tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56226472620102223772024-03-12T18:45:00.339-07:00Wisdom Of DreamsA Jungian Exploration of Dreams, Visions and the Symbolic Life.Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-33723123422860912922017-09-14T12:44:00.003-07:002017-11-01T11:22:22.053-07:00two Online Dream interviews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been featured in two different articles on Dreams this past month. Check them out!</span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm featured in this Huffington Post article on dreams. </span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="color: blue;">This is an article for an online magazine called The Establishment. This article was on why people were having dreams about Donald Trump. She seems to like my answers.</span></span></i></span></span><br />
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Relationships are the very heart of Life. They are the very thing we all long for and yet we are not taught or trained how to understand how relationships work. We don't understand ourselves and we don't understand our partners very well, and so we constantly mess up. With Jupiter traveling through Libra, the sign of relationship, for the next year, perhaps we'll learn how to find healing, balance and our own wholeness if we work with this energy.<br />
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Ever since the Baby Boomer generation decided to search for our 'soul-mates' (we do have Neptune in Libra, so we put a lot of energy into looking for our perfect mate), we've run into trouble. Our western culture has a tradition of Romantic Love that can really mess with our heads. If we really look at all the stories (Tristan & Isolde, Romeo & Juliet) that enshrine the idea of Romantic Love in our consciousness, you'll notice that one or both lovers end up dead. Whether or not that was patriarchy's way of getting us to ignore true love because of the dire consequences that await us, we all have some work to do around the central value of Love. True love isn't going to lead to literal death--it's supposed to lead to the death of our old ego-consciousness and the birth of a partnership consciousness.<br />
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As a Jungian-trained therapist, I like to look at all the figures in a dream as representing ourselves and our own energies, but sometimes we do dream about those people closest to us. <br />
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So what happens when we dream that our husband/wife/partner is off making love to someone else? This is a common dream occurrence. Have you ever had one of these dreams? I have.<br />
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What I learned about my husband was that he was emotionally engaging with a fantasy woman instead of being engaged with me. And sometimes, that's okay. We can't control who or what our people love, just as we can't control who we love. Sometimes to grow, we have to let our emotional body connect with someone who isn't our life-partner. That doesn't mean that they are literally cheating on us, but it does mean that we might not be providing the emotional support that is our job in the relationship. And so our partners 'cheat' by imagining another way to feel. Who are we to deny them this if we ourselves are holding back our love and emotions.<br />
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So next time you have a dream that your partner is playing around with someone else, check in with yourself to see where you've let your end of the relationship drop. And then find ways to enchant that partner back into your bed.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
Sweet Dreams!Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-4639259205454151182016-09-13T09:36:00.001-07:002016-09-13T12:42:25.214-07:00Wisdom of Dreams: Trusting Your Own Inner Wisdom<br />
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This week's Pisces Full Moon lunar eclipse brings together the energies of Virgo, dealing with health and Pisces, the Collective Unconscious. I was given permission to use one woman's dream to exemplify these energies. <br />
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<i>I'm on a sandy beach down near the docks. The day is overcast and the surf is choppy. My family is in the water in sunlight and having fun. I'd like to join them. I start toward them but notice floating debris all around me. I realize it is dirty hypodermic needles and they seem to be contaminated with blood in them. I'm upset because I've been stuck by several. I call out to D. to tell him what's happened and he insists I go to the hospital. I'm not sure how to manage that.</i><br />
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<i>Then I'm on the dock with my sisters. My older sister has a basket full of beautiful dresses belonging to our mother. The dresses are like peacock feathers, blues and greens with diamond cutouts. My sister L and I put on dresses and I'm surprised they fit, since Mom was so tiny. L surprises us by jumping into the water and we all applaud. There is a wedding party in a boat and the entire party applauds.</i><br />
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<i>I'm in the ocean but feel apprehensive. I know something is swimming all around me. I realize I am surrounded by black whales. They are beautiful and enormous and I'm frightened. One whale swims beneath me and I'm lifted standing on its back. I ride amongst the pod of whales this way and it is exhilarating and beautiful.</i><br />
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<i>The last part of the dream I am looking at and trying to understand what this small black thing is. It looks something like a piece of coal with many small specks all over it. This black thing has water flowing over it constantly. Like a fountain of water that makes it shimmer. I keep looking closely, concerned that the small shapes might be insects or worms but it never seems that they are alive. There is much movement and I'm not sure if the water is creating this effect. I wake still not having figured out what it is. </i><br />
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The four sections of this dream give us the present issue, bring up the origin of the issue, then present the crisis and a new resolution to the issue. And finally the dreamer is left with a puzzle. <br />
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Without going into every facet of this complex dream, I will give a brief interpretation that the dreamer felt was relevant. <br />
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The first part of the dream is about the dreamer's recent experience with a return of her Lyme disease and western medicine. She took their treatments, couldn't go out into the sun during the summer and yet the pain is still present and nothing much was accomplished. This is represented by the contaminated needles and the thought she should go to the hospital. Virgo is associated with doctors and healing. In this part of the dream, she is presented with her wound--western medicine just didn't help her. The dreamer usually uses alternative doctors, so her going to a western doctor was dictated by family members who were worried about her. So she tried it. And it didn't help.<br />
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The next part of the dream shows us where the emotional component of the flair-up might be rooted. It has to do with trying to fit into a pattern that her mother established. Her mother had polio as a child, became a nurse and died young. The dreamer is quite independent of her mother's opinions but we all have deep, psychological beliefs from our childhood. Clothes represent attitudes we put on, beliefs we live by. These clothes, with their peacock colors, indicate the rules of being married, since peacocks are symbols of Hera, the Goddess of relationships and marriage. And the diamond pattern symbolizes how her mom set the pattern of partnership, as if this represented her 'higher Self''. How do we have self-ownership in a partnership? Do we make our own decisions or listen to our partner's? How free are we in our partnerships to stand up for what we believe in?<br />
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Even though she thinks the clothes should be too small on her, the dreamer fits into them. And her older sister--who is also married--always the emotional sister, does the unexpected and jumps into the water. The dreamer's mom was not openly emotional, and all the girls were taught to reign in their emotions, except for this sister. It might be that the dreamer wants to express her feelings more openly--the blues and greens of the dresses also relate to the heart and throat chakras. Perhaps the dreamer needs to express some of her more negative emotions in her marriage, which is hard for this intelligence, calm and compassionate woman. But the wedding party and her sister would applaud her for doing the unexpected.<br />
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So while this flair-up manifests physically, the emotional component seems to be sourced in listening to others instead of listening to and trusting herself, and being more flexible about expressing her emotions. That's where the 3rd part, the crisis, comes into play. When the dreamer goes into the waters of the Unconscious, the ancient wisdom of her soul responds. This is the Pisces element. The whales symbolize the ancient records of life here on Earth--the Akashic Records. They come to uphold her, which is both frightening and overwhelmingly glorious. Can the dreamer trust her soul's wisdom rather than conventional wisdom?<br />
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The fourth part is the resolution. The mysterious piece of 'coal'. Coal is the prima materia that turns into a diamond. This piece symbolizes the dreamer's own core Self, washed in the waters of her tears and the waters of life. It is full of scintillating light which indicates her Diamond Body or Higher Self, which can be revealed through the waters of her emotional body. She has to explore the mystery of her own Self.<br />
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What this dreamer realized is that she can listen to her own instincts, trust their guidance and find out what her Higher Self is teaching her through her illness. And knowing her, so much more wisdom is to come!<br />
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Until Next Time,<br />
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If you want to learn how to let your dreams guide you in making decisions in your life, email me for an appointment! You'll be grateful you did, for your dreams hold your own inner Wisdom! <br />
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<br />Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-85298350478662997002016-08-30T08:38:00.002-07:002016-08-30T08:38:19.937-07:00Virgo Dreams: Needing to be Perfect or Embracing the Mystery of YourselfAs I pondered which dreams best represent the energies of Virgo, the first dreams to pop into my mind were the dreams we all have of feeling we aren't ready for something in our lives. You know those dreams:<i> you're suddenly back in school and you're having a test and you haven't studied for it. </i>Or those dreams of <i>having to give a presentation and you never did the work.</i><br />
