Snakes, bizarre, steps.

In the dream, I was walking up a set of steps that were going up a hill, there was no top to the stairs and no bottom, I just kept walking without thinking that there was. On either side of me was plain brown earth. I was looking to the right at the endless dirt, but only looking to the right, then turned to the left.

Upon looking to the left, the ground started to break apart and float, it looked like a very dry desert where the dirt has cracked up and leaves deep lines in the ground. From the distance walked a man in robed, the robes looked ceremonial and were white with gold trim. It had short sleeves and was very long, dragging behind the man that had long black hair and eyes that were plain white. He blinked and held out his hand.

In his hand, there was a fantastic snake, no less than six feet long, it was not hanging like snakes do when you pick them up, or clinging to his hand, but writhing as if it were on the ground, but the man's hand happened to be gripping it in the middle.

It was an old man, but he didnt look to be of any race in particular (more of a mix of all races, with slightly darkened skin and oddly shaped eyes) I could not see the back of his head, but I had the feeling that his hair was braided.

The snake was yellow and had green jewels covering its head and between it's eyes, its tongue was black and it had red jewels down the length of its back. The man just stared and blinked at me with his milk-white eyes while I kept walking up the steps to nowhere. It was as if he were floating up along with me. He had a broad chin and a strong jaw, which did not move. His upper lip was full and his lower lip was thin.

I'm not sure how much of that is really useful to the interpretation, but it's everything that stood out to me.

To give a little more background on myself, which I've posted in other dream interpretation requests, I'm a mildly suicidal 19-year-old aspiring musician and poet. I'm interested in Eastern religion and past mythology from all over the world. I also have a deep interest in philosophy and literature, and have a penchant for epic soundscapes presented in metal or (neo)classical music.

Thank you.

Ordinarily such Wise Old Men in dreams will say something cryptic... some message that might mean any number of things.

White Robe with gold trim. Their Robes will tell you something of their Tradition or Order. The White tells us that he is of a Celibate Order. the Gold Trim that he is a Master in the Order.

The Snake would represent your Order. Once in a Dream I was besought by a Squadron of Sufis on their Magic Carpets. They wore Green Robes with Yellow Trim. but your snake is Yellow with Green trimmings. Maybe the same. The Red Jewels on the snake's back are the Chakras. The Energy in these Chakras is largely vital energy. the Black Tongue indicates that communication is still dark. Perhaps this is why the Old Man does not talk. The Sphere of Communication is still in the dark.

But you are only 19. it is reasonable to suppose you still have a way to go before the tongue takes on the color of the rest of the snake.

It is good that you are climbing upward.

Hi UDkilljoy

Well its perhaps best that I say what dreams mean to me. I tend to interpret dreams not so much as part of long term changes in our personality but rather as symbolic representations of our thoughts linked to specific events and feelings. So in one sense the BG info is not so useful to me. I tend to like to here specifcally what happened the day before the dream. In my own experience I see links directly between my thoughts and feelings and the dream symbols.

Having said that the snake does not tend to link to conventional interpretations . I tend to link snakes to specific problems and traps yet this one seems more mythical and symbolic.

One thing is to try to establish some links to real life. The dream features race.. a mixture of races.. was there any thoughts that included mixed race or racial barriers from the day before?

The steps go up in one huge staircase.. that can symbolise the need to take things one step at a time. What issue involves the need to take things gradulaly or one step at a time?

Its almost impossible for me to say what this dream means. Its very difficult to interpret someone elses dream. However, if you could jot down some ideas and problems on your mind at the time of the dream.. that may be helpful

or try looking at my site - it gives some helpful tips

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If you simply could not get some issue out of your mind then please email([email protected])me if you had a dream that night. I can show you how that dream almost certainly links to the previous day.

The hill is accomplishment, walking up a case of stairs is to achieve a higher level of understanding, but there is no end to the struggle. The brown ground shows lack of life.
The floating old man is wisdom, or the truth. The snake can represent anything at all, but probably something positive. The jewels are values. The yellow is energy, the green is life, and the red is passion. The black tongue might be inability to express oneself, except a real snake will taste the air for information (did you know that about snakes?) and might be about inability to do so.

My gut feeling is that the snake is you, or rather your spirituality as you struggle through life. You are always going forward, with the energy you have, guided by life and driven by passion, both being your values. But you are really carried, as if by God, or whatever the old man could be.

That's all I have.

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Having said that the snake does not tend to link to conventional interpretations . I tend to link snakes to specific problems and traps yet this one seems more mythical and symbolic.

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So no suggestions here? it seemed like the snake was really the most important part of the dream. The snake and the old man.

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All I can think of is that I'm interested in Eastern Religion and I look very German, my best friend is half black and another very close friend of mine is half Mexican (and half white for both of them) these are the only things I can think of that might add to that, but truthfully, I hadn't hung out with either of them for a very long time until yesterday.

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I'm recording several albums and writing three books, but progress is slow.

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Its almost impossible for me to say what this dream means. Its very difficult to interpret someone elses dream. However, if you could jot down some ideas and *problems *on your mind at the time of the dream.. that may be helpful[/b]

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Just working on my album, that's really about it.

The dream wasn't linked to the previous day at all, I Have very weird, very bizarre shamanistic dreams and I really have no other way to explain them other than that I have weird dreams. My life is pretty mundane, all I really do is record music and write.

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The hill is accomplishment, walking up a case of stairs is to achieve a higher level of understanding, but there is no end to the struggle. *The brown ground shows lack of life.
The floating old man is wisdom, or the truth. *The snake can represent anything at all, but probably something positive. *The jewels are values. *The yellow is energy, the green is life, and the red is passion. *The black tongue might be inability to express oneself, except a real snake will taste the air for information (did you know that about snakes?) and might be about inability to do so.

My gut feeling is that the snake is you, or rather your spirituality as you struggle through life. *You are always going forward, with the energy you have, guided by life and driven by passion, both being your values. *But you are really carried, as if by God, or whatever the old man could be.

That's all I have.

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I guess the stairs could mean my musicianship and wanting to better my writing skills, the lack of life? Could you elaborate on that further? (I'm not taking it offensively or anything, I just want to know what you mean by lack of life =x )

I don't know what the snake represents either, which is actually the biggest part of the dream I'm curious about, I didn't know that snakes tasted the air to gain information. I guess i should mention that it was sort of like I was on a planet that was built specifically for me, the sky was black and starry, I don't know if that adds anything or what, but if I was on a planet specifically made for me, it was small and there were stairs going all around it and just made of plain brown dirt.

I really think the only "me" in my dreams is the magpie-like birds I see in them. I guess it's possible that the snake could be me also.

Where did you get the values of the jewels from? I'm just curious.

Oh I often refer to dreammoods.com and go into their dictionary. They gave a few possible meanings for jewels, including financial. I guess I just picked one out that stood out to me.

So the ground to your left just broke up and floated away, I began to think of that as weakness. The left suggests the logical rational side of you.
Was the old man & snake on your left or right side?

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Originally posted by Inspirer
Oh I often refer to dreammoods.com and go into their dictionary. They gave a few possible meanings for jewels, including financial. I guess I just picked one out that stood out to me.

So the ground to your left just broke up and floated away, I began to think of that as weakness. The left suggests the logical rational side of you.
Was the old man & snake on your left or right side?

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