A "common" dream that isn't

[Passchendaele]

A few words about this dream. In many ways it is, for me, an average dream. What makes it special is that some of these common elements were used in a way that I have never encountered before. That rarely happens.

For me, windows in a dream mean one thing and one thing only, spirituality. It has been like that all my life. If windows play a part in a dream, I then look closely at how they were used. Were they open, or closed? Intact, or broken out, or even missing from their frames? If I see light coming through a window I pay especial attention. Was it natural, or artificial? Was I outside, seeing a building illuminated from within, or inside a building, seeing light from outside? Was it sunlight, or moonlight?

Was the sky cloudy, or clear? If cloudy, how cloudy? If clear, where was the sun in the sky? High noon? Setting? Rising? All of these things mean different things, even from dream to dream. That is, a cloudy day in one dream will not necessarily carry the same meaning in another. Context is very important.

Also, for me, my dreams are dense with detail that I rapidly forget after I wake up. But usually there will be one bit that I call VCD, Very Clear Detail. THAT is something I need to write down immediately because there is special significance to to it.

Also, it is common for me to “sense” a person in a dream but never see them, as though they were in the same house, but in a different room. The thing is, whether I see them or not, they are present and I have to take that into consideration as I look closely at the dream.

Also, I “shift” elements in my dreams by closing my eyes and opening them quickly, when I do that I can either be moving myself to a new location, or just changing elements where I am

I'm going to write out the dream and point out the special bits afterword, to avoid confusion.

The end of a much longer dream, but it is the important part.

It is nighttime. I'm in a city I lived in in the 80's and 90's. It is a dreamscape I go to often. I am outside a bar that was a favorite hangout in the early 80's. There is some sort of drinking holiday taking place, like St Pat's day or new years eve. The street are full of people in party hats, with noise-makers, drinking drinks out of plastic cups.

The vibe is very positive and “up” I go into the bar and order a can of Budweiser. As I sip it, I look around and notice that the faces and clothes of everyone there are very clear and very detailed, so much so that I ask myself, in the dream, if I am actually dreaming at all. It is so rare to encounter so much detail in virtually every thing around me that I ask myself if I am actually awake and living this experience.

There is no one there from my “waking” life that I recognize. I close my eyes and open them. The number of people has dropped dramatically. Close and open and there are no people there any longer. Close, open all of the furniture and bar fixtures are gone, it's a bare room. Close, open, there are empty book shelves like you would see in a book store. Close, open. The shelves are full of books. At this point I realize this is an “occult” bookstore, and the books are very rare.

A woman steps out from the back room, I do not know her in waking life, but the feeling is overwhelming that we are closely connected. In the dream I ask myself there are past-life connections, being with her is so familiar. I do not know if we were lovers or not, but sense that kind of closeness.She is white, mid to late 40's, long dark hair, she is wearing a garment that sorta looks like a night gown, but I sense that it isn't. It's thick and of natural fibers, cotton or wool. There is a very detailed embroidering over her Heart Chakra, very, very dark. I think, but I am not sure that it has something to do with a dragon. She holds much occult knowledge, her understanding of the metaphysical. runs very,very deep.

She smiles and holds out both hands for me to take, as soon as I do I sense a man, but do not see him. I also sense that he is not present at all, only that he also has a connection to the woman and his knowledge is at least as great as hers. We talk a bit about something I do not remember. It's bothering me( in the dream) that I could feel so emotionally close to her but not remember anything.

At that point something compels me to leave. Something outside the store compels me to leave to deal with it. I do, and I have no memory whatsoever of what that thing was, but I return to the store and the windows have been boarded over. They are very big windows. I touch the sheet of plywood covering one of the front windows and it swings up, like a garage door, I clime through and the bookstore is still there, all the books in place, but the woman is gone and so is the sense of the man.

I decide that I should take as many books as I can carry, because all of this might be gone if I wait until later. I touch a book and it turns into a child's building block, only book sized. Every book I touch does the same thing. They all have interlocking edges, kinda like legos. I “snap” two of them together and they become one block, I add another block, it does the same thing.

