark or on the side, however in the dream he is there on the island,
he is "THERE" but does not have to be by my side in order for me to appreciate him. Basically it is telling me that I do not
need my husband there to save me from every situation; there is a part of me, that is capable of saving myself; and of loving
myself fully and unconditionally.
The number 8 has important significance. It is a multiple of 4, which Jung states is a perfect whole number, the number
of Self and wholeness: the quaternity, the mandala. It is no accident that there are four gospels... It is doubled in this
dream so I would look at what is happening currently in my life that could possibly overtake me or become overwhelming or
think to be "too much" and give it a shot...because this is going to be good for me; it is going to be healing and allow me
to become more of what I want to be (8 being doubled 4, doubly good for me). To know that I can survive it and do it by myself
or through my male side is even more important.
Japan is interesting, why Japan? Japan to me is a volitale island...rocked with tsunamis and earthquakes regularly. It
is a state of flux, of change (constant physical change...change in physical appearances?) it is a foreign place, I am not
familiar with this territory...which corresponds to where I am now, not used to being where I am now. A big change is coming
and I need to go with it, to ride the wave. Water is emotion and corresponds to the unconscious; I am going to allow the water
to come over me and I am going to ride with it. I am coaxed by this man who is unconditionally giving to me, in every way.
I know in my heart that the emotions that will overcome me can be ridden out and worked through. My husband is separate from
me in this dream and the feelings of guilt need to be left on the beach. I know in my heart that I love my husband but I must
learn to love myself and give to myself more (look for what I want in life instead of constantly supporting my husband always).
He will be there, just like the dream, he is not going anywhere.
My mom in this dream is also very important, she is a worry for me, I worry about her anxiety...perhaps it is symbolic
of my own state of motherhood...perhaps I cause anxiety in my own children for various reasons? I need to look at myself as
a mother too. I was just fine, she will be just fine, I am connected to "the mother" in the dream; is this good? Am I too
connected to her?
Dream from Sherry- Japan Tsunami
In my dream, I am on an island in Japan. I cannot remember the name of it, it started with a K. I am with a group of people.
It seems that it was some kind of a "professional group". I was having a pleasant time. A warning came suddenly that an 8
foot wave would soon be coming to the island. It was not a tsunami, more like a mini-tsunami. ( I am terrified of tsunamis).
The "experts" said it was survivable, but everyone must prepare. I immediately tried to get in a car and get off the island,
but realized that there wasn't enough time, and I would be caught by the wave in the car. It was going to cover all exits.
I was full of anxiety. I realized I had to go back and let the wave go over me. I might survive and then again I might not.
When I went back to my group, everyone was grabbing life jackets, boogie boards and floats. I was grabbing some things when
a guy from the next group over came to me. (there were tons of "groups" in the water) I knew him as an acquaintance. In the
dream he was in love with me. I liked him, but knew I could not reciprocate the feelings b/c I am so in love with my husband.
(in the dream, I have the same husband that I have in waking life) He was a good swimmer so I asked him for help. He said
he would not let me drown. I felt very safe with him. I also felt guilty for being so close to him. By now, we were all floating
in the water and maybe we had been floating for some time. He enjoyed being close to me. I did not want to hurt his feelings
by dashing his hopes that things might develop between us. I was coy with him. I was also terrified as you could see the wave
coming from far off. I thought aobut my parents. That my mom would be watching the weather channel and would be petrified
b/c she knew I was there. The wave came in "waves". As he promised, he did not let me drown. I am blurry as to what I felt
when the wave came. I only know before I was terrified. Afterward, everyone was floating around in the water amazed that they
were o.k. I was relieved and wanted to call my parents so they would know I was alright. For some reason, I want to say my
husband was on the trip with me, but was not part of the "group" I was working with. I do not know where he was during the
wave. I was awakened before I could finish the dream and remember being resistant to leaving the dream and waking up.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Another interpretation using 4 of the 6 magic questions of Tama's dream
The most energy object from this dream, if it were mine, is the path...
I am a winter path; my purpose is to lead someone home or to a destination
My goal is to provide a safe passage, a clear direction with definable lines to stay within.
As a path, I fear clutter or not to be recognized. To not be seen or followed. I fear that no one will see
me clearly or trust me to follow.
As a path, I love to give guidance, to set firm boundaries for those who travel alongside. I love to help someone
find their way.
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