NEWS AND LINKS 2007
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December 2007
10 December 07
My writing on 'Eleusinian Dreams', and also on a painting of 'Vertumnus and Pomona' by Pontormo, stops on Noli Tangere day, 27/2/07. The dreams call for a new direction, or approach, within the 'death' theme.
'Panther dreams' appear in shamanic workshop.
Dream Themes
d43 date/purification; d44 mysteries; d45 date/training; d46 voyage; d47 letting go; d48 rebirth.
10 December 07
My writing on 'Eleusinian Dreams', and also on a painting of 'Vertumnus and Pomona' by Pontormo, stops on Noli Tangere day, 27/2/07. The dreams call for a new direction, or approach, within the 'death' theme.
'Panther dreams' appear in shamanic workshop.
Dream Themes
d43 date/purification; d44 mysteries; d45 date/training; d46 voyage; d47 letting go; d48 rebirth.
Wed - October 1, 2003
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'My Death Dreams 2007'.
1994-2004
There are 25 dreams here over ten years.
To see a quarter consider 1, 2, 4, 13, 21, 24.
To see half consider 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
What is the theme of the dreams?
d1 gives the time of death; d2 suggests reasons; d3 rebirth; d4 what we take with us, and some urgency; d5 the crossing is good but don't rush it; d6 for the avoidance of doubt; d7 a welcome on the other side; d8 power of dreams; d9 anxiety; d10 the journey starts soon; d11 alarm call; d12 merit your eternal soul; d13 clarifies d4; d14 reassurance; d15 be prepared; d16 no alternative; d17 don't waste time; d18 death is a relocation; d19 reminder of d1; d20 experiment?; d21 a date; d22 anger at relocation; d23 purification; d24 God appears; d25 crossing boundary.
So the main themes are timing, confirmation, urgency (be ready) and reassurance.
Dream sample in 2004
1 of 7 Jan dreams; 0 of 1 Feb; 1 of 3 March; 0 of 1 April; 1 of 4 May; 0 of 5 June; 1 of 3 July; 0 of 2 Aug; 1 of 1 Sept; 0 of 3 Oct; 1 of 2 Nov; 0 of 0 Dec.
1994-2004
There are 25 dreams here over ten years.
To see a quarter consider 1, 2, 4, 13, 21, 24.
To see half consider 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
What is the theme of the dreams?
d1 gives the time of death; d2 suggests reasons; d3 rebirth; d4 what we take with us, and some urgency; d5 the crossing is good but don't rush it; d6 for the avoidance of doubt; d7 a welcome on the other side; d8 power of dreams; d9 anxiety; d10 the journey starts soon; d11 alarm call; d12 merit your eternal soul; d13 clarifies d4; d14 reassurance; d15 be prepared; d16 no alternative; d17 don't waste time; d18 death is a relocation; d19 reminder of d1; d20 experiment?; d21 a date; d22 anger at relocation; d23 purification; d24 God appears; d25 crossing boundary.
So the main themes are timing, confirmation, urgency (be ready) and reassurance.
Dream sample in 2004
1 of 7 Jan dreams; 0 of 1 Feb; 1 of 3 March; 0 of 1 April; 1 of 4 May; 0 of 5 June; 1 of 3 July; 0 of 2 Aug; 1 of 1 Sept; 0 of 3 Oct; 1 of 2 Nov; 0 of 0 Dec.
Posted at 08:03 PM
Sat - October 4, 2003
1. DEATH - 12 Sept 1994
I am to die after a family
friend.
As of today, 20 September 2003, he is
alive and well in his eighties.
Posted at 02:53 PM
2. BOWLED OUT - 20 Jan 1995
I go out to bat in a cricket match. I
find I have a jar of marmalade in my pocket, and am pleased that the umpire
allows me to put it behind the stumps. I notice that the stumps are not
straight. The bails might just be still on, but it looks as though a ball has
already hit them. I wait for them to be put right, and see that the bowler has
already started his long run. I make no attempt to play the ball and it hits my
stumps. The umpire gives out and I protest.
'Bowled out' is clearly a possible death
symbol.
At the time of the dream I was bringing diabetic marmalade for my mother on visits, which she could not get locally. So I associated the dream marmalade with her, even though it was a sugar type. We did not know cancer had started its run until 7 years later, when she was suddenly stricken and taken into a hospice.
I visited for part of each week and stayed at her home. I bought my food locally, either at her place or mine, except for marmalade, which I carried between the two (due its intermediate shelf-life). Then I realised the discrepancy in the dream had cleared, and I was now carrying a sugar marmalade with me on visits to my mother.
The dream, which had first associated to my mother, now also referred to me. And this happened at the time my mother's life (stumps) had received one knock from the cancer and awaited the last, as in the dream. Then my mother was given sugar marmalade to eat in her hospice and not diabetic.
