Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Volume 5 Issue 8 Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams SEPTEMBER 1998 Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Dreams To subscribe to Electric Dreams Send from the address you want to subscribe to electric-dreams-request@lists.best.com And put in the body of the e-mail only: subscribe your-email To unsubscribe from Electric Dreams Send from the address you want to unsubscribe to electric-dreams-request@lists.best.com And put in the body of the e-mail only: unsubscribe your-email Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z E L E C T R I C D R E A M S Volume 5 Issue #8 SEPTEMBER 1998 ISSN# 1089 4284 Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z Electric Dreams on the World Wide Web USA www.dreamgate.com/electric-dreams UK illustrated lastest issue http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/dma/ed/start.htm Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z Send Dreams and Comments on Dreams to: Bob Krumhansl Send Dreaming News and Calendar Events to: Peggy Coats Send Articles and Subscription concerns to: Richard Wilkerson: For back issues, editors addresses and other access & Staff see ELECTRIC DREAMS ACCESS INFORMATION at the end of this issue Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z Get this issue with graphics by subscribing to edreams-web-request@lists.best.com Put in body of email only: subscribe your-email Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z=Z C O N T E N T S ++ Editor's Notes ++ Dream Airing: Notes, letters to the editor ++ Column: Dream Trek: Help Solve The Flying Wires Mystery Linda Lane Magall›n ++ Q&A: Watch Your Dreams + Tips Nancy Huseby Bloom ++ Article: Enter 'Dreamgates' for Time-Folding Travel Hannah Seymour. ++ Review: Simbilu's Dream Landscape 10,000 Dreams Interpreted by Gustavus Hindman Miller ++ Poem: The Color of Dreams William C. Burns, Jr. ++ Article: Linking Business Success and Dreams Leslie Davidoff ++ Article: Challenging Your Interpretative Skills Simbilu GLOBAL DREAMING NEWS Peggy Coats This Month's Features: NEWS +A Weekend in Connecticut with Jeremy Taylor +Introduction to Dreamwork in Tennessee +New dream software: Alchera Suite 2.0 +Shamanic Dreamjourney Circle in Emeryville, CA +Trainings in Urban Shamanism +Oklahoma Regional Dream Conference +The Healing Power of Dreams Retreat +New Orleans Dream Group Forming +Dreams and Nightmares: The New Theory on the Origin and Meaning of Dreams RESEARCH & REQUESTS +Constant Dreams and Sleeping Disorders Student Needs Help with School Dream Project +Call for Your Dream Journeys +Political Dreams +Big Dreams Wanted WEBSITE & ONLINE UPDATES +Janice Baylis' New Website +Australian Dream Updates +Dream Search Engine Results DREAM CALENDAR for September 1998 D R E A M S SECTION (For ED V5 N8) Editorial BY BOB K. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SEPTEMBER 18, FRI deadline for submission FOR Next Electric Dreams vol 5(9) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Editor's Notes +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Are you dreams wired? I mean do you fly into Telephone wires, power lines, electric rail nets and lines trailing from balloons? Linda Magallon has noticed that so many people encounter them while flying in their dreams, "they seem to be permanent fixtures of dream reality." If you would like to join in an exploration and experiment about this, read the Dream Trek Column. Having a Mid-Life Crisis? Michael is. But don't worry, ancy Huseby Bloom him and others how to use dreams to travel this sea of changes in her atch Your Dreams Column. I know you all have been to my DreamGate.com and know all about its contributions to dreams and dreaming online, but are your familiar with Robert Moss' Dream Gates? Take a journey into Robert's house and philosophies for a for time-folding interview by Hannah Seymour. We have a dream book review and article on interpretation by a new contributor, Shimbilu. The review is of G H. Millers's 10,000 Dreams Interpreted. If you would like to boost your intuitive skills for dream interpretation, Shimbilu has some suggestions worth reading. We have known for sometime that personal problems can be addressed with dreams leading to insights and new life paths, but what about practical problems in business? Leslie Davidoff can't give away the whole store, but she will convince you that dreams can be used by employees, managers, directors and others to facilitate better business relations and working conditions. Be sure to start dream sharing at your company after reading Links to Business with Dreams. Looking for the latest dream theory, the latest dream book, the latest gadget or program for recording and exploring dreams? Or how about the newest seminar or lecture or dream tour vacation? Peggy Coats gives all these to you and more in the latest Global Dreaming News. How would you like to get an Illustrated version of Electric Dreams? We have made it very easy. Just sign up and well send you a free copy via email. You unzip the issue and read it in your own web browser offline for speed and beauty. The covers alone make it worthwhile! How? Send and email TO: edream-web-request@list.best.com In the body of the email put only Subscribe your-email You can check out how this will look online at http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/dma/ed/start.htm Illustrated versions are sent out about a week after the regular edition. The Electric Dreams Dreamwheel is underway and we have a great group this time, very responsive and exploratory, yet kind and respectful of one another's dreams. If you would like to join in the group (via email) send me note and say, "Hey Richard, I want to join the DreamWheel group, send me more info and sign me up!" rcwilk@dreamgate.com And Bob Krumhansl has a special dream editorial and full dream section for you with dreams and dream comments. See his DREAM SECTION ++ Richard "I wake up in the morning with a dream in my eyes." allen ginsberg +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Dream Airing Notes, letters to the editor Send to rcwilk@dreamgate.com +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Constant Dreams and Sleeping Disorders I've been interested in dreams for a very long time, as I usually remember them in great detail, and have had precognitive dreams. I have health problems, and have been diagnosed as having a sleeping disorder. I have problems falling asleep, then seem to dream constantly, I'm often exhausted when I wake up. I may have fibro myalgia, and have read that sleeping disorders may be a cause of the condition, or just a factor of it. I would like to know if anyone has any research studies or information on people who dream too much. I don't seem to do very much deep sleep, my husband says most the time I appear to be dreaming. Any info or feedback would be appreciated. Thanks! keryrena@ethergate.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Looking for articles online in sleep and dream research? http://sommeil.univ-lyon1.fr/bibliosleep/biblio_e.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Personal Thanks to Hannah Seymour for the dream interview of Richard Wilkerson http://www.centralmaine.com/071998/news12.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Dream and the Enlightenment www.fernuni-hagen.de/EUROL/kongresse/dream/dreamwelcome.htm =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= DREAM TREK By Linda Lane Magall›n Help Solve The Flying Wires Mystery =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Telephone wires, power lines, electric rail nets and lines trailing from balloons. So many people encounter them while flying in their dreams, they seem to be permanent fixtures of dream reality. Or perhaps such images are creative variations on the physical or astral structures of the "screen" on which our dream movies play. There has been speculation that such wires are symbolic translations of the blood vessels of the eye, the astral cord or the membrane of the aura-surround that assumes ectoplasmic consistency during sleep. Can you help solve the wire mystery? I'd be grateful for your comments and past experience, but I really hope you will try to experiment in your next dream. Here's how: Incubate a regular dream to answer yourself a question like "What are the wires?" or "Please show me what lines mean in my flying dreams." Alternately, suggest that you will encounter wires or lines in a lucid dream. Then when you do, view, touch, hear them or try to sense the wires in a psychic manner. Or ask your dream characters or request the dream to tell or show you the answer. Before and after you sleep, please pay attention to your body (such as position, health, diet, breath or blood pressure) and note anything that seems relevant. You might also try for an astral projection sequence to contrast and compare with the dream experience. Then send your results to Linda Lane Magall¢n/CaseyFlyer@aol.com. I'll compose a report and send it to participants. Due date: December 1, 1998. Thanks! http://members.aol.com/caseyflyer/fbnc/fbnc01.htm (Fly-By- Night Club) =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Watch Your Dreams with Nancy Huseby Bloom dream@icehouse.net =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Week of September 20 Dear Nancy, I am 40 years old and I think I am going through my mid-life crisis. Ive been burned out at work for several years now and would love to change careers. I have a good life and certainly wouldn't want to trade places with anyone I know. It's just that as I learn who I am on the inside....my outside doesn't fit. Michael "My wife and I are on a trip when I notice I have a cut on the forefinger of my left hand. (I am left-handed.) As the trip progresses, this minor cut becomes more discolored and infected. The skin on my hand and arm clear up to my elbow is getting dry, discolored and hard like it is dying. The scene changes and my wife and I are at a show something similar to the "Wheel of Fortune." I am wearing white slacks and I notice my cut is seeping and oozing yucky stuff all over them. I go to the bathroom to clean up and see that the skin up to my elbow is all dead, dried and loose. As I peel it from my arm and hand it all comes off in one piece. The skin underneath is new and white, and the wound is healed. Im surprised at my "new" arm, throw the dead tissue in the trash and wake up." Dear Michael, This is a classic dream of death and renewal, announcing your personal metamorphosis. The trip you are on may be the life journey you are taking with your wife. I am not surprised shes there with you, as this change in you will affect her too. She may also symbolize the feminine aspect of your Self, the aspect that is intuitive and nurturing. The bleeding wound is on your left hand, the hand you favor and do most of your work with. Your creative hand. Does your current work drain your energy and leave you feeling empty and dry? Blood is life energy. Losing blood in a dream often illustrates the lose of vitality and spirit through worry, fear, or anxiety. Just as the snake sheds its skin in the process of renewal, so you must shed your old skin to see the new, fresh growth underneath. The transformation is already complete on the inside. You indicated to me that you already know what it is you would like to be doing and that it is a very creative path for you, a path that would bring you the satisfaction you long for. Many times transitions bring anxiety but the purpose of your "mid-life crisis" seems to be to create a more authentic life. I hope you have support from your family and friends, so this change can be a positive experience for you. DREAM TIP Some people say they never dream but these people are just not remembering their dreams. Science has proven that we all dream several times every night so those people that dont remember are missing out on one third of their life! In a typical night of sleep, we all experience 5 to 6 active dream phases. Until recently, it was thought that dreams only occurred during REM sleep, which is distinguished by rapid eye movements, when the eyes move from side to side. Dream researchers are finding that dreams occur even outside of the REM stage and I know one person who recorded 30 dreams in one night! Nancy Huseby Bloom dream@icehouse.net =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Enter 'Dreamgates' for Time-folding Travel By Hannah Seymour =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Suddenly, I'm back in Exeter, N.H., in a proud, 19th-century house flanked by towering white pines, a home once owned by a dealer in fine antiques and rare books. I'm entering a back room crammed with "volumes of forgotten lore." While browsing though this virtual dream library, I'm fully conscious of being at home in a small, one-windowed room reserved for incubating dreams and mediations. It's dusk. I can hear a wood thrush singing outside, and a warbler. . . . Thus begins the start of my adventure in "conscious dreaming," illustrating one of many intriguing methods taught by novelist, dreamworker and shamanic practitioner, Robert Moss, in "Dreamgates: An Explorer's Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination and Life Beyond Death" (Three Rivers Press, 1998, paperback, $14). " 'Dreamgates' is a course in human possibility," says Moss, who describes part of his book as a flight manual. His work is also a guided tour in active dreaming, an invitation to open new portals in imaginal realms. Here, as we move through unmapped, inner terrain, we may encounter "interdimensionals" who offer guidance "that we can apply directly to the creative challenges in our lives," he says. Or, we may experience a rich array of shape-shifting, time-folding events that are "entirely real on their own level of reality." Moss calls it "soul remembering," a process involving dream travel to astral planes through which dreamers enter into "hidden orders of reality." He provides numerous accounts of interior travels -- his own and others -- which, when combined