USING THE
DREAM
DIRECTORY
Dreams are inexact, however deep
their meaning. They make certainty
impossible yet they’re profoundly
signicant to those who can
understand them. This directory
seeks to oer helpful guidelines
to start that mystical journey.
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Using the Dream Directory
There was a time when readers opened how-to
books and were confronted with their alarmingly
simple format: “A black cat crossing your
pathway brings good luck.” More knowledge of
psychology, the brain, learned behavior
patterns, trauma, and even quantum physics
has come forward in recent years to point the
way to an innitely wider backdrop to dreams.
Unlike the rm interpretative style of simple
directories or results from internet searches,
this directory sets out to provide dierent ways
of looking at common dream scenarios.
Included here are the most frequently
occurring dreams most people recognize as
theirs at some time or another. But there are
also scenarios that are not quite so obvious that
carry pertinent messages for the dreamer,
showing just how subtle dreams can be. It also
oers suggested action to take once the dream
contents have been carefully worked through;
this could validate what you’re already doing, or
instead could signicantly steer you in another
direction for a happier future.
Through understanding what sometimes
appears as trivial dream content, we learn more
about ourselves, why we do things, why we feel
such and such—all through the insights oered
by our psyche.
One size does not t all
Before exploring the directory, a word of
warning: self-help can be invaluable, but it is
important not to fall into the “black cat means
good luck” trap. Dreams are seldom simplistic
and are always informed by our past history.
You need to weigh all the material you can
recall—as the decoding steps (see pages
36–43) and suggested actions to take
throughout this chapter illustrate—or you might
be getting the wrong slant on the dream.
For example, take mermaids: surely any
woman would be enchanted by an ethereal
vision of a mermaid? Not if the dreamer had
experienced a miscarriage and now holds a
horror of her fertility. A mermaid has no vagina,
so there is no future danger of a lost pregnancy.
A woman might not yet realize the connection,
but decoding her dream could help her come
to terms with her reality.
So before you reach any decisions about your
compelling dream, remember that the canvas
is broad: an anomalous appearance of
something—or someone—in a simple scenario
must be there for a reason. What memories,
feelings, and connections come up as you
reect on them? They could hold the key to the
answer you’re looking for—and deserve to nd.
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