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Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?

Date of dream: Saturday, December 13, 2008

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Lucid Intent? No    

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I find myself back in this dream ‘Summoning a Shire horse.’ from the 4th April 2008, only it is night time in this version of the drama.

I watch at a distance as a warrior knight clad in knurled Dark Ages nobbly armor slashes and hacks his way through the petrified brambles and thorny vines of the forest, he is heading towards the direction of the ancient chateau situated on top of the mountain.

Although I watch the knight detachedly I feel a common, shared duality with him. The knight cuts his swathe through the tangled undergrowth and eventually arrives at the foot of the mountain, just as the knight is about to make his way up to the summit an immense dragon slithers out from a slimy grotto like hole at the base of the mountain.

The knight is taken by surprise, embraced suffocatingly by arrow tipped octopus like tentacles before being picked up like a titchy Tom Thumb in the claw of the very anthropomorphically human feminine dragon, the little knight tries to chip and chisel at the huge brightly colored armored platelets of the dragon with his tiny silver sword but all to no avail, the dragoness tosses the knight into her mouth and then gobbles him down whole like a little snack.

I join the Jonahesque knight inside the dark fleshy coils of the dragons belly there is candle light coming from somewhere (?) offering soft illumination. The knight takes out his sword which looks a little like a silver darning needle and starts to slice his way through the dragon from the inside out.

I return back to my vantage point outside somewhere in the forest to see the distressed dragon wailing and flailing in its death throws, there is a lurching, gurgling and a grim gargling death rattle and the titanic beast collapses to forest floor with a ground shaking thud.

A few fidgety muscle twitching moments pass before a thin gaping slice briefly appears across the ancient beasts belly immediately followed by the grotesque sight of the beasts steaming bloated innards spilling out onto the forest floor followed not long after by a very bloody and messy knight sliding and untangling himself from the gross entrails.

Now unhindered I watch more closely as if one with the knight as he makes his way up to the ruined castle, the warrior enters a roofed amphitheatre with moonlit shining down through a high up grilled manhole cover onto what vaguely looks like the deserted bullfighting ring from this dream ‘The bullfight.’ from the 25th July 2008.

A buxom voluptuous naked maiden is tied to a large wooden ‘X’ shaped cross on a pedestal or alter at the centre rear of the amphitheatre. I as both the knight and my watching self walk down to where the maiden is, I notice that there is a black oil oozing from the pores of my armor exactly like the transformed Victorian woman had happen to her in this recent dream ‘Black magic down under.’ from Monday the 8th of December.

I see on the woman’s face that she thinks I have come to save and rescue her, I make my way down some steps to the wriggling maiden but feeling somehow different, perhaps less soft, either way instead of untying her I take advantage of her plight and remove the armor covering my groin and profiting from her bondage I have her sexually for my own pleasures.

As the woman squirms I clasp her head and long golden locks in my huge gauntlets and give her a suffocating endless kiss as if to silence her, the maiden soon seems to yield willingly under my tight embrace, regardless of the tense situation its as if we are entwined in a psychological game of our own making, both knowing that we are acting out separate roles for some higher end.

After I have finished having my way with the maiden I turn and walk away feeling very satisfied and selfishly fulfilled, I walk up the steps out from the dungeon like sanctum I turn for one last look at the fair woman as if surveying a conquest.

But much to my surprise the ‘X’ shaped cross and chains are now unoccupied and the maiden has disappeared, in the shaft of moonlight pouring down through the manhole I see a beautiful African turquoise butterfly flitting and fluttering up out through the cell, on through the grill of the manhole cover and on up towards the moon.

Additional Comments:

Thoughts: This feels like something of a culmination dream of many past ones and contains many firsts for me as far as how some of the dream dramas panned out. Of all of the symbolism in the dream the most significant and important detail almost certainly felt to me to be the grilled manhole cover set in the domed ceiling of the amphitheatre (a symbolic representation of the psychological centre and/or head), in both its literal or grammatical sense of ‘Man’ hole and also its location and the part it played in the dream.

