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Some pretty odd dreams last night... the bits I remember most are:
...having a fire in some kind of glued-together low stone ring, about ten or twelve feet across, on the concrete of my patio (not such a great idea under the patio roof!) which attracted a deer watching over the backyard fence. It was a doe, not a stag; though the fence was a bit different than it actually is in waking life, still it would have had to be about seven feet tall at the shoulder to be looking over the fence the way it was. Then some people started carving a hole through another part of the fence (which was mostly ivy, like it really is) with chainsaws, to come up to the patio to do something. They were all men and were bundled up in winter clothing, with beanies and scarves covering most of their faces. Their manner was menacing but not exactly of criminal intent; nevertheless we all retreated indoors to phone 911.
...finding some kind of evaluation or tracking sheet which recorded observations at checkups (?) or something at various stages of my growth from infancy through age 4, and the entry on age 3 being noted that I had said I wanted to "go back with/to the Feeorin". "Feeorin" is a Robin-Artisson-craft (I hesitate to call it a "tradition", but it's certainly a characteristic body of writing and practice) word for the blend of faery beings and the dead that turns up in folklore and traditional craft. FEEORIN: (Lancashire) also the FAE. Also called HIDDEN FOLK, HULDU FOLK, the PALE PEOPLE, or ELVES. The post-mortem state of existence of humans and beasts, (although when used, it almost always refers to the post-mortem human soul) as well as the pre-birth state of being that acts as the source of awareness, or the "soul" of the newly born. The Ancestral stream of powers in the underworld. The Feeorin or Elves dwell in ELFHAME and emerge at certain times of the year, in an event called a "rade", chiefly around the four HALLOWS. They lead mysterious and subtle existences in the Meadows of Elfhame, and certain among them can be dangerous at times. They are generally classed in two categories, Dark and Light, the Dark Feeorin representing the oldest ancestral spirits in the deepest parts of the Earth, as well as the "common" Feeorin, and the Light Feeorin, who are also called the MASTER MEN, or the Hidden Company, who represent the company of Realized and Advanced souls who have undergone a mysterious metamorphosis and no longer return to earthly life. Collectively, the Feeorin are ruled over by the Queen of Elfhame herself, who represents the force that is dominant in the Inner World. IT is important to remember that the term "Hidden Folk" can refer to the Spirits of the Land itself, that is, the spirits of places, trees, forests, valleys, etc. The overlap between the human and animal dead who go into the spiritual dimension of the earth and the natural spirits of the earth is great, and oftentimes, the distinction is blurred. They may be one and the same power. (From http://www.thecrookedheath.com/elder/lexicon.htm) As far as I know, I never actually said such a thing when I was three years old, but it gave me chills in the dream and in the half-waking state that I was in shortly after. I had to think several times to rivet that bit into my memory so I would still have it when I actually woke up.
...having a fire in some kind of glued-together low stone ring, about ten or twelve feet across, on the concrete of my patio (not such a great idea under the patio roof!) which attracted a deer watching over the backyard fence. It was a doe, not a stag; though the fence was a bit different than it actually is in waking life, still it would have had to be about seven feet tall at the shoulder to be looking over the fence the way it was. Then some people started carving a hole through another part of the fence (which was mostly ivy, like it really is) with chainsaws, to come up to the patio to do something. They were all men and were bundled up in winter clothing, with beanies and scarves covering most of their faces. Their manner was menacing but not exactly of criminal intent; nevertheless we all retreated indoors to phone 911.
...finding some kind of evaluation or tracking sheet which recorded observations at checkups (?) or something at various stages of my growth from infancy through age 4, and the entry on age 3 being noted that I had said I wanted to "go back with/to the Feeorin". "Feeorin" is a Robin-Artisson-craft (I hesitate to call it a "tradition", but it's certainly a characteristic body of writing and practice) word for the blend of faery beings and the dead that turns up in folklore and traditional craft. FEEORIN: (Lancashire) also the FAE. Also called HIDDEN FOLK, HULDU FOLK, the PALE PEOPLE, or ELVES. The post-mortem state of existence of humans and beasts, (although when used, it almost always refers to the post-mortem human soul) as well as the pre-birth state of being that acts as the source of awareness, or the "soul" of the newly born. The Ancestral stream of powers in the underworld. The Feeorin or Elves dwell in ELFHAME and emerge at certain times of the year, in an event called a "rade", chiefly around the four HALLOWS. They lead mysterious and subtle existences in the Meadows of Elfhame, and certain among them can be dangerous at times. They are generally classed in two categories, Dark and Light, the Dark Feeorin representing the oldest ancestral spirits in the deepest parts of the Earth, as well as the "common" Feeorin, and the Light Feeorin, who are also called the MASTER MEN, or the Hidden Company, who represent the company of Realized and Advanced souls who have undergone a mysterious metamorphosis and no longer return to earthly life. Collectively, the Feeorin are ruled over by the Queen of Elfhame herself, who represents the force that is dominant in the Inner World. IT is important to remember that the term "Hidden Folk" can refer to the Spirits of the Land itself, that is, the spirits of places, trees, forests, valleys, etc. The overlap between the human and animal dead who go into the spiritual dimension of the earth and the natural spirits of the earth is great, and oftentimes, the distinction is blurred. They may be one and the same power. (From http://www.thecrookedheath.com/elder/lexicon.htm) As far as I know, I never actually said such a thing when I was three years old, but it gave me chills in the dream and in the half-waking state that I was in shortly after. I had to think several times to rivet that bit into my memory so I would still have it when I actually woke up.