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These dreams are about our own insecurities and feelings of being unprepared for life's tasks. We all have them because our society really doesn't teach us <i>anything </i>about how to deal with life. Do our schools teach us how to see the big picture, think analytically, understand our emotional intelligence, work with our intuitions or understand our gut instincts? NO! Our educational system basically cuts things up into little pieces and leaves us to figure out how to put the puzzle pieces together. Schools make us memorize dates in history but rarely teach us the reason why certain issues arose in those societies and how they affect us today. We learn math, but never how it applies to our real lives. We are never taught a wholistic vision of how we fit into the life of the world and our society. We aren't even taught how to understand ourselves and others and how to be in relationships, which is the one thing most of us want to engage in.<br />
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So you can see why so many of us have these dreams of being unprepared for life. And that's why these dreams are connected to Virgo, because it is in the sign of Virgo that we pull everything together. Virgo is the sign of the Virgin, the one who belongs to herself. Who has integrated body, soul and spirit. When we don't know how to do that, we tend to fall into control issues and try to be 'perfect'. Virgo is not about being perfect but rather about being whole.<br />
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Now the other side of Virgo, whose motto is 'Know Thyself' is to embrace the mystery of who you are so you can dance with life. And that reminds me of a dream I had at the Jung Institute about 30 years ago. It's one of my favorite memories and I embrace this dream whenever I feel like I've lost my center and need to be 'perfect'!<br />
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<i>In the dream, I'm in an airplane that has just landed in Egypt. We have a stopover and I decide to leave the plane and go look at the pyramids. I check to make sure I have my ticket and am surprised to see that the name on the ticket is STAR. As I walk down the road, I see someone coming towards me. As the figure gets closer, I see that it is a little baby Sphinx! Golden, with the body of a lion cub, small wings and a human face. This baby Sphinx comes to me and takes my hands and we dance with joy and wonder. </i><br />
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Some dream, huh! The Sphinx is associated with Virgo, for in ancient Egypt the Nile flooded during the Leo/Virgo season, so they united Leo the Lion and Virgo the Virgin. The Sphinx is a symbol for the mysteries of Life, which can only be understood through the creative right brain imagination. Not what we usually associate with our put-together, uptight, controlling stereotype of Virgo. <br />
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This Virgo New Moon is a solar eclipse, which means we can really leave something behind us and plant a new vision of life for ourselves. Perhaps we need to leave behind fear and insecurity, distrust and victimization. Take time to meditate on what you want to know about yourself. Whatever is holding you back from living fully, let it go and embrace the mystery.<br />
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The baby Sphinx of my dreams tells me that there is always the possibility of new life.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
Sweet Dreams!Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-59157131376330013982016-08-15T14:35:00.001-07:002016-08-15T18:14:52.869-07:00The Wisdom of Dreams: Baby You're a Star!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Just like Prince, who in <i>Purple Rain </i>realized that he was a star, we are all Stars. We all have the archetypes of life within us and we all have many lives' worth of experiences within us. Just because you're not ruling the world at the moment doesn't mean your <i>inner star</i> isn't alive and well and living in your heart.</div>
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With the Aquarius Full Moon coming up this week, I've been reflecting on how each of us is so unique and yet the same. With the Aquarian ideal of Community we also have to be able to shine like our Leo Star. We have to unite these opposites and get over thinking we have to compete with each other to see who is the 'best' instead of working together to make something the 'best'. </div>
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When I was trying to decide what kind of dreams typified the energy exchange of Leo and Aquarius, I realized that it had to be the dreams we have about important cultural icons or superheroes. When we dream about 'stars' and other famous people, we are dreaming ourselves into that archetypal plane of existence, which resonates with the sign of Aquarius, the Cosmic Mind. </div>
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When I lived in Los Angeles in the 90s, I would meet people there who were trying to make their way into the byzantine world of Hollywood. And when they found out that I am a Dream Worker, they'd tell me, with great excitement, that they had been dreaming about a particular actor/director/ writer and they just knew they were going to meet and be together. Most of them had a talent they were pursuing, so they were living out a part of their dreams. But I often felt they wasted their enthusiasm and passion believing that they were 'meant' to be with this famous person. </div>
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Don't get me wrong. It's very seductive to think that the intimacy we sometimes experience with people in the dreamworld is a sign we're supposed to be with them in the outer world. And sometimes, maybe it even comes true. However, for most of us, it's better to use the energy generated by knowing that this archetypal figure lives within your psyche.</div>
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I used to dream about two 'stars' almost every week for years. Trying to maintain my dignity as a Jungian :) , I struggled to 'own' these two creative and activist artists as part of me, and I started writing and doing my environmental work. Sometimes, though, the personal knowledge and intimacy was hard to deny. I was lucky to have my Jungian background, so I could see how an alchemical process was taking place within me. I was integrating my personal <i>new masculine energy</i>. Although I do tease myself about them with my friends, so whenever one of them comes near my circle of friends, they all point to me and say I brought them in!</div>
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So who are you dreaming about? Perhaps you've been hanging out with President Obama or Michelle. Or maybe Robert Redford thinks you're delicious or Merle Streep thinks you're desirable. Or perhaps you're shooting baskets with Michael Jordan or DeAndre Jordan. Or riding motorcycles with Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise. (As you can see, I don't know the younger 'stars'!) Perhaps you've been hanging out with the Dalai Lama or Pope Francis. Or with Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton.</div>
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Whoever you're hanging out with in your dreams holds your talents and possibilities within their energy fields. They are the 'star' in YOU! So if you're dreaming about someone in the news, know that you too share their energy. </div>
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And of course, if you dream you're cozy-ing up to someone you dislike, you might have to take a look at your Shadow. While nobody is all good or all bad, we each get to face our own unconsciousness when we dance with the Devil. Or the Donald!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we dream about fire burning down our house, it helps to look at what we're angry at. What's going on in our lives that is making us so angry that we'd rather destroy something than heal it? When our 'home' is overwhelm by the destructive power of fire, we are losing a vital part of ourselves in the flames. What's burning you up inside? Are you having a temper tantrum? Burning houses down is not a sign of health.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fire helps transform what is raw into something cooked and easily assimilated into consciousness. Having the fire in a stove makes for more control and focus. During my years at the C. G. Jung-Institut, Zurich, I had many house dreams with multiple kitchens. These were the years when I was undergoing major transformations in my life, years when I had to learn what my life experiences were teaching me and forming my character. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On one level these multiple kitchens and stoves symbolized the process of integrating my unconscious knowledge into my life. On another level, multiple kitchens referred to transformation occurring in my Body, Mind and Spirit. </span></span></div>
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Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-48767378913450906612016-07-04T16:50:00.001-07:002016-07-04T16:50:43.962-07:00More Water Dreams: Tidal Waves!
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language, but too often we want to make them concrete. In our
dreams, 'sometimes a cigar is just a cigar' (referring to Freud's
insistence that it's a penis), but most of our dreams tell us a story
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Cancer, we are discussing the symbolism of water. Let's look at a
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Have you had Tidal Wave
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Tidal waves can symbolize a
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(that part of the mind containing memories and impulses of which the
individual is not aware) common to mankind as a whole and originating
in the inherited structure of the brain. He also felt that it
contained all those feelings and needs that have been rejected by our
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So having a Tidal Wave dream
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rejected by our society—such as love, compassion, wisdom, equality,
freedom. These waves are not just about our personal upset, but
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Tidal Wave dreams comes in
many forms. Sometimes people dream that they see a tidal wave coming
at them or their house and are full of fear. Sometimes the waves
sweep over them and sometimes they only come up to the house and then
depart. These dreamers often feel threatened by the feelings and
changes these waves symbolize.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I used to have many tidal wave
dreams back in the 70s and 80s. I would be walking on the beach and
would see giant waves hanging in the sky, never breaking, just
hanging there. Sometimes people were even swimming in those waves,
like daring surfers who ride giant waves on their boards. I was
surprised and interested but never afraid. Sometimes I even swam in
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The most interesting tidal
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dreams'. In it, I was sitting in a buckboard wagon and I saw a
waning Moon in the sky. Suddenly I knew a giant tidal wave was about
to break over me and the people I was with. I thought, “this is
it”. The next thing I knew, the wave had gone by and a beautiful
waxing crescent Moon shone in the sky. There was more to the dream,
which I've recounted in my book, </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Wisdom's
Daughters: How Women Can Change the World.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">All of us have times in our
lives when our old life must be left behind so a new life can begin.
