Dreamweaving

[Sheila Widdershins]

Any dreams that you really want to know about? What they possibly mean? Post them here, or send me a PM.

An important note: Please give as many details about how you feel about the parts of the dream, what it felt like. I might ask back some details, such as (for e.g. you dream about a sea) what relationship you have to the objects or subjects, since if you have, per se, a sea phobia, it might mean something slightly different than for someone who is obsessed with the sea.

[Verius]

I have weird dreams all. the. freaking. time.

You probably already know, since I tell you about them anyway. >.>

They've gotten even weirder lately though...

Can't give any specifics, as I can't really remember my dreams at the moment.

[Sheila Widdershins]

Hmm, well, once you remember one then please do tell ^^ Ehh, I've been having weird and strange dreams myself... even stranger than usual, but I'm not very surprised. Plus I've picked up the strange habit of dreaming about whatever was most active in my day *twitch* which can be good or bad. Ahh, I had a horrible dream once that someone was trying to hurt me mum, and I started doing this whole rescue thing... 0_o I was organizing a team of people to go save her and was planning some sort of uncharacteristically heroic act. XD

That probably has to do with some of the stuff that mum and I've been talking about as of late. And because of that, I think -- as an interpretation -- I've probably discovered a part of me that I associate with my mother, or the motherly energies, and I suddenly want to save it, it's in pain... hey, that sentence just made so much sense to me, it fits the picture pretty damn well. ^^

What fun it is to be involved with Bleach all day, then dream about it... ^^ *sigh*

[Verius]

I meant to actually mention something earlier today, when I fully remembered, but apparently I forgot to do so. >.<

It was essentially four different parts, from what I remember:

The beginning-most part involved some huge test that myself, and my whole school had to take... but I think I forgot something in some obscure place, so I had my dad drive me there beforehand. However, as my dad was driving, he blatantly passed where we were headed, and despite all attempts to try to stop him, he kept on going. That lasted to the point of missing the entire "test" or whatever it was (it felt more like it was going to turn out to be some sort of interrogation or something, but... yeah. The odd part about the school that it was "in" (it only showed up when I 'thought' about it in my dream) is that the same school has been fairly recurring in my dreams. (Most notably for an earlier dream where it was an all-girls school, with no one I knew, save for one person... and for some reason, it had a rule where a boy could enter, if they were invited by one of the students. Heather, the person I knew, had invited me, instead of the various other asshats (in my opinion ) she's associated with, and I felt all happy about myself at first, until two of her other friends showed up and ruined that.)) And thusly, as I was missing it, I started getting freaked out.

This transitions to the next part of the dream where I'm apparently running down some random road, without much purpose. As a dude passes by in a "car" that turns out to be essentially a chair with wheels and a hand-brake, I tackle him out of it, steal it and "drive" back to my house. As I come in toward my driveway, I'm going quite fast, and panic (looking for the brake) until it falls over, and I end up face-down in the dirt. At that point, I find that it is indeed a hand-brake on the side, and it was pretty obvious. Whatever happened shortly after this, I don't exactly remember.

This switches to another part where my family and I are going down some huge bridge, toward some big, random, city. The only interesting thing to be said about the bridge is that it's got two identical sides that go opposite directions, but make 90 degree turns. (From my viewpoint, as we go around one, it looks almost as if we're about to fall off.) Shortly after this, I sort of lost most of the dream, but I remember vaguely reaching our destination, and then going into some odd gift-shop. For some reason, the actual dream was muted at this point, and despite things happening, it was all soundless, aside from random narrative from (apparently) myself. Outside of the random gaping hole in the corner of said gift shop (the gift shop also happens to be located in the MIDDLE of the bridge...) I saw a huge storm coming our way. Now, I dunno if my head is making it up now or not, but I think I also saw a tornado, or hurricane or something along with it. After a vaguely long pause just staring out the window, I took off (without anyone else) going back the way I came, on the opposite side of the bridge, almost feeling like I was going to fall off, again. (For some reason, my brain made a big point on the bridge, as it actually pulled my viewpoint from myself to a downward view over the bridge.)

