Archive for March, 2009

The dream house

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

My nocturnal dreams have moved me into various kinds of homes. Usually these serve as a container for something going on in the rooms, but at least once the structure itself had the starring role. In this dream I was building a large house for which there was much to be decided and accomplished. It was a house I intended to live in. The outside looked like a classy hunting lodge. Inside, the vaulted ceiling showed off an exquisite round window of pink and red stained glass. Sightseers were taking tours through the interior, admiring it, going up and down the huge staircase. I found myself, however, walking around on the roof. It seemed there were problems in the construction process; the builder and I were trying to figure out what to do about them. I walked over to a steep sloop over the front door and looked down at the tourists coming and going.. . and then I woke up.
Researchers say dreams about a house under construction indicate a person who is self-directed. Dreams about rooftops express letting go of artificial restrictions. ‘What a switch from my original dream many years before! I was moved by the fact that in this latter dream I was integrating the picture of the country church/haunted house. They were becoming one, my home was becoming sanctuary, both beautiftil and safe. Instead of being empty, it was filled with people. That I was going to finish it and live in it, I was not in doubt.