The presence of your father in a dream may not be symbolic at all, but a straightforward representation of him, or of the way you see / remember him (which may owe more to your sub...

This archetypal character connects to the innocent belief in the magical power of love. Christmas comes with the winter solstice, the time when the days are shortest in the Norther...

This image indicates expansion to higher levels of conscious awareness. Any building is a reflection of the consciousness of human beings.If a house in a dream symbolizes your pers...

this incident is related to a group of people living on the Island of Saqliyyah .It is narrated that their king was bent on annihilating the Muslims.For this, he prepared a powerfu...

Dreams that we remember are those that have penetrated through our ego defenses and their messages have began to come into our conscious awareness. Often, we do not have a full und...

See Peacock. According to the most widely read book of the Middle Ages, Physiologus, the phoenix of India is more beautiful than a peacock. After 500 years, and at new moon, the ph...

Carving pumpkins at Halloween began as a Celtic tradition on All Souls’ Day to ward off evil spirits.The appearance of a jack-o’-lantern in a dream may suggest a need to scare ...

Africa is now thought to be where the human race began, so dreams of africa and the africans may refer to our own personal origins....

Material aspects: Alchemy began as a rudimentary form of chemical technology, exploring the nature of substances, and in so doing developed a series of semi-scientific procedures i...

Before the universe began it was thought there existed a disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space. Spiritually therefore in dreams chaos is a representation of source...

Man has, since time began, attempted to discover the will of the divine. Spiritually, therefore, to dream of gambling offers us an opportunity to do just that. It represents taking...

Pluto or Hades are synonymous with hell. Pluto is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon and the ruler of the underworld, or the land of the dead.The kingdom of the dead is located under...

In mythology, Uranus is the sky-god and the personification of Heaven. He represents the undifferentiated and limitless potential for growth and is symbolic of evolution.The planet...

Woman’s dream: desire to have a baby. Man’s dream: envy of the creative ability of women. When we were born, one world of experience ended for us and another began. Binh in a d...

Depends which skin colour one has.If white: one’s natural drives, feelings about coloured people; or if per­son is known, what you feel about them.If black or brown: one’s own...

Material aspects: A lottery suggests the idea of gaining through taking a risk with money. Gambling is part of human nature almost since time began, but a lottery is less immediate...

Completion. You have finished wrhat you began and new goals may be set....

Example: ‘A ritual began whereby a laige knife was drawn and a few deep cuts were made to both our faces. I put my hands to my face and saw them covered with blood, crying and cr...

Example: ‘My husband’s mother, no longer alive, came and slid her arms carefully under me and lifted me up. I shouted “Put me down! Put me down! I don’t want to go yet.” ...

Example: I entered a neglected garden adjoining a house I had formerly lived in. I was astonished that I had never noticed this garden before. I took a spade and hoe and began to w...

Mood shifts or movement of attention, as when we move from being involved in physical sensation and shift to think­ing; rise or drop in status or work; our emotional highs and low...

lives While there may be some evidence for reincarna­tion in the work of Dr Ian Stevenson, dreams which clearly state reincarnation in their theme most likely represent pres­ent ...

A baby is a new idea, relationship, event, direction, project, etc.The essential meaning of a baby as a symbol connects to the new life it represents. Babies grow up to become adul...

Lucid Dreaming: Exploring the Depths of Consciousness The modern psychological study of dreams is rooted in the groundbreaking work of Sigmund Freud and his seminal book, The In...

Adaptive theory speculates that species-wide sleep patterns developed as a way of adapting to the environment. Grazing animals, for example, sleep relatively few hours a day in sho...

There is a level of human experience which is typified by intense emotional and physical response to life. Such emotions and bodily drives may remain almost entirely unconscious un...

Even in everyday life, the way we hold and position our body, the inclination of chest and head, the movement of hands, are a means of com­munication.The apparently intuitive info...

Sometimes in the practice of deep relaxation, meditation or sensory deprivation, our being enters into a state akin to sleep, yet we maintain a personal waking awareness. This is l...

For a man the penis represents more than simply his sexual appetite. It depicts the whole drive of life through his glandular system which develops the body type he has, pre­dispo...

Example: \ tried to turn but my legs were like lead.The man caught me and I fought. He tried to rape me but couldn’t do it. As I talked to him I began to feel sorry for him and n...

in dreams Although sex is symbolised in many dreams, where it appears directly it shows that the dreamer is able to accept their sexual urges and hurts more easily. What is then im...