At the time of the dream I was bringing diabetic marmalade for my mother on visits, which she could not get locally. So I associated the dream marmalade with her, even though it was a sugar type. We did not know cancer had started its run until 7 years later, when she was suddenly stricken and taken into a hospice.
I visited for part of each week and stayed at her home. I bought my food locally, either at her place or mine, except for marmalade, which I carried between the two (due its intermediate shelf-life). Then I realised the discrepancy in the dream had cleared, and I was now carrying a sugar marmalade with me on visits to my mother.
The dream, which had first associated to my mother, now also referred to me. And this happened at the time my mother's life (stumps) had received one knock from the cancer and awaited the last, as in the dream. Then my mother was given sugar marmalade to eat in her hospice and not diabetic.
Posted at 03:25 PM
3. BIRTHDAY PARTY - 18 Sept 2001
I am being given some big birthday
party, which I am not enjoying. There are many people I do not know. I realise I
am still in my pyjamas, and am about to change, when my sister Linda says I will
find some new clothes among my presents.
A birthday is not necessarily a death
symbol, but when it is, it means death in this world and birth in the
next.
It seems this dream must relate to Mum’s death, 2 months later.
But still, it is my birthday party.
It seems this dream must relate to Mum’s death, 2 months later.
But still, it is my birthday party.
Posted at 03:50 PM
4. BIRTHDAY PRESENT - 22 Feb 2002
Mum is ill in bed. I am in an adjoining
room, maybe a kitchen or dining room. I see her make the faintest smile and say
encouragingly, ‘I like your smile’. She replies, ‘I like yours
too’. I notice a pool of sweat appear on the top of her head. I cross into
the room to dry her head. She starts talking to me about my birthday present
– 10% of something. I realise that it is the day before my
birthday.
The next world is sometimes represented
as an adjoining room. When I ‘cross’ to her room, she tells me of my
birthday present – 'birth' perhaps into the next world. And then I realise
it is just the day before my birthday.
Two days after this dream I had sharp, incapacitating pains in my chest and went to the hospital for heart tests. The tests showed no problem.
The '10%' may refer to the spiritual qualities we take to the next life (our present), as we leave the worldly ones behind (see Dream13, Luggage For Journey).
Two days after this dream I had sharp, incapacitating pains in my chest and went to the hospital for heart tests. The tests showed no problem.
The '10%' may refer to the spiritual qualities we take to the next life (our present), as we leave the worldly ones behind (see Dream13, Luggage For Journey).
Posted at 09:42 PM
5. PLANE CRASH - 10 Mar 2002
I am in a plane. At first it is full,
then I notice a few empty seats and wonder where and how the people have gone.
The plane flies slower and lower and finally the engines cut and it falls quite
gently on the ground. Everyone gets out safely but quickly in case it explodes.
I realise I have left behind a bag and something else, and, as it seems safe, I
go back for them. A police car passes and so I walk slowly not to look like a
thief. I call to my best friend (Peter CH - from childhood) to wait for me. Then
I join all the others by jumping over a small ditch or river or waterway, and
cross to the other side.
After my chest pains, I needed to do
things slower for a few weeks.
Crossing to the other side, and especially over water, is a common death symbol (though not necessarily).
Returning for the bag (life symbol), perhaps suggests a delay between the warning and death.
Also the empty seats, here and in Dream10 Catch Train, indicate that all of me is not present - the hour glass is not full.
The police car warns me not to hurry the process.
Crossing to the other side, and especially over water, is a common death symbol (though not necessarily).
Returning for the bag (life symbol), perhaps suggests a delay between the warning and death.
Also the empty seats, here and in Dream10 Catch Train, indicate that all of me is not present - the hour glass is not full.
The police car warns me not to hurry the process.
Posted at 09:51 PM
6. SAY GOODBYE - 28 Mar 2002
An announcement comes over a
loudspeaker system to the effect that this has never happened before, but we
must say goodbye to Ian Campbell.
Looks like an attempt to give a clear
message.
Perhaps I am not sufficiently believing or acting upon my interpretations.
Perhaps I am not sufficiently believing or acting upon my interpretations.
Posted at 09:57 PM
7. AUNT BERYL - 15 Jan 2003
Aunt Beryl, as a younger woman, gives
me a big warm hug of welcome.
Relatives arrive to help the departing
soul pass over, and may mean the time draws near.
However, in this dream, my great aunt appears rather to signify a welcome ahead.
However, in this dream, my great aunt appears rather to signify a welcome ahead.
Posted at 10:00 PM
8. LION DAD - 16 Jan 2003
A lion is sleeping in a bed. I
carefully take a newspaper from a pile by its head on the bed. The lion is
peaceful and I am not scared of it, but at the same time I am careful of its
power. Next, perhaps in an adjoining room, I see Dad asleep in a bed, and
realise he is indistinguishable from the lion.