with intention, have sparked intuition, healing and understanding. "Consciousness is never confined to the body and brain," he says. Part of the book is a history lesson in shamanic practices as taught since ancient times. What's new, is Moss' fluid way of organizing a rich amount of historical and experiential material in an eye-opening way. "Poets and mystics have always known that the world of imagination is a real world, a 'Third Kingdom' between the physical universe and the higher realms of spirit -- and that it's possible to travel there and bring back extraordinary gifts," he says. Moss, who is also the author of "Conscious Dreaming," invites us "to release blocks and open to creative flow through Active Dreaming." One exercise is to journey to your personal dream library to seek inspiration or to look up something you need to know: Back at the rare books library, I say hello to the gruff but kindly dealer. He reminds me to enjoy the roses in the side garden. His comment fills me with happy emotions. Craning my neck, I see a book at the top shelf that looks useful and reach for it. Its square, thick shape falls into my hands. It's not a book after all, but a box of cassette tapes -- the training program Moss offers in the back of his book! I'm both intrigued and disgruntled. "Gee," I think. "Either these might be real useful, or Moss is one heck of a promoter!" I sense someone behind me amid the dim stacks and turn to look. It's Moss! He's wearing his Indiana Jones-style explorer's hat and a khaki outfit. He is calm, centered and a little flirtatious. "This guy really gets around," I think. "Let's go outside and talk in the garden by the roses," he says. As we talk, he offers insights on how best to write my own book about dreams, rich ideas that I'm still pondering. Now and then, a ground-breaking book germinates in the night garden of our dreaming. "Dreamgates," is one such work. Expect what sprouts from its pages to be rambling, exotic, mystically fragrant and full of wise, good fun. As we approach the new millennium, Moss believes, we have a chance to evolve into a "multidimensional human . . . a more gifted and generous version of our species. . . . To accomplish this, we need to marry the best of contemporary science and scholarship to the techniques of Paleolithic psychology: conscious dreaming, hypersensory perception and the care and feeding of soul." Thorns also exist amid the rose garden of conscious dreaming, he cautions. His advice about dream travel should alert the heedless without dampening free-spirited adventurers. If you enter "Dreamgates," be prepared to shrug off the dull and dogmatic. Choose a flight path, check your baggage and lift off. If you'd like to record your dream, use the "Dreamline" at 207-621-1300, Ext. 1090. Or, send your dreams, questions or comments to DREAMS, c/o this newspaper. Or e-mail, dreams@uninets.net Please include your age, sex, current relationship and occupation. Copyright 1998 Hannah Seymour All Rights Reserved ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= SIMBILU'S DREAM LANDSCAPE Book Review: 10,000 Dreams Interpreted by Gustavus Hindman Miller =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= One of the things I like about this book is the inclusion of unusual images that you don't find in more contemporary dream interpretation literature. This is very much a turn of the century type book with accompanying language. While that makes it very quaint, be warned that it can also make it annoying when you're looking for contemporary images. For example, if one dreams of a Xerox machine or a copy shop, prepare to look under Printer and/or Printing Office. The interpretations for both are pretty grim, with slander, bad luck and financial troubles. Printers must not have done so well in old Gustavus' day. Today's print shops and printers have a lot less messy job to do and seem to rake in some pretty good cash. (Interpretative note: I would consider dreaming of a print shop or machine to me the potential to increase whatever the content of the dream was about, as well as other factors. If the content were negative then I could see the overabundance of negativity. If the print machine broken or the shop closed, that avenue would be closed off for increase, and again, depending on the content of the dream, that's good or bad) You will find somnambulists and hyssop, flux (which is something that according to him that you "have", and I haven't been able to find a meaning of) and belladonna. The main reason why I keep it handy for interpretations isn't so much that I agree with the meanings or have found them true to this time period; it's more that I like the old-time feel to it, and if someone comes to me presenting an image (and using language like "I was a somnambulist"), I feel I have something that's accurate for that time period. Recommended for the reasons of curiosity and expanding your dream interpretation book collection. Simbilu@bellsouth.net Simbilu is a writer, tarot card reader, dream interpreter and sacred dance student. **************** +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Color of Dreams William C. Burns, Jr. Do you remember your dreams Everyone has them we have scientific evidence And who can argue with that I wonder why we don't remember dreams Think about it In this dangerous world crawling with things sporting big teeth nasty claws and hungry guts we close our eyes every night to dream And then we throw the dreams away . . . Anyway There are all kinds of dreams Running falling flying . . . Some dreams are just recreational But the really serious dreams Dreams real as real life Are lucid dreams Lucid dreaming is close as we can come to real magic If you can get a grip on a lucid dream You can do anything you want Think about it anything . . . Worth remembering Perhaps Maybe on those nights when you sleep The deep deep sleep Maybe you're not really there in the bed at all Maybe you're somewhere else Mystic partner in someone else's dream Next time it snows look for footprints outside your window ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Linking Business Success and Dreams Leslie Davidoff ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 Link: HOW THE RIGHT-HAND BRAIN WORKS Dreams have always had a central place in psychology; more recent scientific research (REM sleep, and particularly the role of consciousness in species-evolution) places dreams as essential parts of the processing carried out by the mind in adapting to its environment - but unlike the logical digital synapses of the computer, the mind also uses non-logical, imagistic connections. These arise in the "right-hand brain". The left-hand brain is the part of us that deals with logic, reason, cause and effect: all vitally necessary for us to survive and adapt. The older part of the brain is the right-hand side, which deals with emotion and intuition. Where the left hand brain tells us that since the sun has risen each morning it is logical to assume that it will do so again, the right hand brain imagines where the sun comes from, goes to, what it would be like to live on it - and what, inside and outside us, the sun means. In this way, the sun has a fantastically wide range of meanings: it is a metaphor. We use metaphors all the time, but they are a kind of magic: they say that something is, and at the same time, simultaneously, it is something else. Indeed, lots of 'something elses', which connect us at a deeper than conscious level with the vast background - the unconscious, or 'spirit' - the complete mind, which is far more than we can ever consciously know. We have all had the experience - we struggle to solve a problem, we get stuck, so we take a break, relax, play, daydream; and then, when we come back to the intractable issue - we suddenly solve it! There before us is the answer that has been eluding our consciousness to the point of frustration and headaches. The IMAGO process uses that power of the unconscious - and, by using the imagery of dreams, takes it to a much more effective level. It gives you the power to choose the problem - and how to SOLVE IT! The dream and its images need have nothing whatsoever to do with the problem. When we enter the dream, we open the door connecting conscious and unconscious, and then let the unconscious do the work. It feels like magic. In a way it is. It's the magic of your own mind. 2 Link: HISTORY I offer my services to help people in need identify more clearly their own 'internal' obstacles to progress, and therefore make clear choices about their life and work. I developed The IMAGO Process - a way of using dreams to deal with various kinds of problems and life-issues (across a very wide range) - while working at Trinity Hospice in Blackpool, England - as a professional writer and a qualified psychotherapist. The IMAGO Process brings the process out into a wider, non- clinical environment, linking the deepest part of ourselves with our daily experiences: our relationships, our capacities, our ambitions, our health, our self-image and understanding, and so on. 3 Link: THE ROLE OF DREAMS IN YOUR LIFE By working with the metaphorical imagery of dreams, we can resolve certain issues or throw a fresh light on them. This is done by taking the 'unconscious' (much-maligned word!) seriously, and letting it do the work. The more we let ourselves 'play' with dream contents, the more we activate our unconscious mind (which is the deepest part of us), and so the more effective the problem-solving. It's not a quick-fix - but it works! "IMAGO" is the Latin for image. It also has two modern meanings, which are extremely relevant: 1. the highest form of evolution achieved by metamorphosing creatures (a butterfly is an imago). 2. in psychoanalytic psychotherapy an imago is an image from the past (particularly childhood) stored in the unconscious, and which continues to influence conscious life: e.g. the "mother-imago" and the "father-imago". Combining them: an imago is a perfect form, adapted to survive and master its environment, derived from the deepest level of the mind. 4 THIS WEEK'S DREAM Jane's issue: She has just opened up a shop selling herbal remedies, ethnic goods, holistic books, that kind of thing. As part of the shop, she has a large notice board for local groups and healers etc to advertise and arrange meetings and so on. She is worried that the financial side of the shop will not bring her the income she requires, she feels not in control of the situation, even though she has set it up. Jane's dream: I'm attacked by lice in my hair. There is quite a swarm of them. There seems to be nothing I can do to stop them landing and crawling about on my head. My response: Lice would seem to be a metaphor for some kind of parasite, something - someone, many people? - sucking the (emotional?) blood out of you. And you are passive, you feel overwhelmed by this "attack" but you do nothing to stop them. Notice that they attack your head, not the rest of your body. The head: the place where you are in authority, and also the housing of the mind. The lice are a swarm, a threatening group, rather than isolated individuals. The feeling of threat means that you are unable to deal with each blood-sucker at a time, you can only label them all as lice and shudder at them - and do nothing. The passivity seems a strong metaphor: that you are a welcome mat for the parasites, an easy-to-board vehicle, to be used. And, because of your passivity, you are unable to identify any individuals: you give them the power of being a swarm. How do you rid yourself of lice? You take a powerful cleansing agent to the affected area - your head, where your ideas emanate - and you drench it. It's quite drastic, but it kills them. Any other remedy simply deals with the symptoms, not the cause (the eggs the lice lay). So what would be the metaphorical equivalent of a cleansing agent to "wash your brain" and kill off not just the lice but their ability to reproduce and stay feeding off you? Comment: Jane was struck by the aptness of the parasite metaphor. She is, she says, the kind of person who attracts people, and she organises them - and she likes doing it. But more and more people depend on her, use her - exploit her (her word) - and now that she has opened the shop they are not only exploiting her time and goodwill, they are doing it financially as well. And she is allowing them to do it. She decided to make a distinction, for the moment, between her personal/social life and her business life: she hated to split things up in this way, but in order to survive, it had to be done. Later, she could perhaps mix things up again. She was unsure how far she would be able to follow it through, but at least the option was now available to her. 5 Link: Personal & Professional Development I HELP organisations and businesses with problems & solutions - for individuals, teams, and workforces. There's pressure in the market, stress in the workplace. I can help you find the creative resources for you and your team to change pressure into productivity and stress into satisfaction. I have many years' management experience in education, the health service, and the media, changing people's lives - for the better. When you have a problem, a difficult decision to make, a wrangle to untangle, don't bang your head against a wall. I'LL HELP YOU work it out, TO improve the quality of your life as well as your productivity. Any problem, any area. From one-person units to large corporates. Ideas plus team skills minus "feeling used" = productivity Scenario 1 The Workforce They ought to work hard - but they do the absolute least they can. They ought to enjoy their work - but it seems they couldn't care less. They ought to tell you what's wrong - but they keep to themselves. Scenario 2 The Team They ought to be working together - but they're isolated individuals. They ought to come up with new ideas - but they stick to the old ways. They ought to be up-and-at-'em! - but they wait for you to tell them. Scenario 3 The Manager You want to be fully prepared - but you have to act now. You want good working relationships - but nobody else seems to! You try not to be stressed - but you don't feel in control. Scenario 4 The Director You have to make quick decisions - but you're simply not sure. You'd like to sleep peacefully - but your nights are disturbed & uneasy. You need advice - but there's nobody you can ask. Familiar? Want to improve the situation - and more? contact me for details and terms. 