Monsters and Indians

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July 13, 2009

It has been a while since I had the dream; however, it still remains vivid in my mind. The dream begins with me hiding, underneath a small cloth suspended between two trees, from some sort of monsters off in the distance. The setting of the dream was the desert, a vast, flat range with mountains off in the distance. The "monsters" were destroying anything and everything in sight, people were running desperately for their lives. I remained, for whatever reason, underneath the cloth. Next thing I know, the cloth has become a small restaurant, in which many patrons are sitting patiently, eating a meal. There is still a prevailing sense of fear about what is outside however, rather than being assaulted by a monster, the patrons watch as two American Indians enter through the door. An older Indians enters, wild eyed, wielding a hatchet, followed by a younger Indian with a much softer expression. The older Indian demanded something to eat. I got up and joined them in the kitchen. I don't remember what I made them to eat, all I remember is trying to meet their requests as to avoid them hurting someone. Next thing I know, I've somehow slipped out the door, leaving the patrons of the restaurant inside, alone with the Indians. I woke up from the dream with an overwhelming sense that I had let the people down and wanted to reenter the dream so that I could go back into the restaurant.

Comments

Individuation

I'm pretty amazed at the common dream themes I've seen just in this group. See Meg Rivers' post here:
http://evolver.net/group/dream_team/discussion/alien_dreams#comment-2049...

The theme of an apocalyptic scene where people are being destroyed by something representing opposites is something I first came across in Edward Edinger's writing and it's popped up a few times here in this group. You are hiding, suspended between two trees, while the monsters destroy everything. Then the monsters turn out to be two Indians, representing opposites.

This is very close to Meg's dream where the two sphere's emerge from the ground and "gnash" people from the feet up. She is also hiding in these dreams.

I believe this is about the process identified by Jung as individuation. See "The Light of Darkness" on Reality Sandwich.
http://realitysandwich.com/light_darkness