Getting 'news' from the 'sleeping' lion
is, I think, getting news from dreams: the power of dreams.
Dad ‘sleeping’ in the ‘adjoining room’ refers to his death. And as Dad and the lion are one, it means I am getting news of my death from dreams.
The lion was a symbol in some of my dreams for Mum’s departing spirit.
Dad ‘sleeping’ in the ‘adjoining room’ refers to his death. And as Dad and the lion are one, it means I am getting news of my death from dreams.
The lion was a symbol in some of my dreams for Mum’s departing spirit.
Posted at 10:05 PM
9. STRANGLER IN BLACK - 7 May 2003
A man dressed in black is going to
strangle me. I back away, very scared, and wake up struggling for a moment to
breathe.
Reminds me of Dad's death dream of a
murderer at the door, which is in The Lark
Ascending.
Death comes as murderer, thief, stranger, lover etc, probably depending on one's attitude towards it.
Here I may have some fear or resistance; or else need a reminder of its abrupt finality in this life.
Death comes as murderer, thief, stranger, lover etc, probably depending on one's attitude towards it.
Here I may have some fear or resistance; or else need a reminder of its abrupt finality in this life.
Posted at 10:08 PM
10. CATCH TRAIN - 8 May 2003
I am running to catch a train. I check
the notice board for the platform and see there are only a few (3-4) minutes to
go. I hear an announcement for the ‘leafy’ suburb of Greenford, and
see my train waiting in front of another on the same platform. I run for it and
there are still a few empty seats.
I take the Greenford train to get home
after work.
The previous day I thought of falling ‘leaves’ in connection with the American use of “Fall’ for Autumn.
I have missed many a train in dreams, but not this one (compare the dream of a friend at 80 ). Freud writes in his Introductory Lectures, "Dying is replaced in dreams by departure, by a train journey…" (p186).
The empty seats here, as in Dream 5: Plane Crash, mean I am not wholly present (the people in the train represent parts of the whole of me), and so my time has not come.
The previous day I thought of falling ‘leaves’ in connection with the American use of “Fall’ for Autumn.
I have missed many a train in dreams, but not this one (compare the dream of a friend at 80 ). Freud writes in his Introductory Lectures, "Dying is replaced in dreams by departure, by a train journey…" (p186).
The empty seats here, as in Dream 5: Plane Crash, mean I am not wholly present (the people in the train represent parts of the whole of me), and so my time has not come.
Posted at 10:14 PM
11. BEDROOM DRAUGHT - 20 May 2003
In the five minutes between my two
alarms going off in the morning, I dream of a cold draught in my bedroom. I
close the 2 open windows, and find to my surprise there is still a draught or
wind. I return to the window and see the little one on top is open. I am about
to close this when my second alarm wakens me.
Wind is a symbol for the spirit.
I am reminded of Mum’s dream of a wind going through my bedroom when I am unwell, which is in The Lark Ascending.
The ‘alarm’ may be part of the dream message: ‘Wake up, take notice, time is short’.
I am reminded of Mum’s dream of a wind going through my bedroom when I am unwell, which is in The Lark Ascending.
The ‘alarm’ may be part of the dream message: ‘Wake up, take notice, time is short’.
Posted at 10:17 PM
12. PRINCESS DIANA - 2 July 2003
I am standing at the back of a hall or
theatre. In front of me is an audience. Princess Diana appears on stage in a new
golden dress and walks straight across to get my approval. There is a sense of a
‘Finale’ – the last act for which the best dress is worn. The
dress is beautiful and sparkles, though not from any glitter or stones. She
checks herself first in a standing mirror beside me, and then I must say it is
lovely and we kiss and she returns to the stage. There is a sexual element to
the kiss, which slightly shocks and surprises me.
I had just started a cold, which later
became feverish. The key element of the dream was the golden dress, and then my
approval.
I am reminded of the symbolism of the death wedding (p50 ‘On Dreams And Death’ by M-L von Franz). In Persian legend, a man’s guardian angel appears as a beautiful young girl at the Chinvat Bridge to take him to the other side. This is the ‘anima of death’ and ‘the death motif of the hierosgamos’ (sacred wedding).
I joined the crowds in Pall Mall and St James’s Park for the funeral of Princess Diana. Now she appears in my ‘finale’.
The mirror often represents a confrontation with oneself, and here it shows the anima figure, which is a man’s soul.
Gold is a symbol of the highest value, perhaps referring here to the soul as a spark of God. In the dream, I think Diana comes for my approval, but in fact she looks first in the mirror beside me. This gives her the real permission to wear the dress, which glitters not from sparkle or precious stones but from its own innate divinity.
This dream of the Finale reminds me of the importance of my immortal soul, and the need to be worthy of it.