This is the message of a Tidal Wave Dream. The old is being swept
away, so the new life can emerge from the depths. Each of us will
meet this change in oiur own way—either with fear or with
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<span style="font-size: medium;">If you have any tidal wave
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Sweet Dreams!</span></div>
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Since the Sun is traveling through the sign of Cancer, whose element is Water, it's a great time to explore what Water means in dreams.</div>
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The element of water is a basic necessity of life. Without it we soon die. That's why all ancient myths call it the Water of Life. Our bodies are composed of 80% water and we were gestated in our mother's watery womb, just as Life itself was nurtured in the womb of the primeval oceans.</div>
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<i>I have a very good friend (more than a friend) who had a dream of
him, together with Jesus walking across water, which had very big and
high waves. They walked on the waves and through them like they were
solid ground. They were both happy, talking, smiling. He says it was
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The Bible story about Jesus walking on water comes after two very
important events. The first is the death of John the Baptist. The
second is that Jesus and the disciples feed 5000 people in the desert
with five loaves of bread and two fishes. After this, Jesus sends his
disciples back in their boat to cross the lake and he goes to pray.
Then Jesus walks on water to the boat. At first his disciples think
he is a spirit, and when he says he isn’t, Peter says, “Lord, if
it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water." Jesus calls him
to come walk with him and Peter does. But the waves are high and the
wind is strong and Peter is afraid. He loses faith and starts to
sink. Jesus reaches out to him and saves him, saying, "O thou
of little faith, why didst thou doubt?"
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The Bible story shows us the evolution of faith. After the death of
the prophet John, people were in doubt and fear. The government could
kill anyone they wanted to, even someone as respected as John. We see
this happening in our world right now. So the people seek out Jesus and he feeds them. He
feeds them by providing them with an example – we have to share our
resources. They ended up with more bread and fish than they began
with. It was a miracle, or at least the miracle of getting people to
share.</div>
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When we are in fear of what the world can do to us, it is our faith
in Spirit – whether Jesus, the Buddha, the Goddess or God – that
can nurture us. But if we want more than simple faith and nurturing,
we have to trust in Spirit during the stormy, insecure times by
taking steps that might seem highly dangerous. We have to walk on
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Walking on water is an amazing feat. These waters symbolize the Collective Unconscious, the collective rejected needs of the world; yet despite the great unrest in our
collective consciousness, we don't have to be overwhelmed by
it. The wild waters symbolize feelings that could swamp this man if he wasn't centered in Spirit.</div>
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Walking on water indicates that a seemingly impossible situation
is being dealt with quite well. This man isn’t afraid of the
stormy waters. He is walking and talking with Jesus, his particular spiritual
guide. And they are happy, because he knows that ‘All is Well’
even if outer events seem to indicate the opposite.</div>
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This is a wonderful dream not only for this man but for all of us. He is
handling a rough time in his life with faith and confidence, because
he is being guided by Spirit. Can we say the same? </div>
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One of the astrological patterns we're working with now deals with this issue of faith in troubled times. (see <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/astrostarsarticles/the-cosmic-story-cancer-new-moon-july-4-2016" target="_blank">The Cosmic Story</a>) Do we have the spiritual will and creative imagination to 'walk on water' as we face an uncertain future? That's the question this man, and each of us, is being asked.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Welcome
to the wonderful world of dreams! I am your tour-guide through the
mysterious, magical, weird, confusing, intriguing, and sometimes
comical landscapes of the dreamworld.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> You
might ask yourself, 'Why does someone become a dream
interpreter?' Well, my mother often asked me that question, so I have
an answer for you! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love dreams. I love the magic and adventure of the
dreamworld, and now that I understand the symbolic language of
dreams, I love to dig in, follow the thread of the story and discover
what it's trying to tell me. In truth, every dream does have a
meaning, and every dream wants to enlarge your understanding of your
life -- and life in general. I love dreams because they help me
understand myself by taking me to other worlds, embroiling me in
interesting and often outrageous situations, and letting me see how I
deal with it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I
trained at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland, studied
the theories of the famous Swiss psychologist, Carl G. Jung, and
discovered for myself how the human psyche and the Unconscious works.
I agree with Jung who felt that dreams are really messages from your
Self or your Soul, the part of you which knows who you really are and
what you really want out of life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dreams give us a larger perspective on life, beyond our ego-knowledge. Dreams come from the Soul and connect us to Spirit. Dreams give us the truth of ourselves.</span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> So
I began my life-long study of dreams, which entails studying all
sorts of ancient myths, legends, fairy tales and religious/esoteric
systems that contribute to the symbolic language of dreams. Can you
begin to see why my mother often asked this question about my work --
what exactly was I supposed to do with this kind of knowledge in the
modern world? </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> Well,
Joseph Campbell, the great mythologist, partly answered those
questions in his interviews with Bill Moyer called </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><u>The
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Campbell, like Jung and Freud, said that myths are still alive and
well in our modern culture. And one of the ways these ancient stories
show up in our lives is through our dreams. By understanding what
these dream stories tell us about the myth of our lives, we can
navigate through life's journey with the wisdom of the ages as our
guide. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> We
need this wisdom because frankly, our society is not meeting our needs. At this time of great change and transformation, we
must see ourselves as a united world to deal with the global issues
facing us. That means we have to look at our priorities and values,
face ourselves and take charge of our future. And believe it or not,
dreams can guide us to that knowledge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> All
four of my children turned out to be great dreamers. When they were
young, my oldest son came down to breakfast one morning and said,
'Mom, I hate dreams!' You can imagine my surprise and dismay. When I
asked him why, he said, 'Because you have to wake up!' </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Needless to
say, he still pays attention to his dreams, and because all my
children still ask me about their dreams, I have a perfect way of
keeping an eye on how they're really doing in their lives. This
certainly gives me an advantage over parents who say they don't
understand their kids! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dreams tell us the truth of what we are
experiencing, not just our ego sense of things. If you want to understand yourself, your partner, your family and friends as well as your place in the world, take the time to pay attention to your dreams.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is well worth it.</span></span></div>
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are living in a defining moment in human history. Scientists tell us
that what do we in the next 3 years will determine our future here on
Earth. We have finally arrived at the great 'Initiation of Humanity'
many sensed was coming. As overwhelming as that sounds, each of us
can do our part in transforming this society and saving the world.