6 Link: Consultations, Analysis, address For help with any area of your life, with any dream, e-mail me for a consultation. SINGLE DREAM ANALYSIS Send me a description of a dream (a whole dream or a fragment, if that's all there is), and I'll send you back a metaphorical exploration of it to help you interpret it. [Simple dream interpretation - $15 (œ10)] DREAM SERIES ANALYSIS Send me a number of dreams, and I'll link the metaphors together for a full picture of your inner life. [Series of dreams/inner life meaning - $10 (œ7.50) per dream] IMAGO DREAMWORK PROCESS Describe an area of life, and an issue in your life, which you wish to explore/develop/understand/enrich, plus a description of a dream (the dream does not have to have any connection to the issue), and I'll explore the metaphorical connections to help you resolve/bring the issue to fulfilment. [Life issue linked to dream - $20 (œ15)] For One-on-one online/phone/postal consultation please e- mail me for details. For counselling with dreamwork (regular weekly or monthly consultations), please e-mail me with your requirements. The first step on the way to changing your life! E-mail me: davimago@aol.com Postal address: Davidoff-Imago, 10 Devonshire Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2ET, United Kingdom. Phone (UK) 01904 424198 Davidoff-IMAGO Consultancy & Workshops for Personal and Professional Development The IMAGO Process helps you make discoveries, solve problems, and understand yourself so much better - with very little effort and a whole lot of support. You can help yourself with the issues you choose - Relationships Work & Career Depression Stress and Anxiety Self-Image and Self-Esteem An easy and effective way of dealing with almost any life- issue, by making use of your own inner resources - through your dreams - to improve the quality of your life. Leslie Davidoff, experienced counsellor and psychotherapist, will gently help you to help yourself: identify your issue, connect with your inner source of help, and clarify and reach a resolution. The IMAGO Process is not exclusive, you need not be familiar with counselling or therapy to experience the benefits. Leslie Davidoff says: I'm a qualified psychotherapist, registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, and a professional writer. I discovered the IMAGO process - a way of understanding and overcoming issues/problems of all kinds, by making use of the unconscious. The IMAGO process is an easy and effective way of dealing with almost any life-issue- for individuals, for groups, for organisations - it can make you, and keep you, healthy, wealthy and wise. We have all had the experience of struggling to solve a problem, we get stuck, so we take a break, relax, play, daydream; and then, when we come back to the intractable issue - we suddenly solve it! There before us is the answer that has been eluding our consciousness to the point of frustration and headaches. The IMAGO process uses that power of the unconscious - and, by using the imagery of dreams, takes it to a much more effective level. It gives you the power to choose the problem - and how to SOLVE IT! It is not simply dream interpretation: the dream and its images need have nothing whatsoever to do with the problem. We 'play' with the dream, open the door connecting conscious and unconscious, and then let the unconscious do the work. It feels like magic. In a way it is. But there's nothing supernatural about it. It's the magic of your own mind. Personal confidential consultations available face-to-face in the Yorkshire area, or by post, or by phone, or by e- mail. To find out more... Contact Leslie Davidoff at Davidoff-IMAGO, 10 Devonshire Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2ET, United Kingdom Tel. 01756 793549 e-mail: davimago@aol.com Dreams are fascinating, bizarre - and necessary. Whether you remember them or not, they are part of your sleep routine every night. As part of your natural biological- psychological process, they have a function: to connect you with the deepest parts of yourself, and through that to connect you with everything around you - and I mean everything. By connecting you with your own depths, dreams show you where and who you are - as you are right now, as you've always been, and as you will be. By understanding you dreams more, you understand yourself more. I stand on the shoulders of giants - the dream pioneers Freud, Jung, Faraday, Perls, Ullman, and many others I've studied - and add my own creative-intuitive ingredient. Let's be clear: nobody understands your dreams better than you yourself, so dreambooks full of "fixed symbols" are more likely to frustrate your quest than fulfil it. But in order to get through life, you put up obstacles and avoidances. They don't let you understand what's going on inside yourself (as a counsellor and psychotherapist I'm used to dealing with this), so you need a guide through - to help you see what's in your dreams, and how they affect and reflect your life. That guidance is what I offer. Dreams speak in images, metaphors. My training, study, skill and insight enable me to open up the metaphors, for you to see where the dream is located in you, what it can mean for you, and what your next steps can be. I link science (psychology & biology) with intuition (knowledge and trust) to make dream guidance a creative activity, one that I love to share. Read through, join me, enquire, and find out what you need to know. Leslie Davidoff BIOGRAPHY Leslie Davidoff is a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, trained at the Institute of Psychotherapy & Social Studies in London, UK, registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy - the official register of qualification for therapists in the UK. He has worked for many years in one-on-one and group therapy (based on psycho-dynamic and humanistic approaches), in informal situations, in education, and in health - in particular, working as a counsellor with the creativity and dreams of patients. He is about to start a research project (with the University of Teesside in north-east England) on the use of dreamwork to improve the quality of life of terminally-ill people. He is a professional actor, director and writer for theatre, radio, television and film, and committed to developing creative talents, both for himself and for others: he has also worked extensively in education, teaching counselling, performance, creative writing, and communication arts in universities, colleges, and schools (currently module director at the University College of Ripon & York St John, in North Yorkshire, and tutor for the University of Hull). Dreams have always been a source of inspiration for writing, performing and teaching, as well as for the most valuable insights in therapy. In setting up Davidoff-Imago, the work with dreams became not merely a part of Leslie's activities, but took their rightful place, acknowledged as what they have always been - the source and the fulfilment of his work, play, time and place. All of this is ready and offered to you. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Challenging Your Interpretative Skills by Simbilu =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= As a dream interpreter, I've found that intuition plays a huge part in coming up with a meaning or meanings for dreams. Intuition, however, can go stale if it isn't challenged with new resources that help provide answers. Challenging yourself just means being willing to look at sources or methods of interpretation you normally wouldn't look at. Simply looking at synchronicities (or "coincidences") brings other resources into your path. Once you start observing (whether it's something as simple as reading a publication like this and getting some possible ideas or having other things fall across your path with no real explanation), you're on your way to boosting what you can do as an interpreter. Making use of the information you get is the next step, and that's best accomplished by integrating what you've observed into whatever area you store your "intuition information". A mind exercise that can be used is to envision a place where you store the resources that you use to interpret dreams. For some, it's an actual physical place, with books and notes and other physical representations. For others, it's all a virtual place in the mind, set up similarly. I use both. If something comes across my path, I mentally put it up on a shelf, in a trunk, or somewhere I can go back and retrieve it. Some may think this "wastes" brain space. But we're told that we only use a small percentage of the brain for actual work. What's the rest for? Well, how about channeling? When we interpret dreams, we *are* channeling information. The source of the channeling may be our higher selves or even guides. Regardless of who comes through there, it's a lot like an airport (which is how I see that brainspace we "don't use"). You can't land a plane without a tower (well, Bruce Willis can) or the other appropriate props, so how can you channel interpretations without a properly staged locale for the information to pass through? Staging the locale is a dynamic process and it requires us to maintain it. At first, it takes effort. Yet, if we train ourselves to naturally incorporate information, then the sweat factor reduces itself considerably. People look to us for insight into their own minds, and if we are stagnant in our own outlooks or methods, our interpretations will be, also. I've tried a few different ways of kicking my intuition when interpreting, and I'd like to share them. One technique I've found that works with some dreams is having the client draw the images in the dream. For example, I was asked to interpret a dream that involved land, a body of water, and a semi-circular pool beyond both. Intuition led me to ask the person to draw the scenario, and after she did, I held up the picture, which resembled (very clearly) a sunset on the horizon. Without going into much detail here, I can say that based on the circumstances in her life, the semi-circular pool indicated the ending of her relationship (sunset), and the moving toward it her relationship was naturally doing. Taking the chance at having her draw the images worked in this instance because this reading made much more sense than whatever I might have interpreted it as (without the drawing). Utilizing divination tools can be another challenge to one's interpretative skills. While you probably wouldn't rely on them all the time, using the Tarot to assist in dream interpretation is common enough that a dream interpretation spread is included in the book _Power Tarot_ by Trish MacGregor and Phyllis Vega (and many other Tarot workbooks have them, too). In this particular spread (though I have made my own and they work just as well), cards are drawn for images describing the dream, what the images in the dream itself mean, how they affect your waking life and how to best use the information. I think Tarot cards are useful if you're confronted with a dream that has a "too simple" content, or one that leaves you with no strong impression of any meaning. Whether you read Tarot "by the book" or by intuition, the card meanings can trigger a path for you to make your own interpretation, or they may answer outright what the dream signifies. A good resource for divination is with a deck known as Soul Cards (by Deborah Koff-Chapin). I can recommend these highly because they aren't traditional Tarot in any way, and since they come with no book of standardized meanings, they enliven an interpreter's mind and vision of the dream. Whatever method you use to challenge your intuition, it is important to continue to feed it with new resources for it to draw upon. When I interpret, I find the more resources I have to either look at or recall expands the interpretation. Dreams aren't one dimensional and interpretations shouldn't be, either. Simbilu@bellsouth.net Simbilu is a writer, tarot card reader, dream interpreter and sacred dance student. **************** <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< G L O B A L D R E A M I N G N E W S August-September 1998 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< If you have news you'd like to share, contact Peggy Coats, pcoats@dreamtree.com. Visit Global Dreaming News online at http://www.dreamtree.com/News/global.htm. This Month's Features: NEWS +A Weekend in Connecticut with Jeremy Taylor +Introduction to Dreamwork in Tennessee +New dream software: Alchera Suite 2.0 +Shamanic Dreamjourney Circle in Emeryville, CA +Trainings in Urban Shamanism +Oklahoma Regional Dream Conference +The Healing Power of Dreams Retreat +New Orleans Dream Group Forming +Dreams and Nightmares: The New Theory on the Origin and Meaning of Dreams RESEARCH & REQUESTS +Constant Dreams and Sleeping Disorders Student Needs Help with School Dream Project +Call for Your Dream Journeys +Political Dreams +Big Dreams Wanted WEBSITE & ONLINE UPDATES +Janice Baylis' New Website +Australian Dream Updates +Dream Search Engine Results DREAM CALENDAR for September 1998 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< N E W S <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>> A Weekend in Connecticut with Jeremy Taylor The Unitarian-Universalist Society of Northern Fairfield County presents a weekend with Jeremy Taylor, October 2-4, 1998 in Redding, Connecticu. For all those interested in working with their dreams, those in the creative arts, Jungians, and people interested in psychology, mythology, and spirituality. The Creative Power of Dreams LECTURE - Friday, October 2, 7:30pm. Donation $7 Working with dreams has shown Jeremy Taylor that we are inherently