Posted by Honore on January 15, 2007, at 11:32:08
In reply to Re: Dream, posted by bil on January 14, 2007, at 14:57:50
That's really interesting, bil.
I've never had the patience to write my dreams down-- partly because they're usually really really long and convoluted. That one was a fairly simple, coherent dream, for me.
Also I don't feel so good about my dreams as I used to-- often they're really terrifying-- much more than this one-- or have elements that make me really uncomfortable to think about. And I haven't had so many recently.
I tend to think of the images as mostly having individual significances-- although things like floods do seem as if you're being overwhelmed--but *starting* the tsunami yourself-- wow-- that's so interesting.
And having your parents drive you to a place in the woods and not let you get your stuff out of the car (or seem like they might not)-- that really does say a lot.
That dream is almost the reverse of Hansel and Gretel, though-- because in H & G, the mother follows the breadcrumbs that they leave and saves them from the witch. So it seems more about kids wanting independence, and getting into danger-- and being made safe, so they can take a chance again. Ie, that their Mother is reliable enough to save them from dangers that they might get into. Of course, it also says that the world is pretty dangerous, too. (I've also read interpretations that say that the witch is the Mother, but a negative or bad or destroying Mother.)
I'd really love to hear more about your dreams, if you'd like to share any.
Honore
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