Dream 2: Sexual shopping – It is daytime and I find myself in my childhood hometown I have been invited here by my sister-in-law and husband, my wife is also present and appears to have had a hand in arranging this day out. My sister-in-law and her husband are walking through the streets which are lined with outdoor shops selling sex toys, bizarrely my in-laws have a shopping trolley with them and are picking and choosing the erotic gadgets and placing them into the shopping trolley as casually as if they were doing their grocery shopping, the brother-in-law places an unusual red rubber gadget into the basket and says as if happy to of found it “Ah! A ‘Gain’” I pick it up after he’s placed the strange to look at it more closely and see that it looks like two strange conjoined rubbery bangles with large spherical balls running around it, the strange thing is squishy and captures my attention for a short while. Later back at their house we all of have something of an intimate orgy or a foursome after which an older tall lean lady with a terse demeanor and tightly swept back pony tail enters the room, she is dressed in a long white laboratory coat and holds a clip board tucked under her arm. The women has a very serious analytical air and interviews me asking many questions such as which of the sex toys was my favorite, how I would rate them and what improvements would I make to them if I had the possibility.
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  • Sexuality
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  • Spiritual
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  • Keywords
    Forest
    Dragon
    Castle
    Maiden
    Butterfly
    Add'l Emotions
    Duality
    Intrepid
    Unhindered
    Forcefulness
    Metamorphosis

    Ladybird’s riding on a butterfly.

    Date of dream: Sunday, August 12, 2007

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    It is daytime and I find myself out in some unfamiliar countryside not far from forest, I’m aware that quite a lot of the land here belongs to me and I have a number of very old and large stone barns situated here some are clustered together in one group with two or three more a short distance away closer to the forest.

    My intention is to have all of these barns renovated and at first glance my plans seem feasible if challenging but the more I look at and study the barns I begin to feel that I have bitten of more than I can chew. I glance up at the roofs in particular and notice that they will need a lot of work doing on them if not replacing altogether. Interestingly the roofs are made from thick stone tiles that look incredibly strong and weather resistant but where the roof structure underneath has collapsed many have the roof tiles have caved in leaving some holes, this was possibly due to their weight.

    Seeing all of the work that needs doing I start to feel despondent and like giving up on the huge undertaking, I decide to go for a walk into the forest to think and contemplate a little and also to have a look at some of the other barns I own deeper down inside the forest.

    (In reality I don’t own any such barns or land).

    As I walk along the worn path into the forest I see what looks like a small ball of what looks like wild animal vomit or perhaps a dropping or maybe even a kind of hairball, its green and very fibrous resembling mainly chewed up grass, I step around the strange deposit wondering what it is.

    I continue walking when something flies out from bushes and leaves to my right it’s a giant white butterfly about the size of a small plate it has violet coloured eye patterns on its wings and most bizarrely it seems to be giving a ride to a some ladybirds which are sat on its wings. It makes for a most startling sight and actually makes me jump it’s sort of a mixture of silly fright and wonder, for some reason I don’t want it to touch me or come near me.

    I avoid the strange butterfly and its passengers and carry on my way down the path but it isn’t long until I’m stopped in my tracks again by a horrible looking bug crossing my path from right to left. The creature looks a bit like a scarab beetle but I’m aware that it’s a parasite of some sort, its abdomen is huge and looks exactly like the small pouches of blood that are used in hospitals when giving transfusions.

    I can see that the beetle’s slightly opaque sac of blood is bloated with dark red fluid suggesting it has just come from feasting somewhere. It has two strange fangs that protrude out horizontally from its head. The two fangs actually look more like syringes or perhaps more exactly the probes or pins on an electrical plug.

    I decide to give the creature a wide berth and let it trudge on the way it’s going dragging its large sac of blood behind it. Although it’s already sucked the blood from something I sense that it is more than ready for another meal. I bide my time as it slowly crawls in front of me, it seems to pay me little if any attention as it carries on its way.
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    Forest
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    Parasite
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    Feasible
    Overburdened
    Contemplation
    Startled
    Ceding

    Hola & helping the butterfly.

    Date of dream: Friday, December 22, 2006

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    It is daytime and I find myself at an unusual airport that I have dreamt of previously (I have only rarely flown in a plane from an airport before in my dreams) I am hurrying with my immediate family and my wife to board a flight that is going to take us on a holiday break to Spain.

    Two childhood friends contact me and tell me that they might join me on the flight too.

    My wife and I have packed a very light satchel of clothing, we are hardly taking anything at all perhaps just a change of underwear. We both rush to catch and board the plane.