interesting, creative, generously energetic creatures. "Each night, the truer meanings of our lives are revealed to us in the form of these endlessly enigmatic and fascinating dreams. The cosmos manifests itself in an endless dance of creation, and when we are fully relaxed and deeply asleep, we reveal our divine origins and connections by creating whole playful universes every night." Dreams:The Magic Mirror That Never Lies WORKSHOP - Saturday, October 3, 9:30am-4:30pm. Donation $50 ($40 members) (Includes a light lunch.) LIMITED ENROLLMENT -- PRE-REGISTRATION STRONGLY ADVISED Whenever a dream is remembered, it is an indication that the waking mind has a creative, transformative role to play in the evolution of whatever issue the dream is presenting. Recurrent dreams? Nightmares? Discover that all dreams come in the service of health and wholeness. Beginning with a brief introduction to the basic principles for working with dreams in a group setting, the workshop will move quickly to participants sharing their dreams and exploring the many levels of meaning. Although the focus will be dream interpretation in a collective context, the methods are designed to give participants the ability to engage in their own dream work upon returning home.Dream work is one of the few activities that puts beginners and experts on an equal emotional footing from the outset. Those people who are just beginning to explore the world of their dreams, as well as professionals who work with dreams, are welcome. Myths, Dreams and Politics: The Role of the Unconscious in the Evolution of Liberal Religion Sermon, Sunday, October 4 (Services at 9:00 and 11:00am) Says Jeremy, "Out of our history of casting off the shackles of religious dogma and ecclesiastical authority, religious liberals may be more vulnerable to self-deception. In the post-modern era it might be useful to look at our our ideas and actions more carefully, with particular attention to the unconscious patterns that shape and influence our motivations." For more information call: Nancy Weston 203- 744-6823 (InnerKid2@aol.com)Sky Kimball 203-746-1885 (SkyKimball@aol.com)Sue Tarshis 203-426-3911 (SuzyQTalk@aol.com)Mail check made out to UUNFC and registration form to: Nancy Weston, 19 Purcell Dr. Danbury, CT 06810 >>>>> Introduction to Dreamwork This class will be held at Glencliff High School Community Education in Nashville Tennessee. It is called Introduction to Dreamwork. It is a six-week introductory level class in dreamwork skills, and covers all the basics such as how to remember and record your dreams, how to incubate a dream, how to work with symbols and anylize a dream, how to set and achieve Dream Tasks and Goals and much more. Each person will have the chance to work individually on their own dreams under the direction of the instructor. Class is scheduled on Monday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and begins September 28. To register, you may contact Glencliff High School (Nashville Tennessee) by calling 333-5100 or by e-mail. The e-mail address is : REEDC2@ten- nash.ten.k12.tn.us >>>>> New dream software: Alchera Suite 2.0 The dream journaling software Alchera 1.0 now has a successor called the Alchera Suite 2.0. The first version of Alchera was mainly a journaling program with a few added features like a simple search engine and the ability to generate charts. The new version is much more focused on actually working with dreams and should help to reach new insights. This article will discuss the main new features. One of the important requirements of dream journaling software is that it should invite to work with a dream itself instead of working with the software because you need to go through sequences of menu's, buttons and dialogs before you get somewhere. Alchera 2 has a very simple lay- out with three pages. The first page is for entering the dream, the second page for analysis and the third page for the symbol dictionary. The first page consists mainly of one large text editor to enter the dream. To get focused on the dream the first page lets you index characters and emotions in the dream by dragging them to corresponding lists in the right margin. If a new character or emotion is dropped a wizard will ask you to categorize it so charts can be generated later on. The categorization is based on Van Hall, which means that charts can be generated comparing the dreamer's score with that of scores found by quantitative research. The second page also consists mainly of one large text editor, here meant to be used for entering reflections, comments, etc. Competing dream software seems to develop towards guiding the dreamer through many specific analysis types. Alchera takes an entirely different approach allowing more freedom and flexibility. Suggested exercises, methods or games are offered in a list next to the text editor. Doubleclicking on an item will bring up an explanation of the chosen item. Clicking OK will insert a framework of questions into the text, guiding you through the chosen exercise. The framework can also be inserted directly by drag and drop. Because of this particular implementation, adding new exercises to the list does not require a new version of the software. In fact, the manual explains how the user can add new exercises by writing simple text files. The third shows the text of the dream along with a symbol dictionary viewer. All words available in the dictionary are automatically underlined in the dream. Clicking on an underlined word will load the description of the symbol in the dictionary viewer. The dreamer can add new words to the dictionary by simply dropping it from the dream onto the viewer. A few other features will probably be of interest to many dreamers. First of all the new search engine now delivers almost instantaneously results and also accepts complicated queries with AND, OR and NOT operators. Dreams can also be searched on theme, provided that the dream was entered with a theme attached. The Alchera Suite tries to help dreamers develop lucid dreaming skills. Each dream can be labeled with a score on a lucidity scale ranging from non-lucid to vivid and completely in control lucid. A separate program called Lucille helps to do reality checks. For those who read earlier announcements elsewhere: the planned DreamShare program has been dropped with version 2.0. DreamShare was intended to be a kind of dream conferencing tool, making it easier to exchange and work with dreams within groups. DreamShare may however be included with the next major version. The Alchera Suite 2.0 requires Windows 95 or higher and costs $35. An evaluation copy is available at the homepage. This copy will allow no more than eight entered dreams. Registering will give you an upgrade to the full version, also containing password protection and a spell checker. Upgrades to point releases are free. Point releases 2.1 and 2.5 are already planned. Homepage: http://mythwell.com or contact Harry Bosma, author of Alchera at harry@mythwell.nl >>>>>Shamanic Dreamjourney Circle in Emeryville, CA Through shamanic ritual, discussion and direct dreamjourney experience, this unique dream group explores dreamjourneys: dreams of spiritual awakening. Utilizing shamanic dreamwork techniques from the Senoi, the Aborigines, the Iroquois and other Native American peoples, as well as dream incubation methods of the ancient Greeks, this program will present participants with immediately useful tools for dream recall, incubation, understanding and integration of dream wisdom into waking life. If you are interested in the spiritual aspect of dreams, and would like to completely catalyze your dreamworld experiences, enhance your spiritual power on your own path, and bring greater healing sacred medicine of the Dream Spirits into your waking life, this series of experiential dreamshops may be for you. This circle is for serious explorers of dreams. Early classes will help particpants improve dream recall if you are not yet remembering many of your dreams. Topics will include: What Is a Dreamjourney? Dreamjourneys from a Multicultural Shamanic Perspective Types of Dreamjourneys Benefits of Dreamjourneys Dreamjourneys and Lucid Dreams Increasing Dream Recall Manifesting Dream Journeys Dream Sharing at each circle! Dream Theater Dream Re-entry Symbol Exploration Dream Art Creative Dreams Psychic Dreams Dream Deities and Totems Offered Thursday nights, at 7 pm, in Emeryville, California. Contact Sage Healing Wolf at (510) 653-7293 for more information and directions. >>>>>Trainings in Urban Shamanism Dream Thread InterActive announces the beginning of its new schedule in the Art of Shamanism: Trainings in Urban Shamanism. The 5 course program is open for those who are interested discovering the shaman's world view and in integrating methods and techniques for shamanic journeying, shamanic dreamwork, soul retrieval and shamanic healing. The courses are held in Taos, New Mexico and are offered one weekend a month over a 5 month cycle. Ariadne Green is an urban shaman and dream educator. She is the creator of DreamThread InterActive an online dream insight and information center at http://www.dreamthread.com Those interested in obtaining more information and for and fall and spring course schedules can email Ariadne Green at:ariadne@dreamthread.com. or phone (505) 758-9356. >>>>>Oklahoma Regional Dream Conference The Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) will be joining with dream specialists from Sancta Sophia Seminary in Sparrow Hawk Village, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Wednesday evening through Sunday morning, September 23-27, in a dream "Intensive." The theme of this cosponsored event is "Connect with Spirit Through Dreams." The 90-hour Dream Intensive at this intentional community in the Ozark foothills features the best of the best in the field of dreams. Joining ASD members Rita Dwyer, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Victoria Rabinowe, Robert Van de Castle, Carol Warner, and Jane White-Lewis, will be Carol Parrish (founder and dean of the seminary, and internationally recognized teacher, author, and speaker), Wilda Tanner (author of The Mystical, Magical, Marvelous World of Dreams), Betty Carper, and Pamela and Richard Skeie. Workshops are "Dream Labyrinth in the Woods," "Connecting with Spirit Through Dreams," and "High Dreamwork with Guides and Masters." Lectures are "Spiritual Initiation in Dreams," "The Hidden One Third of Our Lives," "Archetypal Images in Dreams," "Anima, Animus, and Eros," "Where Do We Go When We Fall Asleep?" "History of Dreams," and "Jung and the Spiritual Dimensions of Dreams." Robert Van de Castle will also offer the powerful dream healing ceremony. In addition, dreams will be the topic from breakfast time dream-sharing groups through evening socials and later. Art shows, dream theatre, book signings, rap sessions, contests, dream raffle, and mandalas the list goes on. Cost of the five-day retreat is $225, or $200 if enrolled by Aug. 28. Registration, meals, housing, and airport transportation may be arranged through the seminary registrar: 800 386-7161, fax 918 458-5501, e-mail lccc@sanctasophia.org, and check the seminary's web site sanctasophia.org. >>>>>The Healing Power of Dreams Retreat Learn Gestalt and Jungian dreamwork techniques in the mountains of Western Maryland October 16-18, 1998, at the Rising Phoenix Retreat Center in Flintstone. Jeremy Taylor says: "A chance to do dreamwork with Earl Koteen is a chance not to be missed." Cost includes 5 meals, two overnights, leadership, hot tub. Fee: $175. Massage is available for an extra fee of $45. For more information or to register, please contact Margee Iddings at IddingsM@aol.com. >>>>>New Orleans Dream Group Forming A dream group is forming in the New Orleans area, beginning in September. Our motto is "No teachers--just students". We are also looking for meeting space (low cost or no cost) at a convienent location. Please email Michael Patton at mrp01@gnofn.org or call 486-0296. >>>>> Dreams and Nightmares: The New Theory on the Origin and Meaning of Dreams By Ernest Hartmann, M.D. Plenum Trade, 1998, 303 pp. ISBN: 0-306-45996-5 Price: $27.95 (US and Canada) / $33.54 (elsewhere) One hundred years ago, the master of dreams, Sigmund Freud, published The Interpretation of Dreams. In this momentous new work, Dr. Hartmann, one of the world's foremost researchers on sleep and dreams, surpasses himself and not only builds on, but even replaces, Freud's work by elucidating and illustrating a bold new theory on the origin and meaning of our dreams and nightmares. Dr. Hartmann helps us capture the meaning behind our nightly reverie. He successfully weds the psychology of the human mind with the biology of the brain, uncovers the source of our dreams, and demonstrates that they are neither meaningless nor simple wish fulfillment, but an amazing biological and mental process triggered by our most pressing internal forces. He analyzes nightmares that plague us during times of stress, and explains those strange everyday dreams that we all wish we could understand, revealing that all our dreams share an astounding underlying pattern. In clear, eloquent language, this revolutionary new book shows us how to tap into the power of our dreams, and take the first steps down the "the royal road" to creative fulfillment and increased self- knowledge. (reprinted from the website, at http://www.plenum.com/title.cgi?0306459965) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< R E S E A R C H & R E Q U E S T S <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>Constant Dreams and Sleeping Disorders I've been interested in dreams for a very long time, as I usually remember them in great detail, and have had precognitive dreams. I have health problems, and have been diagnosed as having a sleeping disorder. I have problems falling asleep, then seem to dream constantly, I'm often exhausted when I wake up. I may have fibro myalgia, and have read that sleeping disorders may be a cause of the condition, or just a factor of it. I would like to know if anyone has any