Dreams of a house fire: fire passing through the familiar structure of your life
“A house fire comes in dreams to those in whom something large and hot no longer fits inside the old walls.”
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Dreams of an elevator: when swift transport between floors shows where you are now changing level not by your own steps
“An elevator in a dream is a way of saying to the psyche: I am ready to change level, but not everything is in my hands.”
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Dreams of a staircase: when the steps show which direction your inner floor is now going
“A staircase in a dream is the most precise metaphor for inner movement: between layers, floors, levels of yourself.”
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Dreams of a house being built: when your future already has a frame but not yet a roof
“A house being built in a dream is your project of the future in one of its living moments: the frames are already there, but the walls are not yet, and this state in itself already means much.”
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Dreams of an abandoned building: when desolation shows which part of yourself you have long not visited
“Abandoned walls in a dream are a precise hint about which rooms of your life now stand without light and without care.”
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Dreams of someone else’s house: when you end up inside another’s life and learn more about your own than you expected
“Someone else’s house in a dream is the mirror in which it is easiest to see the shape of our own life, because it is not on display.”
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Dreams of the childhood home: when returning to the roots teaches you to notice who you have become
“The childhood home in a dream is the point from which it becomes visible how far you have come and what you took with you.”
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Dreams of a secret room: when what you have not even told yourself opens in your house
“A secret room in a dream is a space only the psyche knows about, and it opens when you are finally ready to enter.”
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Dreams of a corridor: when the passage shows the state in which you are passing your in-between
“A corridor in a dream is a path where nothing happens, but much is decided.”
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Dreams of a door: when you are shown which threshold in your life matters now more than others
“A door in a dream is the psyche’s precise indication of the place where it is now being decided what will remain behind and what will open ahead.”
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Dreams of the balcony and window: when the boundary of the home turns into a chance to look farther
“A window in a dream is the psyche’s way of showing how you know how to look from your inner to the large world outside.”
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Dreams of the attic: when the upper room of the house shows what has been kept above everyday life
“The attic in a dream is the space where dust and light meet and show you what has survived while you were living below.”
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Dreams of the basement: when you descend to what has long been put away below
“The basement in a dream is your personal underground room, where everything is kept for which no place has yet been found upstairs.”
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Dreams of the bathroom: when the most private room teaches you to be alone with yourself
“The bathroom in a dream is the space in which you are allowed to play none of your daytime roles.”
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Dreams of the kitchen: when the room where food is cooked shows how life itself is cooking in you
“The kitchen in a dream is not only a place for preparing food, but a space in which your own experience is digested.”
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Dreams of the bedroom: when your most hidden space tells how you treat what is tender in you
“The bedroom in a dream is the space of your softness, and what happens to it describes your relationship with what is most vulnerable in you.”
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Dreams of an apartment: when your personal space shows how you live alone with yourself
“An apartment in a dream is your inner size placed between walls within which you alone decide.”
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Dreams of a house: when your whole life shows up in the walls of one structure
“A house in a dream is yourself laid out across rooms: some visible, some hidden, some long locked.”