I am reminded of the symbolism of the death wedding (p50 ‘On Dreams And Death’ by M-L von Franz). In Persian legend, a man’s guardian angel appears as a beautiful young girl at the Chinvat Bridge to take him to the other side. This is the ‘anima of death’ and ‘the death motif of the hierosgamos’ (sacred wedding).
I joined the crowds in Pall Mall and St James’s Park for the funeral of Princess Diana. Now she appears in my ‘finale’.
The mirror often represents a confrontation with oneself, and here it shows the anima figure, which is a man’s soul.
Gold is a symbol of the highest value, perhaps referring here to the soul as a spark of God. In the dream, I think Diana comes for my approval, but in fact she looks first in the mirror beside me. This gives her the real permission to wear the dress, which glitters not from sparkle or precious stones but from its own innate divinity.
This dream of the Finale reminds me of the importance of my immortal soul, and the need to be worthy of it.
Posted at 10:20 PM
13. LUGGAGE FOR JOURNEY - 4 July 2003
I am waiting for a train, with my
belongings packed into a trunk. Then the trunk goes missing. Then I find all my
belongings packed into a fine, leather piece of hand luggage, about twice the
size of a briefcase. It is hard to believe everything is in there, but I look
inside and think at least it will be easier to get on the
train.
Marie-Louise von Franz describes a
'journey' as "the most frequently occurring symbol of impending
death".
And she gives an example of an old woman who dreamed shortly before her death of packing 2 suitcases, one with her working clothes for travelling across Europe, and the other with her jewellery, diaries and photos for America. Von Franz comments that over in the Westland the dreamer cannot take her everyday attitude (her working clothes), but she can take her inner psychic treasures (p64 On Dreams And Death).
Similarly in my dream there are the 2 cases. I do not need the trunk of this world’s belongings over there, only the psychic treasures that fit conveniently into the fine leather piece of hand luggage. (Compare this with the 10% Birthday Present of Dream4, and with the dream of a friend at 80 .)
And she gives an example of an old woman who dreamed shortly before her death of packing 2 suitcases, one with her working clothes for travelling across Europe, and the other with her jewellery, diaries and photos for America. Von Franz comments that over in the Westland the dreamer cannot take her everyday attitude (her working clothes), but she can take her inner psychic treasures (p64 On Dreams And Death).
Similarly in my dream there are the 2 cases. I do not need the trunk of this world’s belongings over there, only the psychic treasures that fit conveniently into the fine leather piece of hand luggage. (Compare this with the 10% Birthday Present of Dream4, and with the dream of a friend at 80 .)
Posted at 10:23 PM
14. CAR FAILURE - 31 August 2003
I am lost and trying a different way
back when my car completely closes down, everything fails, lights, engine radio
etc. I am surprised but not unduly alarmed or upset, and have enough momentum to
steer off the road into a layby.
Not necessarily a death dream, but in
context possibly.
It recalls Dream5 Plane Crash.
It recalls Dream5 Plane Crash.
Posted at 10:25 PM
15. DOORBELL RINGS - 17 Sept 2003
I am downstairs, vaguely at Hassocks,
when the doorbell rings. I don’t have my trousers on, so I go upstairs for
them. Someone warns of a ghost there, so I clap my hands as I go into the
bedroom to scare it away.
The caller at the door who rings the bell
is not uncommon in death dreams. Dad had this motif in a frightening dream five
months before he died, which is in The Lark Ascending. I am not scared here, as
I was with the Strangler In
Black in Dream 8, but I am unready.
Strange I should be unready after all these dreams. However, it was only after
this dream that I brought together these death dreams, and then thought of
adding them to my website, and then, while wondering how, received the offer of
free ‘iBlog’ software from
Mac.
The doorbell causes me to go ‘upstairs’, the spirit world, where I hear of the ghost - myself.
I do not have a strong impression of the caller. He seems a stranger from his shadowy outline through the frosted glass door. For though loved ones come to help with the crossing, Death is a stranger to the living.
The doorbell causes me to go ‘upstairs’, the spirit world, where I hear of the ghost - myself.
I do not have a strong impression of the caller. He seems a stranger from his shadowy outline through the frosted glass door. For though loved ones come to help with the crossing, Death is a stranger to the living.
Posted at 10:28 PM
Sun - October 12, 2003
16. CERBERUS - 12 Oct 2003
I am walking along a pavement. A small
dog, like a Yorkshire Terrier, is tied by its lead to the middle of the
pavement, and rushes, barking, at anyone trying to pass. I think I allow
sufficient leeway, but it leaps at me, lead stretching, as it grabs my arm in
its teeth. It’s hold is firm and sharp but not painful, and my watch flies
off my wrist. Someone, maybe Linda, makes some reference to my
birthday.
