Dream Interpretation The Old Fashioned Way
Posted by Wadeone
I remember sitting on my grandma’s big fluffy bed, watching her write in a faded, worn out notebook; squenched, tiny faded lips and her eyes shut tight, remembering a dream she had dreamed the night before.
“What are you doing, Grandma?”
“Quiet child! I’m going back to the dream world for just a few minutes. Interpreting my dream, see?”
Sitting as quietly as any kid could, breathlessly anticipating the moment she would open her eyes and smile heavenward, “Ahhh. I understand. Thank you.” A few moments more of furtive scribbling and then we would begin our day together.
At the time, the little ritual felt sacred. I could not ask her about her private dreams, or how she knew how to interpret them, but my curiosity for such matter was overwhelming at times. As the years passed and I grew a little older, I also became bolder if not wiser.
Carl Jung was my teacher since I exactly followed his difficult method, by reading each one of his books more than 5 times until I could understand them completely. At the same time, I was also interpreting my own dreams, which helped me really understand what he was talking about. However, my merit as the one who continued his work was given to me first of all thanks to my own literature. The book I wrote after a terrible car accident I suffered when I was 15 years old was in fact written by the unconscious that produces the dreams and is responsible for many artistic and religious manifestations. I, the writer, didn’t really understand the deeper meaning of my words. This book gave me a map, a key, everything I needed in order to better understand the dreams’ meaning than Carl Jung, my mentor.
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