How many ways are there to dream?

 

Let us count the ways...

Dreams come in many forms, from ordinary reflections of daily life to extraordinary experiences like lucid dreaming and prophetic dreams. Common types include normal dreams, vivid dreams, nightmares, recurring dreams, and daydreams. More unique dream types are lucid dreams, false awakenings, and even dreams that seem to predict the future.

The more common dreams include:

Normal Dreams...
These are the most frequent, often reflecting daily experiences and thoughts without strong symbolism or emotional intensity.

Vivid Dreams...
These dreams are characterized by intense realistic imagery and strong emotions, sometimes pleasant, and sometimes disturbing.

Nightmares...
These are distressing or frightening dreams that can cause feelings of anxiety or terror and may wake the dreamer.

Recurring Dreams...
These are dreams that repeat themselves, often featuring the same themes, settings, or characters, and may reflect unresolved issues or anxieties.

Daydreams...
These are conscious imaginative experiences that occur while awake, often involving fantasies or escapes from reality.

The more unique and less common dreams include:

Lucid Dreams...
In these dreams, the dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming and may even be able to influence the dream's events.

False Awakenings...
These occur when a person dreams they have woken up, only to realize later that they were still dreaming.

Prophetic/Precognitive Dreams...
These dreams are thought to involve glimpses of future events.

Night Terrors...
These are different from nightmares and occur during non-REM sleep, often involving screaming, flailing, and a lack of memory of the event upon waking.

Healing Dreams...
Some believe that dreams can play a role in physical and emotional healing.

Creative/Problem-Solving Dreams...
These dreams can offer insights, ideas, or solutions to waking life problems.

Epic Dreams...
These are dreams that are particularly vivid, memorable, and emotionally intense.  If you have had an epic dream, you will never forget it.

What is the rarest kind of dream?

That would be a "shared dream".  

Shared dreaming is the rarest type of dream, where two or more people enter the same dreamscape, according to some dream researchers.

I believe that I came close to shared dreaming with one of my daughters.  Although we were not in the dream together, both of the dreams we had on the same night were linked in a rather horrifying way:

The other night, on my way to see a movie with my daughters, I told them about my dream the night before. One of my daughters was intensely excited when I told her that I had a disturbing dream the night before, because she said she did too, and she wanted to compare them. As I began relating my dream to her, she said, “Oh, my!”, and virtually started bouncing in her seat.

My dream ~ 

There was a shadowy beginning part that was dark and ominous, like black and white quickened clips from a horror movie, most of which slipped from my mind, except that it involvd “A Man”. This man had something to do with the second part of this dream, which in contrast is starkly seared into my mind. Some dreams are like that, I believe, because they are more than just an ordinary dream. And this was one of those dreams.

The second part -- there was a knock on my front door. I opened it and heard someone say, “The police want to talk to you.” (Your stomach kind of goes thud when you hear those words.) I went outside, where there was a squad car with two officers sitting in the front seat. I stood by the passenger side, and the officer opened the car door. He was holding a child’s baby doll in his hands. He was crying , and he was retching, and he was trying to get ready to tell me something.

I realized in one sickening moment that it had to be something unusually gruesome and extremely horrific because of his reaction. I don’t think I wanted to hear what he was going to say. I woke myself up, which sounds odd, but I believe that I deliberately pulled myself from this dream.

My daughter’s dream ~ 

My daughter told me that she also dreamed of “A Man” on the same night. She said it was a terrible frightening dark and horrific nightmare. The man kidnapped her, and she said she tried and tried to escape from him, but she couldn’t.

Note:  This phenomenon, where multiple individuals share the same dream, is estimated to occur in only about 1 in 10,000 people.

What are dreams trying to tell you?

“Dreams are often about identity, because we're figuring out who we are and what we need, and the beliefs and perspectives we hold,” says Wallace. “If you feel unfulfilled, undervalued or not the person you want to be in waking life, your dreams will often reflect that."

What types of dreams should you absolutely not ignore?

I've chosen the dreams that strike a chord with me, follow this link for more dreams that may need your attention.

• Being lost or trapped:

Dreaming of being lost or trapped usually signifies uncertainty in a particular life situation, leaving you unsure about the steps to take. These dreams, whether you find yourself lost in a vast building, in the woods, or in a maze, evoke overwhelming feelings of being unable to find a way out. They mirror the complexities and challenges you may be facing in your financial, emotional, physical, or mental aspects of life.