research studies or information on people who dream too much. I don't seem to do very much deep sleep, my husband says most the time I appear to be dreaming. Any info or feedback would be appreciated. Thanks! keryrena@ethergate.com >>>>>Student Needs Help with School Dream Project I' m doing a school project and would appreciate any dreams that could be sent to me on any subject. Participants need to tell me any significant events occurring in their lives at the time of their dream, and what feelings, colours and images the dream provoked. Thanks. Email to: moffatt@pnc.com.au >>>>>Call for Your Dream Journeys I am writing a book on spiritual dreams, "Dreamjourneys: Dreams of Spiritual Awakening." You are invited to submit for possible inclusion in the book descriptions of dreams that featured a powerful spiritual message or journey. Types of dreamjourneys include: soul journeys; creative dreams; healing dreams; precognitive or psychic dreams; divine messenger dreams; and dreams of shamanic initiation. This dream probably felt like "more than just a dream." This is an opportunity for you to share your dream with many other people who validate your incredible experience, and the telling of it may help you or other readers. Please send a typed description of your dream to shaman@sirius.com (e-mail preferred) or to Sage Healing Wolf, Dreamjourneys Project, 1678 Shattuck Ave. #275, Berkeley CA 94709. Please include any background information you feel may be relevant to the dream, and tell how it changed your life and/or spiritual life. There is no monetary compensation, but you may be credited by name if you so desire. Please state whether you wish to be credited by name, pseudonym or anonymously. Include your name, mailing address, email and/or phone number so the author may contact you if there are any questions. Thank you, and bless you. -Sage Healing Wolf >>>>>Political Dreams If you have had any dreams of politicians (e.g., Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich) or political phenomena (e.g., elections, Congress, the White House), please contact Kelly Bulkeley, who is conducting an on-going research project on the subject. If you like, he will send you an update on the current findings of his research. 226 Amherst Ave.,Kensington, CA 94708; 510- 528-0226 (o,fax); 76633.1555@compuserve.com. >>>>>Big Dreams Wanted I am a published author and want to hear about your dreams-- I mean the BIG dreams, the dream or dreams that have made an impact on your life. These are the dreams that you could not ignore, that stayed with you--whether you wanted them to or not. You may still be working to understand them fully. They may have been lucid, precognitive, just a single image, or detailed and complex. But they all have one thing in common: they knocked you for a loop and caused you to change your thinking and your life. Along with the dream submitted, please tell your initial response to it, and how it made you change. This is for possible inclusion in a book-length work. Privacy will be respected. Email Michael Patton at mrp01@gnofn.org or write to 1216 Bordeaux Street, New Orleans, LA 70115. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< W E B S I T E & O N L I N E U P D A T E S <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< Do you know of interesting new websites you'd like to share with others? Or do you have updates to existing pages? Help spread the word by using the Electric Dreams DREAM-LINK page www.dreamgate.com/dream/resources/online97.htm. This is really a public projects board and requires that everyone keep up his or her own link URLs and information. Make a point to send changes to the links page to us. >>>>>Janice Baylis' New Website www.dreamdecoding.com www.dreamdecoding.com makes available some information about dreams and the books which are the results of author Baylis' lifelong work with dreams. These are: SLEEP ON IT! The Practical Side of Dreaming Personal Dream Journal Sex, Symbols and Dreams Lectures on cassette or video Ms. Baylis also has a Dream Dynamics and Decoding: Interpretation Manual which is only available in electronic form for downloading from in the Self- help section. >>>>>Australian Dream Updates Jane Anderson, author of Dream It: Do It, has added some interesting new things to her website: * Following requests for more help and insight into understanding and interpreting one's own dreams, she has opened the doors to a Dream Gallery, where surprises await you. Come on in at http://www.janeanderson.com.au/dream_gallery.htm Be quick, as the exhibition will be changing regularly! * Ms. Anderson's new book, The Shape of Things to Come, published by Random House,has now been released in Australia and should be in all good bookshops soon. Overseas friends can order copies through Random House. For details check out http://www.janeanderson.com.au/theshapeofthingstocome/the_sh ape_of_things_to_come.htm * The Dream Forum is accumulating a variety dreams and suggestions, so remember to drop in from time to time to add dreams of your own and help others understand theirs at http://www.janeanderson.com.au/dream/ >>>>>Dream Search Engine Results http://www.greatdreams.com/drmrdr.htm This dream links page is made of compilations of search engine results. Very useful resource for online dreams and dreaming! The page is basically alphabetized so you can find your way back to where you were when you make repeated trips there. The columns are also divided: regular dreams on the left, lucid dreams, and books in the center column, and interpretation sites, and psychology on the right coumn. There are also 3 search engines if you want to see more than the 900+ links provided. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< D R E A M C A L E N D A R September 1998 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< Sept 12 in Novato, CA Dream Travelogue Kathy and Jeremy Taylor share their experience leading dream tours around the world. Hosted by BADG and The Dream Library and Archive. For more information, call Jill Gregory at (415) 897-7955, ext. 3. Sept 23-27 in Tahlequah, OK ASD Regional Dream Conference at Sparrow Hawk -- "Connect with Spirit Through Dreams." For more information, contact 800 386-7161, fax 918 458-5501, e-mail lccc@sanctasophia.org, or check the seminary's web site sanctasophia.org. Sept 26-28 in Arcata, CA All Day Workshop/Sunday Service with Jeremy Taylor. Contact: Kathy Taylor at (415) 454.2793 for more information or visit the website at www.jeremytaylor.com Sept 28 in Nashville, TN "Introduction to Dreamwork", a six-week introductory level class in dreamwork skills on Monday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. To register, you may contact Glencliff High School (Nashville Tennessee) by calling 333-5100 or by e-mail. The e-mail address is : REEDC2@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ == D R E A M S S E C T I O N == ED V5 N8 == ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** D R E A M S SECTION INDEX BY BOB K. (For ED V5 N8) Hi there! Welcome to ELECTRIC DREAMS - DREAMS SECTION for Vol. 5 Number 8 - September 1998. Hello dreamers! As the end of summer approaches we arrive at another month of dreams. This month we have shared stories about fears, relationships, strangers, vists to our past, views of our present, and encounters with death. Tornado Man and Stan's Ski Trip from last issue are commented on, and a question is asked about our dream characters. Enjoy your journey. NEW CATEGORIES: EVENTS [The activity defines or dominates the story - a convergence of people at a place and time for a special purpose] EDITORIAL: THE END OF SUMMER APPROACHES The summer is coming to a close in the Washington, DC area. School age people are getting ready for the return to school and classes. The summer heat and light have had an impact bringing out of the darkness strange things. Political events of the past few weeks have been unusual with a presidential confession on public TV, activity related to terrorism making sudden changes in peoples lives, and difficulty in world economies adjusting to new realities that are creating turmoil and unstability. What is truth? What is a lie? What is fair? What is unfair? What is proper? What is improper? How much change is acceptable? When does change become chaos? What is life? What is death? These are themes that weave their way through our nightly dream life opening our inner eyes to different ways of seeing things. As in the external reality we share, our inner reality is always in a state of redefinition and pushing towards growth. If we could only learn how to harvest the lessons dreams have to offer, the journey can be more meaningful. Sharing our dreams is one of those ways we help ourselves and others share in the mystery of life. Thanks to those who have shared their dreams and commentary with our community. Enjoy your visit to the pages of Electric Dreams. Bob Krumhansl FEEDBACK FROM THE DREAMERS -- Question From Jim "Dreaming about me?" (980816)-- == Commentary by Heratheta on "Dreaming about me?"(980818)== == Commentary by RCW on Dreaming over my head (980819)== COMMENTARY ON DREAMS FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES == Commentary by R. Wilkerson on stan's ski trip (980728) == ** Dream: Tornado man by ? (980625) ** == Commentary by Rob on Tornado Man (980728) == == Commentary by Bob K. On Tornado Man (980823) == NEW DREAMS: PRECOGNITIVE/FUTURE DREAMS [Stories from past experiences, or send them in before it happens, if you can] REPETITIVE DREAMS [Significant by nature] ** Dream: Crazy Driver by Crylet Jupiter from '84-'98 (980728) ** ** Dream: "Strange dreaming" (980816) ** DREAM TRACES IN WAKING LIFE [The effects of external stimuli on our dreams or is it the other way around - our dreams leaving a trace on our physical reality?] ** Dream: "Strange dreaming" (980816) ** DEFYING CLASSIFICATION [Your stumpers may not be so mysterious to others] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LINKS TO STAGES OF LIFE BIRTH [Starts] CHILDHOOD [Early development] ADOLESCENCE [Maturing, testing] ADULTHOOD [The main event for most] OLD AGE [Wisdom, Approaching the Journeys end] DEATH [Endings] ** Dream: The Crone by Rosie - date ?? (980730) ** ==Commentary by Heratheta on Crazy Driver & Crone (980731)== COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEAD [Beyond our terrestrial limits] ========================================== ========================================== AGGRESSION [By us or against us- crossing others paths] ALIENS [Visitors or visited - creatures from other dimensions] AMUSEMENT PARK [A place to relax and enjoy, another reality] ANGELS [Visitors from Spiritual dimensions] ANIMALS [Basic Instincts- This month brings dog and seals] BATHROOMS [Maintenance, Cleansing and Elimination] BELONGING [What we are associated with or wish we were] BOOKS (Extensions of our memory and imagination, our permanent records) BRIDGES [How we get across an obstacle or go from here to there] CELEBRITIES [The well known - famous and infamous] CLOTHING [What we wear tells us about ourselves and the events we participate in] COMEDY [With an accent on puns, funny situations or jokes] COMMUNICATIONS [From telepathic to devices to signs & symbols] COMPUTERS [Extensions of our minds, mind tools, communication] CULTS [Somewhere out there ...] DIRECTIONS [Ever stop and ask for directions? North, South, East, West, up, down, ahead, behind, straight, turn, right, left, make a circle, cross, go through, open, close, mix, add, boil, cook, simmer, but most of all - follow these instructions carefully...and don't be shy about asking someone else down the path, except, of course, for the Big Bad Wolf!!!] DISCOVERY [New insights and unexpected developments] DREAMING [Dreams about dreaming] DRUGS [Healing or Hurting?] EATING [Getting nourishment for maintenance, growth and pleasure] ELEVATORS [Going UP or DOWN - Push the right button or else...] ESCAPE [Get me outta here!!!] EVENTS [The activity defines or dominates the story - a convergence of people at a place and time for a special purpose] EYES [The organs of sight...the window to the soul...] FEAR [What scares us] ** Dream: "Internet Stalker" by Linda (980807)** FOOD [The source of our physical nourishment] FIRE [Flames bring light, heat and destruction/transformation] FLYING [Confidence, Power, Freedom & Perspective] GIFTS [Offerings to or from others] HOBBIES [Our interests and desires]- COLLECTING THINGS HOLIDAYS [Time off to ...] HOSPITAL [A place for treatment, healing and repair] HOUSE [Where our lives take place] HOTELS [Temporary Dwelling or Special Event location] JOURNEYS [Missions away from our home base -explorations] LOST [Disorientation or abandonment] LOTTERY DREAMS [Sudden Wealth - Randomness favors the dreamer] LOVE [All around us, yet so hard to find and keep] LUCID DREAMING [Knowing you are Dreaming when you are Dreaming] MEMORY [Remembering ...In dreams we often struggle with the issue of memories and remembering a dream which by definition involves the process of recollection.] MIRRORS [Reflection of Self] MUSIC [Melodies of the land within] NUDITY [What you see is what you get] PERFORMERS [Entertainers] PROBLEMS [Situations or difficulties sometimes present choices] POLITICAL SCENE [Public issues through positions of power] RELATIONSHIPS [Other parts of ourselves including family which constitutes the first and earliest of our relationships, often influencing how we relate to the outside world] ** Dream "Confusing Climb" by ?? approx: 1-3am (980802) ** == Commentary by Rosalie on Confusing Climb (980809)== == Commentary by Nutcracker on Confusing Climb (980805) == == Commentary by Heratheta on Confusing Climb (980805) == ** Dream: "Is it a sign?" By Brazilian (980816) ** RELIGIOUS RELATED [The Ritual and the Spiritual] ROMANCE [Thrills and Chills, lost in another] SCHOOL THEMES [Learning and learning related trials] SOLUTIONS [The answers to problems or quandaries] STAIRS [Bridges between levels, between the upper and the lower] STRANGERS [Who and what we don't know yet] ** Dream: A real party by Brazilian (980731) ** == Commentary by Heratheta on A Real Party (980802) == TEETH [Ok, losing teeth is one of the top ten dreams people have questions on. Theories on what they mean range all over the spectrum of possibilities.] TORNADOS [Pretty well defined destructive power of nature] TRAPPED [Temporarily helpless- Sometimes we are paralyzed or imprisoned by jobs, relationships or expectations] VEHICLES [Means of transportation, reflection of lifestyle] WATER [A magical earthly fluid, nourishment, cleansing] WORKPLACE [Where we make a living] WRITING & WRITERS [Communication and creativity] = = = = = = = = = = = == DREAM SERIES (None this month) = = = = = = = = = = = = = Hasta La Vista! ============================================== ============================================== FEEDBACK FROM THE DREAMERS -- Question From Jim "Dreaming about me?" (980816)-- From Jim, When you are continuously dreaming about different entities do these entities also dream about you? == Commentary by Heratheta on "Dreaming about me?"