    The plane is waiting on the runway and we walk over to it and board, we are both a bit flustered and stressed but we seem happy that we actually made it. We both sink down into our seats and heave a big sigh of relief.

    I see that my Mum and family board just after us, they have tons more baggage than my wife and I. They seem to be weighed down with suitcases, bags, holdalls and other holiday paraphernalia like parasols, buckets and spades for the beach etc, their hands are completely loaded and full.

    I sit watching them struggling and trying to get comfortable in their seats. Just as the doors to the plane are about to close my two childhood friends who told me they might come with me board, they give me a smile and a wink and head over to take their two seats together.

    I notice that the faces of my two friends look incredibly fresh and angelic, it is such an extraordinary sight and really makes me sit up and take note.

    The captain of the plane starts to turn the plane on the incredibly cramped and tight runway, he just misses a huge wall with overgrown vegetation just by the tips of the wings of his aircraft.

    Everything to do with the flight from the preparations to the boarding right down to the take off seems rushed and hurried. The aircraft accelerates with great force off down the runway at great speed and launches into the sky.

    I feel quite comfortable although I would have liked the flight and its build up to have been a bit slower as I quite like flying and wanted to take in the ambiance and all of the fun of the flight. No sooner have we taken off we have landed and are disembarking in Spain.

    At the arrivals lounge I see my stepfather talking to a customs officer in the distance, the discussion seems quite covert and suspicious. Apparently my stepfather knows a way to bypass customs, which will save us all a lengthy wait.

    My wife, family and I all walk out into a busy Spanish street (my childhood friends no longer seem to be with us). I feel excited knowing that I’m on holiday and in a new country. I suddenly think to myself that I don’t speak Spanish and the only word I know is “Hola”.

    As we walk about the busy and inviting streets I think to myself that I am looking forward to seeing all of the Spanish art galleries and museums. It suddenly becomes apparent to me that the city or town appears to be a composite of the Spanish town and my childhood hometown.

    The change or flip over between the two towns is so subtle and delicate that when it does happen my childhood hometown in England now appears to be Spanish, it gives an incredible feeling and sensation to see the two towns almost superimposed like this.

    I lean against a wall next to the old market house, my stepfather tells us all that he is just going to pick up our rental holiday transport. We hang about a while waiting for him to return. Eventually he comes back wearing a crash helmet and riding a blue sporty motorcycle.

    He stops for a moment on the bike near to us and says something, he then speeds off on the bike by himself, driving over the crossroads and disappearing off into the distance. I feel quite annoyed and disappointed with him, as it seems that he has abandoned us all in order to pursue his own adventures.

    As I lean against the wall feeling forlorn and sad at my stepfather’s actions I look down and see a very large butterfly. It is brown and its wings are all folded up just as if it had just come out of a chrysalis. I can see that the beautiful creature is trying to warm its wings in the hot beautiful Spanish sun in order to unfold them.

    I see that the poor insect has one of its thin tiny leg caught in an old wooden beam, which runs along the top of the wall. I want to help release it so I gently put my hand down and try to remove his leg without harming him.

    The butterfly suddenly flutters up and comes to rest on the upper part of my right arm, I see that its wings are an uninteresting brown but I see beautiful colours hidden beneath which I imagine will become apparent when the wings unfold completely.

    I suddenly (and strangely) feel very frightened about having the large butterfly sat on my arm, it is almost as if I am afraid of it. It slowly moves and exercises its wings in pulsating fashion.

    I am then joined by an invisible feminine presence, this person feels like a guide of some sort and is friendly. The guide explains to me with the power of her thoughts that there is no need to be afraid of the butterfly and that I should help it and encourage it to open up its wings.

    Additional Comments:

    This is one of only a few dream flights for me that I have been on, it was really fun but only over all too quickly! The merging of the Spanish town and my old childhood hometown was incredibly subtle and amazing to behold, the sunlight was very amazing orangey, warm and earthy. I felt very strange in this dream when the butterfly landed on my arm. I never thought that I would be so afraid of a butterfly like this? In reality I have no such fear.
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    Airplane
    Spain
    Stepfather
    Butterfly
    Guide
    Add'l Emotions
    Rushing
    Haste
    Amazement
    Subtlety
    Wonder