• Falling or sinking

Dreams of falling from a tall building, or sinking into a large body of water like the ocean, evoke feelings of helplessness and being overwhelmed. Contrary to popular belief, these dreams are not predictions of death. Instead, they suggest discontentment or dissatisfaction with your current life situation. They may reflect fear of failure in certain endeavors, or risky choices you have made that are causing difficulties.

• Being chased

This dream is most common among individuals experiencing anxiety. It often involves being chased by someone, an animal, or something else. In reality, it represents running away from a specific situation, or an emotion you are not yet ready to confront, such as a breakup or grief.

• Flying

Dreams of flying are often exhilarating. They signify your readiness to make courageous choices, seeking liberation from the pressures of daily life, whether in relationships, work, or other aspects. 

• Being naked in public

Dreams of being naked in public symbolize a fear of judgment. Putting yourself out there can be daunting, requiring courage. Everyone has a fear of exposing vulnerabilities. Overcoming these negative feelings requires embracing self-acceptance. The dream encourages you to appreciate and love yourself, accepting the reflection you see in the mirror each morning.

What does it mean to dream about a deceased loved one?

This is often referred to as a "visitation dream", and people will often find these dreams comforting, or they will come away with needed information, often inspiration, or a resolution to a problem. 

The following dreams are dreams that my former husband and I had on the same night after his father had passed away.  These dreams were an odd combination of shared dreams, visitation dreams, and lucid dreaming:

My father-in-law passed away in a mid-June. He was a very controlling manipulative man. When he died, my husband and I were estranged from him. In my lifetime, I have experienced contact with people who have passed over. I knew that the spirit of this man would come. I just didn’t know how long it would take him to get a decent bearing in his new plane of existence. I was expecting him.

My dream ~

I and my husband’s family were in some kind of house.  I don’t know if it was a country club (that’s kind of what it felt like), a funeral home, or what. There were large, spacious rooms, people milling about, mostly family. A kitchen area was along side these rooms, a galley kitchen. You could walk in one end and walk out the other.

My husband and I were in the kitchen together for a few minutes. I think we were slightly peeved with each other for some reason. On leaving the kitchen, my husband went into one of the spacious living rooms to watch TV, and I turned to the right and went into another.

Not too much later, I was hungry and thirsty, so I got up and walked through the kitchen, coming out at the other end, where there was a small table of food and drinks sat up.  This table was in a smaller nook at the end of the kitchen, where a dining table sat, and several men were seated around it playing cards. My father-in-law was one of these men.

When he saw me at the small table of food, he gathered the cards up and rose from his chair, coming over to me, extending his hand. I thought he wanted to shake hands, so I extended my hand and he took it in his.

In a flash of a split second, I knew I had made a mistake. He didn’t want to shake my hand. He began squeezing it, gradually, fiercely, the look in his eyes evilly gleeful. He was enjoying what he was doing with unabashed devilish delight.

The strangest thing about this dream is that I knew within that split second that I was dreaming, and I knew, within that dream, that I was going to have to snatch my hand away before he could really hurt me. 

I looked into his eyes, and I said, “You bastard!”  Letting him know that I knew what he was up to, and I snatched my hand away at the last second, just before his grip would’ve tightened, and I wouldn’t have been able to get loose.

My former husband's dream ~

The irony of this dream doesn’t end here. When I told my husband about this dream, and the fact that I was expecting his father’s spirit to manifest here in some way, he told me that he had dreamed of his father on the same night. 

In my husband’s dream, his father is sitting on a bench talking quietly and calmly to him. My husband told me that my father-in-law left a message for me... he said to tell me that he apologized.

Sources & Recommended Reading:

Are Your Dreams Trying to Tell You Something?
www.the-independent.com

17 Common Dream Meanings You Should Never Ignore
by Sylvester Sadua
vocal.media/education

A Beginner's Guide to Lucid Dreaming

by Damian Blair

@ Amazon

Conscious Dreaming

by Robert Moss

@ Amazon

Why We Sleep

by Matthew Walker Phd

@ Amazon

Dream Dictionary

by Tony Crisp

@ Amazon

From The Witch's Desk ~ Dream Journal Entry: The Fetus

 

I keep a dream journal. I have for years; and I never cease to be amazed at the dreamscape world in our sub-conscious mind. Sometimes my dreams are a conglomeration of images and moments from my day, sometimes they are deceased relatives showing up to tell me something or to reassure me that they’re okay, and once in a while my dreams appear as a bizarre scenario, played out in this surrealistic plane:

The Fetus:

There was a dead fetus beneath our large lilac bush. It was very well formed, probably close to full term, umbilical cord attached, curled into a fetal position and laying on its side, its skin very gray in color.

