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Animal Power Dream

Rod Turner

Rod Turner

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Been a dry spell for dreaming, then, last night, I hit the jackpot. After a night of energetic, confrontational type dreams, I found myself in an open car, going down a dark country road, pitch black night. Turning around corners the headlights revealed huge packs of wolves, running, sitting, chasing game. I was semi-lucid at this point, and I noticed that the wolves looked very primal, with hump-like structures behind their necks. Some were chasing down a cow to kill and eat. As I went around each curve in the road, more and more wolves were revealed in the headlights.

Talking this over with my wife, she agreed that the dark road was my Royal Path to the unconscious. The headlights were my conscious awareness shining down into my own self. And the wolves were primal, unconscious forces, revealing themselves to me. I at no time felt threatened or afraid, just amazed.

Dreams like this make me feel good all day!😁

I was wondering, can this relate to past lives, in any way?
 
Hi Rod,

Awesome dream my friend. I love dreaming, and try to record them every night. Yes dreams can relay messages to us from past to present. It isn't wrong to think recurring symbols might hint to a past life connection either. And sometimes we even receive messages that don't make sense until a future event.

Dreaming is fun and it would appear it's up to the individual how far they want to take the experience. It's nice your wife holds an interest and is willing to share with you.

I have joined a group experiment over at the GTC where we record our dreams nightly and have experienced some unique cross-over concepts with members, open invitation for you:
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A fond dream memory I have of wolves is, "celestial wolves" with giant colorful feathers/plummage running along their backside and blue glowing lights around their foreheads.

Your personal interpretation is very nice, and how cool for you to gain some lucidity.

Thank you for delighting me with your post.
 
Thank you! I will check out the GTC...sounds interesting. Since I posted the above, I have remembered that the wolf was a totem animal of the Celtic Warrior Hero Cu Chulain (His name actually means "Hound") and I have had a major dream contact with him, some years ago. I am mostly of Irish stock, so I wonder if I can take this as some level of past life experience. Not that I claim to have been a Divine Mythological figure in a past life! Just maybe closely associated with the Celtic Heroes of the past.
 
Rod, I believe you. And you must go with your intuition about such matters. Spirit has a way of catering to our personal interest. I wonder what lessons Cu Chulain shares with you. Very cool.

💙
 
Hi Rod,

Cool stuff (as usual). I have had some strong "animal" dreams from time-to-time, sans your positive feelings and sense of "contact" with an important part of yourself, and possibly your past. Panthers show up from time-to-time, generally of the tawny U.S. type. And, bear dreams are becoming more and more common for me. A recent version of the latter type morphed into a nightmare by the time it ended, but after further thought and reflection, I'm not too disturbed. I believe it to have been a message about the inevitability and inescapable nature of aging and death.

The dream was definitely very "intense" in nature, but in looking back I realized it was a message I needed. Hmmm. You make me wonder about the "bear" in terms of the subject matter of your post. I would never have chosen this animal for myself. I am not a "bear" in terms of build, character, or temperament (though this description might occasionally apply when I am either preparing or waking up from "hibernation" ;) and definitely applies when defending my family :mad:). But I have been seeing bears for awhile in my dreams, though this is the first time I saw a bear or bears as actively representing danger and death. Before they have merely been in the background--noble, imposing, dangerous, and minding their own business. Maybe the other dreams were merely introductory and my latest was the beginning of a new phase of "instruction". :oops:If so, I hope there are gentler lessons to be taught. I would not really look forward to many more nightmares like the one I had. Time will tell.

Cordially,
S&S

PS--I think this is a great topic, but maybe better suited for the "spiritual" or "parapsychology" headings.
 
I have had Bear dreams, but mostly I am greeted by Wolves or Dogs of some type. Bear is a powerful Spirit and you seem to have been selected by Him. That's a good thing. As I have learned to analyze my dreams, I have stopped having nightmares. I now see such dreams as messages, something I need to reflect on and learn from. Not all growth is pleasant, much involves pain.
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Hi Rod,

You may be right about being selected in this way. It is an interesting thought, though I don't really know what it means. And, as I read more about the beliefs surrounding such things and the "Bear" as a spirit or archetype, I definitely find a lot of things that resonate with me, both as things that I find in myself and as things that I admire.

When I first thought about this, I immediately thought of the image of what is referred to as a "Bear of a Man"--which doesn't apply to me at all (physically speaking). I have always been relatively tall and lean, at least until old age set in. So, not very bear-like in external appearance. OTOH, when I get away from external appearances, and read about the qualities and characteristics associated with the Bear across many times and cultures, I definitely find something that deeply appeals to me. I could use a friend like this. And, I wouldn't mind finding more of these qualities in myself as well.

Cordially,
S&S
 
I have a bit of time, so I think I'll describe the "Bear" dream I previously mentioned.

As a prelude, the dream starts with a scenario that appears to be derived from an article I recently read involving Polar Bears. In the article the writer was describing a scene where he was with a group involved in harvesting some type of fish or another source of protein in the arctic. Guards with rifles were stationed to protect the workers until the job was completed from the great white bears that were drawn to the potential feast of men and wildlife, and constantly circled and prowled at a semi-safe distance. But the writer was definitely aware that these were not the pathetic figures amidst melting snow and ice that were recently popular with the press. They were massive and fearful predators that were held back, only temporarily, from the fight and feast that would take place over the remains when the humans had left. He especially noted the haggard older bears, white furred veterans of many battles, scarred and now less able to compete with their younger rivals in the battle for food and life. . . .

. . . . and my dream begins with such gaunt white bears circling the house, a ramshackle affair of the arctic during the months without snow. It is overcast and I strive to bring in some young women and children outside, shouting at them to get inside where they will be more protected. I accomplish this, but the bears are still closing in, and (though I don't seem to pay any attention at the time) changing to become darker in tone. I try to secure the exterior, but they are breaking through. I seem to remember fumbling with a shotgun, trying to find a shell that will fit, but nothing works . . . . Finally, I am racing to get the others hidden from the bear or bears that are breaking in. I must have succeeded, because at the end, it is only me. I am trying to secure an inner door against them or it. The latch is definitely not strong enough to stand against a concerted attack, but I am unable to get it fastened and end up just trying to brace myself and the door against the weight of the bear. I might as well have tried to hold back a hydraulic jack. It was not even a struggle. Basically, I might as well not have tried. The door just inexorably opened against all of my efforts. Slowly, unstoppably. The last thing I remember from the dream is the sight of the bears sleek black fur as it flowed past the door and into the room with me.

I woke with pounding heart, and was very glad to not be in my dream anymore.
 
A Power Dream! I would take that as unconscious forces, powerful and wild, trying to manifest and make themselves known to the conscious mind. Such a dream is actually an offer of power, use it wisely.
I interpret my dreaming using North European mythology and Jungian Depth psychology.
 
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