Dreams in a time of loss: how the departed return to those who are learning to live on
“In grief, dreams become the place where what was cut off by day still manages to be spoken through at night.”
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Dreams of zombies: an encounter with what moves without you
“Zombies come in dreams to those who have long lived on autopilot and, one night, at last notice that their feet are walking without them.”
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Dreams in which you witness something mortal: what your life is to do with what you have seen
“To witness in a dream is a particular position. The psyche shows you that something in your reality you have already seen, but have not yet worked through.”
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Dreams in which you become the victim: the moment when your life meets another’s violence, and what follows
“Such a dream is not a prophecy. It is a signal about the place where in your life you feel helpless before another’s will, and where this helplessness has long awaited a response.”
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Dreams of an attempt to end life: the image behind which stands your tiredness and a longing for radical change
“Such a dream is not a prediction. It is a symbol of despair in which a part of you wants to end not life, but an unbearable state of things.”
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Dreams of resurrection: the return of what seemed lost forever
“Resurrection in a dream is not mysticism. It is the image of the return of what seemed already dead in your life, to which the psyche suddenly gives new breath.”
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Dreams of a funeral: the ritual in which your life gives a name and a place to completion
“A funeral in a dream is not about the future. It is a sacred ritual of completion by which the psyche marks an important crossing and gives it a form.”
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Dreams of death: the boundary at which your life asks “what is ending and what is beginning”
“Death in a dream is not a prediction. It is an ancient symbol of completion, after which something new always follows; the psyche chooses it to mark an important crossing.”
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Dreams of being killed: consenting to a change larger than the former “I”
“In dreams we are killed not by enemies, but by old forms of ourselves whose time is simply up.”
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Dreams of killing: a farewell to the part that has lived its time
“In dreams we do not kill people, but the forms we have outgrown.”
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Dreams of a past life: what you recognize without remembering
“Dreams of past lives visit those in whom a memory is beating that they have not yet called their own.”
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Dreams of the afterworld: the other shore you look into without crossing
“The afterworld visits the dreams of those in whom a large question of meaning is rising for the first time.”
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Dreams of a grave: the point where one thing ends and memory begins
“A grave visits the dreams of those in whom something has finished its life — or something is not yet fully buried.”
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Dreams of a cemetery: the place where memory grows quiet
“A cemetery visits the dreams of those who carry within them a country where the departed live.”
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Dreams of a ghost: a past that has not yet found its place
“A ghost visits those who carry a story not yet fully turned into the past.”
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Dreams of the deceased calling you to follow: what the heart is really asking for
“When the one who has gone calls you in a dream, it almost always speaks of something in your life that is asking for attention.”
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Dreams of the deceased looking young and healthy: the image of the peace that surrounds them at last
“The dead come young and healthy to those in whom the loss is beginning to heal.”
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Dreams of the deceased asking something of you: what still needs your answer
“The dead ask, in dreams, those in whom they trust the request will be heard.”
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Dreams of conversation with the deceased: a voice that outlives the person
“The dead speak in the dreams of those still ready to hear them.”
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Dreams of meeting a deceased relative: a presence that does not end
“The dead come in dreams to those in whom something still remembers them alive.”