We have to get it right.</span></div>
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begin by changing ourselves. One of the oldest questions in recorded
history is, “What is the most difficult of all things?” The
answer was and still is, “To Know yourself.”</span></div>
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only way to really change your behavior, attitudes and beliefs is to
'Know yourself'. Before you can change someone else, before you can
change the world 'out there', you have to take the 'mote' out of your
own eyes and see your own behavior and attitudes. If we are all
One, part of Gaia's World Soul, than the understanding and peace you find
for yourself will contribute to the peace and understanding in the
world. Re-balance yourself, replenish the Earth. Then go out and
change our collective culture, which is the root cause of our
problems. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Self-knowledge
is gained in many ways – often beginning with pain, illness and
despair. Then we learn through our spirituality/religion/philosophy,
through the help of spiritual healers, psychics or therapists,
through body work, through art, through education, through life
experience. It is a journey of a lifetime. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> But
now we are faced with an urgency for change. We are forced to look
to ourselves to find the answers. In the end, you are the only one
who can 'know yourself'. The 'inner work' of self-knowledge is done
by engaging the Unconscious – especially the Collective
Unconscious. An important way to do this is by understanding your
Dreams. Your dreams speak to you with your own inner voice and
wisdom. Only your inner Self really knows what your soul desires,
even if 'Ego/you' doesn't know it yet. Trust your Self!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Carl
G. Jung, the Swiss Psychologist, believed that within each of us is a
central organizing principle which he called the Self. His
exploration of the Unconscious taught him that all of us have the
potential for Individuation – becoming our own unique Selves. Not an
easy task. He felt the best way to access the Unconscious was
through our dream life. He also felt that if we did not deal with our
'Shadow' – the feared and unloved unconscious parts of each of us
which we project out onto the world – that we would create the very
destruction that we see fast approaching. In America, our Shadow is showing as we watch the political landscape. That's why it's so important to own our Shadows.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Your
Unconscious gives you the truth of who you really are. You are meant
to develop into your unique Self, although it is the 'most difficult
of all things' to do. And the best way to find yourself is to allow
what's in your Unconscious to speak to your conscious ego and give
you the other side of the story – the Soul's side. That's when you
find your True Name. That's when you can begin to change the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> When
you turn your attention within, you activate your Unconscious. Like
the Hero/ine on the Hero's Journey, once you set out to explore your
Unconscious, it gives you magical gifts to help in your
transformation, to help you in difficult life situations. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Dreams
are messages from the Soul. The deep Unconscious carries the gifts
of the Divine Femine – Lady Wisdom herself, who sleeps in our
souls. When we answer our dreams by working with them, Wisdom
awakens within us. There are dangers in the Unconscious – dangers
of being overwhelmed if we don't know ourselves. Without an
understanding of how to navigate in these dark and wild waters, we
might never find our unique life purpose. Dreams are the vehicle
we've been given to navigate these watery realms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The
most important thing to know about dreams is that they speak to us in
symbolic language, our original language which we've forgotten.
People, when telling me their dreams, invariably say, “It's so
weird. It doesn't make sense.” But dreams do make sense. They
speak the truth about our lives. We just need to remember this
ancient story language which whispers to us every night while we
sleep. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Recording
and working with your dreams can change your life. It changed mine,
as well as countless others. Just understanding one dream, and
taking action on it, can change the whole direction of your life –
bringing you love, changing your job, speaking your truth. A whole
lifetime of dreamwork brings you the 'pearl of great price'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Only
a wide-awake understanding of life and our place in it can meet the
needs of our times. Astrologically, in the past few years we
experienced some intense and interesting planetary configurations
which resonate with the energies of the 60s. We will be called upon
to step forward to participate in the coming evolution of our planet.
But before we do, we have to step within ourselves, and discover the
treasures and gifts that will be our unique contribution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is going to be an ongoing blog about dreams! If you want to work with me on discovering the meaning of your dreams, email me for an appointment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cathy </span></div>
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Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-63523840257513430332011-05-18T12:43:00.001-07:002011-05-18T12:43:41.744-07:00Dreams about Making Our Way Through the WorldSince <a href="http://www.imaginecoachingservices.com/">dreams</a> show us how we are handling different aspects of our life, it's inevitable that the issue of how we are making our way through the world will come up. When this issue appears in our dreams, it usually involves vehicles of one sort or another.<br />
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When we dream about cars, it indicates how we navigate through situations or stages of life. Cars symbolize our power to make our own way through life, how focused we are on our personal goals, and how active a role we play in getting what we want. You might dream you're in a car and discover that someone else is driving. Since a car symbolizes how much power you feel you have in moving forward in life, having someone else in the driver's seat isn't an ideal situation. If one of your parents is driving the car , we could say that you are not fulfilling your own purpose, but living out parental expectations. You are taking a more passive role in your life. So cars often indicate how independent you are and the amount of control you feel you have over your life.<br />
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Bicycles, on the other hand, symbolize an even more personal way of directing your own life. Bicycles are powered by our legs, and so this vehicle is powered by our personal beliefs (thighs) and standpoint ( legs and feet). A bike takes balance to move forward and so represents how we try to achieve balance in our lives and in our relationships. Let's look at a bike dream.<br />
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<i>I am riding a bike through traffic and I am entering a maze of cars. I am on a ten speed bike, trying to find my way through the maze of cars. I look behind me and see a man on a tricycle following me. He's very relaxed and eating ice cream as he rides. I can see that he is really enjoying his ice cream, smiling as he licks the ice cream with his tongue.</i><br />
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This dream speaks about the need to balance work and play. The dreamer was very busy trying to get her business up and running. The maze of cars could represent all the many issues she has about networking and getting her message out in the world. It really does seem like a maze when you're doing it all on your own. The bike seems to indicate that she is trying to create a balance between work and play, being and doing. A ten speed bike says that she has options over how fast and how easy this ride will be. But it's the man on the tricycle that shows how balanced she is. A tricycle has three wheels, and therefore is more easily balanced than a bicycle. Three is the number of process, of working things out. So the man, who represents a shadow (he's behind her) aspect of her masculine, 'doing' nature, shows that she is inclined to relax and have fun in the process. Small children ride tricycles too, and often it's their first taste of power and movement. Ice cream symbolize pleasure and fun, the ability to savor life in the moment (because ice cream melts so fast!) So she's dicovering that even though she has to find her way through this maze to achieve her goals, she's going to do it in a child-like, fun and balanced way and savor every moment of it.<br />
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This is a wonderful dream because it is an example of a better way to go about business, not just for this woman, but for all of us. Our world is getting so complex - that maze of cars - that we often end up confused and lost. But if we go after our goals in a more balanced way, we get to enjoy ourselves and life in the process. The old ways of being successful are so often stressful and unbalanced. This woman is finding her own unique way to fulfill her goals. I think she'll achieve them!<br />
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Until next time,<br />
Sweet Dreams!<br />
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Please send in your dreams if you'd like me to work with them.Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-27465390922912638882011-03-10T21:28:00.001-08:002011-03-10T21:28:50.965-08:00Bringing Dreams into Reality: Mythic Stories to Guide Your LifeI'm posting my personal 'dream' to go along with Uranus entering Aries tomorrow. See what you think.<br />
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We'll be gathering at <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rwspisak" target="_blank">The Bard's Grove</a> this Friday night at <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rwspisak" target="_blank">BlogtalkRadio</a> on the Internet. All you have to do is grab your computer and settle down for an hour of good, old-fashion adult storytelling (and I don't mean naughty stories!). Join us there Friday night at 7pm Pacific/8pm Mountain/9pm Central/10pm Eastern time. <br />
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There is so much going on in our world right now - who can doubt that some form of change is coming. Everyone seems to be saying it - Something's Coming. Do you feel it? Well, stories are just what we need when our world begins to change around us. Stories give form to chaos, they channel archetypal energy and they can lead us to new life. So, while we don't know what the 'something coming' is, stories help us remember that we have the capacity to meet it and get through it. We are living in a time that wants us to be creative, free, committed, courageous and unique. It is a Call to Adventure! <br />
