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: Hundreds of real dreams
A BASIC INTRO to what dreams are about
BASIC
TECHNIQUES to interpret dreams
DREAM
DICTIONARY A to Z of symbols complete with essays on symbols in everyday real
uses
BASIC SYMBOLISM - DREAM
SYMBOLS : Basements
- Your boss
- Best friend
- Babies/pregnant
- Brothers
- Cafes
- Cars
- Castles
- Children
- Creative dreams
- Clothes
- Churches and cathedrals
- Deaths
- Demons,witches and goblins
- Dogs
- Drink and drugs
- Farms, gardens and plants
- Factories
- Fathers
- Faucets/taps/pipes
- Food
- Earthquakes and volcanos
- Foreign Countries
- Grandparents
- Guards
- Guns and knives
- Horses and animals
- Hauntings
- Hospitals
- Hotels + huge buildings
- Houses
- Locks
- Men(unknown)
- Military -
Money
- Mothers
- Monster
- Mountains
- Movies
- Music
- People
- Police
- Phone
- Politics
- Planes and flying
- Prison -
Rivers
- Rapists and intruders
- Railways
- Roads
- Schools
- Sea
- Sex
- Shops
- Sisters
- Skies in dreams
- Skyscrapers and tall buildings
- Snakes and spiders
- Space
- Sports
- Street
- Teeth
- Tidal waves
- Time
- Toilets in dreams
- Towns and streets
- Trees
- Water
- Weddings and engagements
- Windows
- Work
OTHER
SUBJECTS: external
causes of dreams : Music
in dreams :
Premonitions :
Telepathy : Specific
dreams :
Synonyms in dreams :
Children's
dreams and dreams about your child :
Recurring dreams CASE STUDIES :
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HOTEL : Hotels are quite tricky symbols. Its probably best if you do
not concentrate on the symbolic meaning of the hotel as it may mean several
things. Hotels are symbols of care and attention. It can link to moments when
you are receiving help from others around you and also moments when you feel
put upon and are having to do everything for someone. Hotels are also symbols
of other people and the outside world. They may link to other people and the
opinions that thye hold. We are a guest of their thoughts and opinions. Finally
hotels may symbolise a lack of security and permanent home in your life -
a temporary situation.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "I got some really good help from ..."
- "she was really very helpful"
- "they want me to sort everything out for them!"
- "I am really not getting the support and encouragement I need"
- "I have no real home right now"
- "its not mine I am just a guest here"
MANSION : Mansions will generally symbolise the effect the outside
world has had on us. They show how the world is having an impact in shaping
our thoughts and feelings. Mansions will often link to situations where the
feelings of yourself and those of others are very closely linked. They link
to situations where what you do impacts on others. So look for situations
and emotions linked very much with other people.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "But I realise that my gain is his loss."
- "What happened to him really has had an impact on me"
- "I am trying to make everyone feel better"
- "I am just not getting the right response from them"
- "she would not let me help her"
- "she is forcing me to respond"
ESSAYS
HOTELS
in dreams : A detailed essay on the symbolism of hotels
MANSIONS
in dreams : A study of mansions in practical dream interpretation
SKYSCRAPERS
: What do skyscrapers link to in real dream studies
BASEMENTS
: The symbolic meaning of basements in dreams
HOUSES
: What do houses mean in dreams
HUGE
HOUSES : What do huge houses mean in dreams
STAIRS
: A detailed essay using real examples
CHURCHES
: a detailed analysis of churches in dreams
HOSPITALS
: the symbolic significance of hospitals
DREAM
DICTIONARY : A study of real symbolic meanings of dreams
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DREAM STUDIES : featuring hotels and other large buildings
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THE DREAM - I am in some hotel or guest house. I am in the section
which appears to be my flat. I am looking around and I seem to like it. There
is some stairs which leads to a kitchen at the top. It has my bike in it.
The bedroom and living room are on the middle floor. Then there are some stairs
which lead to the outside.
Suddenly the top door opens and two people - who appear to be afro Caribbean
tourists - walk in and walk through my flat down to the outsides. I am quite
shocked at this.
I investigate the downstairs and there appears to be a door which leads to
the ground floor. That is the hotel section. I look at that. There is some
food there. I am trying to search out for all the exits and entrances to my
flat. I am disturbed that someone can walk in and through my flat.
I then go up the stairs. At one level there is a cafe. It appears to be some
kind of sad cafe. There is someone who I think I know but cannot quite think
who it is. His name is Patrick Ardent. He appears to be the cashier working
on the till. At one stage I get stopped by the man who appears to be the owner
of the hotel. He says is there anything I can do for you.