Whatever the fourth part was, it's lost to my memory, and the "fourth" part (and the only reason I think there's one) is because I thought there was one, this morning.

Yup. Long dream. It lasted ages.

[Sheila Widdershins]

First part: Obviously you feel like in this is one of those times in your life where you need to prove something to yourself. (This is the test.) At the same time, the part of yourself that is representing the fatherly energies, the things that you inherited from your dad, feel that it there is no time for such things, you have to keep moving on, finding what you truly need. (That would be your dad driving right past the place.) You associate your on-going dubious situation regarding Heather as a part of this test to yourself... you want to prove to yourself that you could do something about this if you liked, but you feel crowded in this situation (her friends). The fact that the test was like an "interrogation" means that you want to face yourself with "the facts", you want to know who you truly are in this area of life. (Need I mention which?) The all-girls school probably means that you have separated the females around you from everyone else, made a place for girls; its a fine distinction, and you feel that this place is somewhere which represents things that you possibly don't understand -- Heather, as a person, was someone to you who you felt could possibly introduce you to these things, and because of the interrogation its probably about the fact that you regard Heather as a catalyst for facing these emotions. The part of you represented by your father probably felt that you are not ready to face the full-fledged emotions that you associate with Heather, and the fact that she's the only person you know there, represents that the other people are the facets of these feelings that you have not come to terms with, and you're not certain that you like them at all. I see progress in this, you are definitely "speeding past" those things that a part of you feels unnecessary.

Second part: You are trying to get to a place which you feel as home, its a place in your soul that is a refuge. (You said you were going "back to your house", which is not necessarily your actual home, but its a place that gives you the same feeling that you do when going to the house in which you live, a.k.a. where you exist.) You are perhaps unaware, but this is the refuge where you usually end up in (you were wandering without purpose down a road). This is like the sort of progress where you are uncertain what is progressing, but you end up returing to where you always start out, perhaps for a very good reason. (Like restarting a journey, but trying to define it this time.) You saw a person in a "chair" with wheels and a brake: a chair could mean that you have solidified your resolve, depending on what type of chair it was, or you have taken a relaxed rout back. It has wheels, therefore you feel that you are progressing, even if backwards. It has a brake, you can stop the flow any time you want. A part of you has suggested this in the sense that they drove past you -- you tackled it away, meaning that it must have been somewhat resistent that you start over, but in the end you got it. You're going, and you don't use the brake -- you fall flat on your face, meaning that restarting something caused you some sort of sense of humiliation. You feel like even though it was obvious, you didn't stop the progress even when you could have.

Third part: You feel like you are getting into something big. You're going to speed some process up and you're going right to the heart of it. Generally speaking, movement, travel in a vehicle (such as you can see in your previous dreams as well) means that you are progressing in life. The fact that there were 90 degree turns in this road means that you went through radical "course corrections" while making your way to a place where you could possibly find something that is very rewarding (gift shop), and it's right in the middle of your path, right in front of you. The bridge symbolizes that you are trying to literally "bridge" something, and you are making these changes to compensate. The fact that you're about to fall off means that you regard it as a rather reckless thing, you could go off course at any time and the whole trip would be pointless. Soundless and narrated -- this is something that only you dictate over, your conscious self. You saw that this gift shop had a hole in it -- it has some flaw in it, in your perfect gift, and you can see beyond it that trouble, turmoil is headed towards this path. Tornadoes and hurricanes mean that that events pick up very quickly, and they often have a disastrous effect on whatever you were trying to do, it's a sudden situation you can't handle immediately, and you will have to sacrifice a lot to be able to keep things in perspective. Again, you are running away from these problems, these things that you can't handle, and you leave it up to other parts of you to deal with (you returned alone). Once more, you feel like undoing this journey is just as dangerous as was getting this far. The bridge was definitely important, it was probably a very big step you made to reach your goal, but at the same time you feel like you don't want to face it yet, even if it has rewards.

That's it. ^^

[jtklindsey3]

I have been having dreams lately that disturb me. I wake up trembling and so frighted from them because they feel as if they were real. One in particular i would love to know what it means. It starts out me looking out a glass door to an open meadow with dark woods in the distance im standing inside a log cabin of some sort and my 4 year old daughter keirsten is with me along with my best friend Tasha. I remember feeling very insecure and frightened i keep telling her its almost dark hurry its almost dark..she is gathering food up and placing it near a wooden square door in the floor. My daugther is beside me and i keep telling her mommy loves you i look out the glass door and tell tasha oh my god i see them i see them hurry its almost dark right then i hear a howl and my daughter howls back tasha and i look at her and scream Keirsten NO!..next thing i know its dusk and there is a werewolf looking creature running at the house we are in i grab keirsten and throw her in the wooden door that lead to the underground basement i look at tasha who has her back to the glass door and standing up behind her sniffing the glass is the werewolf i say in a whisper tasha he is right behind you!! she says i know get down there now...i jump down tell her to hand me the food that we had been gathering and she says no time so all the food is left there bye the "wooden trap like door" she jumps down right as the wolf breaks the glass and i pick my daghter up and place her on a high shelf that goes back into the wall and cover her with a blanket she has fishing poles around her i tell her dont move or make a sound no matter what i go back to tasha standing next to the door to the basement and there is a small hole that we can see through i whisper oh my god tasha he is looking at us tasha says shhh i know just then he breaks the wooden door and lunges at tasha i turn to look at my daugther and she is gone and that is where i woke up. I woke up petrified and barely being able to breathe just like the whole time in the dream heart racing!! what does this mean? Most of the dreams i have are of my family and its like premonitions..normally what i dream happens later...so what is this one saying? Im stumpted please help me.

[Sheila Widdershins]

I'm terribly sorry for the silence, I've had no internet access for a long time - now that I'll do I can get on deciphering your dream, although you may have found the solution already.

[dicaculus]

Well, the only reason I really joined was to get access to your services, Sheila. So here goes.
My dreams aren't just dreams, they span into reality, as others call it "hallucinating", I do not believe it is so. I believe the "demon" is a real being, seeing as it goes away when I write out runic inscriptions. Though, considering I dream about him, I suppose that's what I need to be blathering on about...
Well, let's start with this one. I am in my room, there is sun shining into the room. Everything is exactly the way it was the night before, except for two things. There is a demon at the foot of my bed, and there is a mirror propped up against my night stand. The only thing is, I can't see the demon, I can only feel his presense, and see him with my inner eye. But, when I look into the mirror propped up against my nightstand, I can see is him looking at me. There is no ME, in the mirror, just him. It seems like he is looking right at me, but I have no image in the mirror.
The entire dream feels real, to the point that when I woke up, i tried to feel for a mirror in front of my nightstand.

[Sheila Widdershins]

What does this figure look like exactly? Black hood, no face, or something else?

A mirror signifies scrying, seeing truth - but if seeing him *as* you (as opposed to obscuring your vision of yourself), then it rather signifies a part of your psyche.

As I see it, it does seem as though there is some part of you that you need to see clearly - of course, that does not mean that it is part of you originally and naturally - seeing it in your dream would be as a warning that you need to handle this.

My question is, however, how and when it got *into* you... because at least one part of you has to let it in for it to be there.

[White Wolf Ea]

i had this dream when i was about half-way through a book called animal speak which is a book that helps you learn wut ur animal totem is and it gives advice on developing a connection with nature (it works more with native-american type of magic). i was reading this because i recently found out that i have a cherokee ancestor, so wanted to learn as much about it as possible...
i can't remember all the details of this particular dream, but it has stuck with me:

my memory of the first part of the dream is hazy, but i think i remember walking around, or being led and i think i was singing (idk what). it gets to this point where there is a woman (not too old, but not young; she is kind of tall, with long dark[brown maybe] hair. i think she is wearing white) and i think she was leading me or pulling me toward a small circular pool. If i remember correctly i was wearing a white dress (kind of like a shift) and i had a simple black pentagram necklace on. There was a diving board that led to the center of the pool and i walked onto it. Looking into the pool, i saw what i believe was the devils face(it took up the entire pool), but his eyes were like the dial (the thing that spins when you pull the lever) on a slot machine and the had x's on them (in a Blackadder ITC type font). I dont remember if i was pushed, pulled, or I fell, but i ended up in the pool. one of the devils eyes begins to roll, as if it is counting up, when suddenly he looks to be in pain. I am shot out of the water and I think the necklace was glowing, but im not sure and i may have been unconscious . I think the devil face looks exhausted, but again my memory on it is a little hazy.

p.s. the entire scene takes place at night

[Sheila Widdershins]

Hmm, well the woman in your dream was probably a guide of some sort - pure (white) and wise (long hair), showing you something that is worth your noting. As for the devil figure... depending on your definition of what devils and demons are, it can be a representative of either your darker half, or darkness in general - whether malignant or benign is not very clear, although I do not think that it is the most important detail. Being in water in such a way, I would say it represents some sort of darkness which is in connection to your emotions and/or your unconscious... the fact that the pentagram shone like that and you came out of the water signifies that you must have tapped into some sort of power by merging with your emotions and/or subconscious, where this devil resides...
The fact that the devil was in pain might give a clue, however, as to what it represents - if you look at it from the point of view that devils are malignant, then it is a part of you which you reject and buried (and in this case the water signifies your subconscious more strongly than simple emotions), though it does not necessarily mean that it represents evil, it may simply be something dark. Going on the general symbolism of devils however, I would say that it might be a darker part of you which is not evil in any way (thus the pain), merely something you might label as such.
It could also signify the merging of light and darkness within your subconscious, which gives you great power (and I might add that respecting both halves of your soul or spirit is the one thing which can enable you to be enriched by great power), the fact that the devil was exhausted afterwards seems as though the effort of joining forces was a great effort indeed.

In any case, whether or not it represents a rejected part of you, the fact remains that by joining these two different energies birthed a third energy which is the combined force, an acceptance of the two at once. The reference to a slot machine might be a representation of chance and of luck, meaning that it might have been a 50-50% chance of this power being born.
Nighttime in all respects represents darkness, though not evil unless there are specific indicators of such; it is also the time of mysteries, the untouched, hidden world in one's mind, the unconscious realm.

The fact that you were reading about power animals at the time suggests that in order to fully comprehend what your power animal is and what it is capable of, you must also transcend the darkness which is inexorably present in such beings, especially ones with ties to a dark history - it is a powerful thing which must be respected and not pushed. Darkness in such a manner is not evil, but it can harm you if you do not treat it properly or act carelessly. This is, however, not something to be afraid of, simply something not to be toyed with, it requires responsibility.

[White Wolf Ea]

i see..thank you for this. i have finished the book, and i do believe i no wut my totem is now(i think i may have made it a little too obvious)
i have asked two others i no who are rather good at deciphering dreams and they said something similar..although one of them was really religious...

if you dont mind, i have two more dreams that i was wondering about.

#1
this one is from a couple years ago...I somewhat remember being on top of a building, like a skyscraper but not quite that high, and i remember feeling like no matter what, i had to get to the bottom. i was running down the stairs and when i was rounding one of the corners there was a bunch of planks leaning against the wall and there were creatures behind it, trying to reach for me. at this point i felt like i was being chased. i finally reached the bottom, and in the middle of the room was a bunch of men sitting at a table playing cards (it looked like a constructions site but the men wore older fashioned clothes). i remember feeling at ease, so i went outside. there was a large pool outside and a big dog (like a ST. Bernard). i went over to play with the dog. i remember looking over to the pool, seeing what looked like a black sweater in bottom of the deep end f the pool. not thinking anything of it, i threw...i think it was a stick...out into the pool, and it landed in the deep end. the dog went after it, and as it approached the deep end, i remember feeling something like dread. suddenly, the black sweater looking thing shot up from the bottom of the pool and engulfed the dog. terrified, i ran back inside to get help, but when i got there, all the men at the table had been killed and were bloody. even more terrified, i ran back outside in time to see that the black thing was now a figure completely in black(kind of like nosferatu) , slowing walking toward me, wading through the shallow end. i woke up at that point and i was breathing heavily, but not screaming...

