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Do you believe dreams are ever symbolic?
Sometimes, but not as often as some people think ... sometimes a weird dream is just a weird dream ... dreams can come from something you have been thinking on throughout the day or a movie or TV show you just watched that really spoke to you. I tend to think that people want to believe that every time they close their eyes they are having a prophetic dream - especially once they become involved in Pagan faiths.
How do you interpret dreams? Do you feel some are scenes from past lives? Future premonitions? Hidden thoughts and feelings?
Well, for myself, I have only had a couple of dreams that I thought could have been of past lives, and they were VERY different from regular dreams, they felt like memories. As for symbolism, if a dream strikes me as excessively weird, I might look up some symbols that stuck with me, but usually, my dreams are pretty straight forward, and I accept them for what they are. If it is recurring, then I might give it further weight, but I would have to have it more than twice in one month.
What do you feel was your most symbolic/meaningful dream?
I would have to say that the most symbolic dream I have ever had was one that could have been a memory of being born. I have had it periodically all my life, every time slightly different, but the theme is the same ... walking down a hallway towards a doorway, and having the hallway get smaller and smaller, tighter and tighter until I am almost being crushed ... it is too late to turn back, and I pull myself forward a little further and then find myself in a huge open room where I can breathe easy again.
--Phae
Sometimes, but not as often as some people think ... sometimes a weird dream is just a weird dream ... dreams can come from something you have been thinking on throughout the day or a movie or TV show you just watched that really spoke to you. I tend to think that people want to believe that every time they close their eyes they are having a prophetic dream - especially once they become involved in Pagan faiths.
How do you interpret dreams? Do you feel some are scenes from past lives? Future premonitions? Hidden thoughts and feelings?
Well, for myself, I have only had a couple of dreams that I thought could have been of past lives, and they were VERY different from regular dreams, they felt like memories. As for symbolism, if a dream strikes me as excessively weird, I might look up some symbols that stuck with me, but usually, my dreams are pretty straight forward, and I accept them for what they are. If it is recurring, then I might give it further weight, but I would have to have it more than twice in one month.
What do you feel was your most symbolic/meaningful dream?
I would have to say that the most symbolic dream I have ever had was one that could have been a memory of being born. I have had it periodically all my life, every time slightly different, but the theme is the same ... walking down a hallway towards a doorway, and having the hallway get smaller and smaller, tighter and tighter until I am almost being crushed ... it is too late to turn back, and I pull myself forward a little further and then find myself in a huge open room where I can breathe easy again.
--Phae
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