The Cinema of Alchemy (John Dotson’s dream of August 13, 2020)

The dream unfolds as a cinematic event, the dream action being filmed.

In an extended sequence of dramatic complication, the goal appears to be a hidden treasure, and all the action is thus focused upon it.

Now in close-ups of a niche in a stone wall, a box is discovered resting on a ledge.

The box holds within it another box, and then another box in the box within the box. The final box appears, reddish-hued and elaborately studded. It is a very carefully crafted antique chest, formed as a tightly fitting triptych.

An aged hand reaches out to unfold the two wings and reveal what lays in the middle:

It is a large, heavy bracelet of solid gold, exquisitely refined, and very brightly gleaming.

The shape is an ouroboric trumpet.