My parents had a Yorkie, who died shortly
after my mother. In my hall, I have two drawings of her by Jimmy Knight, which I
think of as guarding the entrance and welcoming me home.
It is the gratuitous mention of my birthday that alerts me to a possible death dream. Once thinking this way, the watch flying off my arm suggests the end of my time (compare the dream of a friend at 80 ).
Dogs are common spirit guides for departing souls, and one appeared for my father in a dream, which is in The Lark Ascending. The terrier here acts more like Cerberus, guarding the way to Hades, where only the dead may pass. I am not ready to pass - but I lose my watch and Death takes me by the arm.
It is the gratuitous mention of my birthday that alerts me to a possible death dream. Once thinking this way, the watch flying off my arm suggests the end of my time (compare the dream of a friend at 80 ).
Dogs are common spirit guides for departing souls, and one appeared for my father in a dream, which is in The Lark Ascending. The terrier here acts more like Cerberus, guarding the way to Hades, where only the dead may pass. I am not ready to pass - but I lose my watch and Death takes me by the arm.
Posted at 07:06 PM
Thu - November 13, 2003
17. LEAVING - 8 NOV 2003
I lose 2 teeth with a curious shape
– something like a pyramid with curved ends. They are stained brown.
Someone seems unconcerned, so I say I need my teeth to
eat.
Then I am in a large room with a group I don’t know, but who know each other. Perhaps we are there to learn something, but we keep separate until I notice they have left. We have been waiting for something to happen, and I find myself idly reading a tabloid with a television turned towards me.
It occurs to me I am leaving the house tomorrow. I have done no packing or tidying and do not feel like it. I leave the room and see 2 more – one perhaps with someone from the group, and the other with Mum in it. I tell her of my concerns about packing and tidying, but she is not worried and perhaps slightly amused at my fears.
Then I am in a large room with a group I don’t know, but who know each other. Perhaps we are there to learn something, but we keep separate until I notice they have left. We have been waiting for something to happen, and I find myself idly reading a tabloid with a television turned towards me.
It occurs to me I am leaving the house tomorrow. I have done no packing or tidying and do not feel like it. I leave the room and see 2 more – one perhaps with someone from the group, and the other with Mum in it. I tell her of my concerns about packing and tidying, but she is not worried and perhaps slightly amused at my fears.
If the house is my body,
‘leaving’ is death – as in dreams 15 and 24 of The Lark
Ascending. I go to my mother, in the 'next room'. Her unconcern at
‘leaving’ mirrors the unconcern of the person who sees my teeth fall
out, because death does not worry the dead. Nor do the dead need teeth. Mine
look like Pyramids, which are a tomb-womb
symbol.
In the middle section of the dream I am waiting to die, and to learn something. I worry about time to pack and tidy, so looking at tabloid and TV seems to be a reproof. On the night of the dream, I used the internet (TV) to read foreign newspaper reports (tabloids) about the Prince Charles story, censored in Britain. ‘Here you are,’ says the dream, ‘awaiting death and wasting time on gossip.’
In this dream, like some others, I am not quite ready to die. Death comes ‘tomorrow’, as in dream 4. Birthday Present. Awake too, there are loose ends to tidy.
I don’t know why there is a split between ‘I’ and the group. My personal identity separates from the collective part of me. The ego wastes time, while the collective ‘leaves’ for the next room. Perhaps the ego is holding back.
In the middle section of the dream I am waiting to die, and to learn something. I worry about time to pack and tidy, so looking at tabloid and TV seems to be a reproof. On the night of the dream, I used the internet (TV) to read foreign newspaper reports (tabloids) about the Prince Charles story, censored in Britain. ‘Here you are,’ says the dream, ‘awaiting death and wasting time on gossip.’
In this dream, like some others, I am not quite ready to die. Death comes ‘tomorrow’, as in dream 4. Birthday Present. Awake too, there are loose ends to tidy.
I don’t know why there is a split between ‘I’ and the group. My personal identity separates from the collective part of me. The ego wastes time, while the collective ‘leaves’ for the next room. Perhaps the ego is holding back.
Posted at 06:32 PM
18. RELOCATION COMPANY - 13 NOV 2003
I can’t sleep because the
curtains are wide open and letting in daylight. (It seems to be daytime, though
I think it is night.) Going to draw the curtains, I see through the window much
activity as a relocation company prepares to enter the building. Then they are
all in my room. I am very alarmed and call the police. As I wait for some
introductory message to finish, a young woman from the relocation company puts
her hand over the phone to cut the connection.
This dream came as I finished
interpreting the previous one and continues its theme. In
Leaving,
I am leaving ‘tomorrow’ and worried about not having time to pack
and tidy. Here the leaving day has arrived, and a relocation company has come to
do the job.