I am then on the top floor. I am coming down the stairs quite rapidly - as
fast as I can. There are several people going down the stairs at the same
time.
THE REALITY This dream represented the criticism of someone on the dreamer.
He had been openly critical and very personal of the dreamer at a club they
both visited. The person criticizing him was a new member who disliked how
the dreamer liked to take over.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I got criticised by the new member at the club yesterday. It was very
personal criticism. I do not think anyone seriously listened to him but still
I want to appear less arrogant."
THE INTERPRETATION If something big happens on the day before the dream its
often worth assuming that the dream is about that. You may make an initial
analysis to see how the symbols fit with that topic. Here there was a subject
that was likely to cause a dream. The dreamer had been personally criticised
for his dominant role in the club he goes to. On further inspection the dream
symbols do seem quite consistent.
The dream features some intruders. They walk straight through the dreamers
apartment in a hotel. Intruders in this sense represent the way that the dreamer
feels personally criticised for the way he behaves in the club. Perhaps the
tourists also symbolise an element of real life. They symbolise the person
criticizing the dreamer. The dreamer felt that this new guy at the club was
probably not likely to stick around(hence a tourist). The dreamer also seems
to have an apartment in this hotel. Thats also symbolic of real life in that
the dreamer is a member of this real life club but also is making this his
home. He in other words feels at home he and acts like its a second home.
Food in dreams can often symbolise interest and the ability to get people
interested in what you say. In this case food appears twice in this dream.
Perhaps the upstairs 'sad cafe' represents the dreamers reflections on his
own behavior. No one is in the cafe. This shows that the dreamer is listening
and reflecting on what has been said to him - that he tries to take over and
that what he says is really not that interesting.
So underlying the dream is the fact that the dreamer is assessing what someone
said to him and maybe altering his own behavior. He does take a dominant role
in the club but should perhaps tone things down. So perhaps he should try
to alter his behavior and act like he owns the place.
Symbolic Meanings
ARDENT : "a wordplay - very vociferous and determined. "
BED : "something affects you very personally"
CAFE : "trying to interest people in what you say"
INTRUDER : "the dreamer feels very personally criticised"
OWNER : "the dreamer does not own the club he is merely a guest like everyone
else and should not act like he does own the club"
SHOCK : "the dreamer shocked at the personal criticism"
TOP FLOOR : "commanding and confident"
TOURIST : "the dreamer is criticised by someone who is not likely to be there
for long - he is paying a temporary visit then will probably go"
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DREAM TIP : During the day we store everything that happens in short
term memory. Then at night we work through these new feelings. At the same
time we reshape our emotions and integrate these new feelings into long term
memory banks. Finally we clear short term memory banks ready to start the
whole process again. This is very important to understand dreams. They represent
the ways in which our feelings have been reshaped by the previous day.
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THE DREAM - I was in this huge house. There was a room I was in and
I could not get out. There was a man stopping me.
THE REALITY The dreamer was trapped in a certain problem in his life. Once
the problem went away the dreams stopped.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I am stuck in this problem"
THE INTERPRETATION In the dream the dreamer was trapped. That is a string
clue and usually represented some way in which the dreamer is trapped. In
this way the dream signified how the dreamer was trapped in a certain way
of thinking.
Men in dreams represent negative male emotions such as determination and stubbornness.
This was the how the dreamer tended to react. It was a problem with the people
around him.
The large building represents the wider world. So this dream also situates
this problem within the wider world of people who come into contact with him.
In this case the huge building represents the impact the man has on the outside
world.
Symbolic Meanings
HOUSE : "your own personality and how you adapt to things happening "
HUGE HOUSE : "your own personality and how it is shaped and molded by the
outside world and the feelings of other people"
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THE DREAM I am outside the Football stadium of Real Madrid. There appears
to be a match about to start.
THE REALITY The dreamer was a teacher and was attempting to promote some ideas
in writing essays. He hoped to promote the need to base your arguments on
reality. To use many practical examples. This was a strategy that he started
to put into practice on the very day of the dream. These ideas had been forming
in his mind and now he was starting to implement them.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I have been thinking about how best to put across my ideas to my students.
I am trying to give as many examples as possible. Its about using as many
examples from reality as possible"
THE INTERPRETATION Football stadiums are very public place. Often public places
deal with issues which involve us with the world in general. Football also
links to issues involving our strong support for one side over another(football
involves passionate support). So in this sense the dream captures the dreamers
very public support for one way of writing essays. The Team involved is a
very clever word play.
The word "Real" links to his wish to keep things real and based on reality.
