If we dream of becoming a wolf then, we are potentially tapping into a deeply profound aspect of human nature that predates our agricultural, farming societies. It is to dream of our truest and most basic nature, something we have carried within us for generations.
To dream of salamanders then can be a profound symbol of transformation, as the salamander represents the ideal of being consumed by the creative fire, but not being destroyed by it.
Today and tomorrow I would like to share with you a wonderful example of dream work undertaken from a Jungian/symbolic perspective. If you have trawled through my posts on the symbols that appear in dreams, but still feel unable to string them together to form a meaningful story, I hope the process outlined by Jean …
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When we have sacred dreams about animals, it is worth looking beyond the symbolic to consider how these creatures may have a special spiritual or some other special personal message for us. For example, when we dream of wolves, it easy to fall into the trap of thinking these creatures are "bad" or scary as …
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Advent Calender Day 20: Bird in a Cage Welcome to the twentieth day of the Dream Well advent calender! Today I am writing about quite a specific symbol, that of a bird in a cage. This symbol contains two other symbols, the bird and cage itself, but the two combine to create a meaning all …
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Fish in a dream can symbolise the flow of life, of transformation and creation. They can symbolise a development of emotional perceptiveness, or learning to trust our instincts. Fish can symbolise the creation of new ideas, new ways of living that sustain and nurture us or even the start of new life itself.
Advent Calendar Day 9: Mouse or Mice Welcome to the ninth day of the Dream Well advent calendar! Today, we are looking at what it means to dream of a mouse, or mice. Like many animal symbols, to dream of a mouse can be ambiguous, and have many positive as well as more challenging or …
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Advent Calender Day 5: A Wolf Who Wants to be Tame Welcome to the fifth day of the Dream Well advent calendar! Today, we continue our journey into the wild places, but consider the idea of the wolf, and what if she wanted to be tamed? I have written a general post on wolves, which …
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What does it mean to dream of elephants? These amazing creatures have lived with humans for centuries, and have a complex relationship with us. On the one hand, they are revered as deities such as Ganesh, on the other they have been used to carry humans into war, they are used as work animals to …
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