A  dream  shield  may  be  created  to evoke a sense of
identity,  to  express  one's  purpose in life,  or simply to
focus  on  a particular theme or question.  The shield I've
drawn  here  was  created  to  help  me understand one of
my relationships with the Earth.  Symbols related to this
theme were taken from various dreams and released into
the circle.  They seemed to arrange themselves naturally.
The   finished   shield    provokes   my   imagination   and
prompts me to become conscious of its lesson.





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Call for Testimonies

      Alissa    Goldring,    a    graduate   student   at   the
Humanistic     Psychology     Institute,     is    collecting
testimonies   concerning   instances   of   dreaming  of
something-objects,  words,  persons-that  the dreamer
had never heard of before,  but which later turned out
to have important  personal  significance.  She relates
an example from her own dreams:

     "I  had a dream where  I heard what sounded like 'Que
mantra, Shatero!'  The phrase baffled me.  I recognized
'mantra,'  but not the last word.  A year later  I  heard that
last word again,  in  a  story,  and  I  tracked it down to an
Indian  creation  myth,  where  Shateropa  was  the  first
woman   on   earth.   I   found   the   myth   to  have  many
implications  for  my  personal  situation;  and  it  led me
into deeper aspects of my being."

      If you've had a similar experience,  please describe
it in a letter to Alissa, c/o Sundance, Box 595, Virginia
Beach,  Virginia  23451.  She'll  answer  each  of  your
letters,  and  will  publish  in  our  journal  a summary
report of her findings.

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