To write essays which feature many examples. Often we will dream about issues
involving our strategies. We often dream about work and how we will approach
it especially if the work involves working with people.
Symbolic Meanings
REAL MADRID : "the dreamer was trying to use as many REAL examples as
possible in his teaching"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams can include many bad synonyms and wordplays. If
dreams include place names or any names at all try to think what emotions
they provoke in you. Place names which include the word NEW such as New York
can link to some new mood or feeling. These will help you establish what any
dreams are about.
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THE DREAM I started out in this house, a fairly large house, with a
stone patio on a flat surface. This was something that I have never seen before,
something European like, but I have not been there. My friend Derek, he was
with me, and over the patio was this garden. But not just any garden, a garden
with stone pillars and vines and arch ways and such.
Over on a small hill, but in the yard, was this unknown building. Derek wanted
to go there, and insisted that we take a look. We were on our way to a show
of some sort, so I told him to wait for later. He still insisted to look,
but when we got there, it was no bigger than a childs toy and it was a court
house, with a judge an jury thing. (No people) then, I walked to the show,
and when in this brown building. I appeared in what was a brown cardboard
box, and I started to paint in it, (it was big enough to lay down) I painted
a night sky with stars and evergreen trees. It was a winter scene and the
painting started to become alive. I was walking on snow, and I could look
at the stars, (but there were still sides to the box so it wasn't an open
area). I had this mission to paint snow on the needles of the tree and such.
So I lay down, and start painting the sky purples and black and oranges to
make it more, vibrant.
Then I was whisked away and I was in the brown building again, I ran up some
escalator, and in my dream I felt a male presence. I made my way up this escalator,
and at the top, someone said "chopped in half" and then this woman (contentedly)
was making her way up the escalator, and in my dream I knew when she reached
the top she was going to get grinded by the teeth of the stairs and just get
bloody mangled in it. I was oddly excited in my dream and I wanted to see
blood and hear her scream (I have no hate toward anyone really no its not
like I wanted anyone to die in real life) but 2 seconds, before she reached
the top, homer simpson appeared beside me, and said "chopped in half" and
then JUST before the presumed bloody mess, my friend Sam woke me up and told
me it was time to get ready for the day. Very strange, and I am still very
eager to see this horror show. I wasn't scared in my dream, I was oddly patiently
awaiting this woman to die.
THE REALITY The dreamer had recently spilt from her husband of many years.
But she was unwilling to let go - she believed that he would eventually come
back. She was prepared to wait for him even though the prospect's did not
look good at the time. She truly believes that her love will last forever.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I know I have split from my husband but I feel that eventually we
will get back together. I know we are meant for each other."
THE INTERPRETATION Well the dreamer clearly had very strong feelings on her
mind. In such circumstances it is often best to see those feelings as a possible
cause of the dream and look for evidence in the symbols of those feelings.
The dream features foreign lands and that clearly links to reality as the
dreamer is clearly in new and unknown territory. Its fairly unfamiliar ground.
The dream starts off in a large house - huge houses often link to the outside
world and how it is affecting the dreamer. In this case the most obvious person
to be affecting the dreamer is the opinions of her husband and his belief
that she needs to accept that the marriage is over.
Gardens are symbolic of strong new feelings that are growing and taking root
in our lives. Perhaps this symbolises the belief that the marriage was not
over that was keeping the dreamer going. The archways are symbols of support
and that too would link in nicely with reality. The feelings - though in many
peoples eyes unrealistic - were strengthening and supporting her.
Brown is a color which links to reality and a need to be practical. The brown
building therefor maybe links to a need to be practical and realistic. The
dreamer is been led here by her friend - possibly showing her that this is
in her own best interests.
But within all these symbols of reality the dreamer is also looking to the
future. The picturing of the nights sky shows how the dreamer is seeing the
future. The sky often links to the future( the land symbolises day to day
reality whilst the sky links to the future and things which are not settled).
So the picture of the nights sky shows the dreamers feelings of the future.
The snow symbolises the present state of her relationship - its hard times.
The evergreen trees though can link to the resilience of her feelings. Evergreen
trees can symbolise the ever lasting nature of her love.
Then the brown building appears again. That shows that practical reality is
constantly invading her thoughts and bringing her down to reality. She is
constantly been faced with the truth about her relationship at present.
