8/15/23 Two Dreams: Cancer and Teddy Bear, Theresa

#1. I am a child about 8-10 years old. I have cancer. I hold a brown teddy bear.

#2 I am on a beach. These military vehicles move onto it and disturb people. I sit with a couple of women. One of them reminds me of Teresa (young native American woman in my book club with Native American and Caucasian women). However, Teresa in the dream is caucasian and has long, blond hair. She is disappointed for some reason.

There is some “bad guy” who takes a woman’s car. Some of her kids are still in it. Her twelve year old boy is with her. They run along side the car yelling at the guy.

Now I am with Teresa and others. It is a gathering to talk about a guy who died at 38 years old. It is his birthday. He would have been 40 years old. A few of us read from these pamphlets. Some people are getting some of the man’s things like a new walker. It is emotional.

Day notes: Found out the Smiths are selling their house and property for $400,000. Wrote to their realtor about the mediation agreements. Shared my dream with the Dreamsters that had to do with confidence and creativity.

9/2/23 Initiation

I am watching as an older woman who seems to be a shaman hang, a small spider over a man’s head. The spider dangles from a thread the shaman is holding about 2-3 feet over his head. He is in his forties with dark hair. The spider is making him feel sick. Is the spider poisonous?

I come back the next day. Now the man is underwater in a pool. A group of people take him out. At first I think he is dead, but the people revive him and he comes back to life. He survives it. it is decided the man will come to work at 10:30, three times a week. That will work out better for him.

Feelings: Nervous, scared of the spider and what it is doing to the man, Sad when I think the man drowned and then relieved when he is alive and his work schedule works out the best for him.

I worked this dream with my AZ group on 9/5/23. It does feel like an initiation that has helped balance him and he is ready to live a more balanced life. He has had to learn to trust that this initiation is safe and will heal him spiritually, physically and mentally. Some of the symbolism of the spider is creativity, personal growth, connection, past and future and self awareness. I wonder what happens when I go away. It feels like something is missing, like there should be a third ritual.

8/9/23 Three Dreams: Three Art Pieces, Three kids,Flooding in the Basement

  1. Linda Barber is creating three pieces of wall size art. They are all on the floor. She works on one piece and then another. Each one is about 1/5th done. The designs look like mosaics, however, she is painting the designs. Linda and her husband just bought a funky cottage. I think the art will go in there. I say I want a cottage!

2. There are three children; two boys and a girl. It is raining. They are locked out of their house. They all get wet, but it is fine. The girl is a free spirit.

3. There is some flooding in the basement. There are two rooms in the basement and it is the farthest room that has about one to two inches of water in it. Paul and I had been cleaning out the basement because we are moving. There are some things in the basement; some furniture, boxes, etc. randomly placed in the room. I am disappointed about the water. Paul doesn’t seem to be upset.

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