Dream to Dream
This page is devoted to a dialogue carried out through the medium of dreams. Dreams can be shared here, along with responses that take the form of other dreams, related images, associations, and/or poetry. In responding associatively, you might want to offer visual images, sounds, or music that could be embedded in your post or accessed through hyperlinks. Please do not submit interpretations or analyses of dreams.
When you send in a dream, give it a title and indicate the (approximate) date you had it, along with your name or initials, unless you wish to remain anonymous.* If you are responding to a dream that has already been posted, identify it by title.
Post your dreams and responses to:
dreamshare@embodyingcyberspace.com
(*If you decide to post website material anonymously, please identify yourself in your initial e-mail. Your anonymity will be preserved in publishing the material.)
The Body Lays Down Its Wholeness (Steven Rosen’s dream of June 20, 2010)
I am posting here the original audio recording of a dream recollection I had right after waking up. The dream seems to suggest that the healing process requires a tangible gesture of the body, one that may involve a carnal sacrifice on the part of the healer.
My Father as my Child (Steven Rosen’s dream of September 24, 1985)
I am now experimenting with presenting dreams through the medium of sound, since I feel this has the potential of communicating the dream process in a more immediate, more embodied way than is possible through the written word. This first audio dream was recorded digitally a couple of weeks ago from the original written record [...]
Metamorphosis (John Dotson’s dream of June 1, 2010)
An extended vivid dream sequence in real time… a gathering of many folks for purposes of celebration but also for an expedition–though the details are unclear and departure is not imminent. There are multiple loops of activities and intrigues and light-spiritedness along with steadfast determination somehow interlacing all the actions.
I meander into an outdoor area [...]
Animal and Anima (Steven Rosen’s dream of April 18, 2001 — associating to John Dotson’s “Dream within a Dream”)
My closest friends are gathered with me, visiting me. A terrible thing then happens: my friends are slaughtered by a group of wild animals (lions, tigers, etc.). The group is led by a mysterious black woman. I picture her in an African-style robe and holding a staff.
I am utterly grief-stricken, weeping inconsolably. There is a [...]
Dream within a Dream (John Dotson’s dream of March 11, 2010)
The dream is richly architectured, the sequences occuring in a couple of highly familiar settings–school, workplace.
The situation is that I am preparing to set out on a journey, and/or continue one. Some intricate planning, packing has been involved. A van is ready. Not traveling alone. One complete scene where unexpected companions arise [arrive?]–raising some psychological [...]
Liquid Stone (John Dotson’s dream of January 22, 2010)
In Tennessee, a gathering in the old neighborhood. In the old house at 914. Very dynamic, high energy. This is going to be a major convergence, and already is. Friends have come from Seattle, it appears, to take things in with me. Many family members, living and dead, are gathering. I am best off with [...]
Necessity or Chance? (John Dotson’s dream of January 1, 2010)
This dream is very vivid and rich in sensory details. I have re-engaged with an experimental radio station where I once worked. Somehow, many folks have reconnected to give it another try. Several productions are in progress, and we are on-the-air. The productions are expansive and not limited to radio. The facilities are still coming [...]
South Access Rd (Nuala Flynn’s dream of Christmas morning, 2009)
I dreamt several months ago of finding myself at the South Pole and it being the place of spiritual home.
In the present dream, I meet Helen - she is walking home from church. She is a churchgoer, I am not, but I had attended Midnight mass at her church the night before this dream. I know in [...]
The Violence of Creativity (John Dotson’s dream of September 27, 2009)
I was moving through interior spaces, willfully–with a determination to carry on a creative project I am working on. Somehow the situation is both getting desperate and also coming to a crucial turning point. I feel that I am in some kind of trance, a creative spell, a daimonic possession. I can feel the glances [...]
John Dotson’s Associations to “The Soul’s Eyes”
Just to let you know three quick associations I have:
First, the water streaming out of the body brings to mind the image of Christ on the cross and the stream of water that issued from the body when struck by a spear in his side.
Second, the number 8, in addition to being your chapter number, [...]