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The <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/" target="_blank">Cosmic Story</a> is asking us to go on The Hero's Journey and bring back our unique gift to our community. With Uranus moving into Aries on Friday, the hero's journey is about to become our template for change for the next 7 years. Uranus will move north of the equator for the first time since 1969, when it moved into Libra and the Southern hemisphere. We all know (or remember:) how creative and disruptive those times were. But also times alive with possibilities. In Aries, Uranus coming North calls us to the home of the Ancestors. The Archetypal Wisdom that the Aquarian Water-Carrier pours out onto humanity is already calling us. We are the first. We will be the Ancestors one day. <br />
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<b style="color: #000099;"><span style="color: #6633ff; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Papyrus,cursive;">"There are times when people need stories more than they need nourishment, because the stories feed something deeper than the needs of the body." </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Papyrus,cursive;">Charles DeLint, The Onion Girl</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus,cursive;"><b><br />
</b></span></span><a href="http://www.starofthebards.com/" target="_blank">Stories</a> can feed us even when we can't afford that 3rd pint of Ben&Jerry's. There are many variations of the Hero's Journey, but they all concern discovering A BIGGER IDENTITY. This is the archetype our soul resonates with - the Law Giver, the Peacemaker, the Lover, the Mother, the Artist, the Priestess, the Brother. The mythic stories of our many cultures can help us understand and deal with the cultural quirks and personal intricacies of this Journey. All you have to do is discover which stories speak to your heart and then learn how to understand and speak their symbolic language.<br />
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So when you join us at <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rwspisak" target="_blank">The Bard's Grove</a>, you get to listen to ancient story wisdom. Who knows what treasure you'll go away with, what vision will spark your interest; the story-feeling in your heart speaks to your own story so it can become story food for you. <br />
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This week at The Bard's Grove, Cat will finish her story of Sheherazade and her tale of <i style="color: #00cccc;"><b>The Water Stair</b></i> - a story of sacrifice and love. The Age of Pisces was an age of martyrs and victims, of uniting the collective heart despite religious sectarianism. And all too often, women carried the burden of 'sacrifice'. But let's not reject the idea of sacrifice out of hand, for the word <b>sacrifice means 'to make sacred'.</b> Sheherazade's <span style="color: #00cccc;"><b>Water Stair</b></span> story to the women in the Harem is a story of turning a sacrifice into a sacred contract. <br />
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Lantern is going to surprise us tonight, so stayed tuned. Who knows what delights he has in store for us!<br />
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So remember: Meet us at <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rwspisak" target="_blank">The Bard's Grove</a> Friday night at <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rwspisak" target="_blank">BlogtalkRadio</a>: 7pm Pacific - 10pm Eastern<br />
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Merry Meet!<br />
Cat and LanternCathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-41093342352468631672010-12-21T14:36:00.000-08:002010-12-21T14:36:17.875-08:00Creation Stories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5J5d7Kqopt6oLgaXd_6NFGqikZ2BmbL6dJdleUQymzAxnNJyjzzS0ooYAb9-_cENdI-kBM5-HTSXo9EDONDX83LDommHARmZpCatZpeSYiTRbyZs_816bkiWXwqwlGp0LMSuefew-OFk/s1600/Solstice+Sun+at+Stonehenge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5J5d7Kqopt6oLgaXd_6NFGqikZ2BmbL6dJdleUQymzAxnNJyjzzS0ooYAb9-_cENdI-kBM5-HTSXo9EDONDX83LDommHARmZpCatZpeSYiTRbyZs_816bkiWXwqwlGp0LMSuefew-OFk/s320/Solstice+Sun+at+Stonehenge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: black;"></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be Light: and there was Light. And God saw the Light, that it was good: and God divided the Light from the Darkness. And God called the Light Day, and the Darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (1 Genesis)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And Lady Wisdom speaks of creation:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the Earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the Mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth; before he had made the Earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the Earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of humanity." Proverbs 8:22-31)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And a third creation myth - from ancient Greece:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"In the beginning, Eurynome, the Goddess of All Things, rose naked from Chaos, but found nothing substantial for her feet to rest upon, and therefore divided the sea from the sky, dancing lonely upon its waves, She danced towards the south, and the wind set in motion behind her seemed something new and apart with which to begin a work of creation. Wheeling about, she caught hold of this north wind, rubbed it between her hands, and behold! the great serpent Ophion. Eurynome danced to warm herself, wildly and more wildly, until Ophion, grown lustful, coiled about those divine limbs and was moved to couple with her. Now, the North Wind, who is also called Boreas, fertilizes; which is why mares often turn their hind-quarters to the wind and breed foals without aid of a stallion. So Eurynome was likewise got with child.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next she assumed the form of a dove, brooding on the waves and in due process of time, laid the Universal Egg. At her bidding, Ophion coiled seven times about this egg, until it hatched and split in two. Out tumbled all the things that exist, her children: Sun, Moon, planets, Stars, the Earth with its mountains and rivers, its trees, herbs and living creatures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eurynome and Ophion made their home upon Mount Olympus, where he vexed her by claiming to be the author of the Universe, Forthwith she bruised his head with her heel, kicked out his teeth, and banished him to the dark caves below the Earth." (Greek Myths, Robert Graves)</span></span>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-76275241391489098402010-12-16T18:03:00.000-08:002010-12-16T18:03:35.095-08:00The 12 Days of Christmas: Time to Create the New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTlTEYKOLHjOkXYnYhC-f3cBMCgAvjhBVbIRX7V2Yh3VpLuEl9nZGS3bYBoCmyo71xuRe1s3xXhfSbZlVhyphenhyphendmPw4aHL5FpvCEcsp-fMnam4qCL09FM2Uk0fic6AQEK2cI4vQDIW3bKVM5/s1600/Christmas+snow.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The 12 Days of Christmas is an ancient tradition concerning the days between Christmas (December 25) and Epiphany (January 6). These are days outside of time, when the old year dies and the new year is yet to be born. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since these days mark a symbolic 'turning of the tides', these chaotic energies can be shaped into powerlines to the future. That's why this time is especially open to<a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/monthlyspecialoffer"> divination and prophecy concerning the new year to come.</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One way to connect to the prophetic energies is to keep a dream journal during this time. The 12 days begins on Christmas night (since we begin the new day on the evening before) and the 1st day is December 26th, while the 12th day is celebrated on Epiphany, the day the Magi came with gifts for the Christ child. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, the dream journey of the 12 Days of Christmas represent the 12 months of the zodiac for the next year. The 1st night's dream symbolizes what you might expect to experience during the astrological month of Aries (March/April2011) while the 12th night represents Pisces (Feb/March2012). You can just record your dreams, or if you have the time and desire, you can incubate the prophetic dreams by spending your 12 days this way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. Day 1/Dec. 26 - Aries: Go out exploring. Be brave. Try something new.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2. Day 2/Dec. 27 - Taurus: go do something sensual, go find beauty, relax and enjoy the day, your people, your body.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. Day 3/Dec. 28 - Gemini: read, think, communicate, learn something, go to the opera, the ballet, the theatre. Take a short trip.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. Day 4/Dec. 29 - Cancer: stay home and cook. Hang out in your pjs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. Day 5/Dec. 30 - Leo: create something, play with kids, connect with a lover, have FUN!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. Day 6/Dec. 31 - Virgo: help someone. Exercise. Hang out by yourself or with your pets. Talk with your mentor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. Day 7/Jan. 1 - Libra: practice balance in your relationships. Do you give as well as take? Be with other people.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8. Day 8/Jan. 2 - Scorpio: let go of toxic emotions; make mad, passionate love; talk with your ancestors, those who have passed on. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9. Day 9/Jan. 3 - Sagittarius: Go on a long trip; visit a church, temple, synagogue, or mosque. Pray and meditate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10. Day 10/Jan. 4 - Capricorn: make your work your holy dharma; figure out how you can help change our government or financial system. Take responsibility for something big. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">11. Day 11/Jan. 5 - Aquarius: find a group whose ideals you believe in; invent something we actually need; work on your vision of the future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">12. Day 12/Jan. 6 - Pisces: dream, pray, do art, ask for a vision. You might want to have a drink. Have faith and trust.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you incubate your dreams by doing these things each day, you'll dream stronger and truer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope your New Year dreams come true!</span></span>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-2552471700216114212010-12-05T14:53:00.000-08:002010-12-05T14:53:07.035-08:00Black and White Horses: Uniting the Opposites<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:TargetScreenSize>800x600</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> Since the Sun is in the sign of the horse-man, <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/">Sagittarius</a>, I thought I'd talk about what horses symbolize in dreams.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1hK_VmJ5tIMm3BmwodEDdv27RQaZWR5_cGwWffolGQjnObicZJQ2kVIYqktTp5a_3141HOccRUw2ZQFNExIL4VISMDZKopn8ditHR6wjJvxee_9-vP9aIQjWODwcoLdVqhA9pzsEiv6R/s1600/DSCN0689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1hK_VmJ5tIMm3BmwodEDdv27RQaZWR5_cGwWffolGQjnObicZJQ2kVIYqktTp5a_3141HOccRUw2ZQFNExIL4VISMDZKopn8ditHR6wjJvxee_9-vP9aIQjWODwcoLdVqhA9pzsEiv6R/s320/DSCN0689.