The arrival of the relocation company seems to bring forward my leaving date. ‘Today’ can be no more literal than ‘tomorrow’, but clearly it is sooner. Apart from the dreams, I have no sense or indication of approaching death. If I am to believe the dreams, should I be doing something else with my remaining time?
The arrival of the relocation company seems to bring forward my leaving date. ‘Today’ can be no more literal than ‘tomorrow’, but clearly it is sooner. Apart from the dreams, I have no sense or indication of approaching death. If I am to believe the dreams, should I be doing something else with my remaining time?
Posted at 07:04 PM
Fri - November 28, 2003
19. FRIEND'S SON - 24 NOV 2003
i) Friend's son puts his hand on my
shoulder.
ii) I am in a house like Grandad’s. Some people throw snowballs, which break a window in the house. I will need to find somewhere safer, more communal, to live in my old age.
iii) My brother proposes putting a table-cloth over some sugar he has spilled on the dining-table. I suggest he clears up the sugar and Mum agrees.
iv) I get into a train, which is just a single carriage. The ticket inspector is sitting in the train, and people show him their tickets through the window before boarding – I do not. Nor do I like to sit opposite the inspector, where there is most space.
v) I am looking for my train, perhaps changing trains, but cannot find it.
ii) I am in a house like Grandad’s. Some people throw snowballs, which break a window in the house. I will need to find somewhere safer, more communal, to live in my old age.
iii) My brother proposes putting a table-cloth over some sugar he has spilled on the dining-table. I suggest he clears up the sugar and Mum agrees.
iv) I get into a train, which is just a single carriage. The ticket inspector is sitting in the train, and people show him their tickets through the window before boarding – I do not. Nor do I like to sit opposite the inspector, where there is most space.
v) I am looking for my train, perhaps changing trains, but cannot find it.
i) I include these short dreams of the same night because they start with the son of the family friend, who my 1994 dream says will die before me. I have not dreamed of him before.
ii) Nearly broken windows occasionally recur in my dreams, but this is the first break in the house defences. And it makes me consider ‘leaving’ - a death symbol in The Lark Ascending.
iii) The grains of sugar are tiny snowballs and continue the theme of destructive energy. Sugar gives energy, but damages teeth. There is disagreement round the table. I think now my ‘brother’s’ idea is the better one. The only energy around needs to be creatively destructive, not cleared away. But does he gets his way?
iv) Another dream of catching the train – possible death symbol (Dream10 Catch Train). Why don’t I show my ticket, or sit near the inspector? Perhaps resistance still. And concern that I will not pass the inspection of my life.
v) I don’t know what 'changing trains' may mean. I walk a long way, but there is no train on the platform, which maybe turns into a path.
Posted at 12:05 AM
Sat - April 3, 2004
20. AWAITING THE STORM - 16 JANUARY 2004
I am in an aeroplane, so high I cannot
see the earth. We wait stationary in the sky. Someone gets out for a walk on
adjacent land. Then the storm begins, far below. My plane banks sharply and we
drop towards the black cloud. A wedge-shaped piece of land with grass on top
towers high above the invisible earth. I fear for our
safety.
I turn over in bed and find myself in a dormitory. Already it is 11.30am, so I go into the communal bathroom. Someone waits as I stand in front of the mirror over a basin cutting my hair. The scissors struggle with my unexpected full head of black hair. Next time, I think, I should play with different styles instead of cutting it all off, as whatever I do will look good or interesting.
I turn over in bed and find myself in a dormitory. Already it is 11.30am, so I go into the communal bathroom. Someone waits as I stand in front of the mirror over a basin cutting my hair. The scissors struggle with my unexpected full head of black hair. Next time, I think, I should play with different styles instead of cutting it all off, as whatever I do will look good or interesting.
I am waiting to die, and practically in
the spirit world. However, death is not simply an ending. The phallic tower
promises new life, and the black storm becomes the handsome new growth of black
hair, which is rebirth. I see in my soul mirror that I need not fear the storm,
and cut it off. On the contrary, I must find its creative potential. It is
already 11.30, and midday is the moment of change from am to pm.
Posted at 10:11 PM
21. SIGNIFICANT DATE - 21 MARCH 2004
I am in a little hall just before the
entrance to a church. Suddenly Dad materializes before me. He looks well and
cheerful and I am delighted to see him, rubbing my eyes in disbelief. I go
towards him wondering if he is in body or spirit. He disappears leaving me a
fine book with brown hardback covers.
I see it is a diary or journal open at a certain page. I look carefully at the date, which I know is very important: Wednesday, 2 October 20-- (the last two numbers of the year missing).
Then a man passes by looking scared and I make a ghostly noise at him. He runs into the church for sanctuary and, surprisingly, jumps (almost flies) up and out of a high window. I go outside and try my ghostly cry on two people, who take no notice.
