In the preceding pages I have introduced you to dream incubation. This practice permits us to receive from the unconscious information that the conscious is unable to have access to.
I showed you how this practice is still valid today as in the ancient times and how to proceed.
Last time, with Irina’s example we saw how her dream answered her and showed her that the lover she was thinking of was not a good prospect.
So again she asks what she could do to meet a suitable partner.
The dream gives her new and surprising information. Let’s have a look at this second dream.
Dream
My sister Eva shows me a building where she goes to feed a cat. Every time she arrives, he rushes towards her.
I show Eva a pretty bra which I have just bought. But I notice that the cat is slipping away. My sister says I have to bring him back.
This dream is absurd ! The images don’t seem to have any connection from one to another.
However, let’s see the interpretation and look at the different symbols :
Eva
She’s Irina’s sister, she’s assertive and knows what she wants. She is very independent and hates constraints.
Eva represents Irina’s single woman aspect. Any beau that approaches her is made to understand that she doesn’t want a one night stand but that she doesn’t want a relationship where she would be subservient either. She is looking for a loving relationship without constraints based solely on the pleasure of being together when possible.
A building
For the dreamer it’s where the occupants share common habits.
Irina hopes that the dream will show her how to find a suitable partner.
Following the interview technique, now I have to ask what this description reminds her of, in regards to her incubation question.
So I proceed very methodically and say :
- Having asked your dream how to find a suitable partner, what does a building, where the occupants share common habits remind you of ?
- Oh ! says Irina, that reminds me of the singles club where I go regularly.
A cat
For Irina, this animal is an independent male who goes out at night to hunt or chase a “beauty”. Isn’t that the description of a man?... So the dream, through its symbolism, is talking about a man, whom Irina knows well and meets regularly. Who is this man ?
Now, is the dream giving more precise details ?
She goes to feed this cat.
What does she feed him with ?
With flesh? Who is this man with whom there is contact of the flesh?
Among the many men she dances with at the club, who is the man the dream is singling out ? Let’s examine the next image :
Every time she arrives, the cat rushes towards her.
- I see, Irina cries out, that’s Frank. He always comes to get me when he sees me. He’d like me to go out with him, but I'm not really attracted to him.
Let’s go through the verifications: is this man independent? He sure is.
So why does this independent man rush to meet her ? Because she is also independent and he knows that she’s not the “you and me forever” type.
- But, remarks Irina, another man also rushes towards me, it’s Stephan.
Frank ? Stephan ?
We haven’t got a clear answer yet. So let’s see if the following part of the dream gives us more precise clues.
I show Eva a pretty bra which I have just bought
A bra enhances the breasts.
It allows a woman to use her power of seduction, it gives a charming glimpse at feminine eroticism.
- As a matter of fact, Irina adds, lately I’ve changed, I’ve bought new outfits, less sober, much more sexy.
And so the dream underlines the efforts made by our dreamer to seduce the men around her.
Irina bursts out in a joyous, refreshing laughter and says:
- You know, Christiane, I am quite popular !
I notice that the cat is slipping away.
Well, while the pretty woman is savoring her popularity with one and the other, all of a sudden the tomcat is running off.
Is it Frank or could it be Stephan?
- Ah! It’s true, says Irina ! Frank is turning away from me because I haven’t responded to his advances.
And what does the dream say?
My sister Eva says I have to bring him back.
Well there we are !
Eva, the woman who knows what she wants gives this advice.
-Gosh ! says Irina. Frank ? I would have preferred someone else. He’s not bad but it’s not love at first sight.
Yes, but the dream considers Frank a real male, an instinctive virile man, this is quite different from insect infested branches as in the preceding dream.
Maybe Irina should remember that she wants enjoyable sexual relations and therefore change her point of view.
Well, now we have the indications of the dream. They are not what Irina expected but they bring something new. Irina doesn’t know everything, perhaps her view is limited to the surface, the appearances.
- Listen, she says, Christiane, I’ve been working with you interpreting my dreams for a couple of months and everything you’ve told me concerning them has been so exact. If I had listened to them, I would have avoided lots of trouble. So I’ll see, I’ll go and meet him.
But she has to hurry, he’s taking off.
You will find the text in french on the french blog
http://christiane-riedel.blogspirit, 12 May 2007, (05 10 2007)
Illustrations
I thank the artists and photographers, whose works permit me to illustrate my blog.
Laughing cat : maxcrabouif.zeblog.com
Cat : fond-ecran-image.com
Cat : pixfr.eu
Cat : naturailes.org
Bra :cannnes.olx.fr