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">This is Thor, a Gypsy Vanner breed. He has blue eyes!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Animals in <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/imaginecoachingservices.com/www/dreams2">dreams</a> usually represent our instinctive energies.<span> </span>Different animals embody different instincts.<span> </span>We, who live so much of our lives in our heads or lost in the collective virtual reality, really need to get back in touch with our instincts, which can help us survive and thrive in life.<span> </span>Our animal dream guides let us know what instinct will help in a given situation, as well as inform us of the state of our instincts.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A woman dreamed:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>There are two horses - one is white, the other black. <span> </span>Two of us are there with them (both are 'me', and I am aware that one person is 'strong', whilst other is 'waiting' ...or something). The 'strong' person's horse (the black one) is laying down and 'in trouble', but somehow, that person gets the horse to get up.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve been getting to know horses lately on my morning walks, and they are strong and shy and sweet.<span> </span>But my heart breaks to see them shut up in small fields, separated from each other, forced into pregnancy, unable to fly with the wind, unable to be free.<span> </span>All that power, subdued to the will of mankind.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We also have to go back and see what horses meant to our ancestors, because dreams speak to us from a deep place, a soulful place that gives meaning to life.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In this dream, the black horse is down and in trouble.<span> </span>Black is the color of mystery, of night.<span> </span>Like a black hole, it absorbs all light. It is despair and death.<span> </span>It is chaos, it is the Void.<span> </span>But it is also the sensual, the body.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The white horse seems to be fine, its rider waiting for something to happen. White is the color of purity and innocence; simplicity and illumination; sacredness and love. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Horse symbolizes our urge for freedom and independence, for unrestrained movement and adventure.<span> </span>Horse is also a symbol of power, pulling heaving loads, helping spread civilization.<span> </span>Movement and power.<span> </span>We even speak of ‘horsepower’ when we want to know how powerful a car engine is. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In this dream, the black horse is somehow injured.<span> </span>This dreamer’s earthy instincts need healing. <span> </span>Like the horses I pass on my walk, she might be too caged in to realize that she can fly free of her situation.<span> </span><span> </span>She might want to do something (the white horse and the waiting rider – the ideal she wants to live up to) but can’t figure out how to make it happen. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The two colored horses can also symbolize two types of power and consciousness: the ability to move within herself into the dark of the unconscious and explore what’s there, as well as the ability to expand her vision and travel in the outer world. The horse/men - like <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/astrostarsarticles/sagittarius-new-moon-2010">Sun in Sagittarius</a> - are about combining both the physical and the spiritual realms, knowing what our instincts are saying and thinking of how we can act on them.<span> </span>(Like knowing that you should run from a tsunami rather then stand there and watch it.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So with the black horse down, perhaps there's something out of balance - the balance between dualities in her life. Perhaps there's a risk she needs to take but she’s not yet up to it.<span> </span>Perhaps her physical energy is low, even though her strong ‘part’ can get it up and moving again.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I would suggest that this dreamer become a ‘horse-whisperer’ and find out what’s wrong with the black horse in an active imagination.<span> </span>Maybe it’s alright for the ‘strong’ person to make it get up, but perhaps that dark horse needs a rest!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Until next time,</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sweet Dreams!<span> </span></div>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-31591619468493253032010-12-02T11:24:00.000-08:002010-12-02T11:26:42.798-08:00Time to Get CreativeWith <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/">Mars and Neptune</a> aligning in the sky, we probably need to take some time to let our imaginations inform our creativity.<br />
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But so many of us are overwhelmed with our work and family life that we barely have time for ourselves let alone creative projects. Yet, when we've pushed off our creativity for too long, our dreams will poke and prod us - perhaps for one last time. So don't pass up the opportunity to create, especially if you're dreams are yelling, loud and clear, "It's Time!!"<br />
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A woman who works for a newspaper, editing other people's writing, had the following <a href="http://www.imaginecoachingservices.com/">dream</a>:<br />
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<i>I am in the parking lot of a university. I'm watching my (male) therapist unload cases of musical instruments out of his truck - guitars, drums, horns, etc. I walk over to him to see where they're performing. </i><i><br />
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<i>There's a platform next to the truck and 2 friends are on it. One woman is writing in a journal, the other is watching everything and smiling. My therapist teases the writer, trying to get her attention. The writer doesn't want to be disturbed so is a bit dismissive with him.</i></i><br />
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For this woman, the University is a place of becoming - a place to learn, to grow, to explore. To be in the parking lot means that she hasn't gone into the University yet - she's just arrived. So the dreamer is seeing something about her own growth for the first time - she is about to embark on 'becoming'.<br />
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Her therapist, in reality, is very creative and very into music. Here in the dream he represents the part of her that knows what needs to happen, her dream guide. He knows the rhythms of life, and he can channel them. The musical instruments represent something that channel's feelings. He knows it's time to begin!<br />
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The two friends are what we call shadow figures, parts of the dreamer that she can now name and own. The smiling friend just is comfortable in her own skin and has the self-confidence this woman is trying to develop. The writer is engrossed in her craft, in her self-expression, so much so that she doesn't take kindly to any interruptions, even though all this is taking place in a public parking lot. <br />
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What was the message this dreamer got from her dream? "I'm not letting myself follow my creative dream to write."<br />
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This woman consciously knows she hasn't been writing, but this dream really brought it into her awareness. After working with this dream, she has committed to writing every day - writing her own way.<br />
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Never doubt that we have all the information we need to live a full life right inside us. We just have to re-learn the ancient symbolic language of dreams!<br />
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Until next time,<br />
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Sweet DreamsCathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-2622401925904271872010-11-21T12:31:00.000-08:002010-11-21T12:31:39.706-08:00Symbolic Language and Fairy Tales<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</span></div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Symbols are the language of the archetypes. Symbols are how we communicate with ourselves when we sleep.<span> </span>Our dream images are often symbolic of the energies of life we are engaging at the moment.</span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">We dream in symbolic language, since it is our mother tongue. These symbols get grouped together to form stories.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Myths and fairy tales are ancient repositories of symbolic language. So get out your old Edith Hamilton and Grimm's Brothers and start reading myths and fairy tales to practice your symbolic language skills.</span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">I always find it synchronistic when many clients show up with similar life stories. Lately I have several wonderful women clients who have been totally rejected by their mothers. Abandoned. Marginalized. Berated. Ignored. Beaten. And yet, even when raised in countries that totally devalue women, they are survivors who have created lives for themselves.<span> </span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">What's the story with that? How do un-mothered women make their way in the world? Mothers teach us how to survive by loving us. When we don't feel loved, what keeps us from giving up?</span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">And yet, despite neglect and cruelty, or maybe because of it, many un-mothered women search within themselves and find their own inner mother who nurtures them when their biological mother can't.<span> </span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">There are lessons and wisdom about how you survive such conditions hidden away in ancient fairy tales and myths.<span> </span>These are the bones of the archetypes. These are stories that speak to the soul and heart of the matter.<span> </span>They bring healing when we understand their message.<span> </span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">There's a fairy tale called <i>The Ugly </i>Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson. In the tale, a mother duck discovers that one of her eggs has hatched into a very strange looking bird.<span> </span>Not at all like her other duck children. The poor ugly duckling is reviled by everyone, and even its mother washes her wings of it. So it ran away.<span> </span>But its life only got worse, for everywhere it went, it was an outcast. But one day it saw beautiful swans flying over the lake, and its heart went out to them. They were beautiful.<span> </span>Not like the ugly duckling at all. Its life was hard.</span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">But winter came, and then spring.<span> </span>And the ugly duckling, who had barely survived the winter,looked down into the water and saw its reflection.