I see it is a diary or journal open at a certain page. I look carefully at the date, which I know is very important: Wednesday, 2 October 20-- (the last two numbers of the year missing).
Then a man passes by looking scared and I make a ghostly noise at him. He runs into the church for sanctuary and, surprisingly, jumps (almost flies) up and out of a high window. I go outside and try my ghostly cry on two people, who take no notice.
I go to church these days for births,
deaths and marriages. The ashes of my parents are buried in the remembrance
garden of a church. I cannot think of another significant date that my father
should bring me at church than the day of my death. After seeing the date, I
make ghostly noises, as if I am now the ghost. The man who runs from the ghost
into church jumps (out of his skin) up out of the window, perhaps meaning life
continues on the other side. This would explain why the two people outside are
not bothered by my ghostly
cries.
The date is puzzling. Why is everything precise except the year?
The next Wednesday 2 October is in 2013. A number of sources, like the Aztecs, forecast the end of this Age in 2012-13. Perhaps if my father had given me the year, I might think I had unconsciously put it in the dream myself.
The date is puzzling. Why is everything precise except the year?
The next Wednesday 2 October is in 2013. A number of sources, like the Aztecs, forecast the end of this Age in 2012-13. Perhaps if my father had given me the year, I might think I had unconsciously put it in the dream myself.
Posted at 10:15 PM
Mon - May 31, 2004
22. PICKFORDS - 21 MAY 2004
I went up in the lift to get some cutlery, and wait to go down again. I see a man who looks like a friend of my parents, Charles Pickford, but older, more thick set and irascible. When he goes to his wife, I know it is the Pickfords. I walk up to say hello, and see Dad coming towards me. He is also a bit stiff, walking slowly, more thick set, but smiling. I am happy to see him and give him a gentle hug.
The lift suggests a change of level, and
cutlery perhaps cutting ties. I associate 'Pickfords' with the removal company.
So the dream seems to say – prepare to move to a higher level.
I was quite resistant to the relocation company, which appeared 6 months ago in d18. Here the removal is associated with a family friend, who may be a spirit now – suggesting a spiritual relocation. But why is anger associated with relocation, when I don't feel angry about dying?
I was quite resistant to the relocation company, which appeared 6 months ago in d18. Here the removal is associated with a family friend, who may be a spirit now – suggesting a spiritual relocation. But why is anger associated with relocation, when I don't feel angry about dying?
Posted at 08:29 PM
Fri - November 5, 2004
23. BUTTERFLY AND FAN - 1 JULY 2004
A butterfly flies away from me and some
people on my left. A fan keeps blowing the butterfly back towards me, but I
don’t want it getting too close.
The butterfly is an ancient symbol for the
soul. Its attempts to leave are stopped by the fan. I think of the winnowing
fan, which separates wheat from chaff until it is left cradling the Divine
Child.
My soul is blown back for purification, which means trouble ahead if purification must be through adversity.
My soul is blown back for purification, which means trouble ahead if purification must be through adversity.
Posted at 07:02 PM
24. SHORT STRAW - 13 SEPT 2004
God comes through the door, like a
presence in a vortex of wind. I have to pick a green strip, like a straw from a
bundle, except there is only one to pull out. I am alarmed to see it is only an
inch long, and as I wonder what the normal length might be, God shows me one
about twelve inches. I know from this I have little time
left.
The green strip is a plastic-type material, with the holding end turned back into a short loop, something like the crosses given out in church on Palm Sunday.
My emotional reaction moves between ‘Oh no!’, and ‘Well, I didn’t want to wait too long’, and ‘Have I done what I needed to?’.
The green strip is a plastic-type material, with the holding end turned back into a short loop, something like the crosses given out in church on Palm Sunday.
My emotional reaction moves between ‘Oh no!’, and ‘Well, I didn’t want to wait too long’, and ‘Have I done what I needed to?’.
I don’t remember God appearing before
in my dreams. He is not threatening or welcoming, just present. He only offers
me the short straw, so there is no suggestion of chance or choice. And then to
confirm the message he shows me the full length ‘straw’.
Green suggests nature’s cycle of death and rebirth.
Green suggests nature’s cycle of death and rebirth.
Posted at 07:32 PM
Fri - November 19, 2004
25. DEATH OF SHERRY - 17 Nov 2004
I am having a meal with F. She finishes
first and leaves with my black leather briefcase. Then I am watching a cricket
match beside a young man who is vigorously kissing a girl, and another young man
who had previously been kissing
her.
The batsman hits a four and then a six, and I clap in appreciation. Then he hits another four and the ball crosses the boundary near me. I go to get it and see my briefcase. As I think about which to give priority, a dog we had when I was a child, called Sherry, runs up and falls down dead. I want to put my hand on the dog, but fear it might bite me in a death throe.
