Andy X
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Of recurring dream symbols I've only ever worked out one to my satisfaction. A camera that fails to work means "this dream relates to an upcoming trip away". But the rest...no idea. And communion is so suggestive....communication? union? sacrifice? "This dream is spiritual communication" perhaps? (doubtful.. the dream was littered with B list celebrities) *scratches head*.
Don't think I haven't read, digested, and taken something away from your post by my editing the above quote down to the slim fragment above, but funnily enough, the person with whom I had the 'afterlife' conversation quoted upthread (who I hold in the highest possible regard btw) is very keen on pointing out what people's dream motifs symbolise. It's then my turn to become the rationalist and point out that her interpretation of symbols sounds suspiciously New Agey, as in:
I had a dream about flying.
A-HA! That's bad! That's because something in your life is out of control!
No it's not (although it may be the case that something in my life is out of control), it's because flying is ace, and even children dream of it. And I sometimes fly aeroplanes, as you know very well. So it's not that surprising or insightful, is it?
At this point I often quote the 'sometimes a cigar is just a cigar' remark, attributed to Freud ( I think)
So it's acceptable to nail unconscious thoughts to the (possibly questionable) interpretational framework of Dr Freud (which itself became a kind of dogma in the hands of psychoanalyists) and that's perfectly 'scientific', but for me to say that for all I know death may not be the 'end'...is ridiculous.
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