Had a very odd, very witchy, almost initiatory dream last night. I tried to remember as much as I could when I woke up by holding still and putting my hands over my eyes to block light, but most of it has vanished. I remember a part where some children came into the backyard, one with a hatchet (which she was holding by the blade, rather than the handle) and another playing a drum (a la "Little Drummer Boy"), singing some song about God or Jesus and attempting to exorcise me like I was a supernatural creature, as opposed to a "sinning human" approach. They moved in a very slow and ghostlike manner, though, and I calmly took the hatchet from the little girl when she realized that her own "magic" wasn't having any effect on me (she had touched the handle to me like a wand and said something, and was slightly surprised when I didn't vanish).
There was another part where the willow wand by my bedside table was referred to as a "horse", something about a silver horseshoe and hoofprints on a mist leading up to the moon, and being suspended upside down while partially awake (? I'm not sure if I was or just dreaming that I was). All of this was taking place mid-morning, so I kept drifting in and out of consciousness to roll over, adjust the pillow, etc., and that confused it even more.
There was another part where the willow wand by my bedside table was referred to as a "horse", something about a silver horseshoe and hoofprints on a mist leading up to the moon, and being suspended upside down while partially awake (? I'm not sure if I was or just dreaming that I was). All of this was taking place mid-morning, so I kept drifting in and out of consciousness to roll over, adjust the pillow, etc., and that confused it even more.
Re: Symbolism?
Date: Apr. 26th, 2004 12:42 pm (UTC)From: