Thu - February 3, 2005

Introductory Words


There is a long tradition that dreams can help us in life and death.

The dreams I had before the deaths of my parents are in my book The Lark Ascending .

The dreams here prepare for my own 'death' in some sense - whether as a psychological, situational or physical 'ending'. And in practice these different endings may be connected. So a person may become ill and die from the stress of being unable to 'change' a situation or attitude. They die because they cannot let the situation or attitude die and be reborn. In this sense, death dreams are change dreams.

Jung notes that exactly when we shall die (physically) is rarely addressed in dreams, whose perception of time is anyway different to ours. They treat death as a stage of personal development, and use similar symbols for both. Marie-Louise von Franz considers 'feeling' must often decide if a symbol refers to actual death, and can only be confirmed after the event.

So with this amount of uncertainty, can 'death-dreams' be valuable?

For some, they may increase stress and be harmful. But others, through the ages, have found them helpful or interesting. It is from dreams that I get my certainty of life after death; and you can see why here in my Dreamlog and in The Lark Ascending.

If you would like to share your thoughts and experiences, please enter them in DreamBook or the Discussion Forum . I am also happy to explore a dream interpretation with you privately.

With best wishes

Ian
mails3@mac.com


PS

I am 50 and in good health.

You will see that over half my death dreams refer to an Afterlife, with symbols like journey, crossing, upstairs, birthday, welcome and spirit.

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Please use the links on the right in 'Categories' - not the 'Quick Links' Blog, which it is too big and slow.

The link 'My Death Dreams' under each dream contains nothing new - it is generated by the system.

October 2003.

Posted at 08:30 PM    

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