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storm  together   to   make  a  mob.  One  of  my  dreams
expresses the problem more constructively:

     We  are  getting ready to go to the dream dance. Some
of us have our dream shields, others of us don't. Since the
dance  can't  start  until  all  the  dancers  have made their
shields, the shielded dancers are cheering on the others.

     The  meaning  is clear.  Each of us who wishes to play
the  dream  game   will   have   to  learn  for  himself  the
personal  meaning  of  his  dream  symbols.  But  we  can
certainly  help  one  another  learn.  If  it  is to be, we can
learn to cooperate with one another and with our dreams
to   create   a   genuinely   helpful   Community    Dream
Journal.
   Here    the    hypothesis    of    the   Sundance
Experiment  has   an  immediate,  concrete  and  testable
application.  It  will  be  interesting  to  see  what we will
dream up.

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