(980818)== to all who may have missed my different sort of dream interpetating, i've been away to the east coast takin care of this and that but without further adoo let me say to the question that asks do our dreams dream of us sure the dreams dream about us but in a place like the cosmos our effects may vary considerably compared to the rest of what's out there to the dreamer in mother's bedroom "suddenly" is what you needed to avoid and to the right or left of mother's bedroom was the best place to avoid it to the tv dreamer, avoid "like" and do that to the right or left of the tv all interpetations are for the 24 hours following the dream until the next dream and thoughts are like micro dreams so unless they help you avoid the dream from the night before avoid them to. look for more help at www.dreamgate.com./dream/dubetz/ and check out the corner of polk and northpoint in san francisco for a great graffiti painting about dreams if you like to eat asparagus,beets,mushrooms,onions,peppers,mangos, pineapples, they will help you remember the help at www.dreamgate.com./dream/dubetz/ talked to some people who saw my video and one said it went over his head after 2 viewings, the other said he thought it was a spoof on dream interpretation. thanks to all of you for your support while regarding but not becoming your dreams. also my regards to stanley krippner, quite a nice fellow and basker in peace, do skorob. richard w., hang in ther bro! tony, www.dreamgate.com./dream/dubetz/ == Commentary by RCW on Dreaming over my head (980819)== I'm over my head, but it sure feels nice! Richard COMMENTARY ON DREAMS FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES == Commentary by R. Wilkerson on stan's ski trip (980728) == Hi Stan, Very interesting dream. If it were mine.... The New Farm I'm in a place overlooks fields that used to be agricultural, but have now moved on to some other purpose. Families are moving in, groups of people with their own projects not tied to the land in the same way. In some ways more successful, but less grounded. This is a place that has friends, it is a friendly place. The season has been moved back or forwards to a season different than my waking life season. Its Fall or Winter and I have a sensual tie with it and the snow. The Winter Date and the Fleshy World I have a date with a winter woman. We share the same skill with a recreational vehicle. There is some concern about preparing this vehicle, it is only used in winter. There is some need to get into the mechanics of skiing to persuade the woman to come. In waking life it is now unfair to cast the woman in the role of supporter or mirror of man, but there may still be some psychological value. For just the moment, I look at her as my inner mirror of my soul and see her as wanting to be less shy. Once another man, or male aspect shows up, there is enough balance to move on. I get some more of her history when I find out she was with witherspoon and is uncomfortable seeing him again. Later I learn she feels it is because of her body graphics. Hmm. You would think, of all people, an artist would understand. So I wonder if there is a kind of envy on the part of the witherspoon artist part of me towards this woman. That witherspoon sees her as making a mark more deeply into the flesh, the world, than he. She too recognizes that her worldliness is involved, but misses what it is about for witherspoon, simply saying he couldn't handle it. It may not be Urlich's skull in the backyard, but someone(s) still buried there. To be, or not to be We all have to stop at an educational institution. The educational guide directs the attention of those who can learn to the antiabortion political center. In the dream, I signal that the choice has already been made and protests are useless. Who has the right to decide when life begins? In the waking world, I feel it must be the choice of the individual. Is that also true in the soul? When I give birth to new ideas or projects, is it my right to bring them to term or not? The room, very fitting. I get past all this by going up. Its almost like evolving, going up. First the ground, then the first floor, later other floors. The shoe fits, but the flesh is unwilling. Odd that this condition is usually associated with what comes ~after~ the event toward which I travel. Feet, left foot. What are these to me? the ground of support and balance in general. Left foot, not being my dominate side, is perhaps a little less conscious for me. My left foot is in mortificatio, the blackening. For the alchemist, this was a trying time. All that they had worked for collapses and the alembic turns black. Experienced alchemists knew this was a good thing, the old adage that until-the-old dies, there is no new. Still, when its one's own, adages mean little and is as insensitive as a smiley face on a berevement card. How to care for this wounded foot? Oddly, I think I still may be able to ski, by bringing blood and circulation back into it. The Alchemists too used to say that if we stuck with the mortificatio we would get to the rubedo, or redening, where our project is given blood and life. Again, very interesting dream. Thanks for the journey. Richard ** Dream: Tornado man by ? (980625) ** To start out, I've been having repetetive nightmares about tornadoes for about five or six years. I'm 16 years old. I've never been in a tornado in real life. Usually, in my dream I am aware of a tornado coming, and my biggest dilemma is getting all of my family into the basement. For some reason they don't come right away, and keep saying things like "wait just a minute until I finish my coffee." I wake up in a total panic. A few nights ago, I dreamt that I was eating lunch with some friends outside and saw a tornado coming. I Hurried and pushed most of my friends into a windowless bathroom. I went back outside to get the last girl, but the tornado had turned into a man who said he was hungry. I offered him my plate of macaroni and cheese, and he ate it. Then he looked at my friend Tessa and said "But she's full of blood" and he tossed a broken plate like a blade, straight through the middle of her skull. I woke up knowing that I was the next one to have my blood sucked by the tornado. It's confusing, but I knew in my dream that the tornado WAS the man, and I feared him accordingly. Comments by Dreamer: I am really curious why I keep having these repetetive tornado nightmares which change every night, but always with a tornado about to get me. == Commentary by Rob on Tornado Man (980728) == Greetings Bob: Could I ask you to pass along the following commentary to Tornado Man. Regards, Rob Response to Dream: Tornado Man Thanks for submitting this interesting dream(s). For starters, allow me briefly to explain the system I use to analyze dreams. I am convinced that, without exception, all dreams oblige the dreamer to subconsciously confront the illusions he provide/institutes for himself during his waking hours. It is only fair that I mention that this theory/method has not been well received among the dream professionals that have commented on it in the Electric Dream forum. In that dreams force us to confront our illusions, the nightmare is of particular importance. It suggests that the dreamer is persistently holding on to an illusion, or self-deception to the point where the dreamer must undergo the phenomenon of the recurring nightmare. In your particular case, because I know absolutely nothing of the details of your life, I can speak of it only in the broadest terms. In consideration of your age (16), and that the nightmares have been persisting since the age of 11, may I suggests that you are perhaps obstinately refusing to relinquish a certain aspect of your childhood, or an aspect of your fantasy life that the young adult that you are now knows is no longer viable. Or, because you mention the nonchalance (unenthusiastic response) of your parents as you try to rescue them from the ravages of the tornado, perhaps they are not responding to you in the manner you imagine, or would like, or once enjoyed, or that they have withdrawn their affection, or support, or encouragement, or something that you once knew or once could count on. The only thing I can state for certain is that you are vigorously avoiding a particular truth about yourself vis a vis a particular situation(s) in your life, and that the dream/nighmare is forcing you to acknowledge that truth. I sincerely hope this dream helps you institute the kind of questions that will enable you to encounter the truth that is there, but still hidden from your understanding. Think of it as a law of physics that describes how something works, but the law is unknown to you because you have never wondered about it. Regards, Rob(ert) Lewis: robertl@core-net.com == Commentary by Bob K. On Tornado Man (980823) == The repetitive tornado-is-coming dream is quite common, even for people who live nowhere near where actual tornados emerge. The symbolic power of a destructive force materializing out of an ominous sky, and destroying everything that's in its path is a powerful symbol of danger and the overwhelming power of nature. No pill can make this headache go away. We can try to hide and hope it passes us by, or we can get out of that area and face the new challenges of other regions which can be even scarier than the tornado. Whatever is in it's way is demolished and yet right next to its path life goes on as usual. A sudden encounter with a force of nature can change a structure or life forever. In this dream, I am not so much concerned with my own safety as of those important to me - my family and friends. I have to lead them to a safe shelter since they are not paying attention to the imminent danger. If parts of my dream represent parts of my self, then parts of my family self and parts of my friendships self are in need of unification in avoiding danger. A female aspect or quality Tessa represents in me is seriously harmed by the tornado turned executioner when we both come a bit too close to the danger. Until the meaning of the tornado, what it represents in my life, is understood, I will not be able to avoid meeting up with it in my dreams. What is uncertain in my life? What forces do I see menacing the peace and tranquiltiy of my home, neighborhood, and life? What steps can I take to stop these attacks? Who can help me deal with my problems? Maybe if the people around me took me a bit more seriously we might collectively take the steps needed to insure safety and survival. Maybe I will have to move away from the life I have been living and find a safe haven where this danger will no longer lurk. A higher power and greater knowledge would help in this battle. As I face adulthood, I will have to make many choices which will change the course of my life and take me in directions my family never experienced. I will try my best to meet the challeges ahead. Thanks for sharing your dream. NEW DREAMS: PRECOGNITIVE/FUTURE DREAMS [Stories from past experiences, or send them in before it happens, if you can] REPETITIVE DREAMS [Significant by nature] ** Dream: Crazy Driver by Crylet Jupiter from '84-'98 (980728) ** For years as far as I can remember if had this reoccuring dream, it goes as follows. I'm at the back seat of this car, ( each dream the kind of car changed, some times it was it was just the seats of the car! ) But the same thing would happen, the driver would disappear, leaving me to jump into the seat and take over the wheel. But the thing is, I don't even drive in real life, I'm not even age!!!! So, as I was driving, not even being able to reach the brakes, swurving around luckly not hitting anyone. I would go for miles, avoding police, and on coming cars and pedestreans. This dream is and was so vivide to me I remember, when I was smaller, acually thinking that it happened!!!! Permission to Comment yes_share_comments Permission Comments : If someone has any interptation of what this dream means, please tell me!!! ** Dream: "Strange dreaming" (980816) ** I have two kinds of dreams that have me curious. The first one being that I dream that I'm back in high school. I dream about that a lot. I really hated high school so why do I dream about it. The second is that one night I fell asleep in front of the t.v. and dreamt about W.W. II ships and war. I woke up and that same ship that was in my dream was on t.v. I had the same thing happen when I fell asleep listening to the radio. I fell asleep when music was playing. My dream was people talking like it was a talk show. When I woke up the same thing that I was dreaming the people on the radio was saying. DREAM TRACES IN WAKING LIFE [The effects of external stimuli on our dreams or is it the other way around - our dreams leaving a trace on our physical reality?] ** Dream: "Strange dreaming" (980816) ** I have two kinds of dreams that have me curious. The first one being that I dream that I'm back in high school. I dream about that a lot. I really hated high school so why do I dream about it. The second is that one night I fell asleep in front of the t.v. and dreamt about W.W. II