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the
Sun Dance. Another dream detects
the orgiastic,
sexual roots of the Sundance
motif, its ancestry in
fertility rites. The quest for power is also portrayed. The
inner/outer aspects of the community dimension of
the
archetype is expressed in the dream of
the "school for
executives." Even when the
dreamer is in his "own
company," the question arises concerning
who is in
"control."
The dreams that
anticipate the Journal seem more
innocent in tone than the dreams
that were dreamed
after reading the Journal. One dream hints at part
of the
difficulty of translating a good idea
into practice: By
"moonlight" while we dream, we can dance
together in a
carefree spirit. But with the
light of day, there is a
tendency to become regimented, all
traveling on the
same, crowded road. The solution
given is personal
initiative. Leadership is paradoxically provided
by the
person who struggles to find his
"own way" home. As
another dream expresses it, we
have to "account to
ourselves."
There is a concern
for the welfare of the "children."
Will they find the "game"
too difficult to play? One
dreamer is concerned that the "wheel game" might be
too
difficult for children, but then sees that it might not be if
they proceed "one step at
a time." This dreamer then
seems to point to the process of developing analogies of
the Sundance motif: seeing "children
singing, playing
and dancing every game ever known that forms a circle."
The last dream warns
that we do not want "imitation
Indian" toys, but something "solid." The
image of "stone
rings of lapis, coral and jade" is intriguing. What is
being
suggested?
There is a wealth of information
in the dreams but we
have limited space in which to comment.
Besides, we
would like to receive interpretations
from others. We
also have many questions. What is the
meaning of the
"melting teeth caps"twelve
of them? What is the
significance of the colors, "black and violet"?
Is there a
"Philippino dance" that
is somehow related to
the
Sundance motif?
What meaning
do you find in the dreams? What
questions do you have? Let us hear from you.
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