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Dream,
I'm driving my old truck down a county road. I'm on my way to town but I need to turn back because the cab of my truck is full of shoeboxes. the boxes are full of new shoes.
When I reach home, my house is turned into a small Victorian.
There are a number of tiny *dachshund dogs small enough to fit in the Pom of your hand.
They are eating bratwurst someone has left laying around.
There is one of these small dogs on the back seat of my car.*
I remember thinking they will all get sick and vomit.
I go inside the house and look out the window.*
I see a old circus coach the kind that would carry a Lion.
My long dead dog a husky is inside the coach.
He gets out of the coach but he has to walk backwards.
My dead dog calls me on a cellphone, to warn me that my enemies are coming to kill me.
My enemies arrive and take the cell phone away from my dog.
They taunt**me over the cell phone.
I grab a samurai sword and go out to meet my enemies.
My enemies keep morphing back-and-forth from *male to female.
However they are no one I know.
I meet them on a grassy knoll surrounded by a White fence and possibly some gravestones.
Next I'm looking at some mice on the ground. These mice are half covered in tree bark and each mouse has one or two acorns growing out of its back.
I watch as a large brown tarantula*spider attacks and kills the mice.*
Before the tarantula can eat the mice I hit the ground with a hammer and scare the spider away.
Then I am looking at the same tarantula on the wall of my house it attacks and kills a smaller gray spider. Before it can eat the smaller spider the smaller spider turns into a switch blade knife.*
I decide I want the knife, so I *scare the tarantula away a second time.

Dream journal entry,
Last night I experimented with*lucid dreaming for the first time,
*After not having**done so for several years.
I do however become aware that I'm dreaming quite frequently.
I usually don't pay any attention and go back into unconscious dreaming.
Last night *I made an attempt to stay conscious and exert my will*in the dream.
However all attempts ultimately failed.
Each time I would say" I'm going to stay conscious" within a few seconds I would wake up.
After the third or fourth attempt,*I realized what was waking me up.
It was the sound of me snoring!*

Hello Jman,
I had a *very similar experience to yours.
The imagery was almost the same.
I was at a *peyote ceremony on an Native American reservation in the southwest.
I felt sick, so I needed to go outside of the lodge*and get some air.
I remember throwing a stick to a dog for a long time.
I came back inside later and fell asleep.
And I had a similar dream to yours.
I can remember coming down the birth canal and the flash of white light at the end.
Then it Was followed by a kaleidoscope of colors.
Probably my eyes where not able to focus, just after birth.
Upon awakening I didn't realize initially what the dream was.
It took me a few minutes to puzzle it out.
These guys that say you're having a false memory or it's just fantasy, maybe correct?
I would not Put much stock in what they say though, they don't have any facts to back up their assertions.
Their opinions are also at odds with a number of schools of psychotherapy.
I have worked with horses and I can tell you that they remember just about everything that ever happened to them in their entire life.
I spoke with *guys that train elephants and they will tell you that elephants remember everything.
I'm Sure you heard the old adage "elephants*never forget?"
I know these animals brain structure are different than humans, but It demonstrates that it's physically possible for an organic brain to remember just about everything.

Why are people trying to kill me?
Last night, I had three dreams in a row where people are trying to kill me.
In the first dream there*was a posse of assassins hunting me.
I trick them for a while by joining the posse and hunting myself.
After they kill the number of the wrong people, by process of elimination*they discovered me.
I escaped from the posse. But fell into the hands of two Chinese women.*
They *were dressed in traditional Chinese garb and had a golden revolver.
I woke up wall I was struggling with them.
In the *second dream a woman, supposedly my girlfriend. Was trying to entice me over the telephone to come to an abandoned house.*
Where a group of thugs were waiting to kill me with Bats, knives and clubs.
In the last dream, I live in a rural area and a car drove up to my house.
I thought they maybe lost so*I went outside to give them directions.
It was a lone driver sitting behind the wheel.
I could see him raise a satchel,*from it he drew an automatic pistol.
I ran back to the house and retrieved *my revolver and hid behind a wall.
Then I woke up.