ships and war. I woke up and that same ship that was in my dream was on t.v. I had the same thing happen when I fell asleep listening to the radio. I fell asleep when music was playing. My dream was people talking like it was a talk show. When I woke up the same thing that I was dreaming the people on the radio was saying. DEFYING CLASSIFICATION [Your stumpers may not be so mysterious to others] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = LINKS TO STAGES OF LIFE BIRTH [Starts] CHILDHOOD [Early development] ADOLESCENCE [Maturing, testing] ADULTHOOD [The main event for most] OLD AGE [Wisdom, Approaching the Journeys end] DEATH [Endings] ** Dream: The Crone by Rosie - date ?? (980730) ** I am on the old farm of my grandparents. It is long since abandoned, but the house still stands. It is twilight on the prairie, and the sun will set in a couple of hours. There is no one around but me, and I hear only the buzzing of bottle flys and the wind moving slowly through the overgrown wheat fields. I enter the house, and now the lighting is dim, the house is empty save for some old papers strewn here and there, old refuse of a life once lived here. The old blue and white curtains still hang in the window, but they are faded and worn. I go up the stairs to the attic. Here, there are old things on the floor: some old satin cushions and pages from an old calendar. In the far corner, I see a bit of light shining from under a folding screen. As I approach, I see the claw foot legs of a bathtub. From behind the screen comes marching an old crone, naked from the waist up and clad in old-lady bloomers made of faded white eyelet. She wears a purple velvet choker around her neck and carries a big iron mace in her hand. She is marching furiously and determinedly towards me. With each step, she brings her knees to her chest, and raises the mace. She takes the choker from her neck and places it around mine. I look behind the folding screen and see my grandfather lying dead under the water of the bathtub. The crone has killed him. Comments by Dreamer This is a dream I had long ago, and I have never forgotten it in all its detail. I would welcome any interpretations. ** Dream: "coffin shoes" by Mermaid (980819) ** There was a closed coffin. Beside it there was a pair of old white shoes - that had once been dressy ladies' shoes. I could hear music, which I cannot now remember, except that it reminded me of Paul McCartney/Beatles music. Someone would be greatly missed. == Commentary by Heratheta on "coffin shoes" (980819)== avoid becoming "once been" and continue in peace to the right or left of the coffin until the next dream was the message of this dream. see the wall painting at polk and northpoint in san francisco or www.dreamgate.com./dream/dubetz/ for further details COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEAD [Beyond our terrestrial limits] ========================================== ========================================== AGGRESSION [By us or against us- crossing others paths] ALIENS [Visitors or visited - creatures from other dimensions] AMUSEMENT PARK [A place to relax and enjoy, another reality] ANGELS [Visitors from Spiritual dimensions] ANIMALS [Basic Instincts- This month brings us dogs, seals, ... ] BATHROOMS [Maintenance, Cleansing and Elimination] BELONGING [What we are associated with or wish we were] BOOKS (Extensions of our memory and imagination, our permanent records) BRIDGES [How we get across an obstacle or go from here to there] CELEBRITIES [The well known - famous and infamous] CLOTHING [What we wear tells us about ourselves and the events we participate in] COMEDY [With an accent on puns, funny situations or jokes] COMMUNICATIONS [From telepathic to devices to signs & symbols] COMPUTERS [Extensions of our minds, mind tools, communication] CULTS [Somewhere out there ...] DIRECTIONS [Ever stop and ask for directions? North, South, East, West, up, down, ahead, behind, straight, turn, right, left, make a circle, cross, go through, open, close, mix, add, boil, cook, simmer, but most of all - follow these instructions carefully...and don't be shy about asking someone else down the path, except, of course, for the Big Bad Wolf!!!] ==Commentary by Heratheta on Crazy Driver & Crone (980731)== crazy driver showed the sorrow in "leaving" and the end of sorrow to the right or left of the car. crone dream showed the sorrow in "old faded" and the end of sorrow to the right or left of the house Now which path did the above dreams dreamers take following these dreams? the path to sorrow or the end of sorrow? I sometimes wonder if dream journal people go back and check diaries they might have kept telling where they went after these dreams and what followed. whatever. DISCOVERY [New insights and unexpected developments] DREAMING [Dreams about dreaming] DRUGS [Healing or Hurting?] EATING [Getting nourishment for maintenance, growth and pleasure] ELEVATORS [Going UP or DOWN - Push the right button or else...] ESCAPE [Get me outta here!!!] EVENTS [The activity defines or dominates the story - a convergence of people at a place and time for a special purpose] EYES [The organs of sight...the window to the soul...] FEAR [What scares us] ** Dream: "Internet Stalker" by Linda (980807)** I had a nightmare, which has lingered in my mind. I can't stop feeling that it was real, and I'm supposed to do something about it. Your comments or interpretations would be most helpful. Note that it was a nightmare, and is a bit graphic. In real life I live near an old, domed warehouse that is a studio for a popular local news station. In the dream, I was in the news station's little gravel parking lot, sitting in my car. It turned out that some sort of shooting had occurred, and a news lady came over to me with her camera guy close behind to ask whether I thought the city was becoming more violent. Suddenly, I was inside the news studio in a shabby office, sitting across from a lady at a big desk. We were chatting, and I mentioned that I'd love to do some part time work there, if they needed anybody. She smiled sarcastically and exchanged glances with the other staff members who were puttering about nearby. I got a strange feeling from her, as if she really didn't like me. Suddenly, I was back home, chatting online. We were pretty cheerful, as chat rooms can be. I mentioned that I tried to get a job at the news station, but was turned down. I said I wondered why they wouldn't hire me. A response arrived through the computer from a lady. The response turned into a physical letter, written in little cutout letters, as if from a serial killer. It was several pages long, composed on colorful construction paper, and was extremely complex and detailed, with lots of little drawings and pop up pictures. It started out friendly and cheerful, but then turned very personal, critical and ominous. She quoted, as emails quote previous posts, about why they hadn't hired me, and she responded, "Maybe because you're a no talent hack, Linda (calling me by my real name which I hadn't revealed), or should I call you Conan?" I hadn't used my online handle, and was surprised she knew my name. She revealed he was actually a man, and he started going into details about my life that he couldn't possibly know from the chat site, but that I had mentioned now and again over the years at various times in various places. He knew where I lived, my kids names, where they went to school, my neighbors and their kids names, and so forth, with an un-stated, but implied threat. I became very nervous. Suddenly, I wasn't in my apt any more, but in the house I grew up in. I should mention I had a difficult childhood with violent parents, so going home is no thrill. Anyway, I went out to the garage, and noticed the windows had been broken and shoved in. This worried me. My family would be furious about the damage. I went inside, and discovered that the stalker had covered the walls with more detailed ravings about me, my life and how inadequate I was. One section was dedicated to a lot of violent, s&m porn, cut and pasted from magazines and then drawn on or otherwise modified to involve deformity, burns and amputated limbs. I cleaned it up. My husband was suddenly there, and helped me. He didn't see the porn, which I hurriedly tore down before he noticed. I explained nonchalantly that it was probably a prank by neighborhood kids, and he smiled and took it all in stride. For some reason, I couldn't call the cops because I felt it was my fault. It was important my husband not know what was going on either, because I was ashamed. My husband was gone, and I found myself back in the news station parking lot. I couldn't leave because my car was having engine trouble. In the parking lot a rough looking attendant called for the mechanic. Everybody there looked like a biker or ex convict. The mechanic arrived. He was dirty and thin, with long matted hair, dressed in filthy coveralls. Half his mouth was twisted and partially opened either from a burn or due to a deformity. He leaned in the car window, explaining what the engine problem was. He deliberately leaned closer and closer to my face as I leaned away as much as I could without being rude. When he was quite close he whispered something very personal in my ear, and I realized he was the stalker. I found myself back in the garage, still trying to clean up the mess. I'd missed a pile of scraps under a small table, and crawled under to pick it up. I found a large bowie knife in a black sheath with a note: "Try this." The stalker suddenly walked in and shut the door. I tried to remain calm, asking what he wanted. He put down some duct tape and strips of soft foam, and said, "Well, first I plan to make it very painful." I jumped up and ran to the neighbor's house, entering through the back door and calling the neighbor's name. The stalker ran after me and entered through the front door, swearing angrily because I'd run away. I heard the neighbor calling from a back room and realize he'd tied her up. He was coming in and there was no time to help her, so I ran out the back door again, crossed my back yard and hurried into the other neighbor's back yard. He ran close behind me, almost within arm's reach, so I had to run as fast as I could. I could hear him breathing hard from the exertion. He was angrier than ever. Suddenly he stopped running, standing in the middle of the neighbor's back yard. I was cornered in a large back patio, richly decorated with a lot of clay and stone figurines, some large, some small. It was a very ornate and beautiful patio (nothing like it really is). I thought I'd better think fast and appease the stalker. I looked around and realized he'd already been there, although I wasn't sure how. I surmised the neighbor wouldn't be able to help me. Then I realized all the eyes had been gouged out of the garden statues, every little bunny, nymph, goose or whatever has been blinded. The stalker said, "That's obvious. Look a little closer. It's rearranged." I realized the patio décor itself, that is, all the statues and planters and overhead trellis had been moved and aligned to resemble a huge eye, and I was standing in the middle of it. That's when I knew I couldn't escape. I stepped closer to the stalker, and tried to appear unafraid. I told him it was a nice job and I was sorry about running away like that. Suddenly, he was gone and in his place was a small, blue vase. I heard his voice in my mind, asking, "Well?" I looked down at the little vase, with absolutely no idea what I was supposed to do with the thing, but I knew it was important. Any thoughts? Thanks for your time. -- Linda FOOD [The source of our physical nourishment] FIRE [Flames bring light, heat and destruction/transformation] FLYING [Confidence, Power, Freedom & Perspective] GIFTS [Offerings to or from others] HOBBIES [Our interests and desires]- COLLECTING THINGS HOLIDAYS [Time off to ...] HOSPITAL [A place for treatment, healing and repair] HOUSE [Where our lives take place] HOTELS [Temporary Dwelling or Special Event location] JOURNEYS [Missions away from our home base -explorations] LOST [Disorientation or abandonment] LOTTERY DREAMS [Sudden Wealth - Randomness favors the dreamer] LOVE [All around us, yet so hard to find and keep] LUCID DREAMING [Knowing you are Dreaming when you are Dreaming] MEMORY [Remembering ...In dreams we often struggle with the issue of memories and remembering a dream which by definition involves the process of recollection.] MIRRORS [Reflection of Self] MUSIC [Melodies of the land within] NUDITY [What you see is what you get] PERFORMERS [Entertainers] PROBLEMS [Situations or difficulties sometimes present choices] POLITICAL SCENE [Public issues through positions of power] RELATIONSHIPS [Other parts of ourselves including family which constitutes the first and earliest of our relationships, often influencing how we relate to the outside world] ** Dream "Confusing Climb" by ?? approx: 1-3am (980802) ** I dreamed my mother and aunt and myself was searching for my cousin they could not find him. I found my cousin on the East side of town, he then took me to a house which had a back porch which was joined to the house with no stairs. A moment later I noticed that my cousin left me there alone. Almost in the same glance to notice my cousin's disappearance, I looked down and saw a tan mongrel dog which had been dead for some time, It was really gorey with puss oozing out of its' belly. Then I noticed that I was not only looking at it, I was standing in it, I put my hand in it by mistake. It was very nasty, I searched for a place to clean my hand and feet. All of a sudden I was standing looking at a mountain of snow which was made out of plastic milk crates, the mountain was as high up as I could see. My two daughters were on top of the mountain beckoning for me to climb up to meet them. I started to climb and noticed the gore that I still had on my hand, I reached behind myself to wash it in the black beach water and fell in. All of a sudden I was surrounded by a group of seals swiming all around me. I went under unable to swim, but the seals helped me to get to the top of the water to begin to climb again, which I did. Almost at the top of the man made mountain I woke up with the sensation that someone had been massaging the back on my head!! Comments by Dreamer I frequently have dreams of climbing up ladders, stair, sides of buildings, and being taken to the top in an elevator. I rarely dream of dead creatures. Please interpret for clarity. == Commentary by Rosalie on Confusing Climb (980809)== Comments by Rosalie: >> A moment later I noticed that my cousin left me there alone. Almost in the same glance to notice my cousin's disappearance, I looked down and saw a tan mongrel dog which had been dead for some time, It was really gorey with puss oozing out of its' belly. Then I noticed that I was not only looking at it, I was standing in it, I put my hand in it by mistake. It was very nasty, I searched for a place to clean my hand and feet.