The batsman hits a four and then a six, and I clap in appreciation. Then he hits another four and the ball crosses the boundary near me. I go to get it and see my briefcase. As I think about which to give priority, a dog we had when I was a child, called Sherry, runs up and falls down dead. I want to put my hand on the dog, but fear it might bite me in a death throe.
I bought a bottle of sherry last week for
Christmas, which the shop assistant said had a short life and should be drunk in
a month.
The whole dream leads up to the death of Sherry - which seems to come out of nowhere. But looking back, we can see the ball crosses the boundary from one world to the next. And I go for the ball, so the crossing is mine. By the ball (and dog) is the black briefcase, which shows they share the same meaning. The case refers back to the briefcase of dream 13 Luggage for Journey: it holds the spiritual produce I take from this life to the next. F is a mother archetype, and her removal of my briefcase links back to dream 2 Bowled Out. The girl being kissed so vigorously must be my anima, with whom however I am not directly connected. The dog is the most common spirit guide.
Death, in this dream, is like hitting a 'four'. It is an elegant stroke, which scores four or six runs at one go by crossing the boundary. It is something skilful, successful and productive. But I am also scared to 'stroke' the dog, which may be a fear of the stroke which does not immediately cross the boundary.
The whole dream leads up to the death of Sherry - which seems to come out of nowhere. But looking back, we can see the ball crosses the boundary from one world to the next. And I go for the ball, so the crossing is mine. By the ball (and dog) is the black briefcase, which shows they share the same meaning. The case refers back to the briefcase of dream 13 Luggage for Journey: it holds the spiritual produce I take from this life to the next. F is a mother archetype, and her removal of my briefcase links back to dream 2 Bowled Out. The girl being kissed so vigorously must be my anima, with whom however I am not directly connected. The dog is the most common spirit guide.
Death, in this dream, is like hitting a 'four'. It is an elegant stroke, which scores four or six runs at one go by crossing the boundary. It is something skilful, successful and productive. But I am also scared to 'stroke' the dog, which may be a fear of the stroke which does not immediately cross the boundary.
Posted at 08:28 PM
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
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
Mon - May 23, 2005
NEWS AND LINKS 2006
Latest
Dream:
See 'My Death Dreams
2007'
2005-2006
There are 17 dreams here over two years.
Dream Themes
d26 birthday; d27 fiesta; d28 change of mind; d29 don't rush; d30 dream task; d31 regeneration; d32 dead; d33 premonition; d34 happy death; d35 learning; d36 rebirth; d37 repairs; d38 blocked view; d39 letting go; d40 rain warning; d41 Demeter's sting; d42 spiritual advice.
2005-2006
There are 17 dreams here over two years.
Dream Themes
d26 birthday; d27 fiesta; d28 change of mind; d29 don't rush; d30 dream task; d31 regeneration; d32 dead; d33 premonition; d34 happy death; d35 learning; d36 rebirth; d37 repairs; d38 blocked view; d39 letting go; d40 rain warning; d41 Demeter's sting; d42 spiritual advice.
Posted at 12:39 AM
26. BIRTHDAY CAKE - 4 JAN 2005
It is my birthday. I sit in hotel room,
a floor or two up, with a slice of birthday cake wrapped in cellophane. On the
street below, I see a public vehicle with carriages in which Mum is sitting with
Assam friends. I want to go down and see her, but not so communally. So I sit by
the window and cry unreservedly like a child.
My mother has made the cake for my birth
into the next world; and she waits in the communal vehicle to take me across. I
am crying over the separation and yet resist going across, which is odd.
(Resistance also in dreams 9, 18, 19iv, and 22.)
All Birthdays:
D3 (Sep 01), the birthday party is 3 months before Mum’s death.
D4 (Feb 02), my birthday is to be the next day.
D16 (Sep 03), Linda mentions my birthday (Cerberus present).
D26 (Jan 05) my birthday has come – so the ‘next day’ of d4 lasted three years.
(Resistance also in dreams 9, 18, 19iv, and 22.)
All Birthdays:
D3 (Sep 01), the birthday party is 3 months before Mum’s death.
D4 (Feb 02), my birthday is to be the next day.
D16 (Sep 03), Linda mentions my birthday (Cerberus present).
D26 (Jan 05) my birthday has come – so the ‘next day’ of d4 lasted three years.
Posted at 01:11 AM
Thu - May 26, 2005
27. BLACK FIESTA - 18 APRIL 2005
There is a black Fiesta next door,
which is blocked by another car behind. It turns round into our drive (as if
there is no wall between) and knocks my car on the way
out.
I associate 'black' with death, and 'next
door' with the next world. So when the black car knocks mine on the way out, it
suggests the touch of death. 'Fiesta' might be the joy of the next
world.
Posted at 01:24 PM
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