began  enacting  this  dream.  By  extending  ourselves as
enrichments  for  one  another,  we  came  to experience,
through   the   mystery   of   improvised   movement   and
drama,  a  special  quality   of  togetherness.   A  form  of
communion occurred,  more tangible  and direct than the
most intense of our group meditation experiences.
      Was   this   happening   a  fluke?  To  find  out,  at  the
community  session that following summer  I  asked that
we be on the lookout for dreams about the session itself
which   we   might   enjoy   enacting.   Two  such  dreams
occurred. Being somewhat more mindful of the process,
we  allowed  ample  time  for  the  dream  enactments  to
unfold. We dressed up for each occasion.  We had music
to accompany our drama. We approached the enactments
as  we  might  a  sacred  ceremony  or celebration. Again
these  enactments  proved   to  be  powerful  communion
experiences  for  the community.  They also provided us
with  a  "mythology,"  a  shared  symbolic  story that gave
meaning  to  the  sometimes  painful process of working
together on a common ideal.
      I  am  reminded  of  the  story  in  Black  Elk  Speaks,
where  the  tribe  enacts  the young Black Elk's visionary
experience.  Not  that our community dream enactments
were  as momentous. Our enactments were not of sacred
visions,    but    of    rather    simple   dreams   about   the
community.  Yet  the  magical  quality  of  the enactment
experience was reminiscent of what Black Elk described.
What  the  two  situations  may  have  in  common  is  the
process   of   a   community   giving  life  to  a  symbolic
program  revealed  by  the  unconscious  in an attempt to
experience  in  practice  a  possibly  creative  pattern  of
energy.
     Our community dream  ceremonies led me to believe
that  just  as  a  single  individual  can  seek  to incubate a
dream  that  will  resolve  a  personal  conflict,  so  can a
community   prepare   itself   to  have  a  dream  that  will
move  the  community  as  a  whole  closer  to  its ideals.
What  might  be  an  appropriate  community method for
incubating such a dream? Quite appropriately, the search
itself   for   such   a  method  has  been  furthered  by  the
contribution of many individuals.

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