#2
this one is a little more recent, about last year. it really freaked me out because i was told when i was little that if you die in a dream, you die in life.
i was in a big house, a mansion, and me and my family were being chased by a murderer. he got everyone, and i was the last. i hid in a small bedroom, but he found me and killed me(i dont remember being killed,the scene of it, i just know i was) when i woke up, i was lying on a bed, no bloodstains or signs of a struggle. i left the house and saw that the house was surrounded by a forest, yet i new my way. i walked oit of the forest into the parking lot of my church and they were setting up the carnival.(this goes on every year at my church around the time of my b-day, about may 19-22) i walked around, rode some rides, seeing if anyone would notice me, but no one saw me. i went to leave back into the forest, when i saw a girl , about 13 or 14 walking along the line of the forest. she saw me and froze. she looked stunned, her eyes wide. i made a motion, like trying to reach out to her, and she bolted in the other direction. feeling defeated, i walked to the other side of the forest and game out to a road. my dad and twin brother were sitting beside it, my dad sat on a tree stump, my brother on the ground next to him. i sat down neat to them. not long after, i look to my right to see another girl, a little bit older, or maybe the same age, staring at us, wide-eyed with shock. i again tried to say wait, but she too ran off. my dad and brother seemed to either not notice, or not care. then the scene changed and i was back at the mansion house. i walked into a medium sized bedroom, in which everyone who had been killed was sitting around watching TV, and the guy who had killed us all was there too. he was also dead, but no one seemed to be afraid, or angry...it was actually kind of calm...i didnt even feel angry or afraid...it was more like a "who is this person" type feeling accompanied by a why is he here?" though...if that make any sense...

also i believe both of these dreams near the end had a kind of grayish hue to them...in the sky i mean

[trivilyte]

I had a rather odd dream on Sunday night (two nights ago) which I believe may mean something. I cannot recall all of it but I can recall the main details.

I was with a group of friends walking up a street in a small village. The village was visually the same as the local village of Kelty, where my gran lives, near my own hometown of Dunfermline. The shops however were slightly different on this street in my dream.

The group of friends was branched out, with me and one male friend ahead of the others who were behind us slightly on the path. As we reached the supermarket, the friends behind us decided they wished to go in and they did.

Just as me and my male friend decided we wished to go to the sweet shop at the top of the street, my real-life friend Cheryl pulled up in a small green car. She had passengers and we shared general "hi, how are you?" conversation before she pulled off and left. (Note: in real-life Cheryl does not drive.)

We made for the sweet shop, however on discovery, we discovered it was not open, and disheartened walked back towards the supermarket, I assume to meet back up with the other friends.

That is all I can remember of the dream. Can you interpret anything from this dream, Sheila?

x

[ionna]

i had a dream about some one trying to take me on to a church thay wher draging me and the closer i got to the church the creepy dark feeling got worse it felt like something pressing me down an endless weight pressing me closer to the earth !!! when i went in the church the bilding was a mass grave open andd full of death then this guy came up and started talking to me not in english but i could hear him in my head he told me welcom dark light and when i woke ther was a shadow in my room looming over me and there was blood in my mouth and i was not bleeding..... whats that all about?

[opheliaslust]

I often have nightmares about someone breaking into my apartment, and me pulling my knife out from under my pillow. The other details are different every time tho. I think it may simply be anxiety as a result of living alone in a seedy area, but since the nightmares are recurring I don't want to dismiss them casually. Also, I wonder if keeping a knife under my pillow can be a cause of nightmares in itself. I figure it might possibly be playing a part in the problem, tho I do prefer to keep it nearby. What do you think?