<span> </span>It had changed into a swan. And the other swans came and welcomed it.</span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">In her marvelous book, <u>Woman Who Run With The Wolves,</u> Clarissa Pinkola Estes talks about this fairy tale and says she believes that sometimes women who have been abandoned by their families and their mothers are really mistaken zygotes, little aliens who landed in the wrong families. Perhaps this is so, or perhaps it’s because women have been disregarded in our culture for thousands of years. Most of our families have this wound around the value of women.<span> </span>So women have to suffer through the family patterns of rejection, disregard, alienation.<span> </span>But sometimes a woman will remember her strength, her wild nature as Estes says, and make her way like the ugly duckling until she discovers her beauty.<span> </span>She is a survivor.<span> </span>But then she has to learn how to thrive in her life.<span> </span>She has to learn to believe in love again. She has to acknowledge her swanlike beauty.<span> </span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Nothing makes up for the loss of a mother's love.<span> </span>And yet so many of our favorite fairy tales are about just that. </span>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-33093324177260273952010-11-17T21:19:00.000-08:002010-11-17T21:19:11.428-08:00Symbolic Language is our Mother Tongue<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To understand <a href="http://sites.google.com/a/imaginecoachingservices.com/www/dreams2">dreams</a> you have to know symbolic language. This hidden language of the Imagination is the one language we all share.<span> </span>It is our mother tongue.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Symbols are psychic activators. You have to contemplate symbols for them to reveal any part of their true meaning.<span> </span>Symbols don't mean just one thing.<span> </span>Symbols relate an experience, a feeling, a meaning. Symbolic language is the language of your soul. So when you see this language, you know that your soul is trying to talk with you.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When we dream, each part of the dream wants to take us into a whole story, a whole experience.<span> </span>For example, if you dream you are being chased by a bear, you can go to a good symbol and dream dictionary and look up <i>bear.</i><span> </span>You'll find that bear symbolizes the primal power of the ancient Mother, a fierce defender, the spiritual warrior.<span> </span></span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bears used to be worshiped throughout the ancient world.<span> </span>But most of us have never experienced the power of the bear in nature.<span> </span>So you've looked up<i> bear,</i> now your mind knows what it means. If you leave it at that, you'll never really understand what it means. You would be taking the image and making it a sign rather than a symbol.<span> </span>A sign is like a stop sign.<span> </span>It means one thing.<span> </span>But a symbol has many meanings and great depth.<span> </span>You never really come to the end of knowing what a symbol means.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So how do you work with this image to find its symbolic meaning? First you ask yourself what did the bear feel like in the dream? Was it very big? Did it smell? Was it angry? Was it curious? Then ask yourself what it felt like being chased by a bear? Where you panicked? Or did you freeze? These questions can only be answered by going back into the images.<span> </span></span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do you feel bear's power?<span> </span>Do you feel your fear? Going into the image will tell you things that a symbol dictionary can't about primal power.<span> </span>Both the power and the fear are part of the symbol of bear. It's up to you to choose to consciously to channel the power of the bear or to stay stuck in the fear.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Did you know when you dream a bear is chasing you it wants you to face your own power? It's the bear energy that wants to engage your ego, your consciousness.<span> </span>Bear calls you to protect yourself and your people and your world.<span> </span>When you dream of bear, you are being called to your primal power. Only you can figure out how to use it wisely.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Did you know that King Arthur was a manifestation of the bear god?</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Until next time</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sweet Dreams!</span></span></div>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-91634808378196628602010-11-02T21:01:00.000-07:002010-11-02T21:01:35.140-07:00How Archetypes Affect Us<b><span style="font-size: small;"></span></b><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How Archetypes Affect Us</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj572rZqCEtoWz60_bZQQJZdXYoo-LUuIR2Zdrba6gPM9qhnHUfba-BH6UwL3RDRtE_dYno_yGmpMZerqUej56fnEzQ3dS1ukQZFTVpzL-zrpgv63UqHvykouo3sA5o372aCNju6M4vt6WZ/s1600/pleiades_gendler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj572rZqCEtoWz60_bZQQJZdXYoo-LUuIR2Zdrba6gPM9qhnHUfba-BH6UwL3RDRtE_dYno_yGmpMZerqUej56fnEzQ3dS1ukQZFTVpzL-zrpgv63UqHvykouo3sA5o372aCNju6M4vt6WZ/s320/pleiades_gendler.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do you realize that part of you is connected to everyone else in the present as well as the past? And that you're also connected to the wisdom of life? That's what <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/jungian-psychology-dream-work-1">Jung</a>'s theory of the Collective Unconscious means.<span> </span>Below the level of your own personal unconscious, you are capable of reaching down within yourself and finding a place where you can access timeless wisdom to deal with your life.</span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jung's theory of the Collective Unconscious includes his theory of the Archetypes, which make up the contents of the Collective Unconscious.<span> </span>Archetypes are basic patterns of human instincts that we all share.<span> </span>They don't make you do things, but rather, they give some order to your experience of life.<span> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Archetypes are the energies that are available to each of us at birth to help us evolve and grow during this lifetime.<span> </span>And yet, it is our own choices and experiences that shape how we relate to these archetypal energies. In and of themselves, the archetypes are neutral, but we can experience them either positively or negatively.</span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some basic archetypes are the Mother, the Father, the Child, the Lover, the Adversary, the Trickster or the Wise One.<span> </span>There are also collective archetypes such as the Judge, the Priest/Priestess, the Bard, the Artist, the King, the Queen and the Warrior.<span> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Any of these archetypes can and do show up in our <a href="http://sites.google.com/a/imaginecoachingservices.com/www/dreams2">dreams</a>.<span> </span>Sometimes they come to us in mythic images, such as a king, a clown or a saint.<span> </span>At other times they show up disguised as a friend or associate or family member.<span> </span>Since we can never know the archetypes in themselves, we can only know them through the images we have of them.<span> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Think of archetypes at one end of the spectrum and instincts at the other end, like infra-red and ultra-violet light.<span> </span>It is the same light, but a different form.<span> </span>When we do something instinctually, it just happens without thought.<span> </span>It's a reaction to a life situation.<span> </span>As we become more conscious, the archetypal images help us understand how and why we react the way we do.<span> </span>And that helps us change our behavior.<span> </span>We can make different choices.<span> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As we experience the power of the archetypes in our lives, we begin to understand that we're part of a bigger picture, the grand experiment of life. We are here on Earth to evolve into higher states of consciousness, which can heal our sadness, fear, ignorance or unconsciousness.<span> </span>When we know that our choices in life affect not only our self but the world around us, we can look at our society and decide if we like what we see. We can see if our society reflects our values and hopes and dreams. If it doesn't, then we have the responsibility to change it once we've changed our self.</span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We are living in times that are calling on us to make different choices about how we live. Both personally and collectively, we are faced with challenges and we need to make changes in the way we think about our life here on Earth. We can change the way we do business, the way we consume, the way we work, the way we connect with others. It just takes consciousness and choice.</span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The archetypal patterns themselves evolve or one becomes more prominent than another.<span> </span>I had a dream about these changing archetypal themes about a year ago.<span> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span> </span>I dreamed: <i>I see the constellation of the Pleiades shining brightly in a daytime sky. And then I see another constellation dissolve like fireworks.</i></span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This dream of the Pleiades is a dream of hope, because this constellation has always represented the idea of a new dispensation and a new life.<span> </span>Something has changed in our collective consciousness, and the shift in our awareness is mirrored by the Pleiades shining in a daytime sky, clearly visible in our conscious lives.<span> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Archetypes in themselves can't change, but their patterns and their prominence in our collective psyche can change as human consciousness evolves. I think they're changing now and so we'll have their energies to help us make this transition.</span></span></b></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If anyone has a star or constellation dream they'd like to share, I'd love to hear them.</span></span></b></div>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-39082064552648608152010-10-30T22:26:00.000-07:002010-10-30T22:26:56.114-07:00HereAfter by Clint EastwoodI went to see <a href="http://hereafter.warnerbros.com/">HereAfter</a> this afternoon. It was very right - brained. While it didn't have a coherent beginning, middle and end, it wove together three strands of stories and bound them together with the theme of Death and the Other World. And Love unites it all.<br />
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Stories are like collective <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/jungian-psychology-dream-work-1">dreams</a>. This is one of the few movies in recent years that deals with the idea of life after death. It seems once a decade some film maker finally makes a movie with the theme of life after death. Each of those movies has offered us a unique vision of that afterlife. Do you remember the movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/">What Dreams May Come</a>? Or <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/">Ghost</a>?<br />
