I  know  I  have  to  get  to  higher  ground.  Something
compels me to go to the right of this multitude,  out onto a
concrete-type   platform.   What   lies   beyond   this  large
platform I don't know, maybe pure space.
     I see a group which I join. It is the "group of 12." I am
the last to join or arrive,  yet  I  am number 9.  We all join
hands  and  begin  dancing   counterclockwise  in  a  circle.
"Dancing" means "walking in various ways."  In order to
attune myself,  I have to shut my eyes and take bold, long
and  dragging  steps forward.  My rainbow-colored afghan
trails  behind  me  and  is  held  onto by the person next to
me.  We are all dancing in order to keep the winds calm in
our  area   for   just  a   little  longer.   We  are  a  powerful
group ...

      As  this  dream suggests,  the transition into the New
Age   may   involve   a    flooding   from   the   collective
unconscious.  We may find ourselves bombarded by one
another's   hopes   and   fears,   dreams   and   nightmares.
Psychic  sensitivity  could   be  a  handicap,  adding  to  a
person's   confusion.   In   such   a   situation,   we  would
become  quite  susceptible  to  autocratic  rulership.  ( In
fact,  as  will  be  discussed  in  a  future essay,  there is a
"shadow" side to the Sundance principle itself,  involving
power,  and  expressed  symbolically  in the direction of
rotation of the dance.)
          As Jesus exclaimed during the round dance,
          "Whoso   danceth   not,   knoweth  not  what
          cometh to pass. Amen." (Verse 95)

      A  spinning gyroscope has a creative stability and can
maintain   its   balance   and  its  orientation  while  being
buffeted   by   outside   forces.    Thus  cooperation  in  a
manner   suggested   by   the   general   principle   of  the
Sundance   motif    may   provide   a   creative   form   of
adaptation to the influx from the collective unconscious
and enable us to discern,  in  a democratic manner,  what
is coming to pass, and to know what is not.

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