It is the transcendence of duality that is central to the
mystery.  The  central  pole  of  the  Sun  Dance  lodge is
forked,  as  an  expression  of  this  principle,  and is thus
reminiscent of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
The One is separated so that it may become consciously
aware that it is One. That is perhaps the mystery.
      We can go around and around about this point. There
are    many    mythological    spinoffs    of   this   central,
Universal Idea.
     The lesson for community is that the tension between
the  Many  and  the  One  can  be  a  creative tension. But
when operating from  a  dualistic frame of reference, the
choices are seen  only  as  being  either to "surrender the
ego"  and  be  one  with  the  group,  the  community,  the
Whole,  or  to  separate oneself  as an "individualist." But
the initiation into  the  mystery  comes when the tension
is  sustained  until  the  time arrives  that  it is possible to
transcend  dualistic  consciousness.  Then we experience
ourselves  neither  as  merely  individuals  nor as merely
one with the community or Whole, but somehow as both.
      As a result of the dream story I've told here,  I  would
now   call  my   imaginary  experiment  in  revelation  the
"Sundance  Experiment."   The  basic  hypothesis  of  this
experiment  is  that  a  community  of people can obtain
from their dreams  the  necessary  symbolic  patterns to
create   their   own   appropriate  method  with  which  to
experience the secret of the universal mystery central to
the mythology of  the  Sundance motif.  Evidence of this
possibility has been  found  in the dream incubations and
community   dream   enactments   conducted  at  Atlantic
University.  The A.R.E. Dream Research Project showed
that it is possible  for  contemporary  dreams  to provide
further clues to the nature of the mythological Sundance
motif.   Inasmuch   as  the  Community  Dream  Journal
provides   a   focus   for   dreams  about  the  concept  of
community, it too may elicit dreams that will contribute
to   the   Sundance   Experiment.    In   fact,   subscribers'
dreams (see page 132) are  already reflecting aspects of
Sundance imagery  as  well  as  a concern for the tension
between individual  needs  and  group unity. It does seem

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