Gasoline

The Dreamer is inside of his bed. Then the Dreamer leaves his bed behind and travels in a golden arc. Then the Dreamer is in the parents bedroom of his childhood apartment. The room is dark; the Dreamer can only see the outlines of his parents in gold; they are not human, but large cats, jaguars.

Then the Dreamer is outside with his Wife, playing golf. The golf tee is made of copper and split like a “Y”. The Wife tells the Dreamer that there are thousands of versions of himself.

Then the Dreamer is inside his friend Rory’s house. Old friends are sitting around a table. The Dreamer is introduced by an old friend Bob to an old friend, Tony, as a psychologist. The Dreamer shakes Tony’s hand. There is an unknown female next to Tony. Then everyone is holding a red gas contain. Then Rory tells the Dreamer how the gas container itself is made of toxic substances.

Then everybody is eating off of the floor. Then the Dreamer is looking at a matchbox.

Then the Dreamer is inside of the garage of an old friend, Alex. There are cardboard boxes stacked high. Then the Dreamer is organizing the storage unit, and getting rid of some items. Then there is a large selection of books on the wall. An old high school friend is there. The Dreamer is looking at the selection of books on a shelf, among the boxes, none of the books look interesting to him.

Context: The first part of this dream series “the jaguars” was unusual in that there was waking-body consciousness, like an OOBE.

Motifs: gold is a recurring theme, gas (as a toxic substance), storage unit organization

Associations: jaguars, predators; golf, new; Rory, Bob, Tony, Alex childhood friends; books, unapplied knowledge

Interpretation: This is a dream about the start of a new perspective. The Dreamer is seeing himself in a different light, on an instinctive level; the Dreamer is encouraged to see that it is not only the gas but also that which contains the gas is toxic. The Dreamer looking at a matchbox in a room full of gas cans is a dangerous proposition. The Dreamer is certainly reorganizing his unconscious storage. Curiously, the books are not yet packed up…I’m not sure what the Dreammaker is suggesting; that the books get packed up? That the Dreamer light a match to that whole identity complex? It is certainly within the Dreamer’s capability to do so, but is that kind of violence the answer? Should the Dreamer be trying to psychologize his childhood? Is there a point?