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Analyst LAUREN LAWRENCE reveals the secrets behind Daily News readers’ dreams
COMING FACE TO FACE WITH THE DARK SIDE
I dreamt I was approached by a dark entity wearing a black hooded cloak. It was standing next to my bed. I was afraid because I could tell it had evil intentions. When I got a better look, I noticed it had no face. All I saw was the glow of its eyes. I yelled “You can’t touch me; I’m not like the rest.” Once I realized my own light and power, my confidence made it go away. Please decode this nightmare.
Damon Gonzalez, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.
Analysis: The threatening hooded entity is the Jungian shadow presence that consciousness fears to acknowledge. This negative aspect of the personality is faceless because recognition is an issue: You do not want to face this dark side. And resist, you do. In this self-empowering dream, the glaring eyes represent a defiant self or ego rising to the challenge; vulnerability is exchanged for strength and fear is overcome by a positive identification with your own inner light.
A CLOSE CALL BRINGS ISSUES INTO FOCUS
I dreamt someone was trying to murder me. They were carving something into my arm, trying to make me bleed to death. But I escaped and pushed them out the door. I locked the door and started crying. I called my ex and said I was going to kill myself because nobody loved me and someone wanted me dead. Then I went to his car, found his current girlfriend’s bag and I grabbed it. What does this mean?
Morgan H., Augusta, Mich.
Analysis: Escaping with one’s life reveals the wish to sanctify, isolate and protect the self from an injurious external force. The locked door expresses the same wish to shut something or someone out of your life. In this view, the cut skin of the carved arm symbolizes emotional pain: Someone hurtful — your ex, most probably — has gotten under your skin. Despite this recognition, you wish to resume the relationship. You steal his girlfriend’s bag (her identity) in order to become her.
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