Symbolic Meanings
BLOOD : "injured feelings and pride due to the breakdown of her marriage"
BROWN : "grounded in the real world - looking at the facts"
COURT : "being judged"
EVERGREEN : "having to cope with the harsh climate - her relationship with
her husband is in a very cold period "
GARDEN : "ways of thinking you are trying to encourage - the dreamer is planting
the belief that things will work out"
MISSION : "driven to do something - the dreamer is consumed by her desire
to restore her marriage"
PAINTING : "picturing how she wants to be"
SKY : "anticipation and outlook for the future - the dreamers thoughts about
the future restoration of her marriage"
SNOW : "lack of momentum - the dreamers husband is treating her in a very
cold way "
TREE : "things firmly rooted in you - her marriage is deeply rooted and important
to her"
WINTER : "bleak times within her marriage"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams are about pivotal moments in our emotions. They
represent change. For instance you may suddenly decide that someone you know
is not to be trusted. So on balance you have decided to alter your view.
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THE DREAM - I am in a hotel - the grand hotel . it is dilapidated and
falling to bits. I can see right out into the street... the window frame is
not even in place.
THE REALITY The dream captured some moment from the dreamers previous day.
The dreamer had previously been attracted to a woman in the past. He now had
to deal with her and was no longer attracted to her. She had been aware of
his attraction before but nothing ever came of it. The dream was about being
aware of this woman. It was just a weird situation. He wanted to just ignore
her but he was weighing up the consequences of doing that.
THE INTERPRETATION Hotels are symbols of the outside world and its influence
on us. The dreamer did not want to get involved with a woman he knew from
the past.
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THE DREAM I am near some mansion. It appears to be quite elegant and
its in the countryside. There seems to be some connection with a lord who
is a major gambler. He is also a bounder and a criminal. I seem to be reading
a newspaper for the horse racing.
THE REALITY The dreamer was to be featured in a local newspaper. He actually
lied about one or two things in order to make his image seem better.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I had to do an interview for the local newspaper. I told them a lie
but I am sure I will get away with it because the chances of them finding
out the truth are very remote."
THE INTERPRETATION Dreams are very much linked to the previous day. Here there
was issue that came to mind for the dreamer. He had lied in an interview about
himself for the local newspaper. That was quite a good fit for the dream.
The dream features a mansion. Mansions are huge houses and any large building
in dreams symbolises your personality and the outside world. Its an issue
involving other people.
The lie is also covered in several other senses. The gambling is a sign of
risk taking and the chance of being found out. The criminal is symbolic of
the dreamers awareness that he has done something wrong. The Lord symbolises
his attempts to make himself seem more important. The countryside may even
be symbolic of the dreamers knowledge that his lie will be difficult to detect
- the countryside is remote and cut off.
Symbolic Meanings
COUNTRYSIDE : "remote - the dreamers lie is not likely to be found out "
CRIMINAL : "the dreamers awareness he has done something wrong - told a lie
in this interview"
GAMBLER : "taking a risk - the chance of a lie being found out"
LORD : "trying to make yourself appear as important as you can"
MANSION(Large building) : "Some feeling that is connected in some way to the
outside world. Your thoughts and feelings are being shaped by the outside
world"
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DREAM TIP : One way to really understand dreams is to wait until something
big happens. If some event occured and you simply could not stop thinking
about it all day then its very likely that your dreams that night will be
about this. So look carefully at the feelings you have on this issue and try
to link them to the various possible symbolic meanings.
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THE DREAM My dream starts out with a girl who seems to be my friend
in this dream. She was a beautiful, blonde, perfect body. She convinced me
to come with her to the playboy mansion. I definitely wanted to go but I was
a little nervous. She introduced me to Hugh Hefner and I wasn't interested
in him at all. We walked into a large room that looked like a court yard with
a fountain and a bar. I spoke with a body guard and he made me feel a little
uneasy. Next thing I know I'm taking a yoga class or something with all these
other playboy models. I stood up from whatever I was doing and knocked over
something. Next thing I know everyone was staring at me. There was this elegant
woman in her 50's (I'm 25) and she took me over to the side and said that
I was special and wanted to talk to me in privet. Everyone watched us walk
into this glass room with plants and a marble bench. I could see them doing
there exercises with Hugh. I could see them but they couldn't see me. This
woman was opening up to me and telling me her feelings about the place and
her life. Then she told me she was attracted to me. I knew the discussion
was over but I was intrigued by this woman. I wanted to know more about her.
I wanted to get to know her. All of a sudden she grabs me and starts making
out with me. I felt passionate content. Then I realized what I was doing and
so did she and we stopped mutually. I was fine about what happened. We walked
out of the glass house and I went back to the class.