We were standing around the lilac bush, beneath the trees, me and a group of police officers and detectives. The officers were meandering around, doing their business, talking amongst themselves. The detectives were talking to me and taking notes, scribbling on small notepads cupped in the palms of their hands.

One detective asked me, “Do you know of anyone living in your area who’s pregnant?”

I cringed inwardly and thought to myself– gawds, I really hate to implicate the neighbors. I said to the detective, “Yes, there is a girl in our neighborhood who’s pregnant, but this family seems to have things under control. Even though we don’t know them all that well, I’d be very surprised if they were involved in something like this.”

Then I stood silent while the detectives talked amongst themselves.

I got to thinking, while I was standing there, that there was no blood around the baby, the scene was in fact amazingly bloodless. Having a baby is messy, and the lack of blood would indicate that the baby had been born somewhere else and then deposited here.

I kept thinking there must be blood here somewhere. So, while I remained standing still in my spot, I began to look around the area in ever widening circles, slowly and deliberately, searching for some sign of blood on the ground, or in the grass.

Eventually I found it, a single drop of blood in the grass between the maple tree and the barn, near the garden. My first thought was: It’s a trail that leads straight to the neighbor's house. And I had this terrible sinking feeling. Then I thought– no, I can’t think that, because this also leads to the gate, a way out of the yard.

As the police were finishing up and preparing to move the body, I said to the detectives: “I have a request.” The detective paused, looking curiously at me. “I’d like to hold the baby once before you take it away.”

I knew before I made the request that they would think it was strange and it would make them suspicious. First, they began to question me about my own daughters. I told them what they wanted to know, reassured them that none were pregnant, and if one had been as far along as this baby was, we would certainly have known it.

Then one of the detectives said to me, “Why do you want to hold the baby?”

I told him, “We have all been standing around here repulsed and shuddering at this baby, and this is not suppose to be the reaction at a baby’s birth.”

I felt sorry for it, that it was so unwanted. I hoped that the spirit of the child would feel the comfort of being held.

My Mother's Ghost

You'll find this post at my other blog,
Magickal Connections:

https://wytchymystique.com/2019/09/05/my-mothers-ghost/

"She talked about how nothing can grow and thrive without trust, and that learning to trust someone is like a leap of faith, just like jumping off that cliff. You’ll just know in a weird unexplainable way that they will catch you and safeguard your heart and soul, because they are who they are."

Double Dreams ~ Anyone Care to Interpret This?

The other night, on my way to see a movie with my daughters, I told them about my dream the night before. One of my daughters was intensely excited when I told her that I had a disturbing dream the night before because she said she did too, and she wanted to compare them. As I started relating my dream to her, she said, "Oh, my!", and virtually started bouncing in her seat.

My dream ~ There was a shadowy beginning part that was dark and ominous, like black and white quickened clips from a horror movie, most of which slipped from my mind for the most part, except that it involvd "A Man". This man had something to do with the second part of this dream, which in contrast is starkly blazened on my mind. Some dreams are like that, I believe, because they are more than just an ordinary dream. And this was one of those dreams.

The second part...There was a knock on my front door. I opened and heard someone say, "The police want to talk to you." (Your stomach kind of goes 'thud' when you hear those words.) I went outside, where there was a squad car with two officers sitting in the front seat. I stood by the passenger side, and the officer opened the car door. He was holding a child's baby doll in his hands. He was crying , and he was retching, and he was trying to get ready to tell me something. I realized in one sickening moment that it had to be something unusually gruesome and extremely horrific because of his reaction. I don't think I wanted to hear what he was going to say. I woke myself up, which sounds odd, but I believe that I deliberately pulled myself from this dream.

My daughter's dream ~ My daughter told me that she also dreamed of "A Man" on the same night. She said it was a terrible frightening dark and horrific nightmare. The man kidnapped her, and she said she tried and tried to escape from him..but she couldn't.

