Posted in dream imagery, Jungian dreamwork, Women and Creativity on Aug 7th, 2015
A woman brings a dream in which she discovers a variety of studio spaces in the basement of her family home. As a child her family greatly encouraged her creativity–she was provided with all manner of materials, lessons, supplies and freedom to play. In her current life, however, she struggles to make space and time […]
Posted in animal dreams, dream imagery, Jungian dreamwork on May 15th, 2015
The night before I was scheduled for an ultrasound on an ovarian cyst, I had the following dream: I am walking on a path which winds through forest and streams. From the hillside on my right a beautiful white horse comes toward me. I hold its head against my face and say “I love you.” […]
Posted in dream imagery, Jungian dreamwork on Dec 14th, 2014
A woman dreams that a mailman comes uninvited into her house. She senses that he means her harm. In alarm, she attempts to flee her house and manages to get away unscathed. The dreamer feels violated–something threatening has invaded her space. Naturally she does everything in her power to escape this threat. Dreams are tricky […]
Posted in dream imagery, Jungian dreamwork on Nov 17th, 2014
A woman brings a dream in which there are dead bodies strewn throughout her backyard. She is in the kitchen and can see the bodies through the window. Somehow she is able to forget their presence and go on about her business. But periodically she remembers what is outside and is horrified. This dream has […]
Posted in dream imagery, Jungian dreamwork on May 31st, 2014
“This is our meditation practice as women, calling back the dead and dismembered aspects of ourselves……”–Clarissa Pinkola Estes In her dream, a woman finds a pile of bones out behind the place in which she is living. This is a disturbing image–with its suggestion of a crime have been committed, an act of […]
Posted in dream imagery, Jungian dreamwork on Aug 16th, 2013
“…she sings from the knowing of los ovarios, a knowing from deep within the body, deep within the mind, deep within the soul.” –Clarissa Pinkola Estes A woman brings me a dream in which she goes to the doctor for a minor bladder irritation and is told that, while there, she might as […]
Posted in dream imagery, Jungian dreamwork on May 24th, 2013
In her dream a woman is in a car hurtling down a slope with a drop-off into the water. This is not a good place to be. The dream shows imminent danger to the woman (and presumably to her car). If this situation were happening in real life—we would likely be panicking and afraid for […]
Posted in Jungian dreamwork on Apr 9th, 2013
I dream about foxes living on my property—a silver fox and a red fox. In the dream, I do not see them, but I know that they are there—mysterious presences that come through the woods and occasionally make themselves known. In the waking world, I have seen the red fox. Once, in the dead of […]
Posted in Jungian dreamwork on May 20th, 2012
“Female figures of thinking and wisdom appear in women’s dreams, notably…versions of the wise old woman such as the owl…” Karen Signell An owl has flown into a woman’s dream. My ears perk up as she tells me her dream. I have seen an owl that very morning. I feel a special connection […]
Posted in Jungian dreamwork on May 4th, 2012
Revolution: from the Latin revolutio, a turn around. A woman tells me a dream in which she is invited to join the revolution of “she is worth her time.” Apparently, for this woman a revolution is in the making. A movement toward change is about to occur. She has been issued an invitation. She is […]