In celebration of the power of peaceful uprising performed by the people of Egypt this week, I thought I'd bring the pyramid archetype to light in this post. Pyramids have long been associated with the connection between human and God, the transition from mortality to divinity. In a dream, a pyramid often has the powerful mystic symbolism of our connection to our own spirituality, and a desire to step into a greater divinity within our selves. Often a pyramid will appear in our dreams when we are undertaking an epic transition in our lives. Embrace the opportunity to reach a higher spiritual level. Process the dream, as always, using free association and memory tools keeping these things in mind. This week on Lark's Haven i covered Epic Dreams. If you missed it, use a search engine to learn more about Epic Dreams and let me know what you think. Namaste.

I've heard it said that we don't dream in color, but don't believe it. It might be that you don't RECALL any colors when you wake up, which is fine, but I can guarantee you, from experience, that there are certainly colors in dreams. Throughout my life I can only remember two instances when color was important enough to remember. The one that was most vivid was a dream In had in which I saw a child go into a tent in the desert, and inside he found red and gold carpets and a huge treasure chest, open, spilling out gold coins and jewelry with red gems. In this dream, the meaning of the gold is straightforward - it's treasure. Then there is the child, the desert, the tent, and the color red to consider. The an innocent, undeveloped part of me; often the characters in a dream are oneself. I always interpret a dream that way unless there is a strong reason to believe otherwise. Red is a fiery, passionate color. Consider that meaning in the dream tapestry - an innocent, undeveloped part of me goes through a desert, best known as a place where nothing lives, to find a dark, protected place (the tent) in which there is great treasure and passion mixed together. The tent certainly symbolizes that what is inside is hidden. The desert is the landscape of my mind, in this dream. So there is something inside me that is great treasure, something associated with passion. At this point, I have to start brainstorming what it COULD mean, and for that I have to consider myself and what's going on in my life. It turns out that my unconscious was advising me on the cure for depression - passion. The passion itself IS the treasure in my life. Once the depression was healed, my life became FULL of riches. Without the color red, I could not have interpreted this dream. If it DOES come up for you, I recommend googling the meaning of the color that you find, look at all the interpretations, and stick with the meaning that feels right to you, then apply it to the situations you're dealing with to see if there is a message that will help you. Don't forget to bounce it off your friends; they'll often see what you are blind to in your own self, and the message could be one that helps you improve your life immeasurably.

Carl Jung talked about the influence of the collective unconscious on dreams. The unconscious mind communicates in images rather than in direct, manifest content. The vocabulary of the collective unconscious is archetypal images; symbols that have the same meaning through the world, regardless of the culture or geographical region. The best way I find to become familiar with these images and their meanings is to study the major arcana of Tarot. The major arcana is made up of archetypes, and the meanings of the cards are the meanings of the symbols. For example, The Emperor is a symbol of the divine masculine presence in our lives; when you encounter a king or strong masculine image in your dreams and wonder what it means, I recommend studying what it is considered to mean when encountered in a deck of tarot cards. One of my favorite tarot websites is www.facade.com, where you can get a free reading, but for studying the meaning of the cards you might wish to look at http://www.paranormality.com/tarot_meanings.shtml. The archetypal meanings will be the upright card meanings, not the inverted meanings.

This week on Lark's Haven I'll be discussing Dream Themes. Most of us have experienced certain types of dreams, such as falling, being chased, being naked, and so on. Carl Jung studied these universal themes and applied his intuitive research methods to determine the basic meaning of such dreams; for example, the thought of being naked wells forth from the psyche with a sense of being exposed, having nothing to hide, embarrassment due to lack of preparation. We've all experienced such feelings. Remember, though,that you always need to apply your own life experiences and feeling to your dream interpretation; for someone who lives in a nudist colony, a dream about being naked could just be day residue. ALWAYS consider how the symbol or theme relates to you, personally, before deciding what the dream is trying to tell you about your subconscious thoughts.

For more theme interpretations, tune in to my show, Lark's Haven, on www.radioboise.org, at 8am Mountain time (GMT-7). Namaste.

A dream journal is very helpful for dream interpretation, and should be kept right by the bed, with a pen or pencil to write dreams down with. When you go to bed, make sure the journal is ready to be written in. Setting your intention to remember your dreams is the first step in doing so. When you wake up, before you move, remember everything you can about the dream you were just having, then write as much of it as you can in your journal. Let it flow, write in stream of consciousness to get as much of the content as you can. Images, actions and feelings are the most important parts. Once you've done this, then create a visual break on the page. Make sure you have the date written next to the entry, and write down what's going on in your life. Think about these things on and off during the day, consider whether there might be any correlation between your dreamworld and your waking reality.

I just looked up "pumpkin" in a few dream dictionaries, in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving celebration here in the United States. Thanksgiving is perhaps the one time of the year my thoughts turn to pumpkin pie, though I enjoy pumpkin, winter squash and sweet potatoes all year, depending on the season. I found some interesting insights, and some reasons to follow the advice of Carl Jung, who said "take all your dream dictionaries and throw them away." While the man who first spoke of a collective unconscious spoke decisively about themes and images that run through the minds of people all over the world, he also pointed out that one must not assume any trend applies to oneself. What does a dream image mean to any given person? It means whatever it means to that person. While dream dictionaries can give us insight into possibilities, don't take them as some kind of unalterable truth. More important than any dream dictionary for interpreting any symbol is your own relationship to that symbol, and the emotions the symbol evoke in you. I had a dream about pumpkins, and they'd been opened and cleaned, and filled with hearty stews, porridges, sausage, on a table lit with gold light. The food nearly overflowed the tables, and I felt that I'd found something glorious. This speaks so completely of abundance, wealth, a sense of having all that one needs. Add to that my association of pumpkins with Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving memories of family gathering, overflowing joy, laughter, and love. The abundance of the love of a gathered family. My dream was reminding me of what it is that I treasure; not gems and jewelry, no vast tracts of land, but the loving presence of a happy family.

Process the images in your dreams by thinking about what you associate that image with. When the feeling you get from an association is the same as the one in the dream, you have something. Until next post, sweet dreams.

Every Sunday morning at 8am Mountain Time, "Lark's Haven" on radioboise.org puts on Spiritual music and starts the program with a tip for interpreting dreams according to Carl Jung's teachings. There's also a music meditation at half past the hour. If you have any questions about interpreting your dreams, let me know and we'll see if we can get it answered on the program.