Greetings everyone! I used to lurk here a while back and I believe I posted a time or two before, but lost the URL. As fate would have it, here I am again. I mostly just wanted to share this dream because I thought it was interesting, but any attempts to interpret it are welcome as well. It just really stuck out in my mind this morning, and I haven't had anything like this happen in a while. I hate to sound vague, but I can't really describe the people in this dream because for the most part it didn't seem to matter. So let's dig in.

The first part I remember is sitting in what looks like a movie theater with a guy and a girl that I don't know in real life. All I can really say about either of them is that she had long dark hair. They were not the focus of the dream, but were present the entire time. I look over on the next row of seating, and I see Reginald VelJohnson (Actor from Family Matters and several movies) waving at me. So I turn to the girl and I'm like "holy crap, Carl Winslow is waving at me!" so I go over and shake his hand and we talked for a few minutes. I remember making a comment about him always playing a cop in movies and television.

This is where it gets kinda weird. After I'm done talking to him, everyone has cleared the theater except me, my two friends, and another guy who also doesn't represent anyone in real life that I'm aware of. The three of us took him captive (had him immobilized somehow) and had barricaded the doors in the back of the room. The three of us were sitting in a circle on one side of the room in a meditative state and making noises that reminded me of a Buddhist chant. I got the feeling that we were trying to lure someone into the room, but the true intent wasn't all that clear. The guy we had captured struggled for a few minutes and then made his way out the doors but we continued as if nothing happened.

After a few minutes, I decided the risk was too great (we were expecting police involvement) and it was time for me to get the heck out of there. I started walking briskly for the door while the other two gathered some of their things, and just then the doors in the back of the room sprang open and three women came walking in. The one in the front was shorter than the others and wearing white robes, she looked to be in her late 40s or so. There was no exchange of names but in my mind she was identified as "the All-Mother" as soon as she walked in the door. Behind her the other two, looking to be in their late 20s, walked side-by-side. One I didn't recognize, the other looked a lot like the being I believe is my spirit guide but she wasn't "identified" as such. None of them said a word at first. The two in the rear stayed back a bit while the woman in white robes came up to my group and we were all speechless. First she hugged the girl that was with us and said a few words to her that I couldn't hear. Then she turned and looked at me, and I felt an intense flood of emotion and felt like I was about to break down in tears, but not out of sadness. It wasn't the feeling of love that many people describe, but a mixture of emotions. Happiness, sadness, surprise, disbelief, love, all at once. Then she approached me and hugged me as well, and I whispered in her ear asking her to share some of her wisdom with me. She replied that her wisdom was not for giving away (implying that I'd have to work for it) and told me to seek out "those with gifts." My mind went to psychic abilities, and I asked her if I had any of these "gifts." She laughed gently and said "No." But the way she said it wasn't like she was laughing at me for asking the question, in the dream I took it to mean she was saying any ability I thought I may have was laughable compared to what it could become with proper development.

After that I woke up. I don't know if this makes sense to anyone other than me, but for one thing "All-Mother" wasn't in my vocabulary that I'm aware of until last night during the dream. I did a quick google search and the only thing that came up was an Aztec hymn to Teleoinan, the "Mother of the Gods." (The page is located here if anyone else is interested.) So yeah, I woke up with my head swimming over this. Generally I disregard dreams as mash-ups of my memories, psyche, etc and don't take them to mean a whole lot other than possibly a window into my subconscious. But I feel like this dream was to encourage me to pursue my spiritual goals.