Very common with some people, especially during adolescence or times of stress. Sometimes accompa­nied by hallucinations. Sleep walking is normal as an occa­sional event in child...

Being aware of, becoming conscious; meeting and becoming intimate; contacting. Touching also sometimes shows a linking up with something, as when a person touches a power line and ...

The powerful evolutionary drive involved in reproduc­tion, which lies behind individual male or femaleness.Example: ‘I was leaning over the settee with my hands cupped under my ...

Archetypes are fundamental pictures that each of us hold deep within our subconscious. These blueprints, while potentially perfect, can become distorted by childhood experiences, s...

(see Darkness, Underground)The subconscious or hidden nature within.Archetypal: The womb of the earth—e.g., Earth as our mother who gave all humankind birth and nourishment. Also...

The accident may be a car crash, a careless dropping of a brick on someone’s head, or just slipping on a banana skin. Whatever it is, you have to ask who is the victim of the acc...

According to the culture you come from, earrings could be indicative of certain social rank.But, this is also a dream that reflects the dreamer’s relationship with the image he p...

Dreams in which one eye appears indicate the desire to know and to find the truth. Two eyes suggest that you are probably about to have a major revelation. Losing your sight is a s...

The back symbolizes physical strength and resistance.If it is curved—as happens with hunchbacked people—it reflects a weakness of character and emotional dissatisfaction. For t...

Being at a karaoke bar and not singing means the dreamer wants to establish more open and spontaneous relationships with others, but is too timid. On the contrary, to see yourself ...

They are always associated with celebration, parties, and costumes. In the dream this could be positive or negative. Parties are generally related to the desire for escape and friv...

A suit could represent your desire to impress someone.It is possible that it hints at the good state of your self-confidence or the side that you show in the professional sphere.Ac...

To sweep in dreams is equivalent to getting rid of old ideas and attitudes. You must set aside what is worthless to begin a new life stage.Dreaming of sweeping has different meanin...

Originally, witches were priestesses who possessed great wisdom and healing powers. With Christianity, witches began to get a bad rap, so, in dreams, they are associated with the d...

All people in your dreams are reflections of your personality. At the heart of this symbol, children represent innocence. However, the behavior and actions of the children may affe...

Some of the earliest research into OBEs was conducted by Frenchman Yarm Louis Forham (1884-1917), who believed that everyone was capable of astral travel in a variety of guises, re...

During the early years of your waking life it is likely that you were physically and emotionally dependent on one or both of your parents or, if either or both were absent, on an a...

"Sleep is the balm for hurt minds, nature’s great second course." - William Shakespeare Sleep is an absolute necessity for our physical, mental, and emotional well-bei...

Nightmares draw your attention to the many hidden fears that may be preventing you from moving forward. In general, nightmares are those dreams that are painful, unpleasant, and fr...

In 1953, to test the possibility of ESP through dreaming—that is, dreams that predict the future or contact others telepathically—a New York psychiatrist named Montague Ulman d...

The thirties and early forties tend to be the ones when concern about finances peak and this typically translates into working harder and longer. It can feel as if personal goals h...

Universal Landscape: A process of creating socially acceptable states of being.Dreaming Lens: Were you bathing or was someone else? What types of structures were involved? Were you...

A near-death experience (NDE) is a phenomenon reported by people who have been declared clinically dead by medical experts, or passed close to death through accident or illness, bu...

lucky numbers: 28-32-38-39-41-45bottles of: business loss, if you speculate with numbers. brewing: you wil be exonerated from unjust accusations. drinking: lively interchange with ...

Sigmund Freud actually called dreams the “royal road to the unconscious,” That statement will probably remain true in psychology forever. Freud’s classic text, The Interpreta...

Dreams, it seems, have fascinated the entire human race from earliest times. And until quite recently, most cultures have set great store by dreams. For example, in ancient Egypt t...

“Everything serious comes to us at night.”CICERO What Happens When We Sleep? Why do we sleep? The answer is not as simple as it seems. We sleep so that our body can rest, we ...

Dreams can often leave us feeling perplexed, especially when they involve intense emotions and vivid imagery. The dream you experienced, where you saw yourself sleeping while someo...

Dreams often serve as a fascinating window into our subconscious, revealing emotions, fears, and aspirations that we may not consciously acknowledge. Your dream of encountering a f...

What Does It Mean to Dream About Going to the Hospital with Multiple Stab Wounds in Your Legs?Dreams that involve hospitals often evoke a range of emotions, from fear and anxiety t...