What Endures the Passage of Death
Shortly before her death an older woman living in Europe dreamed: I have packed two suitcases, one with my working clothes, the other, a trans-Europe suitcase, with my jewelry, my diaries, and my...
View ArticleThrough Dialogue the Psyche Lives
A man dreamed: I’m in a basement room playing some type of ball game with my son. There is an object by his feet that looks like a short plastic snake, black in color. But then I see it start …...
View ArticleThe Gift of a Child’s Perspective
A man in his mid-twenties dreamed: I’m sitting at a long board-room table at a meeting with another man and woman. The woman had been asked to evaluate the truthfulness of a small boy’s claim that...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Dreamed She Was a Man
A 34 year-old woman dreamed: I dreamt I died, but really I was still alive, only I had a man’s body. When I looked in the mirror I saw my body, but everyone else saw a man’s body. I was … Continue...
View ArticleMine The Gold in Your Life
A man in his early 70’s dreamed: I’m in a convenience store going to fill my coffee mug when I notice flakes of gold forming in a cup that collects water from coffee dregs. The flakes are circular and...
View ArticleTune in to the Voice of Your Inner Self
A woman in her 70’s had an alcoholic son whom she often bailed out of trouble. She dreamed: I am standing at my kitchen sink looking out the window. I see my son walking quickly to the front door. He …...
View ArticleWhen the Psyche Knocks, Let It In
In the song he popularized, Keep A-knockin, Little Richard sings of love spurned: Keep a-knockin’ but you can’t come in.Keep a-knockin’ but you can’t come in.Keep a-knockin’ but you can’t come in.Come...
View ArticleA Dog and the Afterlife
Within a week of the death of our much-loved dog, Kody, my wife and son had dreams of him. Susan dreamed of seeing Kody in different rooms of the house. Noah would see him lying on the floor, much as …...
View ArticleEncountering the Angry Woman: A Dream
A woman in her thirties struggled with bouts of depression and anger. Her anger seemed to have a life of its own. It was usually directed at her husband and frequently was out of proportion to anything...
View ArticleLeaving the Mainstream: A Dream
A woman in her 70’s dreamed: “I’m getting off of a tour bus that has come to a halt on a snowy mountain pass. It may be a rest stop or perhaps a ski area. It reminds me of Donner … Continue reading →
View ArticleA Time to Kill and a Time to Heal: Wrestling with Addiction
There is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven…A time to kill, and a time to heal… Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3:3 (KJV) And sometimes you cannot heal unless you are willing to kill. A man...
View ArticleThe Importance of Taking Your Spiritual Life Seriously
The night before his first psychotherapy session to address marriage and spirituality issues, a man dreamed: I am on a sailboat with some other people. We are on the ocean or a very large lake and it...
View ArticleThe Dreams of a Dying Woman, Part I
Dreams can be difficult to interpret. This is not just because they speak a language of images and symbols, but also because it’s not always obvious what aspect of your life they are referring to....
View ArticleThe Dreams of a Dying Woman, Part II
In the previous post I shared the dreams of a woman in her early 70’s who was dying of cancer. At the time of the dreams she was unaware that she was ill. Nonetheless, the dreams hinted at an unfolding...
View ArticleThe Dreams of a Dying Woman, Part III
Lila (not her actual name) is a woman in her early 70’s who had a number of dreams that hinted at her coming death by cancer. At the time of the dreams discussed in this series she did not know …...
View ArticleThe Dreams of a Dying Woman, Part IV
About 3½ months before her death and 1½ months before her diagnosis of cancer, a woman in her early 70’s had the following dream: I enter a large barn. It is empty except for an older, maroon-colored...
View ArticleThe Dreams of a Dying Woman, Part V
One challenge in determining if a particular dream relates to the approaching death of the dreamer is the fact that the psyche treats death much the same as it treats any other major life transition....
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