Lugus,
*Irish son of three hounds, protector of travelers and friend of shoemakers.
I would very much like to thank you for the time you took to construct this insightful interpretation of my dream.
In many respects you hit the nail right on the head.
I thoroughly agree that the arena does represent the self and the foreign country is representing a journey into*the unconscious.
I don't know why didn't see this but thank you very much.
I think your interpretation of the red bull and sorrel horse as the First Charka is very interesting. Along with the color gray and the horses leg left being twisted being associated with kundalini.
This is very significant because I began practicing kundalini yoga again this month after not doing so for 35 years.
I've spent the last six months doing vinyasa yoga. Only now have I started *pranayama.
Im still a little puzzled by the meaning of the half-size friends and the blood into wine.
The half-size friends in gray are definitely something undeveloped but what?
I forgot to mention that the woman in Black was a character of seen many times and dreams in the past.
In this instance she was quite upset with me for bringing the half-size friends to the arena where they were killed and lost.
The Christian overtones of the blood into the wine body of Christ, are definitely apparent.
But what is the meaning in this specific instance?
Again thank you very much you been a really big help.

Dream of horse and the bull,
I'm in a Latin country possibly Italy Spain or Mexico.
There's an arena similar to a bullfighting arena but much larger.
It Is filled with thousands of people. they look like the type of people I have previously seen frequenting*bullfights in Mexico.
A large powerful sorrel horse is released into the crowd.
This horse has a massive red bull strapped onto his back.
The horse charges in straight lines through the crowd and the bull *gores anyone who is caught in their path.
This is a second day, I return to the arena with several of my friends to engage in this bloodsport, ritual.
I don't want to come back but something inside me compels me to do so.
I escape, but I watch is one of my friends is gored.
I notice he is not full human size, he is about half the size I am.
I climb over the edge of the arena and watch from safety behind the fence.
I'm looking at one of the horses eyes.
The horse turns his eyes and looks at me.
The horse changes direction and charges directly at me.
I feel safe because I'm behind the fence.
However the horse jumps the fence and sails over me as I cower under the fence.
It Is quickly caught by his trainers and handlers before it can do any damage.
They take into a separate corral and unstrap the bull from his back.
the head trainer twist the horses left rear leg as punishment for jumping over the fence.
I learned later from a woman dressed in black with black hair, I think she represents my anima?
That a another friend was lost somewhere in the crowd.
This friend was also female and she was dressed in gray and again half human size.
This ritual finished by everyone rolling up a large tarp that covered the floor of the arena.
This tarp was previously soaked with blood but now the blood turned a grape juice or wine.
I think the wine/grape juice was to be extracted later.
I think this was the point of the whole ritual.
Mattanza, when I awoke*this word was on*my lips.
This is the ancient harvest of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean.
The fish are pulled from the sea by hand and gaff-hook, the water boils with their blood.
Mattanza means slaughter, from the Spanish word *Matare to kill.
Can anyone shed some light as to the meaning of this dream ?

I believe that most of our dreams are meant to be feedback to the dreamer. They let us know how we are progressing psychologically or spiritually. As part of this type of interpretation, I believe that many dream symbols are mythological or religious in nature. I also use the methods of Carl Jung as appropriate.

In this dream, you are in a Latin country. It sounds like this country is not your home country. A Jungian often interprets a journey to a foreign land as a journey into the unconscious.

There is an arena. If the arena is circular, this may be significant. A circle is often a symbol of an archetype called the self.

The people who are watching the events in the arena might actually be entities who are independent of the dreamer. However, they could instead be parts of the dreamer; they would be symbols of archetypes from the dreamer’s psyche. .

There is a sorrel horse with a large red bull strapped onto his back. The actual animals as well as their colors are probably important. The horse and the bull are associated with the first chakra. Additionally, it sounds like the horse is a copper-reddish color while the bull is red. I usually associate the color red with the first chakra. As a little side note, there is a mythological animal that is half horse and half bull. It is the bonnacon. BONNACON: (ASIA) | American Monsters

You go back to the arena on the second day.

You watch as a friend who is about half your size is gored. It could be that this has a shamanistic symbolism. If this is the case, death from the animal would mean that animal elevates whoever it kills and the animal becomes the guide/helper/protector in the dreamer’s journeys to the underworld. As for the small size of the friend, this probably means that this archetype is still developing. Thus, it could be that his death will, paradoxically, help in his development.

The bull attempts to gore the dreamer. This may mean that the dreamer’s ego is sufficiently developed so that it does not need the elevating death – not too sure about this.