I realize that I can “snap” all the books/blocks together and it will be a solid metaphysical structure. This is sooooooooo exciting to me. I feel that I have discovered something amazing. Then I wake up.

The feeling after awakening is one of deep, deep intimacy. This woman is someone deeply important to me, even though I do not know her in waking life. I feel she is “real” that is, currently incarnate. If that is so, then we are working together closely on the Astral, are very likely lovers on the Astral as well. She is the “teacher” I am the “student” and there is a third party, who very likely is not incarnate, who is working closely with both of us as a “teacher.”

The feeling of intimacy was so deep it made me cry. That I could love someone that much, and have the love returned. It was so, so beautiful. And it didn't matter that we do not know one another on the Physical Plane, we are getting our work done nonetheless.

For me to sense someone who is not there has never happened before. That is, I sensed him but could not see him because he was outside of the dream, not just in another room.

The boarded-over windows. I do not remember ever encountering boarded-over windows before. A block, a major obstruction that proved not to be an obstruction when I made contact with it. It turned out to be a doorway instead.

That was it. I just thought I would share it.

[User1265455]

I think my favorite part of this dream was the books snapping together.

I do that a lot with knowledge from different sources - I find ways to put them together, to make a new picture, a bigger picture. All information works this way. You can take facts from one area of study, apply them to another area with knowledge from that area, and discover a new perspective, or even new information, pertaining to both areas.


I think it's absolutely awesome that your subconscious mind recognizes this as important and exciting. I look forward to seeing what you bring from different areas of study in metaphysics to create a blended whole.

[Passchendaele]

I think my favorite part of this dream was the books snapping together.

I do that a lot with knowledge from different sources - I find ways to put them together, to make a new picture, a bigger picture. All information works this way. You can take facts from one area of study, apply them to another area with knowledge from that area, and discover a new perspective, or even new information, pertaining to both areas.


I think it's absolutely awesome that your subconscious mind recognizes this as important and exciting. I look forward to seeing what you bring from different areas of study in metaphysics to create a blended whole.

I do not believe it is a "coincidence" that such dreams have become more numerous since I discovered my long forgotten copy of "The Spiral Dance" added some of the basic information into my Book of Shadows and turned toward this Path. I have been on it all my life, I realize that now. I have a better "grasp" of this knowledge than my waking self will ever admit. ( My waking self wants me to hide in a cellar, admit the "the world" is dangerous and unpredictable and basically....stay there. My waking self can go fuck itself) I am strong, good looking, above average and, by golly, I Like Myself. ( Even if I don't live in Lake Woebegone)

[User1265455]

The Spiral Dance is one of my all-time favorites - it was the first time I saw a book with exercises, and also the first time that I read how a ritual is supposed to work, how flexible it is - how a coven is supposed to work... It is an EXCELLENT book - one of the few you can use to take you from beginner to advanced practitioner.

Definitely one of the better books that came out in the 80's "Spread Wicca, It Sells" phase.

[Passchendaele]

This seems obvious to me now, but I have only just realized why the books became a child's building blocks. One interpretation is, “back to basics” which I assumed was the message. I don't think that was the message at all. I think it was saying, “Once you have realized the “obstruction” is actually a gateway, and you have passed fully into the “occult bookstore” your acquisition of knowledge will be child's play, because you HAVE been here before. Yes, you left. But you came back. You know one of your teachers on a profoundly intimate level, and MUCH learning has already occurred. Welcome home.”

[User1265455]

This seems obvious to me now, but I have only just realized why the books became a child's building blocks. One interpretation is, “back to basics” which I assumed was the message. I don't think that was the message at all. I think it was saying, “Once you have realized the “obstruction” is actually a gateway, and you have passed fully into the “occult bookstore” your acquisition of knowledge will be child's play, because you HAVE been here before. Yes, you left. But you came back. You know one of your teachers on a profoundly intimate level, and MUCH learning has already occurred. Welcome home.”

I love this... and I'm glad that you found that meaning. Also congratulations.