More Than A Symbol

The relationship between the conscious and unconscious fluctuates like the waves. Somedays it is stronger, deeper, more connected, other days it is quiet and distant. For some the connection runs even deeper through the unconscious of the individual and taps the shared tapestry of the collective unconscious. The chariot of these connections, as we know, is the dream. The moments in time when the mind opens to the energies within and without.

There have been many great dream interpreters. People of understanding, from Joseph to Jung, they understood the dream as the mechanism, the symbol, the device. Even Joseph's biblical dreams were near literal depictions of future happenings. But, I believe, the mandala of the dream space has evolved. Whereas in the past some great dreamers dreamt in accurate and powerful symbolism today there are some great dreamers who channel the powers of the prophets - they have visions.

Ordinary men and women who have inherited in some supernatural way the capacity to channel the collective consciousness through their dreams. They can actually see the experiences of others. Well, at least that's my theory. Still working on the research.