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The opening scene of <a href="http://hereafter.warnerbros.com/">HereAfter</a> is horrific in its reality, and all throughout the movie, Clint Eastwood somehow creates an atmosphere of 'reality' that contrasts with the uncertainty of the 'other world'. It's a sharp yet subtle contrast.<br />
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HereAfter is not a movie that coddles you. Its characters are annoying, heart-breaking and frustrating at times, just like real people. It is a story of how we can reject a spiritual gift by not knowing how to work with it. But also because other people are afraid of it and how it ends up isolating us from life. <br />
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The whole topic of death is so often ignored in Western culture, mainly because we split life from death and stepped out of the Wheel of the Year and nature's cycles. The idea that there is a life after death is so obvious to me - look at the trees and plants; look at the moon; look at the circle of the year. The natural cycles of life say there is gestation, birth, growth, maturity, decline and death. Which is always followed by rebirth!<br />
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So have hope in what comes after. It will make us less fearful here on Earth.<br />
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HereAfter is well worth seeing, although I don't think you'll put it at the top of your favorites list.Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-15505299562301872652010-10-29T16:57:00.000-07:002010-10-29T16:57:10.160-07:00Dreams and Healing<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:TargetScreenSize>800x600</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span> </span>With the cost of medical care rising, I’d like to suggest another, ancient form of healing: <span> </span>interpreting your <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/jungian-psychology-dream-work-1">dreams</a>!<span> </span>Once you understand symbolic language, you have an inner source of wisdom that will give you information about your body, your emotions and your direction in life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">While science is just now beginning to understand the place of dreaming for our health, most ancient cultures seemed to understand that illness begins in the soul.<span> </span>And since dreams are the stories the soul tells us each night, perhaps we can consider paying attention to our dreams as a preventative measure for our health.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Until around the fifth century, there were over 200 healing temples spread throughout the Mediterranean region from Palestine to Spain.<span> </span>Dedicated to the Greek god Asklepios or the Egyptian god Serapis, people went to these temples to be cured of their diseases.<span> </span><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Once you entered the sacred precincts of the healing temple, you would participate in a ritual cleansing in a sacred spring, make an offering to the god, go to work out at the gymnasium and perhaps go to the Theater to experience a catharsis that freed up your emotions.<span> </span>Then you would sleep in the temple to incubate a dream in which the god came to you and either healed you or gave you a prescription for healing.<span> </span>The temple priests recorded your dreams and helped you understand what you had to do to heal.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The diagnostic value of dreams was acknowledged by the great physicians of the past: Hippocrates (famous for the Hippocratic oath of modern doctors) and Galen, the physician of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.<span> </span>These doctors believed that dreams could foreshadow physical symptoms and reveal their progress.<span> </span>Hippocrates noted that the Earth can symbolize the body, a river the blood, a tree for a man’s and a spring for a woman’s reproductive system.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Freud, who did not recognize the precognitive aspect of dreams, may have missed a dream warning that could have saved his life.<span> </span>Freud had a dream that contained a preview of the precise symptoms of oral cancer that eventually killed him twenty-eight years later.<span> </span>Instead of seeing the dream as an aspect of himself, he projected it onto the female client in his dream.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Louise Hay, in her classic book <i>You Can Heal Your Life, </i>shows how our physical ailments begin in our emotional body.<span> </span>From rashes which symbolize irritations that bother us, to knee injuries which reflect an inflexible attitude of pride and ego, to breast cancer which often develops because we do not know how to nurture ourselves but would rather nurture and worry about others, we develop into what and who we are.<span> </span>If we develop an illness, it is a call to us to pay more attention and to find out where we are cut off from a deep connection to ourselves.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If we only read illness as a physiological dysfunction, we lose the soul reason why we developed this specific illness in the first place. <span> </span>Once we learn to give meaning to our lives, even to our illness, we begin the real process of healing and becoming whole.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And <a href="http://sites.google.com/a/imaginecoachingservices.com/www/dreams2">dreams</a> are important diagnostic tools that each of us, not only doctors, can use.</span></div>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622647262010222377.post-81253609709485481382010-10-28T15:11:00.001-07:002010-10-29T16:39:28.813-07:00Dream Lore: What Ancient People Knew<span style="font-size: small;"></span> <br />
<div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Since the beginning of time people have regarded <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/jungian-psychology-dream-work-1">dreams</a> as mysterious and powerful, believing that they were messages sent from the gods or spirits to warn, to heal, to threaten or to advise. Dreams were an important part of life and these people interpreted them to make their lives better. What did these ancient people know that we don't know?</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Most ancient cultures had gods or goddesses who ruled over dreams. In ancient Babylon, the goddess Mamu sent good dreams to her people and tried to protect them from bad dreams sent by demons. Later, the Assyrians who conquered Babylon wrote down dreams and their interpretations on clay tablets. One such dream interpretation states that if a man flies repeatedly in his dreams, all that he owns will be lost. While our modern interpretation of a flying dream might be different, just imagine: people back in 669 BC had flying dreams!</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The ancient Egyptians believed that the gods appeared in dreams and they left records on papyrus of those dreams and their interpretations. Like many other cultures, they distinguished between good and bad dreams, and had incantations to ward off any unpleasant effects of those dreams. They recorded three types of dreams: those where the gods demanded a pious act, those that contained warnings about illnesses or revelations, and those that came from rituals.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Greek god of dreams was Morpheus (just like the character in <i>The Matrix</i>). The Greeks believed that dreams entered the world between two different gates: true dreams, ones that came to pass in life, came through the Gates of Horn and false dreams, ones that deluded people, came through the Gates of Ivory.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Greeks, like the Egyptians, also believed that <a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/jungian-psychology-dream-work-1">dreams</a> brought healing, and people would go to one of many temples, such as to Memphis in Egypt, or to the healing temples of Aesculapius to incubate dreams that would tell the temple priests what was wrong with them and how to cure it.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Romans believed a goddess, Fauna, and her husband god, Faunus, ruled over dreams. The emperor Augustus even demanded that anyone dreaming of Rome must declare it publicly so as not to miss any prophetic dreams that might help the empire's well-being. </span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Hebrews also held a strong belief in the power of dreams. They believed that God spoke to them through dreams. There are many dreams sprinkled throughout the Bible that mark important occasions for the Hebrews. There was Jacob's dream about the <i>Ladder to Heaven </i>when he saw angels ascending and descending the ladder that rose to heaven and after wrestling with an angel all night, God promised him and his children the land of Israel. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">There was also the Pharaoh's dream about seven fat and seven lean kine (or cows) that Joseph interpreted as seven years of plenty and then seven years of famine. His interpretation won him the Pharaoh's pleasure and a position of power over the land of Egypt. And if you know your Bible, you'll remember that it was a dream that got Joseph sold into slavery in the first place. </span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Christianity valued dreams in its early days. You can see dreams mentioned in some of the recently discovered gospels, but later, especially for Protestants like Martin Luther, dreams were considered either evil or irrelevant.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tribal cultures valued dreams highly, often placing great importance on them. Many Native American tribes believed that Great Spirit worked through dreams and were a source of real power for the dreamer. As with the Vision Quest of many traditions, medicine people were only picked for these roles as a result of their dreams. And tribal members would dream sacred songs, dances, visions and medicine that were used by the whole tribe. Both Black Elk and Wovoka, who dreamed the Ghost Dance, had visions of driving off the white man, which their tribes tried unsuccessfully to bring into reality.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Other tribal people, such as the Australian Aborigines and the Senoi of Malaysia, had special dreaming techniques that kept their tribes safe and happy.</span></span></div><div class="Standard"><br />
</div><div class="Standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It seems that we are missing out on an important facet of life, a natural way to connect to wisdom, when we ignore dreams and their meanings. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This Blog will help clarify the importance of working with our dreams. </span></span></div>Cathy Paganohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402371168747757627noreply@blogger.com0