THE REALITY The dreamer is trying to move forward after being raped. She finds
it difficult to enjoy the company of men in the way she would like to. She
has been seeing a therapist to help her. She is an attractive woman and gets
lots of numbers and whistles whilst on the bus to work.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I was raped and I am trying to come to terms with this. I am trying
to have a more mature attitude towards sex. My therapist has been helping
me to grow as a person."
THE INTERPRETATION Well the Playboy Mansion has got to be some kind of sexual
symbol. In this case the dreamer has been raped and is undergoing therapy
to help her understand herself a little more. So its likely that this is the
background knowledge around which the dream rests.
Houses in dreams tend to link to our own personalities. They symbolise issues
which involve us looking at our own behavior and monitoring our own actions.
Mansions and other large houses tend to involve the effects of the outside
world on our own personalities. They symbolise major events and situations
which are shaping our thinking. In this case the mansion probably represents
the dreamers own therapist. The therapist is helping her understand herself
and her actions. So the dream probably represents her own attempts at self
knowledge and improvement.
The Yoga class is probably a specific symbol for the therapist. The yoga class
symbolises attempts to calm herself down and become more peaceful within her
own mind.
The woman in the dream is a playboy model and also a lot older. Perhaps the
age represents her need to grow up and become more responsible and thoughtful
for her own life. The dreamer is not unattractive in real life so the playboy
model represents how she is attempting through therapy to become more at ease
with her sexuality.
In the end though she pulls back from the kiss. The woman in the dream represents
an ideal which has been built up within her mind. She has been pointed in
a direction by her therapist but although she wants to pursue this ideal and
maybe agrees with it as a goal she somehow is failing to achieve this in reality.
That she is not quite ready to be totally at ease with her own sexuality.
Symbolic Meanings
PLAYBOY MANSION : "attempts by the dreamers therapist to help the dreamer
come to terms with sexual issues"
YOGA CLASSES : "specific help to the dreamer - lessons in becoming more
relaxed with her sexuality"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams are symbolic of our feelings. Dreams capture our
reactions to events and situations in our lives. They are not interested in
the facts about any given situation. So when you get an end of the world dream
its probably linked to some situation where it feels like the end of the world.
That could mean anything. It could mean you have just turned thirty and feel
that its an absolute disaster.
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THE DREAM I am in some community centre. There is the Tardis there
with Doctor Who(he is a time traveler). It is a very dark room. I have closed
the curtains but there is a mirror which can see in. I feel embarrassed in
the dream
THE REALITY The day before the dreamer met a friend from the past. They got
talking and he felt embarrassed because his friend had done so well for himself.
During the conversation his friend mentioned how lacking money he was. The
dreamer felt this was a joke when in fact he then realised that his friend
was serious.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I met an old friend yesterday and he mentioned how poor he was. It
was just a joke but I looked around his house and he seemed to be doing really
well. It just made me think"
THE INTERPRETATION The dream featured a time machine('The Tardis' from 'Doctor
Who'). This is a fairly easy symbol to track down. You just look for some
connection to the past or future. In this case the dreamer had met someone
from the past. In meeting him he had traveled in time. Things had changed
radically and in meeting his friend in some ways he was meeting his old self.
He was thinking how he used to be and how things had changed.
The closed curtains perhaps symbolised the wish to conceal his own circumstances.
He felt completely poor compared to his prosperous friend. In the dream the
dreamer felt emarassed that people could see into the room so he was closing
the curtains. That captured the sense of embarassement in reality.
Symbolic Meanings
CURTAINS CLOSED: "the dreamer was embarrassed at his own situation compared
to his friends prosperity. He wanted to conceal how badly he was doing"
MIRROR: "the dreamers friend had mentioned the day before how poor he
was - the friends comments made him think about himself. He realised what
he considered poor and what his friend considered poor were completely different
things."
TIME MACHINE : "The dreamer meets someone from the past - he was traveling
in his mind through time. Thinking about the past and the present"
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DREAM TIP : The dream mind is a conceptual mind. Therefor try to think
about the kinds of conceptual thoughts and emotions currently occupying your
mind. Try to write down some quotes which capture your feelings on major issues
concerning you and especially events from the day before the dream . For instance
think of quotes like "I have been unhappy at work recently", or "I had a really
strange conversation with my best friend yesterday and don't know what to
make of it". Its quotes like this which interest our dream minds. Try to link
your dreams to conceptual thoughts currently rising to the surface of your
mind.
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of real dreams that are correctly interpreted. If you feel you can link a
dream with something in your life then please e-mail me at hairybobby2000@yahoo.co.uk
(please try to give as many details as possible. Explain each person in the
dream and your feelings about them. Give background details about major issues
affecting your life right now and especially any strong feelings you felt
on the day before the dream).