<< When something has been dead for a long time, it will only create a mess in my life. There is nothing left to do than to wash my hands clean of it. Dirt is something in the wrong place at the wrong time. Dead things need to be buried and left behind. >> All of a sudden I was standing looking at a mountain of snow which was made out of plastic milk crates, the mountain was as high up as I could see. My two daughters were on top of the mountain beckoning for me to climb up to meet them. I started to climb and noticed the gore that I still had on my hand, I reached behind myself to wash it in the black beach water and fell in.<< But the only way I can bury the dead animal and leave it behind is to die myself in some way, go down in the frigid, dark cold of death where I can really come clean of the decay and puss and infection. >>All of a sudden I was surrounded by a group of seals swiming all around me. I went under unable to swim, but the seals helped me to get to the top of the water to begin to climb again, which I did. Almost at the top of the man made mountain I woke up with the sensation that someone had been massaging the back on my head!!<< Down there in the cold, the dark, the unknown, the frightening deep, I meet new life, help, assistance to find new life. New life always comes out of death! If my head is being massaged then the intellectal side of my brain, the controlling side can gently be reunited with the instinctual, intuitive side so that one doesn't keep the other from functioning, maybe. . . >> Comments by Dreamer: I frequently have dreams of climbing up ladders, stair, sides of buildings, and being taken to the top in an elevator. I rarely dream of dead creatures. Please interpret for clarity.<< Spirituality can mean to climb intellectual and emotionally into higher spheres. But it can also mean going down into the deep and surfacing. To honor ones instinctual,knowing body can bring great wisdom. Dreams impart wisdom coming from all body parts. What an amazing dream. What a gift to have a dream like this. Rosalie. == Commentary by Nutcracker on Confusing Climb (980805) == Symbol : Person / Meaning from Dream Dictionary In the majority of cases all other people involved in a dream will represent some aspect of the dreamer. People we don't know but seem to be like someone we know will also represent some aspect of the dreamer. People that we don't know at all represent something new, a new aspect in the dreamer's life. When the person in the dream is someone we recognize then we must stop to think what this person represents to us ( attraction, intelligence, stupidity, etc.) or if we have some kind of influence over this person ( emotional, financial, etc.) or maybe he/she has something that distinguishes him/her ( shy, trustworthy, etc.). Whichever the case, whatever you feel that person is symbolizing, the dream is usually about you. In other words, if you see someone who you think is highly intelligent, the symbol will be about your own intelligence. It is also important to notice the gender of the dream person. A male will represent masculine energy; rationality, creative boldness, enterprise, courage. A female or feminine energy stands for feelings, intuition, relatedness, sensitivity and the like. Sometimes the dream will actually be about the relationship with the other person, but it is safer and more objective to see them as a representation of yourself first. Take responsibility for what you project on a dream person and learn from what they are teaching you about yourself. Symbol : Buildings / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Buildings of any type are usual in dreams and they represent the dreamers physical body. In real life the body is the house of our thoughts, feelings, desires and beliefs. Symbol : Stairs / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Stairs or anything that permits you to move up and down like elevators, ladders, hills, ramps, etc. suggest either progress or regression. The act of going up means an advance in some aspect of life or in some situation or the gaining of a goal. While going down represents the contrary a regression or depression in life. If your dream begins in a low level and ends up in a higher level this will mean you are on the right track. If the opposite is true then the problem hasn't been solved and may be getting worse. Symbol : Left & Right / Meaning from Dream Dictionary In dreams, the left side symbolizes masculinity and the right side femininity. Symbol : Beige / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Beige is a color symbolizing idealism and neutrality. Symbol : Colors / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Colors almost always appear in abundance in dreams and they shouldn't be taken into account unless they have an important role in the dream or they stand out in some way. Reflect on the way that you use a certain color in your everyday life and consider how much it influences you. Do you normally say things like black mood, green with envy, feeling blue, yellow-bellied, etc. Or maybe you have a special personal meaning for a color. Symbol : Dog / Meaning from Dream Dictionary The dog, the most domesticated of all animals has always played an important role in the life of mankind. In mythology the dog has symbolized fidelity, watchfulness, nobility; it has guarded the gates of the underworld and attended the dead, has been a messenger of man as well as his friend ( though sometimes associated with witches and warlocks). The Christians see the dog as the protector of the shepherd's flock, therefore sometimes symbolizing priesthood. Jewish tradition considered the dog evil or even demonic. Your own feelings towards dogs should however be the basis for the interpretation. Symbol : Animals / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Animals represent our instinctual passional nature. The meaning of this symbol will depend on the associations that you make with the specific animal. Size and the manner in which the creatures act in relation to you will tell you something about your own feelings and reactions. Symbol : Death / Meaning from Dream Dictionary We are constantly in a process of transformation and renewal. But in order to start a new cycle an old one must "die". We must get rid of old attitudes, behavior and values. Therefore, deaths in dreams are almost never a cause for alarm. And they are showing us the end of some aspect of our psyche. But where there is the end of one cycle comes the beginning of another. Symbol : Hand / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Hands are extensions of our personalities. They have always been an image of good. The way we use them in the dream is very significant; folded on your chest means resignation, peace; clenched fists symbolize passion and protest; we can lift our hands in anger or in surrender; we use them to bless and to curse; to cover our eyes from something. Think of the posture of your hands and relate it to the rest of the dream. Symbol : Snow / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Snow suggests problems that to the dreamer's eyes seem helpless. Snow piles up becoming very heavy which symbolizes a heavy load on the dreamer. Symbol : Basket / Meaning from Dream Dictionary As a container, the basket generally symbolizes fruitfulness. The symbol could well suggest that you are gaining experience. It may represent your personality as a whole. What was in the basket is particularly significant. An empty basket could symbolize an empty life. Symbol : Inequality / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Inequality usually comes up in a dream where there is a comparison between something small and something large, something high and something low, etc. This suggests something that is not in equilibrium, and may suggest a feeling of unjustified inferiority or superiority in the dreamer. This doesn't mean the dreamer is inferior or superior, only that he/she feels that way. Symbol : Two / Meaning from Dream Dictionary The number two suggests the need to select between two things, paths, decisions, etc. Symbol : Numbers / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Numbers usually work more as personal symbols than as universal symbols and therefore are best interpreted by the dreamer. If you wish to see the universal interpretation of a specific number check the symbol for that number. Symbol : Black / Meaning from Dream Dictionary The color black suggest problems, death ( not necessarily of a person, might be a situation ). Symbol : Water / Meaning from Dream Dictionary Water is a symbol of the dreamers life and his/her emotions. Unless there is something wrong with the water, its presence usually has a positive nature. Symbol : Head / Meaning from Dream Dictionary This could be a physical reference to a headache of some ailment in your head. On the other hand the head is the symbol of rational thinking and understanding. A large head might symbolize the rational aspect while a small or severed head might mean the lack of rational behavior and understanding. Symbol : Drowning / Meaning from Dream Dictionary This could mean that your problems seem overwhelming at present. Do you feel you are drowning in your problems? Are you trying to keep afloat? Great dream....thanks for sharing with us! Nutcracker == Commentary by Heratheta on Confusing Climb (980805) == avoiding the porch to the left right was the end of sorrow while the sorrow was "really". where you went following this dream and what your mood was that day decided how much sorrow you endured. ** Dream: "Is it a sign?" By Brazilian (980816) ** Hi, I'm brazilian and I've got a dream very different to me, because I'm thinking very much about it. Before speak about the dream, I need to give you details. I love very much a woman and, when I spook to her, she speaks to me: "I don't want". It was about 1 year ago. In this time, I've got very many dreams with her, but nothing different of normal. But, last week, I have a dream and I'll speak about it below. The dream: In the afternoon, Loana (her name) and me was watching TV in my mother's bedroom: I had sit down on the floor and her sits down on the my mother's bed. Suddenly my cousin (Isabela is her name) arrived and she kisses my mouth. When Loana saw it, she stands up and ask me: "Who is she?". When I answered "She's my cousin", Loana leaves running. Well, if you may help me I'll say "Thank very much" everyday. My dream can be a sign about a fact? If it's true, what? I acknowledge beforehand, Daniel. RELIGIOUS RELATED [The Ritual and the Spiritual] ROMANCE [Thrills and Chills, lost in another] SCHOOL THEMES [Learning and learning related trials] SOLUTIONS [The answers to problems or quandaries] STAIRS [Bridges between levels, between the upper and the lower] STRANGERS [Who and what we don't know yet] ** Dream: A real party by Brazilian (980731) ** I was in my farm, with two friends, what really happened yesterday, but, somehow there were lots of people that I'd never seen before. And I went walking for a beautiful path, with a royal-blue lake and a happy family, I had a wood in my hand, so I kept on walking. But I decided to go back, cause I was goin too far. In my way back, I saw a girl dressed like a punk witch. I came back to the party, and everybody was enjoying it. My farm had become a house of parties! I don't remember some pieces of it, but I know that later I kissed the witch, and she had a nasty kiss... Permission Comments I'd like to have the interpretaion, but I am from Brazil. == Commentary by Heratheta on A Real Party (980802) == at the farm dream- sorrow was "somehow" while the end of sorrow was away to the right or left of the witch. we exorcize spirits (like the "somehow" spirit)we do not want and unless we go away from them to the right or left when we wake up we shall walk into them again. to be or not to be repossesed is where we are are all going. there's more at www.dreamgate.com./dream/dubetz/ and if you can help, let us know the telephone number left by an artist on his dream mural outside wall painting at polk st. and northpoint when you're in san francisco. so far, nobody's been able to find it. TEETH [Ok, losing teeth is one of the top ten dreams people have questions on. Theories on what they mean range all over the spectrum of possibilities.] TORNADOS [Pretty well defined destructive power of nature] TRAPPED [Temporarily helpless- Sometimes we are paralyzed or imprisoned by jobs, relationships or expectations] VEHICLES [Means of transportation, reflection of lifestyle] WATER [A magical earthly fluid, nourishment, cleansing] ** Dream: "Water and Children" by Mermaid At 2am (980807)** I had several dream fragments last night. The first was of my daughter in a bath that had been left running, and her head was under water. I pulled her up so she could sit up and enjoy the bath. Then I was with my husband near the ocean. We discussed going on a boat, but decided to wait until another time. As we talked, we were walking along a path on hills covered with dark green grass above the sea. I slipped from the path, into the dark, deep water. 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