The bull is unstrapped. The head trainer twists the horse’s left leg as punishment. This is probably significant. Activity in the left foot or leg is a symptom of kundalini. Biology of Kundalini - Symptoms List

There is also a woman in black and another woman who is dressed in gray. The colors of the clothing of two ladies are noteworthy. The color black is associated with the feminine, the unknown and the unconscious. Thus, black is associated with the lower realms and the ability to travel to the realms. As for the color gray, I almost always associate gray with the gray-matter of the brain and the spinal fluid. Thus, gray is associated with kundalini. From this we see that both the colors black and gray are very positive.

The word Mattanza seems to be related to this dream. The slaughter of the tuna is like the deaths of the people (and possibly the animals) at the arena.

The ritual in the arena has some religious/spiritual symbolism. The blood that becomes wine reminds me of the Christian ritual of communion. In the Christian communion, the Christian drinks the wine in order to become a part of Jesus Christ. The communion wine seems to have the effect of spiritually strengthening the people who drink the wine. In an analogous manner, the dream-people who drink the blood-wine become stronger and become parts of those who died.

Summarizing –
The power of the first chakra is being used by the dreamer to develop those abilities needed to journey to the lower world of the unconscious. The deaths of the people are probably making them stronger and more developed. They will be transformed and reborn with more power. Likewise for those who drank the blood-wine. It strengthens them and the people who died.

Hope this helps,
Lugus

I believe that most of our dreams are meant to be feedback to the dreamer. They let us know how we are progressing psychologically or spiritually. As part of this type of interpretation, I believe that many dream symbols are mythological or religious in nature. I also use the methods of Carl Jung as appropriate.

In this dream, you are in a Latin country. It sounds like this country is not your home country. A Jungian often interprets a journey to a foreign land as a journey into the unconscious.

There is an arena. If the arena is circular, this may be significant. A circle is often a symbol of an archetype called the self.

The people who are watching the events in the arena might actually be entities who are independent of the dreamer. However, they could instead be parts of the dreamer; they would be symbols of archetypes from the dreamer’s psyche. .

There is a sorrel horse with a large red bull strapped onto his back. The actual animals as well as their colors are probably important. The horse and the bull are associated with the first chakra. Additionally, it sounds like the horse is a copper-reddish color while the bull is red. I usually associate the color red with the first chakra. As a little side note, there is a mythological animal that is half horse and half bull. It is the bonnacon. BONNACON: (ASIA) | American Monsters

You go back to the arena on the second day.

You watch as a friend who is about half your size is gored. It could be that this has a shamanistic symbolism. If this is the case, death from the animal would mean that animal elevates whoever it kills and the animal becomes the guide/helper/protector in the dreamer’s journeys to the underworld. As for the small size of the friend, this probably means that this archetype is still developing. Thus, it could be that his death will, paradoxically, help in his development.

The bull attempts to gore the dreamer. This may mean that the dreamer’s ego is sufficiently developed so that it does not need the elevating death – not too sure about this.

The bull is unstrapped. The head trainer twists the horse’s left leg as punishment. This is probably significant. Activity in the left foot or leg is a symptom of kundalini. Biology of Kundalini - Symptoms List

There is also a woman in black and another woman who is dressed in gray. The colors of the clothing of two ladies are noteworthy. The color black is associated with the feminine, the unknown and the unconscious. Thus, black is associated with the lower realms and the ability to travel to the realms. As for the color gray, I almost always associate gray with the gray-matter of the brain and the spinal fluid. Thus, gray is associated with kundalini. From this we see that both the colors black and gray are very positive.

The word Mattanza seems to be related to this dream. The slaughter of the tuna is like the deaths of the people (and possibly the animals) at the arena.

The ritual in the arena has some religious/spiritual symbolism. The blood that becomes wine reminds me of the Christian ritual of communion. In the Christian communion, the Christian drinks the wine in order to become a part of Jesus Christ. The communion wine seems to have the effect of spiritually strengthening the people who drink the wine. In an analogous manner, the dream-people who drink the blood-wine become stronger and become parts of those who died.

Summarizing –
The power of the first chakra is being used by the dreamer to develop those abilities needed to journey to the lower world of the unconscious. The deaths of the people are probably making them stronger and more developed. They will be transformed and reborn with more power. Likewise for those who drank the blood-wine. It strengthens them and the people who died.

Hope this helps,
Lugus