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If anyone reading this is interested in interpreting either of these dreams, or in posting an interpretation behind both dreams together, please feel free to do so in the comment boxes below. Needless to say, the dreams themselves were scary enough to each of us who had them, but after we put them together, I must admit, we're a little creeped out.

 

 

 

Now on to more cheerful thing!!

 

SPELLS-IN-A-JAR

 

https://amythystraine.blogspot.com/p/spells-in-jar.html

 

There is everything you will need in these jars to cast these spells, including the directions.

 

Money ~ Keep It Flowing

 

Calling in the Spirits (Black Cat Oil Summoning Spell)

 

Seal the Mouth (Stop Gossip & Liars)

 

Front & Back ~ with a 14 inch circumference

 

 

 

 

SAMPLE AUDIO TAROT READING

 

(Enjoy the personal photo slideshow that I added to this special video.)

 

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My Life...Right Now

 

Love Life...I am relishing my time with my husband Joe.  I think that people who've had to spend more of their life searching for their Soul Mate will appreciate the circumstances and the coupling more deeply when they finally make that magickal connection.  It's not something that we take for granted-- having come through several less than satisfactory relationships to get to this point, I can tell you.

 

Do we fight? You bet your sweet booty we do.  We're both very strong and independent individuals.  But we love each other deeply, so we don't stay angry with one another for very long, and neither of us is happy with life when anything is off kilter between us-- it makes the whole world feel slightly ajar.

 

And then...making up is a lot of fun. :)

 

I've never felt so connected to anyone in my life-- this man calls me the moment he clocks out from work, as he's on the way home; we very rarely go anywhere one without the other; he is the first person I see in the morning and the last person I see before I go to sleep at night.  When he gets home from work, in the wee hours, we will spend two or three hours talking, watching a movie-- and laughing...laughing...laughing.  (The kids must think we're nuts.)  I've never laughed so much in my life with anyone-- it is absolutely the most wonderful thing.

 

I would tell my daughters-- "Don't marry a man who can't make you laugh."

 

It's a "forever" thing, My Joe.

 

 

Work...As everyone probably knows (and is tired of hearing about), yes, I'm still working on my next book.  I've never revealed what it's about, but I'll give you a teaser now:  it's a book specifically written for women, to inspire women, to uplift women, to help women.  It is the most important close-to-my-heart project I've ever worked on and is the most important thing I've ever written.

 

This is a book women will read to find inspiration and empowerment; and it's a book men will read to better understand women.

 

And that's all I can say on this subject right now.

 

I would love to do more tarot readings, but in our area there just isn't a strong market for this type of thing, and readings through other means (email, phone, etc.) comes and goes in spurts, which makes it undependable as income, even though it's a lot of fun and very rewarding.

 

There might be other projects coming up (and some in the works), but for now, at this moment, I've got to stay focused on The Book.

 

 

Kids...This summer my oldest daughter will turn 40, and my youngest daughter will turn 14.  Isn't that amazing?  Between Joe and I, we have nine (that's 9) kids.  It makes life interesting, to say the least.  Most everyone gets along with everyone, most of the time, but we do have our trials and tribulations, just as any family will.

 

One just got her first car, another a Learner's Permit; some have had changes in jobs; new apartments; a new managerial position in a local store; a new job in Omaha; breakups with beaus; wedding anniversaries; cross country trips, etc., etc., etc.

 

We have our calm and quiet times, and then again, we'll have some life crisis going on-- never a dull moment.  They're all good kids.

 

 

Thoughts...

 

I'm delighted to have discovered another lady who enjoys the ghost-busting/house blessing venture; someone who can inspire me to pick up Reiki studies where I left off and who will move me on to the next level; someone who enjoys all the marvelous spiritual paths and magickal activities out there, and who loves to learn and study.  It's also just plain fun to find a kindred spirit, a "Sister" in this big wide world.

 

I'm waiting for something, been waiting for something, and am now tired of waiting for something.  When it finally does dawn, I'm afraid that it will seem anti-climactic now.

 

I want, more than ever, to start a little tarot & tea shop, and I've actually found the perfect building, which just happens to be for sale.  But there is the question of financing.  We're still trying to recover financially from my husband's broken foot last summer and the accompanying doctor & hospital bills.  Money is still very tight right now; so in order to take on this endeavor, I would need financial backers.  I'm in the midst of mulling this one over-- the building is just so perfect!

 

So far, for the summer...this is my life in a nutshell.