The past two nights have been full of MAJOR dreamage. Like seriously crazy stuff. Some from last night, some from the night before, all surely significant. I don’t believe dreams are predicative, but I do believe they offer valuable insight to some of the stuff we can’t always quite get to.
I used two of my favorite dream dictionaries for these. I do have a few books I need to go back and look at.
First of all, I was with my mom, aunt and cousin. Suddenly, we knew the Apocalypse was happening. And we were having trouble saying the word apopcolptic. Apocalyptic. We said it several times. It was almost like the Rapture or something.
To dream of the apocalypse, signifies an emotional and dramatic change taken place within. The dream may also indicate the end of one kind of lifestyle and the beginning of another.
Such dreams can reflect anxiety about the future, such as many people experienced in connection with atomic war during the cold war. Even though such a war never came, the anxiety dogged many people’s lives for years. They also show the person inwardly recognising that enormous changes are occurring within them that will eventually produce shifts in the way they live and feel about themselves.
We ducked into an alley way, and were kinda high up. I checked around the corner to the left and saw a huge tidal wave coming (but we were safe because we were in the alley).
To see a tidal wave in your dream, represents an overwhelming emotional issue that demands attention. You may have been keeping your feelings and negative emotions bottled up inside for too long. On a positive note, the tidal wave symbolizes the clearing away of old beliefs.
After I ducked back in, there were a bunch of birds, to the right. But they were like poorly folded paper birds. It was almost as if they were from book covers. I could only see them from behind. I thought maybe I was in a dream, so I pinched myself, thinking that if I pinched myself, I’d wake up. I did not and it was scary. I eventually woke up, but my eyes weren’t open yet and I knew I had been dreaming, my heart thumping.
There was also something about my hair dresser. I was going to see her. Her hair was cut short. My hair was weird. She slept in her chair. Whatever.
Another time I was IN a volcano. Yes, inside it. It started to erupt and me and the people I was with had to run. Running is another common element in my dreams. We were able to get outside of it and there were people near by, also running from the lava.
A breaking into consciousness of repressed urges, fears, terrors, or even insights and healing. Basically a healing process, but it can be disturbing.
To see a volcano in your dream, indicates that you are unable to control your emotions, particularly if the volcano is erupting. You are ready to burst. The end result may be damaging and hurtful, especially to those around you. If the volcano is dormant, then it represents past issues that have been resolved and put to the rest.
To see an eruption in your dream, signifies a forceful and jolting outpour of repressed thoughts or urges. You may also be experiencing an upheaval in your life.
Another time, I was in a house similar to the one in the Shining. Yes, with ghosts. I had to run though all these rooms and stairs and stuff. Like in the Shining, I wasn’t sure which were real and which weren’t.
Alternatively, ghosts are representative of something that is no longer obtainable or within reach. It indicates that you are feeling disconnected from life and society. Try to figure out what the ghosts wants or what it is looking for. Alternatively, the dream may be a calling for you to move on and abandon your outdated modes of thinking and behavior.
I was running because I had to get somewhere. Or I was meeting someone, or I had to get to him or her about the ghosts. I think I was running down stairs and I yelled, “NO!” at one of them. Like leave me alone, I need to get out of here. I think I was in a library, checking out books at one point, even as I was running. I think I talked to someone, pretty sure it was a ghost.
To dream that you are in a library, signifies your search for knowledge and your hunger for ideas. You may be trying to seek out new meanings to life or you need to study and evaluate your situation before taking action.
So between the apocalypse, volcanoes, ghosts, tidal waves and dreams so realistic I think maybe I’m dreaming, I’m ready for a night of dreams about my future husband or a villa in Italy or chocolate cake with buttercream frosting or something.
The reason this image is used is that when we feel enormous release of emotions such as might happen when we fall in love, have a baby, or are publicly condemned, our ego often feels carried along by the experience rather than in control. We may have learned how to ride such waves as surfers do. This requires confidence, daring and balance. If we can do it we can open ourselves to much greater range of feeling or change than if we felt threatened. Even happiness may be repressed due to feeling threatened. Anxiety or depression is one of these enormous waves that may threaten to engulf us, and so is one of the human conditions the tidal wave represents.
